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