Words that rhyme with sleeping
Top rhymes for sleeping
keeping, sweeping, creeping and weeping
16 common words rhyme with sleeping. The most common are keeping, sweeping, creeping and weeping.
Perfect rhymes for sleeping
Near rhymes for sleeping
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- meeting
- reading
- leading
- speaking
- eating
- increasing
- seeking
- beating
- feeding
- treating
- competing
- cheating
- heating
- releasing
- bleeding
- breeding
- completing
- freaking
- needing
- misleading
- repeating
- seating
- briefing
- preceding
- leaking
- intriguing
- decreasing
- greeting
- speeding
- proceeding
- defeating
- succeeding
- policing
- exceeding
- leasing
- pleading
- deleting
- sneaking
- fleeting
- retreating
How sleeping sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈslipɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (SLEEP-ing) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ipɪŋ |
Sleeping 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 sleeping?
- The most common rhymes for sleeping are keeping, sweeping, creeping, weeping, housekeeping and leaping.
- How many words rhyme with sleeping?
- We found 16 common perfect rhymes for sleeping, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in sleeping?
- Sleeping has two syllables, with the stress on the first.