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billion

How many syllables in billion?

  2 syllables

Divide billion into syllables:   bil-lion
Stressed syllable in billion:   bil-lion
How to pronounce billion:   bil-yun
How to say billion:

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What rhymes with billion

2 syllables
  • jillion
  • pillion
  • stillish
  • zillion
  • million
  • stillion
  • trillion
3 syllables
4 syllables
    5 syllables
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