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rotten

How many syllables in rotten?

  2 syllables

Divide rotten into syllables:   rot-ten
Stressed syllable in rotten:   rot-ten
How to pronounce rotten:   rot-n
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Synonyms for rotten


1 syllable
  • bad
  • off
2 syllables
  • beastly
  • fetid
  • lowdown
  • perished
  • rancid
  • shoddy
  • decayed
  • fusty
  • moldy
  • putrid
  • shabby
  • stinking
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with rotten

2 syllables
  • cotton
  • shotten
  • gotten
  • totten
3 syllables
4 syllables
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