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scanning

How many syllables in scanning?

  2 syllables

Divide scanning into syllables:   scan-ning
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What rhymes with scanning

2 syllables
  • banning
  • Canning
  • fannings
  • Hanning
  • panning
  • plannings
  • tannin
  • branning
  • fanning
  • granting
  • manning
  • planning
  • spanning
3 syllables
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