• Source: List of closed pairs of English rhyming words

This page has a list of closed pairs of English rhyming words—in each pair, both words rhyme with each other and only with each other.




Monosyllabic pairs


bairn, cairn
boosts, roosts
coaxed, hoaxed
dwarfed, morphed
how've, Lauv
lounge, scrounge
lymph, nymph
palped, scalped
salve, valve
smooth, soothe




Disyllabic pairs






= Trochaic pairs

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In a trochaic pair, each word is a trochee, with the first syllable stressed and the second syllable unstressed.




= Trochaic-or-iambic pairs

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In an trochaic-or-iambic pair, each word can be either a trochee (stressed on the first syllable) or an iamb (stressed on the second syllable).

contract, entr'acte
discount, miscount
hereby, nearby
sunlit, unlit
thereby, whereby
therein, wherein
thereof, whereof
therewith, wherewith




= Iambic pairs

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In an iambic pair, each word is an iamb and has the first syllable unstressed and the second syllable stressed.

barrage, garage
chorale, morale
eclipsed, ellipsed
gyrate, irate
henceforth, thenceforth
Koran, Oran
purvey, survey




Trisyllabic pairs






= Dactylic pairs

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In a dactylic pair, each word is a dactyl and has the first syllable stressed and the second and third syllables unstressed.

agitate, sagittate
analyst, panellist
article, particle
bandmaster, grandmaster
banister, canister
bingeworthy, cringeworthy
bonytail, ponytail
brotherhood, motherhood
charlatan, tarlatan
collier, jollier
copulate, populate
creepier, sleepier
cuneiform, uniform
devious, previous
Everest, cleverest
fealty, realty
fortify, mortify
gradient, radiant
javelin, ravelin
jawbreaker, lawbreaker
jitterbug, litterbug
Kodiak, zodiac
lexicon, Mexican
loyalty, royalty
manhandle, panhandle
medium, tedium
mellophone, telephone
minister, sinister
modulate, nodulate
mutiny, scrutiny
president, resident
serpentine, turpentine (in RP, and some British English dialects)




= Amphibrachic pairs

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In an amphibrachic pair, each word is an amphibrach and has the second syllable stressed and the first and third syllables unstressed.

attainder, remainder
autumnal, columnal
concoction, decoction (In GA, these rhyme with auction; there is also the YouTube slang word obnoxion, meaning something that is obnoxious.)
distinguish, extinguish
pneumatic, rheumatic




= Anapestic pairs

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In an anapestic pair, each word is an anapest and has the first and second syllables unstressed and the third syllable stressed.
At this time, no anapestic pairs have been found. The pair "uneclipsed, unellipsed" is disqualified because uneclipsed also rhymes with ellipsed, and because unellipsed also rhymes with eclipsed.




Tetrasyllabic pairs


beautifully, dutifully
copulated, populated
culminated, fulminated
deifying, reifying
delegated, relegated
generated, venerated
lacerated, macerated
lecherously, treacherously




Pentasyllabic pairs


constabulary, vocabulary




Asymmetric pairs


In an asymmetric pair, the words differ in number of syllables. Each pair is in a subsection according to the respective numbers of syllables in the words when they are in alphabetical order.




= Disyllabic-and-monosyllabic pairs

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= Disyllabic-and-trisyllabic pairs

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cerement, endearment
crucial, fiducial
digest (noun), obligest




= Disyllabic-and-tetrasyllabic pairs

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thinnest, violinist (although Bentley's Miscellany does contain the line "The Dublin Stout out-Guinnessed Guinness")




= Trisyllabic-and-disyllabic pairs

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combustion, fustian
diminished, finished
eleventh, seventh




= Trisyllabic-and-tetrasyllabic pairs

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bestial, celestial
bigotry, obligatory
brilliant, resilient
cordial, primordial
fricative, indicative




= Tetrasyllabic-and-trisyllabic pairs

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alluvial, pluvial
behaviour, saviour
commodity, oddity (In GA, these rhyme with Alaudidae)
emergency, urgency
habitual, ritual
sarrusophone, sousaphone




= Pentasyllabic-and-tetrasyllabic pairs

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annihilated, violated
illuminated, ruminated




See also


List of English words without rhymes




External links


RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
Merriam-Webster's Word Central
RhymeBrain Rhyming Dictionary. Easy to read on your phone.
Rhymes.net
Category:English rhymes - Wiktionary

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