How does the rhyme finder work?

It looks up how your word is pronounced in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary and finds every word that shares the same sounds from the stressed vowel to the end — so it knows 'through' rhymes with 'blue' even though they're spelled differently. Results are grouped by syllables, with common words first.

What is the difference between perfect and near rhymes?

Perfect rhymes match every sound from the stressed vowel to the end, like light and night. Near (slant) rhymes only match the final syllable's sound, like happy and money. Near rhymes give songwriters and poets many more options.

What words have no rhyme?

Several common words have no perfect rhyme in English, including orange, purple, silver, and month. Writers use near rhymes or place these words mid-line instead.

Can I find rhymes with a certain number of syllables?

Yes. Use the syllables filter to show only one-, two-, three-, or four-syllable rhymes — useful for fitting a rhythm or finding multi-syllable rhymes.

Yes — free, no sign-up, and it runs in your browser.

Rhyming Words Finder

Find words that rhyme with any word — perfect rhymes grouped by syllables, plus near (slant) rhymes — from a pronouncing dictionary, with common words first.

Loading the rhyming dictionary…

How the rhyme finder works

Type any word and the rhyming words finder lists every word that rhymes with it, grouped by syllables and with the most common words first. It uses a pronouncing dictionary rather than spelling, so it knows that through rhymes with blue, and that love doesn’t rhyme with move. Tap any result to see its rhymes in turn — perfect for writing songs, poems, raps, and greeting cards.

Perfect rhymes and near rhymes

Perfect rhymes share every sound from the stressed vowel to the end: light / night, happy / snappy, nation / creation.
Near rhymes (also called slant rhymes) share only the final syllable’s sound: happy / money, simple / temple. They give songwriters and poets many more options and often sound more natural than a forced perfect rhyme.
Multi-syllable rhymes match two or more syllables, like celebration / conversation — a favorite in rap and comic verse. Filter by syllables to find them.

Words that rhyme with…

Rhymes for the words people look up most often:

Word	Rhymes
love	above, of, glove, shove, thereof, dove
you	blue, clue, do, drew, due, few, flew, grew, knew, new, queue, review
me	agree, be, degree, disagree, free, guarantee, he, key, plea, see, she, tea
day	away, delay, display, gray, grey, lay, may, obey, pay, play, re, say
time	prime, climb, crime, rhyme, chime, dime, grime, lime, mime, slime, sublime, thyme
life	wife, knife, rife, strife, fife
heart	apart, art, part, restart, start, chart, smart, cart, dart, depart, hart, impart
night	bite, bright, byte, despite, fight, flight, invite, light, might, quite, rewrite, right
go	ago, although, below, blow, doe, flow, grow, hello, know, low, no, oh
blue	clue, do, drew, due, few, flew, grew, knew, new, queue, review, threw
home	foam, gnome, tome, chrome, comb, dome, loam, ohm, roam, shalom, velodrome, combe
mind	behind, bind, combined, defined, designed, find, grind, inclined, kind, remind, signed, wind
rain	campaign, chain, complain, contain, domain, explain, gain, lain, main, maintain, obtain, pain
fun	begun, done, gun, none, one, run, son, sun, won, nun, pun, stun
girl	curl, earl, hurl, pearl, swirl, twirl, unfurl, whirl, whorl, burl, herl, merle
world	curled, hurled, swirled, twirled, unfurled, whirled
friend	attend, depend, end, extend, intend, lend, recommend, send, spend, suspend, tend, amend
dream	deem, extreme, scheme, seem, stream, team, beam, cream, regime, scream, steam, supreme
eyes	advise, applies, arise, buys, dies, flies, fries, implies, lies, replies, rise, size
free	agree, be, degree, disagree, guarantee, he, key, me, plea, see, she, tea
fire	acquire, desire, entire, higher, prior, require, wire, buyer, choir, enquire, hire, supplier
light	bite, bright, byte, despite, fight, flight, invite, might, night, quite, rewrite, right
way	away, day, delay, display, gray, grey, lay, may, obey, pay, play, re
sky	apply, buy, by, cry, die, dry, eye, fly, fry, guy, hereby, high
soul	control, hole, poll, role, roll, whole, bowl, coal, dole, goal, mole, pole
away	day, delay, display, gray, grey, lay, may, obey, pay, play, re, say
song	along, belong, long, strong, wrong, prolong, gong, lifelong, prong, thong, throng, tong
fly	apply, buy, by, cry, die, dry, eye, fry, guy, hereby, high, imply
kiss	miss, this, bliss, dismiss, abyss, amiss, hiss, reminisce, remiss, dis, sis, bis
cold	controlled, hold, old, sold, told, bold, fold, gold, mold, mould, rolled, behold
true	blue, clue, do, drew, due, few, flew, grew, knew, new, queue, review
feel	appeal, deal, ideal, real, reveal, steal, wheel, conceal, heel, meal, seal, steel
dance	advance, chance, enhance, finance, glance, romance, stance, askance, expanse, lance, perchance, prance
smile	file, mile, pile, style, while, worthwhile, compile, tile, vile, aisle, awhile, beguile
tree	agree, be, degree, disagree, free, guarantee, he, key, me, plea, see, she
sun	begun, done, fun, gun, none, one, run, son, won, nun, pun, stun
moon	afternoon, soon, tune, cartoon, immune, noon, baboon, balloon, bassoon, boon, buffoon, cocoon
star	are, bar, bizarre, car, char, far, guitar, par, afar, ajar, bazaar, cigar
cat	at, flat, hat, sat, that, bat, chat, fat, pat, rat, vat, brat
dog	log, blog, cog, snog
money	funny, honey, sunny, bunny, runny, gunny, sonny, tunny
happy	unhappy, snappy, crappy, scrappy, crappie, chappie
people	steeple, laypeople, businesspeople
summer	bummer, drummer, dumber, glummer, midsummer, plumber, comer, mummer, hummer

Words with no perfect rhyme

A few common English words have no perfect rhyme at all, including orange, purple, silver, and month. Poets work around them with near rhymes (orange / door hinge) or by putting the word in the middle of a line instead of at the end.

Rhyme schemes for poems and songs

A rhyme scheme labels which lines rhyme, using letters: lines that share a letter rhyme with each other.

AABB (couplets) — two lines rhyme, then the next two. Common in children’s poems and pop choruses.
ABAB (alternate rhyme) — every other line rhymes. Classic in ballads and hymns.
AABBA — the limerick: lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme, and the two short lines rhyme with each other.
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG — the Shakespearean sonnet, ending in a rhyming couplet.

Counting syllables helps rhymes land on the beat: check your lines with the Syllable Counter, which also shows word stress and meter. For word games, try the Word Unscrambler.

About the rhyming dictionary

Rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, an open pronunciation dictionary of American English, filtered to real dictionary words and ordered by how common they are. Pronunciations follow General American English, so a few rhymes may differ in British or other accents. Everything runs in your browser.

Frequently asked questions

How does the rhyme finder work?: It looks up how your word is pronounced in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary and finds every word that shares the same sounds from the stressed vowel to the end — so it knows 'through' rhymes with 'blue' even though they're spelled differently. Results are grouped by syllables, with common words first.
What is the difference between perfect and near rhymes?: Perfect rhymes match every sound from the stressed vowel to the end, like light and night. Near (slant) rhymes only match the final syllable's sound, like happy and money. Near rhymes give songwriters and poets many more options.
What words have no rhyme?: Several common words have no perfect rhyme in English, including orange, purple, silver, and month. Writers use near rhymes or place these words mid-line instead.
Can I find rhymes with a certain number of syllables?: Yes. Use the syllables filter to show only one-, two-, three-, or four-syllable rhymes — useful for fitting a rhythm or finding multi-syllable rhymes.
Is it free?: Yes — free, no sign-up, and it runs in your browser.