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speaking

How many syllables in speaking?

  2 syllables

Divide speaking into syllables:   speak-ing
Stressed syllable in speaking:   speak-ing
How to pronounce speaking:   spee-king
How to say speaking:

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Synonyms for speaking


1 syllable
  • speech
  • words
  • tongue
2 syllables
3 syllables
  • dialect
  • idiom
  • dialogue
  • native tongue
4 syllables
  • spoken language
5 syllables
7 syllables
  • oral communication
  • verbal communication
  • spoken communication
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What rhymes with speaking

2 syllables
3 syllables
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