bête noire
How to pronounce bête noire:
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- slimmest
- tidy
- Ramses
- paving
- deacon
- cascade
- ayah
- Alize
- salad
- landform
- dino
- Skye
- Selene
- rugged
- Kairi
- Kailey
- curfew
- thoughtful
- strictness
- Silas
- placid
- involve
- chia
- cabal
- Ambrose
- Siri
- iqbal
- doctor
- credit
- abled
- Rohit
- raccoon
- Garrett
- explat
- champagne
- Cecile
- belonged
- Payal
- hopping
- henna
- feel like
- cactus
- brownies
- Alok
- topic
- Mabuz
- loamy
- Lakshmi
- Alice
- marmot
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
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