Xerxes
How to pronounce Xerxes:
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- upturned
- shyest
- macron
- disused
- year-round
- oxen
- blankets
- sidder
- rootwise
- maketh
- psycho
- mourning
- thudding
- abjure
- fulfill
- enrapt
- eirie
- chuckhole
- barest
- dotal
- unpack
- refine
- fixture
- undid
- improved
- dances
- sourly
- hagged
- cosmic
- unformed
- turmoil
- tidied
- possessions
- toughness
- descent
- Atharv
- Apode
- thrifty
- aplomb
- dirtied
- Cynric
- goblet
- scaffold
- duller
- locust
- pinnate
- paella
- worshipped
- bootless
- rescript
- … more
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Words like 'squirrelled' can have different syllable counts depending on the speaker's accent, highlighting English's dialectal diversity.
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