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porous

How many syllables in porous?

  2 syllables

Divide porous into syllables:   po-rous
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Synonyms for porous


2 syllables
  • leaky
  • spongy
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with porous

      2 syllables
      • chorus
      • forests
      • Horus
      • Maurice
      • Morris
      • sorus
      • torus
      • Doris
      • Horace
      • loris
      • morris
      • orris
      • Taurus
      3 syllables
        4 syllables
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