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Rhyming dictionary for songwriters
Find perfect rhymes and near rhymes for any word, grouped by syllable count so they fit your line. Every word shows how many syllables it has and where the stress falls. Free, with no sign-up.
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500 wordsPopular with songwriters
- time
- want
- go
- need
- day
- never
- life
- world
- love
- home
- old
- again
- found
- feel
- family
- free
- city
- night
- play
- today
- change
- music
- water
- believe
- white
- run
- black
- face
- hope
- young
- death
- lost
- girl
- remember
- friend
- happy
- wait
- leave
- light
- morning
- stay
- red
- heart
- fire
- street
- baby
- chance
- father
- song
- mother
- road
- town
- fight
- summer
- miss
- eyes
- hold
- star
- break
- sorry
Syllable counter
Paste a verse and see the syllable count for every line as you type, so you can match lines to the melody. Open the syllable counter.
Questions
- What is the difference between a perfect rhyme and a near rhyme?
- A perfect rhyme matches every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end of the word: love and glove, fire and desire. A near rhyme (also called a slant rhyme) keeps the vowel but changes the consonants: love and enough, soul and cold. Most songs use plenty of both.
- Why are rhymes grouped by syllables?
- So you can find a rhyme that fits the rhythm of your line. A one-syllable rhyme drops into a line differently from a three-syllable one, and matching the syllable count keeps a melody singable.
- Which pronunciation is used?
- US English. Words with more than one pronunciation, like read (red or reed) or fire (one or two syllables), get a separate list for each.
- Where does the data come from?
- Pronunciations come from the Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary. Word frequency comes from wordfreq, and the SCOWL word lists help leave out obscure words, names and abbreviations. Offensive words are filtered out.
- Is it free?
- Yes. The rhyming dictionary and syllable counter are free to use with no sign-up.
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).