Words that rhyme with contending
Top rhymes for contending
spending, ending, sending and depending
36 common words rhyme with contending. The most common are spending, ending, sending and depending.
Perfect rhymes for contending
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
- recommending
- condescending
- comprehending
- apprehending
- overspending
Show 6 rare words
- wending
- outspending
- overextending
- portending
- misspending
- relending
Near rhymes for contending
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 contending sounds
| Pronunciation | /kənˈtɛndɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (con-TEND-ing) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛndɪŋ |
Contending 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 contending?
- The most common rhymes for contending are spending, ending, sending, depending, defending and attending.
- How many words rhyme with contending?
- We found 36 common perfect rhymes and 6 rarer words for contending, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in contending?
- Contending has three syllables, with the stress on the second.