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northeast

How many syllables in northeast?

  2 syllables

Divide northeast into syllables:   north-east
Primary syllable stress:   north-east
Secondary syllable stress:   north-east
How to say northeast:

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What rhymes with northeast

1 syllable
  • beast
  • east
  • fleeced
  • leased
  • pieced
  • se
  • ceased
  • feast
  • greased
  • least
  • priest
2 syllables
3 syllables
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