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.

make sure
slow but sure
to be sure
nickel tour
whistle-stop tour

Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

End Rhymes

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

End Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

Near Rhymes

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

Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 20

beat about the bush
beat around the bush
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 20

back foot
boot is on the other foot
fleet of foot
get off on the wrong foot
hand and foot
hot foot
on foot
on the other foot
on the right foot
on the wrong foot
set foot
set on foot
shoe is on the other foot
shoe on the other foot
shoot yourself in the foot
wait on hand and foot
wrong foot
stay put
well put

Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 20

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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."

the + boor
the + cure
the + lure
the + moor
the + Moore
the + Muir
the + pure
the + Ruhr
the + spoor
the + sure
the + tour
the + your

Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1