Words that rhyme with smiling
Top rhymes for smiling
filing, styling, profiling and compiling
9 common words rhyme with smiling. The most common are filing, styling, profiling and compiling.
Perfect rhymes for smiling
3 syllables
4 syllables
Show 2 rare words
- wiling
- unsmiling
Near rhymes for smiling
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- firing
- hiring
- requiring
- inspiring
- asylum
- acquiring
- retiring
- aspiring
- wiring
- tiring
- admiring
- conspiring
- expiring
- uninspiring
- phylum
- perspiring
- trying
- writing
- fighting
- driving
- buying
- providing
- flying
- lying
- dying
- crying
- mining
- advertising
- exciting
- rising
- riding
- signing
- hiding
- lighting
- timing
- surprising
- applying
- describing
- striking
- underlying
How smiling sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (SMIL-ing) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -aɪlɪŋ |
Smiling 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 smiling?
- The most common rhymes for smiling are filing, styling, profiling, compiling, piling and dialing.
- How many words rhyme with smiling?
- We found 9 common perfect rhymes and 2 rarer words for smiling, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in smiling?
- Smiling has two syllables, with the stress on the first.