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swum

How many syllables in swum?

  1 syllable

Divide swum into syllables:   swum
Syllable stress:   swum
How to pronounce swum:   swuhm
How to say swum:

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What rhymes with swum

1 syllable
  • brum
  • chum
  • come
  • crumb
  • drum
  • dumb
  • glum
  • gum
  • lum
  • mum
  • numb
  • plumb
  • scrum
  • slum
  • some
  • stum
  • them
  • thumb
  • umm
  • bum
  • clum
  • crum
  • cum
  • dum
  • from
  • grum
  • hum
  • maam
  • mumm
  • plum
  • rum
  • scum
  • slum's
  • strum
  • sum
  • thrum
  • um
  • yu
2 syllables
  • alum
  • numbat
  • become
  • succumb
3 syllables
  • becomed
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