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began

How many syllables in began?

  2 syllables

Divide began into syllables:   be-gan
How to pronounce began:   bih-gan
How to say began:

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What rhymes with began

1 syllable
  • an
  • anne
  • blan
  • can
  • Cannes
  • clan
  • fan
  • Fran
  • gran
  • Jan
  • Klan
  • Man
  • nan
  • plan
  • rann
  • scan
  • Shan
  • spann
  • than
  • whan
  • yan
  • Ann
  • ban
  • bran
  • cann
  • chan
  • dan
  • flan
  • gan
  • Han
  • Kan
  • LAN
  • Mann
  • pan
  • ran
  • San
  • scance
  • span
  • tan
  • van
  • whand
2 syllables
  • Bhutan
  • chapin
  • Cheyenne
  • Diane
  • divan
  • duan
  • harpin
  • Japan
  • liane
  • moulin
  • pecan
  • rattan
  • saran
  • Spokane
  • suzanne
  • cezanne
  • chauvin
  • cyan
  • dianne
  • divan's
  • gaulin
  • Iran
  • Lausanne
  • lianes
  • outman
  • ran-through
  • Rodin
  • sedan
  • Sudan
3 syllables
4 syllables
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