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

acting

aching

ailing

airing

aging

ambush

angling

arching

arming

asking

awning

backing

bagging

baiting

baking

banding

banking

banging

basting

barring

batting

bathing

beading

beaming

beijing

bearing

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bedding

being

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boarding

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bolling

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bonding

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booming

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boning

bolting

bombshells

bouncing

boring

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bowling

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brawling

bombshell

breaking

brewing

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brooding

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browsing

buckling

bruting

bucking

budding

brushing

building

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bulging

bombast

breathing

bumpkin

bunting

burning

burping

butting

buying

camping

calling

calming

campaign

campaigns

caning

canvass

chanting

carling

carping

carving

casting

caulking

ceiling

catching

casing

chafing

champagne

champagnes

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chewing

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climbing

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choking

clanging

churning

cleaning

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clipping

cloaking

clocking

closing

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clothing

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coasting

coating

cocking

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coiling

colling

coaxing

combing

combust

coming

chasing

chopping

compact

compacts

cunning

cuddling

crushing

compose

composed

confect

composts

conveys

convex

convict

convicts

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cooling

crooning

cooing

cooking

convoys

convoke

coping

coupling

couching

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cracking

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craving

creaking

creeping

cribbing

crashing

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crowing

crying

culling

curing

curling

damning

daring

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dawning

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derring

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digging

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dipping

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docking

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during

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eking

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ending

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erring

envoys

etching

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foundling

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glazing

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getting

giving

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glaring

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gombos

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grayling

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groundling

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gushing

hamstring

harping

herring

having

heading

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hearing

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hitting

hatching

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hounding

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holing

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holding

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humbug

hurling

hurting

humpback

icing

impact

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impacts

impeach

imposed

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impugn

impugns

fetching

infect

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infects

infest

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inkling

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darling

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knapsack

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lowing

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matching

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poling

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queenfish

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rainbows

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ringing

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rolling

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something

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shredding

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smoothing

serving

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sledding

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soothing

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writing

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3 syllable words

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adjoining

according

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accenting

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admiring

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ambushes

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blackmailing

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menopause

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wannabes

yellowing

weathering

well-being

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invasion

resisting

4 syllable words

activating

agonizing

advertising

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appetizing

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unremitting

vacillating

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Words that rhyme with the word confusing

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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