Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with telling
Words that share the ending of telling — selling, top-selling, yelling and more. 2 syllables, a nasal ending, pronounced T EH1 L IH0 NG.
Sound structure
telling has 2 syllables and is pronounced T EH1 L 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 selling, top-selling, yelling, spelling.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- T EH1 L IH0 NG
- Syllable breakdown
- T · EH1 · L · 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.
- selling S EH1 L IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
- top-selling T AA2 P S EH1 L IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- yelling Y EH1 L IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
- spelling S P EH1 L IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
- compelling K AH0 M P EH1 L IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- bottom-dwelling B AA1 D AH0 M D W EH2 L IH0 NG · 4 syllables · standard
- dwelling D W EH1 L IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
- foul-smelling F AW2 L S M EH1 L IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- storytelling S T AO1 R IY0 T EH2 L IH0 NG · 4 syllables · standard
- swelling S W EH1 L IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
- bestselling B EH1 S T S EH1 L IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- evil-smelling IY1 V AH0 L S M EH2 L IH0 NG · 4 syllables · standard
- smelling S M EH1 L IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
- retelling R IY0 T EH1 L IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- self-propelling S EH2 L F P R AH0 P EH1 L IH0 NG · 4 syllables · standard
- shelling SH EH1 L IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
- propelling P R AH0 P EH1 L IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- paralleling P EH1 R AH0 L EH2 L IH0 NG · 4 syllables · standard
- felling F EH1 L IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
- expelling IH0 K S P EH1 L IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- getting G EH1 T IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
- go-getting G OW1 G EH2 D IH0 NG · 3 syllables · common
- having HH AE1 V IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
- making M EY1 K IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
- in IH0 N · 1 syllable · common
- time-sharing T AY1 M SH EH2 R IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- money-making M AH1 N IY0 M EY2 K IH0 NG · 4 syllables · common
- decision-making D IH0 S IH1 ZH AH0 N M EY2 K 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
- wearing W EH1 R IH0 NG · 2 syllables · standard
- thing TH IH1 NG · 1 syllable · common
- long-playing L AO1 NG P L EY2 IH0 NG · 3 syllables · common
- operating AA1 P ER0 EY2 T IH0 NG · 4 syllables · standard
- lady-in-waiting L EY2 D IY0 AH0 N W EY1 D IH0 NG · 5 syllables · standard
- taking T EY1 K IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
- dream D R IY1 M · 1 syllable · common
- code-sharing K OW1 D SH EH2 R IH0 NG · 3 syllables · standard
- self-creating S EH2 L F K R IY0 EY1 D IH0 NG · 4 syllables · standard
- non-operating N AA1 N AO1 P ER0 EY2 T IH0 NG · 5 syllables · standard
- playing P L EY1 IH0 NG · 2 syllables · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 레인 2 syllables · common
- ベイビー 4 syllables · common
- 트레인 3 syllables · common
- メイビー 4 syllables · common
- 데이 2 syllables · common
- ねじり ネジリ · 3 syllables · common
- 레이디 3 syllables · common
- シェリス 3 syllables · common
- 드림 2 syllables · common
- 君 キミ · 2 syllables · common
- 링 1 syllable · noun · standard
- イニング 4 syllables · common
- 스트레칭 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 도그레이싱 5 syllables · noun · standard
- 世界 セカイ · 3 syllables · common
- 멀티프로세싱 6 syllables · noun · standard
- いち イチ · 2 syllables · common
- 다중프로그래밍 7 syllables · noun · standard
- スイング 4 syllables · common
How this was worked out
RhymeMore matches sound, not spelling. It splits a word into syllables, pulls out the vowel and the closing consonant of each, and groups candidates by how many syllables agree counting back from the end. The FAQ explains the method in full.
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