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defence

How many syllables in defence?

  143579826 syllables

Divide defence into syllables:   de-fence
Stressed syllable in defence:   de-fence
How to pronounce defence:   dih-fens
How to say defence:

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What rhymes with defence

1 syllable
  • cents
  • fence
  • pence
  • sense
  • tense
  • whence
  • dense
  • hence
  • pense
  • Spence
  • thence
2 syllables
  • commence
  • defense
  • denseless
  • expense
  • immense
  • intense
  • pretense
  • condense
  • defensed
  • dispense
  • Ferenc
  • incense
  • offense
  • suspense
3 syllables
4 syllables
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