A perfect rhyme matches every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word. In “telling” (/ˈtɛlɪŋ/) that part is /ɛlɪŋ/. Ingglish spells it “eling”, and that spelling always makes that sound. Every word below ends in /ɛlɪŋ/, however English spells it.
2-syllable rhymes for “telling”
| Word | Ingglish | IPA | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| selling | seling | /ˈsɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| yelling | yeling | /ˈjɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| spelling | speling | /ˈspɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| smelling | smeling | /ˈsmɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| swelling | sweling | /ˈswɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| shelling | sheling | /ˈʃɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| dwelling | dweling | /ˈdwɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| welling | weling | /ˈwɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| felling | feling | /ˈfɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| belling | beling | /ˈbɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| elling | eling | /ˈɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| melling | meling | /ˈmɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| schelling | skeling | /ˈskɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| helling | heling | /ˈhɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
| quelling | kweling | /ˈkwɛlɪŋ/ | 2 |
3-syllable rhymes for “telling”
| Word | Ingglish | IPA | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| compelling | kampeling | /kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| rebelling | ribeling | /ɹɪˈbɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| expelling | ikspeling | /ɪkˈspɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| rappelling | rapeling | /ɹəˈpɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| repelling | rapeling | /ɹəˈpɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| excelling | ekseling | /ɛkˈsɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| outselling | outseling | /aʊtˈsɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| foretelling | forteling | /fɔɹˈtɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| propelling | prapeling | /pɹəˈpɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| reselling | reeseling | /ɹiˈsɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| retelling | reeteling | /ɹiˈtɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |
| dispelling | dispeling | /dɪˈspɛlɪŋ/ | 3 |