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cresting

How many syllables in cresting?

  2 syllables

Divide cresting into syllables:   crest-ing
Stressed syllable in cresting:   crest-ing
How to pronounce cresting:   kres-ting
How to say cresting:

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What rhymes with cresting

2 syllables
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  • nesting
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  • westing
  • breasting
  • resting
  • vesting
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