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overslept

How many syllables in overslept?

  3 syllables

Divide overslept into syllables:   o-ver-slept
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What rhymes with overslept

1 syllable
  • crept
  • leaped
  • prepped
  • slept
  • stepped
  • wep
  • kept
  • leapt
  • Sept
  • slete
  • swept
2 syllables
  • accept
  • except
  • adept
  • inept
3 syllables
5 syllables
    6 syllables
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