Rhyme Finder — Perfect Rhymes, Near Rhymes and Homophones
Type a word and get every word that rhymes with it, grouped by syllables — by how it sounds, not how it is spelled.
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Sounds the same homophones — not rhymes
Find rhymes for any English word: perfect rhymes (cat → hat, combat, acrobat), near rhymes that share only the last syllable (happy → free), and homophones that sound identical (there → their). Results are grouped by syllable count so you can pick a word that fits the line, and common words are listed first.
Matching is done on pronunciation — 133,000 entries from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary — so bough rhymes with cow and not with cough.
How to use Rhyme Finder
- Type a word and press Find rhymes. Try love, time or the famous orange.
- Perfect rhymes come first, grouped by syllables; one-syllable words are the easiest to use at the end of a line.
- Near rhymes match the final sound only — songwriters use them constantly.
- Click any word to copy it. Tick "common words only" to hide the obscure ones.
What makes a rhyme
Two words rhyme when they sound the same from the last stressed vowel to the end. That is a statement about sound, not spelling: enough and stuff rhyme perfectly and share two letters; cough and bough share five letters and do not rhyme at all. This tool therefore works from phonetic transcriptions rather than letters — the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, which records each word in ARPAbet symbols with stress marks — and compares the tail of the sound.
Perfect, near and slant
- Perfect rhyme: identical from the stressed vowel on. cat / hat, nation / station. Also called full or true rhyme.
- Near rhyme (here): the final syllable matches but the stress falls elsewhere — happy / free, river / her. Weaker, but usable, and the only option for many words.
- Slant rhyme: similar but not identical sounds (heart / hard, eyes / light). Not listed — it is a matter of taste, and any list would be either huge or arbitrary.
Words that (almost) rhyme with nothing
Orange, silver, purple and month have no perfect rhymes in ordinary English — which is why they are famous. Poets solve this with near rhymes (orange / door hinge), by putting the awkward word mid-line, or by mosaic rhymes across two words (purple / her pull).
Why some words are missing
The dictionary is large but not infinite: recent slang, brand names, technical jargon and many proper names are absent. If a word is not found, check the spelling or try its base form (run instead of runs). A word with more than one pronunciation — read, lead, bow — rhymes through all of them, and the pronunciation line shows each.
For rearranging letters rather than sounds, see the anagram solver; for words that read the same backwards, the palindrome checker.
Frequently asked questions
What rhymes with orange?
Nothing, perfectly — orange is the famous example. The dictionary confirms it: no English word shares its stressed ending. Poets use near rhymes (door hinge, lozenge in some accents) or avoid ending a line on it. Silver, purple and month are in the same club.
What is the difference between a perfect and a near rhyme?
A perfect rhyme matches from the last stressed vowel to the end of the word (cat / hat, station / nation). A near rhyme here matches only the final, unstressed syllable (happy / free, river / her) — weaker, but common in songs and light verse.
Why is my word not found?
The dictionary has about 124,000 words, but recent slang, brands, jargon and many names are absent. Check the spelling, try the base form (run rather than running), or a common synonym. The error message suggests similarly spelled words when it can.
Does it handle words with two pronunciations?
Yes. Read, lead, bow, tear and the like have several entries, and rhymes are found through each; the pronunciation line above the results shows all of them.
Which accent is used?
General American, as recorded in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Most rhymes are the same in British English, but a few differ — words ending in -r are the usual culprits (far / spa rhyme in London, not in Chicago).