A perfect rhyme for “feeling” ends in /ilɪŋ/, the sound from its stressed vowel to the end of the word. Near rhymes differ by a single sound, which is enough to end a line beside “feeling” without matching it exactly. Most of the near rhymes end in one of two sounds, /eɪlɪŋ/ or /itɪŋ/.
Spoken aloud, “feeling” is /ˈfilɪŋ/, respelled FEE-lihng, two syllables with the stress on the first. A rhyme has to match from that stressed syllable to the end, and the syllables before it are free to differ.
“Feeling” has 14 perfect rhymes and 137 near rhymes in common use; dealing, stealing and ceiling are the most common.
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What Rhymes With Feeling
Dealing, stealing, ceiling and healing rhyme with “feeling”, each one ending in /ilɪŋ/ from the stressed vowel on. A word that changes one sound of that ending, such as wailing or meeting, reads as a near rhyme instead.
- Dealing
- Stealing
- Ceiling
- Healing
- Squealing
- Revealing
- Appealing
- Kneeling
- Peeling
- Reeling
- Sealing
- Concealing
Perfect Rhymes With Feeling
Three-Syllable Rhymes With Feeling
- Revealing
- Appealing
- Concealing
- Unfeeling
Two-Syllable Rhymes With Feeling
- Dealing
- Stealing
- Ceiling
- Healing
- Squealing
- Kneeling
- Peeling
- Reeling
- Sealing
- Wheeling
Near Rhymes With Feeling
“Feeling” has 137 near rhymes in common English, and more of them end in /eɪlɪŋ/ than in any other sound, like wailing and sailing. The next most common ending is /itɪŋ/, heard in meeting and eating. Most near rhymes for “feeling” match part of its /ilɪŋ/ ending and differ from it by one sound.
Near Rhymes For Feeling Ending In -ailing: Wailing And Sailing
For wailing, sailing and failing the ending is /eɪlɪŋ/, /eɪ/ in place of the /i/ of “feeling”.
- Wailing
- Sailing
- Failing
- Blackmailing
- Tailing
- Bailing
- Trailing
- Railing
- Inhaling
- Nailing
- Hailing
- Mailing
- Unveiling
- Ailing
- Detailing
- Prevailing
Feeling Rhymes With A -ting Ending: Meeting And Eating
Meeting, eating and beating rhyme loosely on /itɪŋ/, which is /t/ in place of the /l/ of “feeling”.
- Meeting
- Eating
- Beating
- Cheating
- Treating
- Repeating
- Competing
- Heating
- Greeting
- Fleeting
- Seating
- Retreating
- Completing
- Defeating
- Overheating
- Deleting
Feeling Rhymes With An -eeping Ending: Sleeping And Keeping
Words ending in /ipɪŋ/ include sleeping, keeping and beeping, each with /p/ in place of the /l/ of “feeling”.
- Sleeping
- Keeping
- Beeping
- Weeping
- Sweeping
- Creeping
- Peeping
- Housekeeping
- Leaping
- Bleeping
- Safekeeping
- Bookkeeping
- Seeping
- Reaping
- Peacekeeping
Feeling Rhymes Ending In -ding, Like Reading And Bleeding
Pronounced /idɪŋ/ at the end, reading, bleeding and leading have /d/ in place of the /l/ of “feeling”.
- Reading
- Bleeding
- Leading
- Feeding
- Needing
- Speeding
- Breeding
- Proceeding
- Pleading
- Misleading
- Succeeding
- Receding
- Exceeding
- Preceding
- Weeding
Words Like Killing And Willing That Almost Rhyme With Feeling
Each of killing, willing and filling ends in /ɪlɪŋ/, /ɪ/ in place of the /i/ of “feeling”.
- Killing
- Willing
- Filling
- Drilling
- Thrilling
- Spilling
- Fulfilling
- Chilling
- Billing
- Unwilling
- Shilling
- Trilling
- Grilling
- Milling
Speaking And Freaking As Near Rhymes For Feeling
Speaking, freaking and seeking end in /ikɪŋ/, which is /k/ in place of the /l/ of “feeling”.
- Speaking
- Freaking
- Seeking
- Creaking
- Sneaking
- Squeaking
- Leaking
- Shrieking
- Peeking
- Tweaking
- Wreaking
- Reeking
- Streaking
Screaming /imɪŋ/, leaving /ivɪŋ/, freezing /izɪŋ/ and meaning /inɪŋ/ are looser near rhymes for “feeling”, each on an ending of its own.
Does Leaving Rhyme With Feeling
People often ask whether these words rhyme with “feeling”. Only the sounds from the stressed vowel on count, so two words can share four letters and still not rhyme.
| Word | Rhymes With Feeling | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Dealing | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Stealing | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Ceiling | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Leaving | Near rhyme | /v/ in place of the /l/ of "feeling", near enough for the end of a line |
| Meeting | Near rhyme | /t/ in place of the /l/ of "feeling", near enough for the end of a line |
| Telling | Consonance only | Same stressed vowel, and the final consonant is of the same kind rather than the same sound |
| Thing | No | Only the unstressed last syllable matches, and the stressed syllable is different |
| Calling | No | Same letters at the end, but said /ɔlɪŋ/ |
Nouns And Verbs That Rhyme With Feeling
Counted by part of speech, the perfect rhymes for “feeling” number ten nouns and three verbs. Dealing is both a noun and a verb, so it is listed once, under the part of speech it takes more often. As “feeling” is a noun, noun rhymes such as dealing, stealing and ceiling fit the same place in a sentence.
| Word Class | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Nouns | Dealing, stealing, ceiling, healing, revealing, kneeling, peeling, sealing, concealing, wheeling |
| Verbs | Squealing, appealing, reeling |
Sad Words That Rhyme With Feeling
Failing, defeating, weeping and grieving rhyme with “feeling” and have a sad meaning.
| Tone | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Sad | Failing, defeating, weeping, grieving |
The Two-Syllable Ending In Feeling
A rhyme for “feeling” has to end in /ilɪŋ/, the sound formed by the stressed vowel /i/ followed by /l/, /ɪ/ and /ŋ/. Dealing, stealing and ceiling are three of the 14 other common words that end in the same sound. This is a two-syllable ending, so the rhyming word has the same stressed vowel and every sound after it.
Words That Look Like Feeling But Do Not Rhyme
In spelling, “feeling” matches telling, calling, darling and killing on the final -ling, but the pronunciation differs in every one of them. Telling, selling and yelling end in /ɛlɪŋ/ and calling ends in /ɔlɪŋ/, whereas “feeling” ends in /ilɪŋ/. They end on /ŋ/, as “feeling” does, so the match is partial: the closing consonants agree and the vowel is different.
| Word | Ending Sound | Closing Sound Shared With Feeling |
|---|---|---|
| Telling | /ɛlɪŋ/ | /ŋ/ |
| Calling | /ɔlɪŋ/ | /ŋ/ |
| Darling | /ɑrlɪŋ/ | /ŋ/ |
| Killing | /ɪlɪŋ/ | /ŋ/ |
| Willing | /ɪlɪŋ/ | /ŋ/ |
| Selling | /ɛlɪŋ/ | /ŋ/ |
| Falling | /ɑlɪŋ/ | /ŋ/ |
| Yelling | /ɛlɪŋ/ | /ŋ/ |
Rhyme Schemes With Feeling
In the stanza forms poets use most, “feeling” rhymes with dealing and stealing. When a letter repeats, those lines end on the same rhyme sound.
| Scheme | Line endings | How The Lines Pair |
|---|---|---|
| AABB | Feeling / dealing / stealing / ceiling | Two couplets in a row, each pair rhyming on consecutive lines. |
| ABAB | Feeling / wailing / dealing / sailing | Alternating lines, with the near rhymes on the B lines and the perfect pair on the A lines. |
| ABCB | … / feeling / … / dealing | Only the second and fourth lines rhyme, as in the ballad stanza and in most hymns. |
Using Feeling Rhymes In Poems And Songs
In “Jane and Eliza”, Ann Taylor pairs “feeling” with concealing:
Had none of the care and fatigue of concealing,
Ann Taylor (1782-1866), Jane and Eliza
But her face always showed what her bosom was feeling.
Winthrop Mackworth Praed matches “feeling” with kneeling in these lines from “The Belle of the Ball-room”:
That ancient ladies have no feeling:
Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802-1839), The Belle of the Ball-room
My father frowned; but how should gout
See any happiness in kneeling?
In a couplet ending on “feeling”, the nearest rhymes are dealing and stealing. In a longer line or song verse, revealing and appealing fit the line ending instead.
| Kind Of Line | Line-Ending Pairs | How They Match |
|---|---|---|
| Couplet with matching line endings | Feeling / dealing, feeling / stealing, feeling / ceiling | Both words end in /ilɪŋ/ and have the same number of syllables |
| Longer line or song verse | Feeling / revealing, feeling / appealing | The longer word ends in the same /ilɪŋ/, with one more syllable before it |
FAQs
The most common words that rhyme with “feeling” in everyday English are dealing, stealing, ceiling and healing. Beyond those, squealing, revealing, appealing, kneeling and peeling rhyme with it as well. They match “feeling” from the stressed vowel /i/ onward.
Counting perfect and near rhymes together, “feeling” has 151 rhymes in common English. Within it, 14 words match the full /ilɪŋ/ ending and 137 match all but one sound of it.
Near rhymes for “feeling” include leaving, meeting, speaking, screaming, killing and sleeping. Most of them have the stressed vowel /i/ of “feeling”, with one sound after it different. Songwriters use them when a perfect rhyme sounds too predictable at the end of a line.
“Feeling” ends in the same letters as telling, calling and darling, yet none of them rhymes with it. Their stressed vowel differs from the /i/ in “feeling”, so they count as eye rhymes rather than true rhymes.
“Feeling” has two syllables, said FEE-lihng, with the stress on the first. Rhymes for “feeling” are judged from that stressed syllable to the last sound of the word.
