Words that rhyme with descending
Top rhymes for descending
spending, ending, sending and depending
36 common words rhyme with descending. The most common are spending, ending, sending and depending.
Perfect rhymes for descending
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
- recommending
- condescending
- comprehending
- apprehending
- overspending
Show 6 rare words
- wending
- outspending
- overextending
- portending
- misspending
- relending
Near rhymes for descending
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- representing
- preventing
- presenting
- referendum
- implementing
- renting
- experimenting
- tendon
- inventing
- dissenting
- venting
- consenting
- unrelenting
- addendum
- lamenting
- complimenting
- reinventing
- supplementing
- cementing
- complementing
- tormenting
- misrepresenting
- fermenting
- augmenting
- circumventing
- disorienting
- frequenting
- resenting
- repenting
- segmenting
- denting
- reading
- standing
- wedding
- understanding
- outstanding
- heading
- landing
- agenda
- spreading
How descending sounds
| Pronunciation | /dɪˈsɛndɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (de-SCEND-ing) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛndɪŋ |
Descending has three syllables, with the stress on the second. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with descending?
- The most common rhymes for descending are spending, ending, sending, depending, defending and attending.
- How many words rhyme with descending?
- We found 36 common perfect rhymes and 6 rarer words for descending, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in descending?
- Descending has three syllables, with the stress on the second.