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employee

How many syllables in employee?

  3 syllables

Divide employee into syllables:   em-ploy-ee
Primary syllable stress:   em-ploy-ee
Secondary syllable stress:   em-ploy-ee
How to say employee:

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Synonyms for employee


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      3 syllables
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        4 syllables
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          What rhymes with employee

          1 syllable
          • ABD
          • DDT
          • esp
          • abd
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          2 syllables
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