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ay

How many syllables in ay?

  1 syllable

Divide ay into syllables:   ay
Syllable stress:   ay
How to pronounce ay:   ey
How to say ay:

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What rhymes with ay

1 syllable
  • ae
  • bae
  • bey
  • blay
  • Bligh
  • bray
  • brey
  • by
  • cai
  • chai
  • chi
  • cray
  • cy
  • day
  • dey
  • die
  • dray
  • dry
  • eye
  • fay
  • fe
  • fi
  • flay
  • fray
  • fry
  • gae
  • gray
  • guy
  • haye
  • hey
  • hie
  • Hy
  • I
  • K
  • lai
  • lay
  • ley
  • lxi
  • lye
  • May
  • my
  • neigh
  • nigh
  • ole
  • paye
  • phi
  • pie
  • ply
  • pry
  • pye
  • quay
  • rene
  • sai
  • sci
  • se
  • shea
  • sigh
  • Skye
  • sleigh
  • spray
  • spy
  • stay
  • strey
  • sway
  • tae
  • Tai
  • Thai
  • thigh
  • tie
  • trey
  • try
  • tye
  • vie
  • Wei
  • wey
  • why
  • wry
  • Wye
  • y
  • yay
  • aye
  • bay
  • bi
  • blayk
  • brae
  • braye
  • buy
  • bye
  • cay
  • che
  • clay
  • cry
  • dae
  • de
  • di
  • dk
  • drey
  • dye
  • fae
  • faye
  • fey
  • fie
  • fly
  • Frey
  • Frye
  • gay
  • grey
  • hay
  • hayed
  • hi
  • high
  • i
  • J
  • kwai
  • lait
  • lei
  • lie
  • ly
  • mae
  • mei
  • nay
  • ngai
  • NYE
  • pay
  • Pei
  • pi
  • play
  • pray
  • pty
  • quai
  • re
  • rye
  • say
  • scythe
  • shay
  • shy
  • sky
  • slay
  • sly
  • spry
  • Sri
  • stray
  • sty
  • Sy
  • tai
  • Tay
  • they
  • thy
  • tray
  • tri
  • Ty
  • vi
  • way
  • weigh
  • whey
  • wray
  • wye
  • xi
  • Y
2 syllables
  • aday
  • allay
  • array
  • astray
  • awry
  • belay
  • bely
  • Bombay
  • bouquet
  • buffet
  • callais
  • cliche
  • convey
  • croquet
  • decry
  • defy
  • deny
  • descry
  • display
  • dovey
  • dui
  • faberge
  • filet
  • gervais
  • goodbye
  • halfway
  • Hervey
  • hooray
  • hurray
  • July
  • Millay
  • Monet
  • NE
  • nisei
  • ok
  • okay's
  • palais
  • portray
  • purvey
  • Renee
  • replay
  • retry
  • saute
  • Sergei
  • sheading
  • sorbet
  • standby
  • thereby
  • toupee
  • valet
  • whereby
  • WY
  • alai
  • apply
  • asea
  • away
  • ballet
  • belie
  • betray
  • bonsai
  • bouvier
  • cafe
  • Cathay
  • comply
  • crochet
  • decay
  • defray
  • delay
  • denyer
  • dismay
  • dossiere
  • Dubai
  • essay
  • fianced
  • fillet
  • good-bye
  • goodbye's
  • hereby
  • hi-fi
  • Huai
  • imply
  • marais
  • mistry
  • nayaur
  • nearby
  • obey
  • okay
  • olay
  • parquet
  • puree
  • rely
  • repay
  • reply
  • risque
  • sauted
  • Shanghai
  • soiree
  • souffle
  • supply
  • today
  • untie
  • Versailles
  • wrayful
3 syllables
  • antigay
  • bonsela
  • cabaret
  • communique
  • disobey
  • everyday
  • fiance
  • gervao
  • Lyonnais
  • Monterey
  • overplay
  • PSI
  • redisplay
  • resupply
  • societe
  • underly
  • underpay
  • underway
  • attache
  • brezilin
  • chevrolet
  • disarray
  • dossier
  • faraway
  • fryable
  • KKK
  • misapply
  • overfly
  • overstay
  • psi
  • replyer
  • semidry
  • underlie
  • underlye
  • underplay
  • USA
4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
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