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swelling

How many syllables in swelling?

  2 syllables

Divide swelling into syllables:   swell-ing
Stressed syllable in swelling:   swell-ing
How to pronounce swelling:   swel-ing
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Synonyms for swelling


1 syllable
  • boil
  • bump
  • growth
  • rise
  • welt
  • bulge
  • cyst
  • hump
  • weal
2 syllables
  • abscess
  • buildup
  • nodule
  • surging
  • blister
  • bunion
  • polyp
  • tumor
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with swelling

2 syllables
  • belling
  • dwelling
  • fehling
  • helling
  • quelling
  • selling
  • smelling
  • spelling
  • telling
3 syllables
4 syllables
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