Words that rhyme with locking
Top rhymes for locking
blocking, shocking, knocking and rocking
13 common words rhyme with locking. The most common are blocking, shocking, knocking and rocking.
Perfect rhymes for locking
3 syllables
4 syllables
Show 3 rare words
- socking
- undocking
- spacewalking
Near rhymes for locking
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- shopping
- dropping
- stopping
- washing
- popping
- talkin
- plotting
- topping
- sobbing
- coughing
- hopping
- spotting
- jogging
- robbing
- chopping
- rotting
- swapping
- whopping
- nodding
- throbbing
- cropping
- boycotting
- squatting
- brainwashing
- clogging
- trotting
- clotting
- eavesdropping
- bobbing
- flogging
- flopping
- propping
- mopping
- yachting
- copping
- prodding
- plodding
- blotting
- dotting
- sloshing
How locking sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɑkɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (LOCK-ing) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɑkɪŋ |
Locking has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with locking?
- The most common rhymes for locking are blocking, shocking, knocking, rocking, mocking and stocking.
- How many words rhyme with locking?
- We found 13 common perfect rhymes and 3 rarer words for locking, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in locking?
- Locking has two syllables, with the stress on the first.