Words that rhyme with sounding
Top rhymes for sounding
surrounding, founding, pounding and astounding
15 common words rhyme with sounding. The most common are surrounding, founding, pounding and astounding.
Perfect rhymes for sounding
3 syllables
- surrounding
- astounding
- compounding
- resounding
- rebounding
- confounding
- abounding
- expounding
- impounding
Near rhymes for sounding
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- accounting
- counting
- mounting
- amounting
- discounting
- recounting
- surmounting
- announcing
- surroundings
- drowning
- bouncing
- downing
- crowning
- denouncing
- crowding
- overcrowding
- pronouncing
- lounging
- frowning
- clowning
- renouncing
- clouding
- foundling
- pouncing
- scrounging
- trouncing
- mispronouncing
- standing
- finding
- understanding
- mountain
- spending
- ending
- funding
- allowing
- sending
- depending
- founded
- outstanding
- landing
How sounding sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (SOUND-ing) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -aʊndɪŋ |
Sounding 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 sounding?
- The most common rhymes for sounding are surrounding, founding, pounding, astounding, rounding and grounding.
- How many words rhyme with sounding?
- We found 15 common perfect rhymes for sounding, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in sounding?
- Sounding has two syllables, with the stress on the first.