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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word fraying.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 fraying.
2 syllable words

acting

airing

angling

asking

arching

arming

arrange

arranged

armchair

armchairs

armies

awning

backing

bagging

banging

banding

banking

barring

barrings

barons

barrens

barnstorm

batting

beading

beaming

bearing

beating

bedding

belling

bearings

belting

bending

biding

bidding

billing

binding

birthing

biremes

bitching

biting

blaring

bleeding

bleaching

bleeping

blasting

blending

blessing

blinding

boiling

blowing

blueing

bluing

blocking

blooming

boating

bolling

boarding

boasting

boning

blushing

bolting

bonding

bowing

broiling

booming

booting

boozing

boring

bouncing

bounding

bowling

brainchild

branching

branches

branchlet

breasting

brainstorm

brainstorms

brainwashed

breeding

briefing

breathing

breeching

brawling

brewing

brimming

brainwash

branchlets

brimstone

broking

boxing

brooding

browning

brownish

broomstick

broomsticks

bronzes

broncos

brownies

brownstone

browsing

bruting

bucking

budding

bruins

brushing

buckling

brunches

building

bulging

bunting

burning

burping

butting

calling

bronco

calming

camping

carling

carping

carving

careens

carnage

ceiling

burmese

casting

catching

caulking

burnish

climbing

chirping

churning

chewing

chanting

chilling

chipping

choking

chopping

charming

cleaning

clearing

clanging

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clogging

chronic

closing

clouding

clowning

clothing

clucking

coiling

coating

cocking

codding

colling

combing

coming

coaching

coasting

coaxing

culling

cooing

cooking

cooling

coping

cornish

costing

cornstalk

cornstalks

cornstarch

cracking

couching

coupling

corncob

coursing

corncrib

crackling

crashing

creaking

cresting

crayons

crowing

cranky

crannies

creeping

cribbing

crooning

crimson

cringes

cronies

crossing

crushing

crunches

cuddling

curling

cunning

curing

damning

cutting

dancing

daring

dealing

dashing

dawning

daunting

derange

derring

deranged

dicing

dining

dilling

digging

dipping

doing

dishing

diving

docking

drafting

dragging

doting

doubting

dormouse

drainage

drawing

dressing

drawings

drilling

drenches

drinker

drinkers

drinking

driving

dripping

dropping

drugging

drumming

drunkard

drumstick

drunkards

drunken

earning

ducking

dwelling

dueling

during

duckling

dumpling

easing

eating

dubbing

earnest

earring

earthling

earrings

edging

eking

ending

erring

dramas

ernest

ernests

feeding

etching

evening

fehling

feeling

falling

hurling

hurting

farming

faulting

farthing

farmhouse

farmstead

icing

fencing

fighting

filing

fetching

fielding

filling

finding

fining

firing

firings

fishing

flagging

fitting

fixing

flaring

flashing

fleeting

fledgling

fleming

flooring

flowing

foiling

flitting

floating

flogging

flooding

foaming

flushing

folding

footing

forcing

foremost

forging

forming

founding

formic

forums

foundling

franchise

franking

furnish

franklin

freaking

freezing

frenchman

fruiting

frenzied

frosting

frankly

fringes

fucking

frenzies

fuming

funding

frenzy

furnished

gadding

frankish

greening

having

gloaming

furnace

gassing

getting

girding

glaring

glancing

gearing

ginning

giving

greeting

gilding

glinting

glowing

grieving

garnish

going

grafting

grappling

golding

golfing

grasping

granges

granger

grangers

grannies

greenhouse

heading

healing

hearing

heating

greenish

gringo

herring

grinding

helping

galling

greenstone

grimace

grimaced

gringos

growing

grooming

grouping

grouting

grounding

groundling

grungy

gunning

heckling

gushing

hamstring

hanging

hatching

handling

harangue

harping

harangues

hearings

heaving

hiding

herrings

hilling

hissing

hitting

hogging

herons

holing

homing

hopping

hugging

hoarding

holding

horning

hosting

housing

hounding

humming

darling

hunting

jeering

inning

inkling

jarring

irons

jerking

jetting

jogging

joking

jutting

judging

journeys

jumping

keeling

keeping

kenning

knowing

kicking

killing

knitting

knocking

kipling

kindling

lagging

lapping

lamping

landing

larynx

laughing

leading

lawing

latching

launching

leaking

leaning

leaping

learning

leasing

legging

lemming

lashing

lending

licking

lighting

lifting

liking

lasting

lightning

lining

living

loading

loathing

meeting

lowing

loaning

logging

looking

looming

looping

lopping

lodging

longing

loring

losing

loving

madding

meaning

listing

lumping

lunching

mapping

matting

matching

marking

marching

marines

mining

malting

merging

melting

minding

milling

mincing

missing

mocking

mooring

mugging

molting

moorings

morning

morphing

moulding

morons

nagging

mounting

moving

mourning

napping

netting

mowing

musing

muting

nanking

nestling

nosing

nothing

nipping

nodding

neurons

nursing

nutting

offing

oozing

offspring

ousting

orange

outing

owing

padding

packing

pairing

panning

paring

panting

passing

parking

parting

patching

peaking

pegging

pelting

petting

pharynx

piling

picking

piercing

pining

piping

pleading

planking

planting

pitching

pleasing

plodding

pimping

pinching

pointing

plugging

plumbing

poking

poling

polling

pooling

popping

pending

pouting

pouncing

pounding

prances

prancer

preaching

priming

pressing

premise

princely

pruning

pudding

princes

printing

purging

prowling

pronghorn

promise

puffing

pumping

putting

pushing

sheathing

posting

shedding

quilling

racking

rafting

rambling

reading

riding

rising

reruns

resting

rifling

ribbing

rigging

roaring

ringing

rocking

rolling

roasting

romping

roofing

rousing

rounding

roving

rubbing

ruling

sacking

sagging

sapling

sarong

salting

sarongs

scalping

sharking

scheming

screaming

scarring

schilling

schooling

scolding

scratching

scorching

screening

running

screwing

scrimping

scrimmage

searching

seating

seedling

seeling

seeming

seizing

serving

setting

sewing

shafting

scrimshaw

shearing

quorums

sheeting

quilting

shelling

shelving

shifting

shilling

shining

shirting

showing

shipping

shocking

shooting

shoring

shoestring

showrooms

shredding

shrouding

shuffling

shunting

sibling

shrinking

shrinkage

shrunken

siding

sighting

signing

sizing

sitting

skilling

skimming

sirens

skirmish

skirting

slapping

sledding

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slanting

sinking

slitting

singing

sloping

smacking

smelling

smelting

slotting

smoking

slouching

smoothing

snapping

sneezing

sniffing

snoring

soaking

soaring

sobbing

speaking

snarling

sneaking

sparing

sopping

spanking

soothing

sounding

sparling

something

sparkling

spelling

spending

sperling

spurling

squeezing

stacking

stamping

standing

spinning

stalling

springing

sporting

squinting

sprinkling

starling

starting

stealing

sterling

steering

sticking

stocking

stooping

stopping

stowing

stinging

stitching

storming

stinking

straddling

strapping

streaming

striking

striving

stretching

stripping

stroking

strutting

stuffing

stunning

stripling

suing

sucking

suiting

suckling

surmise

swearing

sweating

sweeping

sweeting

swelling

swimming

swooning

syringe

switching

tacking

tackling

tanning

teaming

teeming

teaching

tamping

talking

taunting

tarnish

teething

telling

tempting

testing

thinking

theorems

thrashing

tiding

thrilling

throwing

ticking

tithing

thrusting

thumping

tilting

tipping

toasting

tooling

topping

tossing

touching

tourneys

transcends

transcend

tranquil

transact

transcribe

transcribes

transcript

yearling

transcripts

transfix

transfers

transform

transforms

transit

transient

transfuse

transits

transmit

translate

transom

translates

transmits

transoms

transport

transplant

transplants

transpose

transverse

transports

tripping

trenchant

trencher

trenches

trifling

trilling

tricking

trimming

trinket

trinkle

trinkets

trucking

truncheon

truncheons

truncate

truncates

trusting

tubing

turning

twining

tuning

twisting

turnkey

turnstiles

turncoat

turnstile

varnish

vaulting

veering

viking

voiding

vesting

voting

walking

walling

wapping

wanting

warling

warming

warning

warping

warrens

washing

wearing

weaving

webbing

wedding

weeding

weeping

weakling

wellspring

westling

whacking

wheeling

whirling

whiting

whipping

whooping

whopping

whistling

whitling

wielding

wilding

willing

winding

wincing

wiring

wording

working

winning

wishing

witching

wrangle

wrangles

wrecking

writing

wrestling

wringing

wringer

wrenches

wrinkle

wrinkles

yachting

wrongful

wrongly

transfer

yearning

yelling

yielding

3 syllable words

accenting

according

absorbing

abducting

accusing

abiding

adjoining

abounding

admiring

adoring

affecting

alerting

aligning

alluring

afflicting

amazing

agreeing

alarming

annealing

amusing

annoying

anything

appealing

appalling

aspiring

ascending

approaching

arenas

approving

arango

armiger

aromas

arriving

arranging

arresting

arranges

arranger

arrangement

arrangements

armistice

asserting

backbiting

badgering

baffling

backsliding

attracting

assuring

astounding

bahrainis

ballooning

barnacle

barnacles

battening

battering

beguiling

believing

becoming

befitting

beginning

beholding

belonging

besetting

bettering

bickering

beseeching

besieging

billowing

assuming

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

blustering

blundering

blossoming

bloodsucking

bookkeeping

bottling

bloodletting

brainwashing

brainwashes

brinksmanship

broadcasting

buffeting

bubbling

bullying

bullfighting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

butchering

cackling

bushwhacking

bustling

campaigning

carrying

canoeing

caressing

carousing

carjacking

carpeting

centering

ceramic

ceramics

chattering

childbearing

channeling

churchgoing

chronicler

chroniclers

chronicles

chromosome

chromosomes

chronicle

coloring

colouring

comforting

commanding

complaining

concurring

commuting

complying

conceding

completing

composing

compounding

concerning

conjuring

confiding

connecting

challenging

confusing

conforming

conflicting

conquering

conserving

consoling

confounding

conveying

contacting

converging

consuming

contracting

convincing

copying

correcting

corneas

covering

counseling

cowering

cradling

crocheting

crippling

consulting

crusading

constricting

dairying

cycling

damaging

currency

cushioning

currencies

dampening

bronchial

debating

deadening

deafening

declining

decreasing

degrading

delighting

defusing

departing

deserving

derringer

descending

designing

detailing

dialing

diapering

discerning

disarming

disguising

disgusting

diverting

diverging

dissecting

dissenting

dissembling

distressing

dissolving

distracting

dividing

divining

doddering

equating

downsizing

doubling

dorians

erecting

dressmaking

drinkable

drizzling

dwindling

dumbfounding

earnestly

easterling

echoing

eavesdropping

enticing

emptying

emitting

enclosing

enchanting

endearing

engaging

enduring

engraving

enlisting

engrossing

ensuing

entering

erupting

everything

exceeding

exacting

factoring

excepting

exciting

expelling

expanding

exhausting

existing

exulting

exploring

expiring

favoring

feathering

faltering

fastening

farinas

fingering

finishing

flavoring

flowering

flattering

following

fondling

forbidding

foreboding

forecasting

forensic

forensics

forgiving

forwarding

forthcoming

formica

formosa

franchises

franciscan

franciscans

frankincense

francophile

frankfurter

frankfurters

freewheeling

freemason

frustrating

furnaces

franklinite

furnishes

glimmering

gathering

garnishment

germicide

glistening

glowering

governing

good-looking

garnishes

grimaces

groundbreaking

happening

handwriting

hairdressing

hardworking

hardening

harvesting

heartbreaking

harnesses

galloping

highflying

heroines

gambling

gardening

darkening

housekeeping

housewarming

jockeying

journeying

despairing

impending

imposing

incoming

imploring

importing

improving

imprinting

increasing

infighting

inserting

inspiring

installing

ironing

invading

ironies

interesting

ironic

ironclad

investing

ironside

ironsides

issuing

inviting

insulting

juggling

kidnapping

koreans

laboring

lactating

lamenting

landscaping

languishing

landholding

lawmaking

laundering

lettering

leavening

lessening

leveling

life-giving

lightening

lingering

lowering

locating

lumbering

maddening

matchmaking

maturing

marketing

marshaling

marmoset

measuring

machining

meddling

mellowing

middling

misgiving

misleading

listening

motoring

modeling

mothering

morones

mottling

neighboring

murmuring

narrowing

nerve-racking

networking

muscling

mumbling

neutering

nourishing

mistaking

observing

obliging

opining

offsetting

ongoing

opening

oncoming

ordering

opposing

oranges

outlying

outgoing

outfitting

outstanding

outpouring

painstaking

papering

paneling

parceling

pardoning

offering

parmesan

patrolling

misspelling

peddling

peppering

permission

perplexing

permissions

permissive

persisting

pervading

pharmacist

pharmacists

pharmacies

pharmacy

pickering

pilfering

pitying

plastering

piddling

polishing

polluting

pondering

powdering

prevailing

preceding

presiding

primacy

premises

princesses

principal

principle

principals

principles

proceeding

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profiting

promising

promises

pronouncing

provoking

principally

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quarreling

railroading

raveling

ravishing

reasoning

reckoning

reclining

refreshing

reducing

reflecting

recording

regarding

rearrange

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rendering

repeating

reviving

retiring

reversing

revolting

revolving

riveting

respecting

resisting

relapsing

relieving

scaffolding

rumbling

scattering

scavenging

scrambling

scribbling

seagoing

seasoning

seducing

scaramouch

shadowing

settling

shimmering

shortening

shoplifting

shortcoming

sickening

sizzling

skirmishes

sleepwalking

smattering

soldering

souring

soldiering

sojourning

softening

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

surveying

suffering

surprising

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surrounding

surmises

surviving

tabling

sweetening

syringes

syrians

tailoring

tapering

tempering

thickening

thanksgiving

thermostat

thermostats

threatening

thundering

ticketing

tinkering

tinkling

towering

toweling

tormenting

tourniquet

transaction

transcendent

transactions

transcriber

transcribers

transcription

transcriptions

transference

transformer

transformers

transients

transfusion

transistor

transfusions

transistors

transgresses

transgression

transgressions

transgressor

transition

transitions

transmissions

translation

translations

translucent

translator

translators

transmission

transmittal

transmitter

transmitters

transparent

transpires

transpire

transported

transporting

traversing

trembling

transporters

triangle

triangles

trimester

truancy

trumpeting

truncated

truncation

transporter

tumbling

twinkling

typesetting

typewriting

tyrannies

unbending

underling

unfailing

unfeeling

undying

undoing

vanishing

unflinching

uprising

upsetting

unsparing

unyielding

unwilling

unwitting

unthinking

varying

variance

varnishes

visiting

vomiting

wagering

wandering

warehousing

watering

well-being

weathering

whispering

whitening

withering

winnowing

wrangler

wranglers

wrongdoer

wrongdoers

wrongdoing

wrongdoings

wrongheaded

yellowing

shipbuilding

4 syllable words

activating

agonizing

agitating

advertising

aggravating

admonishing

appetizing

annotating

aramaic

armageddon

babysitting

awakening

astonishing

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

darwinism

delegating

denigrating

disappearing

detonating

disabling

disappointing

disapproving

disconcerting

discouraging

disheartening

disengaging

distributing

dispiriting

distinguishing

disparaging

dominating

domineering

edifying

emphasizing

embarrassing

encircling

encompassing

encouraging

energizing

enlightening

engineering

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

everlasting

examining

executing

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

freemasonry

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

inquiring

inheriting

inhibiting

integrating

interviewing

interlocking

intersecting

ironical

irritating

devastating

developing

laminating

laryngoscope

laryngeal

lawrencium

liberating

legislating

maximizing

merchandising

moderating

mitigating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

operating

obviating

occupying

oscillating

overlapping

overlying

overbearing

overcoming

overflowing

overpowering

overarching

overhauling

overrating

overruling

overwhelming

palpitating

parachuting

oceangoing

paranoiac

partitioning

patronizing

penetrating

persevering

permissible

petitioning

pharaonic

pioneering

pornographic

promissory

pornography

realizing

reentering

rearrangement

registering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

diagnosing

tranquillity

transatlantic

transcendental

transformation

transformations

transformative

transferable

transitional

transparencies

transparency

transportation

transplantation

transitory

transportable

triangular

unavailing

tyrannical

unassuming

unbecoming

unbelieving

underlying

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

understanding

vacillating

unrelenting

variances

unremitting

veronica

vernacular

waterproofing

underpinning

Words that rhyme with the word fraying

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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