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Type a word. Perfect rhymes share the stressed sound to the end, near rhymes share the ending consonants, and a third list keeps the same last syllable when the stress falls earlier. Each list is grouped by syllables.
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How to use it
- Type a word.
- Read the perfect rhymes, then the near rhymes, grouped by syllables.
- Press a word to look that one up.
How a rhyme is chosen
The sounds come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, which is in the public domain. A perfect rhyme matches from the stressed vowel through the end of the word, with a different sound in front. A near rhyme keeps those ending consonants and changes the vowel. Words such as overtime sit under the same ending when the stress is on an earlier syllable.
Commonness follows SCOWL, and the order of very common words follows the Google Books English 1-gram list (CC BY 3.0). When the pronouncing dictionary has no entry, the page matches the ending against the ENABLE word list, which is in the public domain. Notices for those lists sit with the rhyme file.
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Questions
Which dictionary is this?
Pronunciations are the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, public domain. Commonness is from SCOWL (copyright 2000-2016 Kevin Atkinson). Very common words are ordered with the Google Books English 1-gram list, CC BY 3.0. A missing word is matched by spelling on the public-domain ENABLE list.
Why is orange empty of perfect rhymes?
In this pronouncing dictionary, orange has no perfect rhyme. Near rhymes and ending matches still appear when the sounds are close.
Why do read and red show as two sounds?
Read has two pronunciations. One lines up with red and bed. The other lines up with reed and bead. Each sound has its own list.
Can I see rarer words?
The menu starts on common words. More words, then every word in the list, opens the less common matches, including names when you ask for every word.