Words that rhyme with wilderness

Closest near rhymes for wilderness

bitterness and villainous

No common English word is a perfect rhyme for wilderness. The closest near rhymes are bitterness and villainous.

Near rhymes for wilderness

These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.

Perfect rhymes for wilderness

No common word ends with exactly the same sound as wilderness.

How wilderness sounds

Pronunciation/ˈwɪldɚnəs/
Syllables3
Stress patternDUM-da-da
Rhyme sound-ɪldɚnəs

Wilderness has three syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.

Counting syllables? See how many syllables are in wilderness.

Questions

What rhymes with wilderness?
No common word rhymes perfectly with wilderness. Near rhymes such as bitterness and villainous come closest.
How many words rhyme with wilderness?
We found 0 common perfect rhymes for wilderness, plus 2 near rhymes.
How many syllables are in wilderness?
Wilderness has three syllables, with the stress on the first.

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