backfire

How many syllables in backfire?

  935816472 syllables

Divide backfire into syllables:   back-fire
Primary syllable stress:   back-fire
Secondary syllable stress:   back-fire
How to pronounce backfire:   bak-fire
How to say backfire:

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Synonyms for backfire


1 syllable
  • fail
  • flop
2 syllables
  • go wrong
  • rebound
  • misfire
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • not go as planned
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    2 syllables
    • admire
    • aspire
    • balefire
    • bemire
    • bonfire
    • bushfire
    • catch fire
    • conspire
    • desire
    • empire
    • esquire
    • for hire
    • grandsire
    • gunfire
    • haywire
    • hot-wire
    • inspire
    • on fire
    • pismire
    • quagmire
    • respire
    • rimfire
    • samphire
    • satire
    • snow tire
    • surefire
    • tightwire
    • transpire
    • umpire
    • watch fire
    3 syllables
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