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controlling

How many syllables in controlling?

  3 syllables

Divide controlling into syllables:   con-trol-ling
How to say controlling:

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Synonyms for controlling


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        What rhymes with controlling

        2 syllables
        • bolling
        • doling
        • growling
        • poling
        • pollings
        • strolling
        • bowling
        • foaling
        • holing
        • polling
        • rolling
        • tolling
        3 syllables
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