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fail

How many syllables in fail?

  1 syllable

Divide fail into syllables:   fail
Syllable stress:   fail
How to pronounce fail:   fayl
How to say fail:

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Synonyms for fail


1 syllable
  • bomb
  • break
  • die
  • flop
  • give
  • lose
  • botch
  • crash
  • ebb
  • fold
  • lapse
2 syllables
  • backfire
  • collapse
  • founder
  • let down
  • neglect
  • pack up
  • break down
  • fall short
  • go down
  • misfire
  • not pass
  • weaken
3 syllables
  • disappoint
  • miscarry
  • stop working
  • go bankrupt
  • not succeed
4 syllables
  • go on the blink
  • not make the grade
5 syllables
  • be unsuccessful
  • not be up to snuff
  • go out of business
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What rhymes with fail

1 syllable
  • ail
  • baal
  • baile
  • brail
  • braille
  • crail
  • dale
  • flailed
  • Gael
  • gale
  • grail
  • hale
  • kail
  • mail
  • maille
  • nail
  • pail
  • quail
  • Quayle
  • sail
  • salle
  • shale
  • stale
  • tael
  • taille
  • they'll
  • vail
  • veil
  • wale
  • Yale
  • ale
  • bail
  • bale
  • Braille
  • calle
  • dail
  • flail
  • frail
  • gail
  • Gale
  • hail
  • jail
  • kale
  • maile
  • male
  • nale
  • pale
  • quale
  • rail
  • sale
  • scale
  • snail
  • swale
  • tail
  • tale
  • trail
  • vale
  • wail
  • whale
2 syllables
  • assail
  • Bâle
  • cadell
  • curtail
  • detail
  • entail
  • gailer
  • inhale
  • mcphail
  • rafale
  • today'll
  • travail
  • avail
  • bewail
  • carrell
  • derail
  • email
  • exhale
  • Gayle
  • Jarrell
  • prevail
  • surveil
  • tramell
  • unveil
3 syllables
  • Mikhail
    4 syllables
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