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dwelling

How many syllables in dwelling?

  2 syllables

Divide dwelling into syllables:   dwell-ing
Stressed syllable in dwelling:   dwell-ing
How to pronounce dwelling:   dwel-ing
How to say dwelling:

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Synonyms for dwelling


1 syllable
  • home
  • place
  • house
2 syllables
  • abode
  • lodging
3 syllables
  • apartment
  • private house
  • tenement
4 syllables
  • place of abode
    5 syllables
    • private residence
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      What rhymes with dwelling

      2 syllables
      • belling
      • elling
      • felling
      • melling
      • schelling
      • shelling
      • smellproof
      • stelling
      • telling
      • dispells
      • fehling
      • helling
      • quelling
      • selling
      • smelling
      • spelling
      • swelling
      • welling
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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