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painting

How many syllables in painting?

  2 syllables

Divide painting into syllables:   paint-ing
Stressed syllable in painting:   paint-ing
How to pronounce painting:   peyn-ting
How to say painting:

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Synonyms for painting


1 syllable
  • art
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    What rhymes with painting

    2 syllables
    • caning
    • draining
    • feigning
    • raining
    • reining
    • repaints
    • straining
    3 syllables
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