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