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wherefore

How many syllables in wherefore?

  2 syllables

Divide wherefore into syllables:   where-fore
Stressed syllable in wherefore:   where-fore
How to say wherefore:

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What rhymes with wherefore

1 syllable
  • s'more
    2 syllables
    • abhor
    • afore
    • ashore
    • bailor
    • Bangor
    • before
    • bookstore
    • but for
    • candor
    • centaur
    • claymore
    • cold sore
    • condor
    • deplore
    • Dior
    • donor
    • drugstore
    • encore
    • explore
    • fall for
    • fetor
    • first floor
    • folklore
    • foreshore
    • French door
    • Gabor
    • Glen More
    • ground floor
    • hard-core
    • ichor
    • implore
    • in-store
    • Indore
    • Kotor
    • lakeshore
    • lee shore
    • line score
    • Luxor
    • mentor
    • nearshore
    • next-door
    • onshore
    • outpour
    • psywar
    • rapport
    • raw score
    • rhetor
    • seafloor
    • sector
    • Senghor
    • sensor
    • Seymour
    • smoothbore
    • stand for
    • stertor
    • Strathmore
    • stridor
    • swear for
    • take for
    • tensor
    • therefore
    • Timor
    • turgor
    • vendor
    • wild boar
    • z-score
    • adore
    • as for
    • backdoor
    • bandore
    • bedsore
    • bezoar
    • box score
    • call for
    • captor
    • chain store
    • closed-door
    • cold store
    • decor
    • dime-store
    • done for
    • downpour
    • Dutch door
    • ephor
    • eyesore
    • feoffor
    • Fillmore
    • flexor
    • footsore
    • fourscore
    • full-bore
    • galore
    • go for
    • gun for
    • hog score
    • ignore
    • in for
    • indoor
    • inshore
    • Lahore
    • lector
    • lessor
    • look for
    • memoir
    • Mysore
    • Nestor
    • offshore
    • outdoor
    • phosphor
    • rancor
    • raptor
    • restore
    • savior
    • seashore
    • seignior
    • senhor
    • settlor
    • signor
    • soft-core
    • stentor
    • storm door
    • stressor
    • subfloor
    • Tagore
    • temblor
    • therefor
    • threescore
    • trapdoor
    • uproar
    • what's more
    • woodlore
    3 syllables
    • Realtor
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