Words that rhyme with leaving
Top rhymes for leaving
receiving, believing, achieving and weaving
15 common words rhyme with leaving. The most common are receiving, believing, achieving and weaving.
Perfect rhymes for leaving
4 syllables
- disbelieving
- interweaving
- unbelieving
Show 2 rare words
- interleaving
- misconceiving
Near rhymes for leaving
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- even
- teaching
- increasing
- reaching
- breathing
- releasing
- freezing
- pleasing
- briefing
- preaching
- decreasing
- policing
- leasing
- teasing
- uneven
- squeezing
- seizing
- easing
- screeching
- bleaching
- sneezing
- breaching
- ceasing
- seething
- wheezing
- unleashing
- teething
- leaching
- piecing
- beefing
- debriefing
- appeasing
- impeaching
- besieging
- overreaching
- breakeven
- greasing
- sheathing
- unceasing
- fleecing
How leaving sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈlivɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (LEAV-ing) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ivɪŋ |
Leaving 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 leaving?
- The most common rhymes for leaving are receiving, believing, achieving, weaving, grieving and relieving.
- How many words rhyme with leaving?
- We found 15 common perfect rhymes and 2 rarer words for leaving, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in leaving?
- Leaving has two syllables, with the stress on the first.