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pretending

How many syllables in pretending?

  3 syllables

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What rhymes with pretending

2 syllables
  • bending
  • ending
  • fendliche
  • mending
  • relends
  • sending
  • tending
  • trendle
  • blending
  • fending
  • lending
  • pending
  • rending
  • spending
  • trending
  • vending
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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