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taken

How many syllables in taken?

  2 syllables

Divide taken into syllables:   tak-en
Stressed syllable in taken:   tak-en
How to pronounce taken:   tey-kun
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Synonyms for taken


1 syllable
  • full
    2 syllables
    • busy
    • in use
    3 syllables
      5 syllables
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        What rhymes with taken

        1 syllable
        • wake
          2 syllables
          • bacon
          • Macon
          • waken
          • Dakin
          • shaken
          3 syllables
          • awaken
          • Jamaican
          • retaken
          • unshaken
          4 syllables
            5 syllables
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