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koan

How many syllables in koan?

  2 syllables

Divide koan into syllables:   ko-an
How to pronounce koan:   koh-ahn
How to say koan:

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What rhymes with koan

2 syllables
  • add-on
  • agon
  • Akan
  • Amman
  • Anshan
  • argon
  • atman
  • bank on
  • baton
  • Bion
  • bon ton
  • boron
  • bouillon
  • build on
  • caisson
  • canton
  • cast on
  • Ceylon
  • Charon
  • chiffon
  • chiton
  • Cimon
  • clip-on
  • come-on
  • coupon
  • crayon
  • cretonne
  • Dacron
  • Dogon
  • fall on
  • foregone
  • Freon
  • futon
  • get on
  • gluon
  • go on
  • hadron
  • hand on
  • hang on
  • hazan
  • Henan
  • high on
  • hogan
  • icon
  • intron
  • jargon
  • jomon
  • kaon
  • keen on
  • Kirman
  • kurgan
  • lauan
  • let on
  • log on
  • Luzon
  • Masan
  • Memnon
  • micron
  • mod con
  • mouton
  • muon
  • nekton
  • nephron
  • neutron
  • Nippon
  • odds-on
  • Oran
  • paeon
  • Pathan
  • pecan
  • Phaëthon
  • phyton
  • pion
  • plankton
  • pompon
  • proton
  • push on
  • pylon
  • racon
  • rag on
  • recon
  • run on
  • Saint John
  • salon
  • Schumann
  • shaitan
  • Shingon
  • sit on
  • snap-on
  • solon
  • soutane
  • stolon
  • Suwon
  • taipan
  • take on
  • taxon
  • Tehran
  • thereon
  • tisane
  • toucan
  • trade on
  • Tristan
  • trogon
  • Tucson
  • turned-on
  • tzigane
  • Ulsan
  • wait on
  • whereon
  • Wonsan
  • work on
  • xenon
  • yaupon
  • Yunnan
  • aeon
  • agone
  • Ambon
  • anon
  • archon
  • Argonne
  • axon
  • barchan
  • big on
  • blouson
  • bonbon
  • boson
  • bring on
  • bygone
  • call on
  • capon
  • catch on
  • chaconne
  • chew on
  • chignon
  • chrismon
  • cistron
  • codon
  • cordon
  • crampon
  • crepon
  • crouton
  • doggone
  • exon
  • flacon
  • form on
  • fronton
  • Garonne
  • Gibran
  • gnomon
  • guidon
  • Hainan
  • hands-on
  • have on
  • head-on
  • hereon
  • hit on
  • hold on
  • Inchon
  • ion
  • Jinan
  • kanban
  • Kashan
  • Khoisan
  • krypton
  • Kurgan
  • lepton
  • lock on
  • look on
  • macron
  • Medan
  • meson
  • Milan
  • moron
  • Multan
  • natron
  • neon
  • neuron
  • ninon
  • nylon
  • Oman
  • Orlon
  • parton
  • pavane
  • peon
  • photon
  • pick on
  • piton
  • pluton
  • prion
  • Pusan
  • put-on
  • python
  • radon
  • rayon
  • rhyton
  • run-on
  • Saipan
  • Schliemann
  • Shaban
  • shaman
  • sign on
  • slip-on
  • Solon
  • soupçon
  • stand on
  • stuck on
  • sweet on
  • Taiwan
  • tampon
  • Teflon
  • teston
  • Tian Shan
  • torchon
  • toyon
  • trigon
  • triton
  • try on
  • turn on
  • Typhon
  • uhlan
  • upon
  • walk-on
  • witan
  • wonton
  • Wuhan
  • Xi'an
  • Yukon
  • zircon
3 syllables
  • dead-on
  • Don Juan
  • San Juan
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