Rhyming dictionary
Words that rhyme with metal
Metal has 2 syllables. The first syllable is stressed. There are 7 perfect rhymes and 80 near rhymes below, grouped by syllables.
Top rhymes for metal: settle, kettle, petal, nettle, betel, resettle, unsettle.
Perfect rhymes for metal
72 syllables
- settle
- kettle
- petal
- nettle
- betel
3 syllables
- resettle
- unsettle
Near rhymes for metal
80Same vowel sound, different consonants. Closest-sounding first.
2 syllables
- mental
- settled
- gentle
- dental
- rental
- metals
- petals
- settles
- pretzel
- rectal
- nettles
- lentil
- kettles
- vestal
- fretful
- nettled
- medal
- pedal
- meddle
- peddle
- mete
- heckle
- freckle
- speckle
3 syllables
- parental
- projectile
- unsettled
- judgmental
- forgetful
- resettled
- regretful
- vendetta
- respectful
- ancestral
- regretted
4+ syllables
- environmental
- fundamental
- experimental
- continental
- instrumental
- governmental
- accidental
- developmental
- oriental
- detrimental
- sentimental
- monumental
- supplemental
- elemental
- incremental
- ornamental
- incidental
- departmental
- intercontinental
- intergovernmental
- regimental
- transcendental
- coincidental
- occidental
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- transcontinental
- temperamental
- nongovernmental
- unsentimental
- compartmental
- operetta
- disrespectful
- fundamentals
Sounds the same as metal
Rhyming metal with one of these is an identical rhyme; it can feel like repeating yourself.
- mettle
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Questions
- What rhymes with metal?
- The closest perfect rhymes for metal are settle, kettle, petal, nettle, betel, resettle and unsettle. There are 7 in all, grouped by syllables on this page.
- How many syllables are in metal?
- Metal has 2 syllables. The first syllable is stressed.
- What are some near rhymes for metal?
- Near rhymes keep the vowel sound but change the consonants, which is often what a lyric needs. For metal, try mental, settled, gentle, dental and rental.
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Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University). Word frequency from wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0), word lists from SCOWL, offensive-word filtering from LDNOOBW (CC BY 4.0).