Type any word to see its perfect, near and multi-syllable rhymes, or open one of the most-rhymed words below.
Words people rhyme most
These are the words people look up most, each with its own page of rhymes and three example bars that show the word landing on a beat.
- game
- rap
- flow
- money
- time
- love
- you
- life
- day
- free
- night
- mind
- real
- dream
- fire
- heart
- pain
- gold
- king
- beat
- mic
- crown
- city
- story
- power
- paper
- trouble
- pressure
- better
- never
- forever
- together
- water
- fly
- sky
- blue
- me
- go
- way
- say
What are rhyming words?
Rhyming words end with the same sound from the last stressed vowel onward, like cat and hat, or paper and later. The match is about sound, not spelling. “Through” and “blue” rhyme even though they share no letters at the end, while “cough” and “though” look alike and don’t rhyme at all.
That’s why the finder works from a pronouncing dictionary instead of spelling. It compares the sounds of about 32,000 common English words, so every result is a word that sounds right when you say it out loud.
Kinds of rhyme
Rhymes come in a few kinds, and the finder shows the three that matter most in songs and raps. Perfect rhymes match exactly from the stressed vowel to the end, like day and play. Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel and change the ending, like day and made. Multi-syllable rhymes match two vowel sounds in a row, like paper and later. A fourth kind, internal rhyme, is about where a rhyme sits rather than how it sounds: inside a line instead of at the end.
Poets lean on perfect rhymes for a clean finish. Rappers use near rhymes and multis most, because they give far more options and still sound right on a beat.
Rhyme families
A rhyme family is a group of words that share an ending sound. Learn a few families and you’ll always have a rhyme ready.
| Family | Words |
|---|---|
| -ay | day, play, way, say, stay |
| -ime | time, rhyme, climb, crime, prime |
| -ow | flow, know, go, show, slow |
| -ee | free, me, see, three, key |
| -ight | night, light, right, fight, write |
| -ame | game, name, same, frame, claim |
| -ap | rap, map, trap, cap, snap |
| -oney | money, honey, funny, sunny |
The family names follow the sound, so “rhyme” sits in the -ime family and “know” in the -ow family despite their spelling.
Rhyming words FAQ
Quick answers about rhymes.
What are 20 words that rhyme? Any big rhyme family gives you 20 at once. Day, play, way, say, stay, may, pay, pray, lay, ray, okay, today, away, delay, display, holiday, birthday, yesterday, weigh and halfway all rhyme with each other.
Does the rhyme finder work for kids’ homework? Yes, the rhyme finder works for any rhyme, including school worksheets. The site leans toward rap, so the near rhymes and multi-syllable lists go further than most kids’ word lists.
Where do the rhymes come from? The rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, a free dataset from Carnegie Mellon University that lists how English words are pronounced. Rare words, explicit words and most names were filtered out.