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purported

How many syllables in purported?

  3 syllables

Divide purported into syllables:   pur-port-ed
How to say purported:

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    What rhymes with purported

    2 syllables
    • courted
    • shorted
    • sorted
    • thwarted
    • ported
    • snorted
    • sported
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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