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reading

How many syllables in reading?

  2 syllables

Divide reading into syllables:   read-ing
Stressed syllable in reading:   read-ing
How to pronounce reading:   ree-ding
How to say reading:

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    What rhymes with reading

    2 syllables
    • bleeding
    • breading
    • ceding
    • feeding
    • heading
    • heeding
    • needing
    • pleadings
    • reding
    • seeding
    • shredding
    • speeding
    • threading
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    6 syllables
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