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Pure Rhymes

Words that have identical vowel-based rhyme sounds in the tonic syllable. Moreover, that tonic syllable must start with a different consonantal sound.

  • ring a bell
  • saved by the bell
  • sound as a bell
  • go to hell
  • have a snowball's chance in hell
  • hope in hell
  • like hell
  • ninth circle of hell
  • death knell
  • hard sell
  • come out of your shell
  • into one's shell
  • out of one's shell
  • dry spell
  • good spell
  • under one's spell
  • do tell
  • all very well
  • as well
  • know full well
  • mean well
  • ne'er do well
  • play one's cards well
  • sit well
  • very well
  • wear well
Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

Words that have a pure rhyme on their last syllable only.

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Near Rhymes

Words that "almost" rhyme on the vowel-based rhyme sound of the stressed syllable like: be/eat or maybe/shapely.

  • catch one's breath
  • don't hold your breath
  • hold one's breath
  • in the same breath
  • out of breath
  • save one's breath
  • second breath
  • short of breath
  • take a long breath
  • under one's breath
  • under your breath
  • waste one's breath
  • between life and death
  • bore to death
  • cheat death
  • do to death
  • done to death
  • fate worse than death
  • frightened to death
  • kiss of death
  • matter of life and death
  • meet one's death
  • scare to death
  • sick to death
  • tickle to death
  • to death
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Mosaic Rhymes

Rhymes made up of more than one word. For instance, "jealous" and "tell us" or "shaky" and "make me."

  • air + fell
  • air + smell
  • air + well
  • bear + fell
  • bear + well
  • care + well
  • chair + fell
  • compare + well
  • dare + tell
  • dare + well
  • fair + well
  • fare + well
  • hair + cell
  • hair + fell
  • hair + gel
  • hair + well
  • pair + well
  • prepare + well
  • share + fell
  • square + well
  • tear + fell
  • their + bell
  • their + cell
  • their + fell
  • their + hell
  • their + knell
  • their + sell
  • their + shell
  • their + smell
  • their + spell
  • their + well
  • there + dwell
  • there + fell
  • there + sell
  • there + tell
  • there + well
  • wear + well
  • where + cell
  • where + dwell
  • where + fell
  • where + hell
  • where + well
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