Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word housekeeping.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word housekeeping.
2 syllable words

acting

aching

aging

agasp

ailing

angling

airing

arming

arching

asking

awning

backing

basting

banking

banding

bagging

baiting

baking

barring

banging

beading

beaming

batting

bowling

bathing

being

belting

bedding

belling

bending

binding

biding

bidding

billing

birthing

bitching

biting

blaring

blasting

beating

bleeping

bleeding

blocking

bleaching

blinding

blazing

blessing

blending

blooming

blushing

boasting

boarding

boating

boiling

blowing

blueing

bolting

bolling

bonding

bluing

boning

bouncing

booming

booting

boozing

boring

bounding

boxing

bowing

bearing

buckling

braiding

briefing

beijing

breeching

breeding

breasting

breathing

bracing

braving

brawling

breaking

brewing

budding

broking

browning

browsing

bucking

brushing

branching

broiling

brooding

bruting

brimming

bunting

burping

burning

casting

butting

buying

camping

carling

calling

calming

caning

carping

caulking

coasting

carving

ceiling

chanting

charming

casing

chafing

catching

choking

cocking

chasing

chipping

chopping

cleaning

chirping

chilling

churning

clanging

clearing

climbing

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clouding

clowning

clucking

clogging

closing

clothing

coaching

coating

coaxing

chewing

dealing

codding

coiling

colling

combing

coming

building

crackling

costing

coping

couching

coupling

coursing

cooking

cooling

cooing

cracking

creeping

creaking

crossing

crushing

cresting

craving

crooning

crowing

cribbing

crying

cuddling

crashing

culling

dancing

cunning

cutting

damning

curling

daring

dashing

darling

daunting

curing

dawning

derring

bulging

jumping

dicing

joking

dining

dipping

diving

dishing

docking

doing

doting

doubting

dripping

driving

dropping

duckling

drafting

dragging

draining

dressing

drugging

drumming

drawing

drilling

drying

drinking

dubbing

ducking

dumpling

dueling

easing

eating

dyeing

dying

eking

earthling

during

dwelling

earning

earring

edging

ending

evening

etching

erring

farthing

farming

facing

fading

failing

falling

fainting

fining

faulting

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fighting

filing

fielding

finding

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fencing

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filling

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flashing

fixing

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flaming

fishing

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flooding

flushing

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flooring

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freaking

flowing

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foundling

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frosting

freezing

fucking

frying

funding

fuming

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gassing

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gaming

footing

gearing

getting

gilding

glancing

glowing

ginning

glazing

giving

gloaming

going

glinting

grasping

gushing

golding

golfing

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glaring

grating

groundling

greening

grounding

greeting

grieving

grouping

grouting

grinding

grayling

grazing

grooming

gunning

growing

girding

hamstring

handling

hanging

harping

healing

hearing

heating

having

hatching

heading

heaving

heckling

helping

hiding

hoarding

holding

hissing

hogging

high-speed

hilling

hitting

hosting

hopping

holing

homing

herring

horning

hounding

housing

icing

hunting

hugging

humming

hurling

hurting

inkling

inning

jeering

jailing

jarring

jerking

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jogging

digging

judging

jutting

keeling

keeping

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kindling

knowing

kenning

killing

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lading

lagging

lamping

leaping

lasting

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lashing

landing

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laughing

lawing

latching

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leading

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learning

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lining

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lemming

lighting

lightning

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looping

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loading

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logging

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loathing

lodging

longing

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lopping

lumping

lying

loring

losing

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lowing

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mailing

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mapping

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matching

meaning

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melting

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merging

mining

ousting

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molting

missing

morning

morphing

mooring

mounting

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mowing

nanking

napping

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moving

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musing

muting

nagging

nestling

nipping

nodding

nosing

nothing

nursing

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offspring

offing

oozing

netting

outing

packing

owing

panning

paging

painting

parking

passing

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pacing

padding

paring

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paving

patching

paying

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poking

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pinching

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poling

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pointing

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pegging

pooling

posting

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priming

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purging

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quaking

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rafting

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rambling

raising

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reading

romping

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riding

roasting

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rocking

rifling

roaring

rolling

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rigging

ringing

roofing

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rubbing

ruling

running

sacking

sagging

sailing

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scalping

scraping

sharking

scheming

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schooling

schilling

screaming

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seeling

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seeing

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sewing

serving

setting

shaving

searching

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shedding

sheeting

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siding

sighing

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shelling

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shrinking

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shredding

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sinking

sitting

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skimming

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sledding

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slotting

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smoking

sounding

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sneaking

sneezing

soaking

snarling

soaring

sobbing

smoothing

smelting

sniffing

something

snoring

soothing

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sparkling

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speaking

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standing

starling

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stealing

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stocking

sterling

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straddling

stinking

stowing

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suckling

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strutting

stuffing

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stinging

sucking

suiting

suing

yachting

swaying

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sweeting

sweating

sweeping

tipping

swelling

toasting

swimming

tackling

tamping

talking

teaching

teeming

tasting

taunting

tailing

taking

tanning

teaming

teething

testing

tempting

telling

tooling

switching

thumping

swooning

thrusting

tiding

thrashing

ticking

throwing

thrilling

tilting

tacking

topping

tossing

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touching

trimming

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trusting

thinking

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trilling

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tying

twisting

tubing

tuning

turning

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viking

vaulting

vesting

veiling

voiding

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voting

warping

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wasting

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walking

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wincing

willing

working

winning

wishing

wording

witching

wrecking

wrestling

wringing

writing

yearling

yearning

yelling

yielding

3 syllable words

abiding

accenting

absorbing

abounding

according

accusing

admiring

adjoining

adoring

affecting

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alarming

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anything

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appealing

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backsliding

asserting

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battering

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besieging

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bettering

bicuspid

billowing

bicuspids

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blustering

blossoming

blundering

bottling

brainwashing

bubbling

broadcasting

buffeting

carrying

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bullying

bundling

bungling

bushwhacking

bullfighting

butchering

cackling

campaigning

carjacking

canoeing

caressing

carousing

carpeting

completing

challenging

channeling

centering

chattering

churchgoing

childbearing

complaining

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comforting

commanding

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colouring

coloring

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complying

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conserving

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contracting

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copying

counseling

correcting

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covering

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crippling

darkening

cycling

dairying

damaging

cushioning

dampening

cradling

deadening

deafening

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composing

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compounding

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bumbling

dialing

journeying

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dissembling

distressing

distracting

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dividing

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dissolving

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doubling

downsizing

dressmaking

drizzling

easterling

dumbfounding

eavesdropping

dwindling

echoing

emptying

emitting

enchanting

enclosing

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enduring

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enlisting

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erupting

everything

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expiring

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existing

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faltering

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fastening

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handwriting

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following

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galloping

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gardening

gathering

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glistening

glowering

glimmering

governing

good-looking

groundbreaking

hairdressing

hardworking

harvesting

heartbreaking

highflying

housekeeper

housekeepers

hardening

housewarming

inspiring

imploring

incoming

increasing

imprinting

infighting

importing

imposing

improving

inserting

insulting

invading

happening

installing

interesting

ironing

issuing

inviting

investing

impending

juggling

lactating

lamenting

laboring

kidnapping

landscaping

laundering

lawmaking

layering

languishing

landholding

lessening

life-giving

lightening

locating

lettering

leveling

machining

listening

lingering

lowering

lumbering

leavening

marketing

maddening

marshaling

maturing

matchmaking

misleading

outfitting

measuring

meddling

middling

mellowing

misgiving

mistaking

misspelling

modeling

mottling

motoring

mothering

muscling

mumbling

murmuring

neighboring

nerve-racking

narrowing

neutering

networking

obliging

nourishing

observing

oncoming

opining

offsetting

opening

ordering

offering

opposing

ongoing

outlying

outgoing

outpouring

outstanding

painstaking

parceling

paneling

papering

pardoning

peacekeepers

peacekeeper

patrolling

peddling

persisting

pervading

perplexing

peppering

pitying

pickering

plastering

pilfering

piddling

pondering

polishing

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powdering

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prevailing

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promising

pronouncing

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quickening

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ravishing

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reckoning

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reasoning

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refreshing

rendering

regarding

relapsing

rejoicing

resisting

respecting

reviving

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revolving

riveting

retiring

reversing

rumbling

scaffolding

scrambling

scavenging

scattering

seasoning

scribbling

seducing

seagoing

shadowing

settling

abducting

shipbuilding

shimmering

shoplifting

shortcoming

shortening

sickening

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

sojourning

soldiering

soldering

souring

surrounding

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stiffening

stuttering

successive

succeeding

suffering

surpassing

strengthening

successful

surveying

surviving

sweetening

tapering

tailoring

taxicab

taxicabs

thanksgiving

tempering

thickening

thundering

ticketing

traversing

tabling

threatening

toweling

tinkling

tormenting

towering

tinkering

transporting

trembling

trumpeting

tumbling

typesetting

twinkling

typewriting

underling

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unfeeling

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undying

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unsparing

watering

undoing

unyielding

uprising

varying

upsetting

visiting

unwitting

vanishing

vomiting

wandering

wagering

warehousing

weathering

well-being

whitening

whispering

unwilling

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

unthinking

yellowing

4 syllable words

accessible

activating

admonishing

advertising

agitating

agonizing

aggravating

annotating

appetizing

awakening

astonishing

babysitting

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

captivating

calculating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

devastating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

complicating

delegating

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disabling

disappearing

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discouraging

disengaging

disconcerting

disheartening

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dispiriting

distinguishing

dominating

disparaging

domineering

edifying

emphasizing

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encircling

encouraging

encompassing

engineering

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enlightening

entertaining

enterprising

enveloping

everlasting

examining

exasperate

executing

excusable

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

high-spirited

inquiring

implicating

inhibiting

inheriting

integrating

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irritating

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interlocking

developing

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liberating

legislating

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

nonrecurring

never-ending

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notifying

notwithstanding

occupying

oscillating

operating

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parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

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petitioning

pioneering

psychopathy

realizing

reentering

registering

separating

shakespearean

speechifying

suffocating

successively

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unavailing

unassuming

unbecoming

underwriting

underlying

understanding

undertaking

unrelenting

unremitting

vacillating

undulating

waterproofing

diagnosing

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Words that rhyme with the word housekeeping

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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