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sleeping

How many syllables in sleeping?

  2 syllables

Divide sleeping into syllables:   sleep-ing
Stressed syllable in sleeping:   sleep-ing
How to pronounce sleeping:   slee-ping
How to say sleeping:

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Synonyms for sleeping


2 syllables
  • asleep
  • napping
  • dormant
3 syllables
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    What rhymes with sleeping

    2 syllables
    • beeping
    • creeping
    • keeping
    • peeping
    • seeping
    • sweeping
    • bleeping
    • heaping
    • leaping
    • reaping
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