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read

How many syllables in read?

  1 syllable

Divide read into syllables:   read
Syllable stress:   read
How to pronounce read:   reed
How to say read:

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Synonyms for read


1 syllable
  • scan
  • speak
2 syllables
  • access
  • construe
  • glance at
  • peruse
  • study
  • announce
  • convert
  • look at
  • recite
  • translate
3 syllables
5 syllables
  • understand writing
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    What rhymes with read

    1 syllable
    • bead
    • Bede
    • bleed
    • bred
    • breed
    • creed
    • dede
    • dread
    • fed
    • fled
    • freed
    • Gide
    • greed
    • head
    • jed
    • knead
    • lead
    • leed
    • mead
    • Mede
    • need
    • peed
    • pled
    • redd
    • reed
    • said
    • seed
    • shed
    • skied
    • Snead
    • speed
    • stead
    • swede
    • ted
    • teed
    • tread
    • tweed
    • wed
    • wied
    • bed
    • bled
    • bread
    • brede
    • cede
    • dead
    • deed
    • ed
    • feed
    • Fred
    • ged
    • gleed
    • he'd
    • heed
    • keyed
    • kneed
    • led
    • Mead
    • med
    • meed
    • ped
    • plead
    • red
    • rede
    • Reid
    • screed
    • she'd
    • shred
    • sled
    • sped
    • spread
    • steed
    • Swede
    • Ted
    • thread
    • treed
    • we'd
    • weed
    • zed
    2 syllables
    • abed
    • adread
    • ahead
    • concede
    • degreed
    • embed
    • imbed
    • indeed
    • lipide
    • mislead
    • misread
    • purebred
    • reread
    • retread
    • secede
    • succeed
    • unread
    • unwed
    • accede
    • agreed
    • behead
    • decreed
    • elide
    • exceed
    • impede
    • instead
    • misdeed
    • misled
    • peeing
    • recede
    • reseed
    • sayed
    • stampede
    • teedle
    • unsaid
    • widespread
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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