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yam

How many syllables in yam?

  1 syllable

Divide yam into syllables:   yam
Syllable stress:   yam
How to pronounce yam:   yam
How to say yam:

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What rhymes with yam

1 syllable
  • am
  • cam
  • clam
  • cram
  • dam
  • damme
  • damns
  • drachm
  • DRAM
  • flam
  • graeme
  • grams
  • Ham
  • jam
  • Kam
  • lamb
  • lamb's
  • lamm
  • nam
  • pram
  • RAM
  • Sam
  • scam
  • scram
  • sham's
  • slam
  • Spam
  • stam
  • swam
  • Tamm
  • trams
  • bam
  • cham
  • clams
  • crams
  • dam's
  • damn
  • dams
  • dram
  • drams
  • gam
  • gram
  • ham
  • hams
  • jamb
  • lam
  • Lamb
  • lambs
  • ma'am
  • Pam
  • ram
  • rams
  • SAM
  • scams
  • sham
  • shams
  • slams
  • spam
  • stram
  • tam
  • tram
  • wham
2 syllables
  • Abram
  • exam
  • Graham
  • grahams
  • madame
  • Durham
  • exams
  • graham's
  • gramy
  • Siam
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