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cough

How many syllables in cough?

  1 syllable

Divide cough into syllables:   cough
Syllable stress:   cough
How to say cough:

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What rhymes with cough

1 syllable
  • boff
  • goff
  • haaf
  • koff
  • quaff
  • shroff
  • stog
  • trough
  • doff
  • groff
  • haafs
  • off
  • scoff
  • stoff
  • taw
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