Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with leaving
Words that share the ending of leaving — receiving, believing, achieving and more. 2 syllables, a nasal ending, pronounced L IY1 V IH0 NG.
Sound structure
leaving has 2 syllables and is pronounced L IY1 V IH0 NG. Its ending, NG, is a nasal ending.
An n, m or ng ending hums, so it carries to the end of a bar and leaves room before the next line starts.
The closest matches are receiving, believing, achieving, weaving.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- L IY1 V IH0 NG
- Syllable breakdown
- L · IY1 · V · IH0 · NG
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- NG
- Ending type
- a nasal ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- receiving R AH0 S IY1 V IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- believing B IH0 L IY1 V IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- achieving AH0 CH IY1 V IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- weaving W IY1 V IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
- basket-weaving B AE1 S K AH0 T W IY2 V IH0 NG · 4 syllables · standard
- grieving G R IY1 V IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- even IY1 V IH0 N · 2 syllables · common
- living L IH1 V IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
- being B IY1 IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
- giving G IH1 V IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
- free-living F R IY2 L IH1 V IH0 NG · 3 syllables · common
- in IH0 N · 1 syllable · common
- go-to-meeting G OW2 D AH0 M IY1 D IH0 NG · 4 syllables · common
- empire-building EH1 M P AY2 AH0 R B IH2 L D IH0 NG · 5 syllables · standard
- non-manufacturing N AA2 N M AE2 N Y AH0 F AE1 K CH ER0 IH0 NG · 6 syllables · standard
- meeting M IY1 T IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
- not-being N AA1 T B IY2 IH0 NG · 3 syllables · common
- dream D R IY1 M · 1 syllable · common
- market-leading M AA1 R K AH0 T L IY2 D IH0 NG · 4 syllables · standard
- energy-saving EH1 N AH0 R JH IY0 S EY2 V IH0 NG · 5 syllables · standard
- reading R IY1 D IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
- life-giving L AY1 F G IH2 V IH0 NG · 3 syllables · common
- thing TH IH1 NG · 1 syllable · common
- double-dealing D AH2 B AH0 L D IY1 L IH0 NG · 4 syllables · standard
- decision-making D IH0 S IH1 ZH AH0 N M EY2 K IH0 NG · 5 syllables · standard
- feeling F IY1 L IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 리핑 2 syllables · noun · standard
- イニング 4 syllables · common
- 베이비 3 syllables · common
- 君 キミ · 2 syllables · common
- 메이비 3 syllables · common
- きび キビ · 2 syllables · common
- 레이디 3 syllables · common
- にび ニビ · 2 syllables · common
- 리딩 2 syllables · noun · standard
- ベイビー 4 syllables · common
- 링 1 syllable · noun · standard
- チーズ 3 syllables · common
- 류웨이핑 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 게이트키핑 5 syllables · noun · standard
- ニビ 2 syllables · common
- 드라이크리닝 6 syllables · noun · standard
- メイビー 4 syllables · common
- 메이저리그게이밍 8 syllables · noun · standard
- 未来 ミライ · 3 syllables · common
- いち イチ · 2 syllables · common
- ねじり ネジリ · 3 syllables · common
- カイリ 3 syllables · common
- 리밍 2 syllables · noun · standard
- スチール 4 syllables · common
- 삥 1 syllable · noun · standard
- 보이스피싱 5 syllables · noun · standard
- 디인터레이싱 6 syllables · noun · standard
- 스피드스케이팅 7 syllables · noun · standard
- 보끄레머천다이징 8 syllables · noun · standard
- 마이크로프로그래밍 9 syllables · noun · standard
- カジキ 3 syllables · common
- 리징 2 syllables · noun · standard
- ギャラリー 4 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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