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stocking

How many syllables in stocking?

  2 syllables

Divide stocking into syllables:   stock-ing
Stressed syllable in stocking:   stock-ing
How to pronounce stocking:   stok-ing
How to say stocking:

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What rhymes with stocking

2 syllables
  • blocking
  • docking
  • Hocking
  • locking
  • rocking
  • smocking
  • cocking
  • flocking
  • knocking
  • mocking
  • shocking
  • socking
3 syllables
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