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backswept

How many syllables in backswept?

  2 syllables

Divide backswept into syllables:   back-swept
How to pronounce backswept:   bak-swept
How to say backswept:

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What rhymes with backswept

2 syllables
  • accept
  • concept
  • inept
  • precept
  • upswept
  • yclept
  • adept
  • except
  • percept
  • transept
  • windswept
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