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commenced

How many syllables in commenced?

  2 syllables

Divide commenced into syllables:   com-menced
How to say commenced:

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What rhymes with commenced

1 syllable
  • fenced
  • tensed
  • sensed
2 syllables
  • against
  • dispensed
  • unfence
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