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