Pure Rhymes
– 33 rhymes
Words that have identical vowel-based rhyme sounds in the tonic syllable. Moreover, that tonic syllable must start with a different consonantal sound.
burstcurseddurstfirstnursedpursedversedworst coercedconverseddisburseddispersedemersedheadfirstimmersedrehearsedreversedsubmersedtraversed interspersedreimbursedunrehearsed HearstHirstHurstKerstKirstWurst
- at first
- first things first
- at the worst
- do one's worst
- if worst comes to worst
End Rhymes
– 14 rhymes
Words that have a pure rhyme on their last syllable only.
outburstbratwursttraversedcloudburst BathurstLyndhurstBringhurstAmherstElmhurstAllenhurst
Near Rhymes
– 847 rhymes
Words that "almost" rhyme on the vowel-based rhyme sound of the stressed syllable like: be/eat or maybe/shapely.
bursecursefirstshearsemercenurseperceperspersepurseterseverseworse adverseadverseaversecoerceconversedisbursedispersediverseemerseimmerseinverseobverseperverserehearsereversesubmersetransversetraverse
- visiting nurse
- line one's purse
- in reverse
- all the worse
- for better or for worse
- for the worse
- from bad to worse
- go from bad to worse
- take a turn for the worse
- turn for the worse
berthsbirthsearth'searthsworths
Mosaic Rhymes
Rhymes made up of more than one word. For instance, "jealous" and "tell us" or "shaky" and "make me."
One-syllable words do not have mosaic rhymes.