Rhyme Genie Overview


Overview Video



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Getting Started

With over 330,000 entries, 30 different rhyme types and more than 10 million phonetic references Rhyme Genie is the most powerful rhyming dictionary available for iOS and macOS. To help you get started Rhyme Genie displays a help/info pop-up the very first time you select a button.

Note To display the pop-up more than once go to the app settings and select 'Always' under 'Show help/info pop-up'.
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Of 30 different rhyme types the Intelligent Rhyme is the most suitable choice for new users. It allows you to find a variety of near rhymes with ease.

Tip Tap/click on the arrow to the left of the search field and select the Intelligent Rhyme from the pop-up menu.
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Search Field

Note Enter the word you wish to rhyme into the search field and press <return> (macOS) or hide the on-screen keyboard (iOS).

If the search word offers more than one pronunciation (e.g. live, tear, read etc.) or has gliding vowel sounds that can either be pronounced as one or two syllables (e.g. fire, wired, cruel), a number in the far right of the search box will indicate the selected pronunciation.

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Tip Switch to a different pronunciation by tapping/clicking on the number.


Multi-Syllabic Button

When the multi-syllabic option is on, the button will illuminate and the Intelligent Rhyme will display rhyme mates that match two or more syllables whenever possible. Polysyllabic rhyme mates are indicated by an orange-colored multi-syllabic button. If the search word offers only monosyllabic rhyme mates, the multi-syllabic button will turn blue.

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The symbol in the center of the multi-syllabic button will inform you whether the search word is feminine or masculine. The gender classification depends on how the syllables of the search word are stressed. Masculine words have the stress on the last syllable. Feminine words have the stress on the second to last syllable or prior.

Tip Only feminine words can have polysyllabic rhyme mates. Tap/click on the multi-syllabic button to switch it off whenever you wish to rhyme only the last syllable of a feminine search word. The multi-syllabic button will turn dark.
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In addition to identifying the search word’s gender Rhyme Genie also distinguishes between the primary and secondary stress in words. This allows Rhyme Genie to find near rhymes with greater accuracy and provides you with more control over the search results when using the Similarity in Sound option.


Similarity in Sound

The similarity in sound option lights up whenever the Intelligent Rhyme is chosen from the rhyme type menu. It allows you to influence the closeness of a rhyme by tapping/clicking on the '≈' and '=' buttons. The circular line of the button indicates the degree of similarity in sound.

Note Decrease the similarity in sound by tapping/clicking on the '≈' button.
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A decrease in the similarity in sound will give you more phonetically related near rhymes without repeating prior rhyme mates.

Note Increase the similarity in sound by tapping/clicking on the '=' button.

Entering a new search word will reset the degree of similarity in sound and present rhymes with the strongest similarity in sound while excluding Phonetic Repetitions.

Tip The similarity in sound function is most effective when the multi-syllabic option is on and the search word is feminine.


Phonetic Repetitions

The Intelligent Rhyme distinguishes between rhymes and phonetic repetitions.

  • A rhyme is classified as a pair of words in which the accented vowels and all succeeding sounds are identical while the sounds preceding the accented vowels differ.

  • Phonetic repetitions occur when the sounds preceding the accented vowels are also identical.

Note View phonetic repetitions by tapping/clicking on the ‘=’ button to increase the similarity in sound until you have reached the highest degree. Since phonetic repetitions produce not enough audible friction they are excluded from the initial search results.
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Rhyming Dictionaries

You can limit or expand your search results by choosing a specific rhyming dictionary.

Note Tap/Click on the arrow to the right of the search field and select one of the options.
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  • The Basic Dictionary features approximately 16,000 of the most commonly used words in the English language.

  • The Standard Dictionary has close to 46,000 commonly used words. This dictionary is most useful when using the Intelligent Rhyme or when searching for near rhymes.

  • The Extended Dictionary with a little over 95,000 entries expands on the Standard Dictionary.

  • The Unabridged Dictionary with over 300,000 entries allows you to find unique rhyme mates and should be selected to view all matching phrases, proper nouns and charted songs.

  • The Songwriter Dictionary was compiled from more than 100 million words in over 600,000 song lyrics. It will allow you to focus only on words used in lyrics, phrases that feature these words and all titles of charted songs. (Go to the app’s settings to (de-)select the option to have only rhyme mates displayed that are commonly found at the end of song verses.)


Syllables

You can limit the search results to rhymes with a specific number of syllables.

Note Tap/Click either on the '1-4' or '5+' syllable button to view the appropriate rhyme mates.
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Tip When Rhyme Genie’s window is minimized the search results will be limited to the number of syllables selected via the pop-up menu.
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Part Of Speech & Connotation

The wordfilter allows you to omit/include entries according to a selected category. As categories the wordfilter offers over 174,000 parts of speech (including 121,000 nouns, 22,000 adjectives, 25,000 verbs and 6,000 adverbs). In addition over 52,000 entries have been classified to allow you to limit rhyme mates to words and phrases with positive or negative connotations.

Note Tap/Click on the wordfilter’s label to choose a category. Tap/Click on the button with the filter icon (left) to turn the selected wordfilter on/off.
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Tip To grant the wordfilter access to all rhyming dictionary entries it is recommended to select the unabridged rhyming dictionary whenever the filter is used.

The wordfilter will not affect search results when looking up related words.


Filter Buttons

To the left and right of the similarity of sound controller are filter buttons. These can be used in the following way:

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  • 1 : Enable the 'Frequency' button to highlight the more frequently used words by displaying them in bold. (This feature only applies to single word entries.)

  • 2 : Toggle the 'Phrases' button to include or exclude 170,000 entries that consist of more than one word, namely idioms, proverbs, clichés and American sayings.

  • 3 : Toggle the 'Proper Nouns' button to show or hide over 35,000 entries that include words that are capitalized. These words are generally related to a specific person, place, language, or organized group.

  • 4 : Enable the 'Charted Songs' button to look for rhymes in over 50,000 hit song titles of the last 60 years. Rhyme Genie displays all song titles in italics and adds a music note icon. (When the 'Charted Songs' option is enabled perform a long tap/click on a song title to list the artist(s) that entered the charts with the song.)


Syllable Matching Related Words

When you see a plus sign inside the magnifying glass to the left of the search field you can access a unique collection of over 537,000 related words.

Note Tap/click on the plus sign to see a list of words that are not only related in meaning to the search word but also share the same number of syllables.
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Note Tap/click on any entry in the list to replace the current search word and find additional rhyme mates.


Related Words & Phrases

Rhyme Genie offers a collection of related words & phrases with over 2.5 million entries. Use this collection to look for alternative search words and rhyme mates. A blue dot with a plus sign (to the right of the search field) appears when related words are available for the current search word.

Note Tap/click on the plus sign to jump from the rhyming dictionary to the related words.
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Note Tap/click on a related word from the list to replace the search word and then tap/click on the '=' sign to look up its rhyme mates.
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Tip Alternatively you may jump back to your previous list of rhymes (prior to selecting a related word) by tapping/clicking on the 'x' in the search field.


Webster’s Dictionary

The integrated Webster’s dictionary has over 115,000 entries. Rhyme mates that are defined in the dictionary are highlighted in blue.

Note Perform a long tap/click on the rhyme mate to see its dictionary definition in a pop-up window.
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Charted Songs

When the 'Charted Songs' button (bottom right) is enabled Rhyme Genie will include the titles of hit songs when searching for rhyme mates. Song titles are displayed in italics and feature a music note icon.

Note Perform a long tap/click on a song title to list the artist(s) that entered the charts with the song.
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Word Matches

Explore exact word matches to find a new way to use a well-known cliché and to get inspired by song titles and phrases.

Note Tap/click on the arrow to the left of the search field to select a matching option.
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Window Resizing & Positioning

Rhyme Genie switches between two different views when the window is resized. The standard larger view sorts the rhymes into six columns according to the number of syllables. The minimized view groups all rhymes into one column. On iPhones the window will be minimized automatically.

Note To minimize the window drag its outer edge or tap/click on the two arrows next to the wordfilter.
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Rhyme Clipboard

Rhyme Genie’s clipboard allows you to save desired rhyme mates and forward the collection to a word processor or the Songs app.

Note Tap/Click on an entry in the list of rhymes to add it to Rhyme Genie’s clipboard.
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Note Tap/Click on the button in the lower right corner to copy Rhyme Genie’s entire clipboard to your device’s clipboard. Use the paste command of the operating system to paste it into a document of your choice.

You may also configure this lower right button to transfer collected rhymes to the Songs app by enabling the 'Songs App Link' option in Rhyme Genie’s settings. (See Songs & Rhyme Genie to learn more).

When the 'Song App Link' is enabled this button will display a music note icon:

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Note Tap/Click on the music note icon to forward the collected rhymes to the Songs app where they will be added to the clipboard of the selected song.
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Note To access the Songs app’s clipboard tap/click on the icon in the upper right corner of the app’s side panel and select 'Clipboard' from the pop-up menu.
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When using Rhyme Genie you may look up numerous search words in one session.

  • The Songs app will automatically group the collected rhyme mates together with the appropriate search word when the rhymes are transferred.

Note Tap/click on the button with the minus sign to clear Rhyme Genie’s entire clipboard. Your device’s clipboard (and the clipboard of the Songs app) will remain unaffected.


Songs & Rhyme Genie

Songs is a songwriting and live performance app for musicians. Compatible with macOS and iOS the Songs app offers the best-in-class chord sheet editor, unmatched auto-scroll capabilities, smart automation features and a powerful adaptive audio engine.

Both Rhyme Genie and the Songs app offer a 'Link' option in their settings that lets them communicate with each other:

Note Activate the 'Songs App Link' option in the settings of Rhyme Genie. This enables Rhyme Genie to transfer collected rhymes to the clipboard of the Songs app.
Note Activate the 'Rhyme Genie Link' option in the settings of Songs (under 'General'). This enables you to look up rhymes by performing a long tap/click on a word in the text editor of the Songs app.
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Split View (iOS)

Split View in iOS allows you to work in two apps simultaneously without requiring the operating system to redraw the app windows when switching between the apps.

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iPadOS 26 introduced Windowed Apps. This feature allows you to open two applications in floating windows side-by-side in split-screen mode. Windowed Apps needs to be enabled in the iOS settings if you wish to use Split View:

  • Settings > Multitasking & Gestures > Windowed Apps

To use Split View on iOS:

Note Open the first app (Songs) in full screen mode. Then swipe the iOS Dock into view from the bottom edge of the iPad.
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Note Tap and hold Rhyme Genie’s app icon in the Dock and drag it to the right side of the screen. Then release the drag gesture.
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Tip To close Split View, drag the divider between the apps all the way to one side to return to a single-app view.



Rhyme Type Reference

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Additive Rhyme

(Augmented Rhyme)


A pairing of perfect rhymes where the rhyme mate is extended by an additional consonant sound after the vowel.

  • go > boat / alone / rock’n’roll

  • lover > covers / govern / undiscovered

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Alliteration

(Head Rhyme, Initial Rhyme)


A pair of words that have a repeating consonant sound at the beginning of the words.

  • short / ship / charade / shenanigans

  • craft / crackdown / crocodile / creativeness

Should the search word have more than one consonant prior to the first accented vowel Rhyme Genie will find matches that agree with the complete consonant cluster.

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Amphisbaenic Rhyme


An agreement in sound where the final syllable of the search word rhymes with the final syllable of the rhyme mate in reverse.

  • day > aid / parade / masquerade

  • tail > late / collate / deflate

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Apocopated Rhyme


A rhyme created by matching the first syllable of a two-syllable search word (or the initial word of a two-word phrase) with a masculine word.

  • answer > chance / trance / glance

  • easy > breeze / at ease / attendees

  • fast lane > blast / miscast / unsurpassed

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Assonance


A pair of words echoing the same final stressed vowel sounds with different end consonants.

  • meet / beach / achieve / Vietnamese

  • trust / abduct / coverup / superdrug

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Broken Rhyme


An agreement in sound that occurs when the rhyme mate is broken into two parts by being hyphenated at the end of the line and its first part rhymes perfectly with the search word while the second part continues at the beginning of the next line.

  • new > stu~por / shoe~string / do~able / alu~minium

  • far > car~go / ar~chitect / car~bonate

  • fist > list~less / wist~ful / twist~er / consist~ency

When Rhyme Genie displays broken rhymes the line break is indicated by an inserted swung dash (e.g. mu~sic instead of music).

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Consonance

(Half Rhyme, Suspended Rhyme, Sprung Rhyme)


A pair of words with matching final consonant sounds that have different preceding vowel sounds.

  • wrong / young / among / overhang

  • task / kiosk / grotesque / videodisk

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Diminished Rhyme


The diminished rhyme is in essence an additive rhyme in reverse. The search word’s last consonant sound is ignored to create a perfect rhyme with respective mates.

  • boat > know / although / apropos

  • gratitude > tissue / aircrew / interview

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Double Assonance


Words in which the final two stressed vowel sounds match.

  • dreamer / cheater / seizure / teacher

  • highlight / eyesight / finite / lifetime

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Double Consonance


A pair of words in which the final consonants sound the same.

  • brick / break / awestruck / masterstroke

  • meet / mate / dynamite / underestimate

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Elided Rhyme


When a rhyme mate creates a perfect rhyme with the search word whose last vowel has been removed the rhyme pair is called an elided rhyme. Naturally Rhyme Genie requires the search word to have at least two syllables to be able to elide its final vowel and find proper matches.

  • planet > can’t / implant / confidante

  • wallet > fault / assault / bank vault / mineral salt

  • honest > ensconced

Elided rhymes are very rare in the English language. Should no true elided rhyme exist, Rhyme Genie will omit an immediate consonant sound around the omitted vowel sound to look for more matches. Examples of such an 'expanded' elided rhyme are fired (bride / cried / beside / bloated with pride) and delivered (outlived / relived / shortlived).

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Family Rhyme

(Consonant Substitution Near Rhyme)


A rhyme that is based on the principle that consonants can be grouped into clusters that exhibit a strong enough resemblance in sound to belong to the same family. Family rhymes are in essence perfect rhymes that freely interchange the consonants that belong to the same family namely plosives (b/d/g/p/t/k), fricatives (v/z/zh/j/f/th/s/sh/ch) and nasals (m/n/ng).

  • lover > suffer / rougher / buzzer / buffer

  • touch > such / bluff / buss / begrudge

  • test > left / stretched / bequest / fledged

This is a popular rhyme in modern music since it can create a stronger agreement in sound than the last syllable rhyme, yet still allows fresh alternatives to otherwise overused perfect rhymes.

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Feminine Pararhyme


A two-syllable consonance in which not only the first but also the following two final consonant groupings agree. It has two variations, one where both vowel sounds differ and one where only one of the two vowel sounds differs.

  • daylight / delete / dull it / deal out

  • lover / lever / liver / laver

  • rabbit / rebate / rowboat / rebut

Despite being called feminine pararhyme this particular agreement in sound can also be achieved by matching two-word phrases consisting of one-syllable masculine words with each other or by mixing them with two-syllable feminine rhyme mates.

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Final Syllable Rhyme

(Imperfect Rhyme)


A pair of words where the initial consonants of the last syllables differ while both vowel and end-consonant sounds are identical.

  • adventure / navigator / geographer / executioner

  • king / dancing / lightening / astonishing

Used routinely in pop music the final syllable rhyme does not distinguish between masculine, feminine, trisyllabic and polysyllabic rhyme mates allowing them to be mixed and matched freely. At times a pair of words can even be syllabic, meaning that the last syllable has the same sound but does not necessarily contain accented vowels (cleaver / silver, pitter / patter).

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


First Syllable Rhyme


A pair of words that have identical sounds preceding the first syllable break followed by different consonant sounds.

  • trick / trim / tribute

  • few / future / fugitive

While appearing similar to the reverse rhyme, the first syllable rhyme differs by ignoring all subsequent syllables whether the first syllable is accented or not. Due to the way unaccented vowels are influenced by their surroundings the first syllable rhyme can have a slight phonetic variation (e.g. together / tableau / today / Tibet).


Full Assonance


Words in which all stressed vowel sounds match.

  • dreamer / cheater / seizure / teacher

  • highlight / eyesight / finite / lifetime

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Full Consonance


Words in which all consonant sounds match.

  • dreaming / drumming

  • metal / motel / motile

  • lover / lever / liver

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Half Double Rhyme


A rhyme pair where the stressed syllable of a masculine word agrees with the second-to-last stressed syllable of the other word. Rhyme Genie will determine whether the word in the search box is feminine or masculine and will show the appropriate rhyme mates.

  • caller > small / ball / sprawl

  • groove > mover / proving / maneuvered

  • sailing > fail / avail / inhale

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Homophones

(Echo Rhyme)


A pair of words that have a different spelling but share the same pronunciation.

  • bear / bare

  • hymn / him

  • soar / sore

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Intelligent Rhyme


The intelligent rhyme is more flexible than other rhyme types and finds a wide variety of near rhymes with greater ease by allowing you to simply decrease or increase its similarity in sound.

Rhyme mates for lover (Multi-Syllabic option on):

  • cover / hover / discover (initial similarity in sound setting)

  • suffer / tougher / buffer (first decrease in similarity in sound)

  • leaver / lever / liver (second decrease in similarity in sound)

  • govern / covered / recovered (third decrease in similarity in sound)

  • labor / Libra / loafer (fourth decrease in similarity in sound)

After every completed search the intelligent rhyme will display matches that are equivalent to a perfect rhyme, a final syllable rhyme or a near rhyme with the strongest similarity in sound. Each change in the similarity in sound will alter the parameter of its underlying algorithms giving you phonetically related near rhymes incrementally without repeating prior rhyme mates.

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Light Rhyme

(Uneven Rhyme)


Traditionally light rhymes are word pairs that match accented final syllable words with unaccented ones. A light rhyme requires the words to have different sounds prior to their matching syllables while ending with the same consonant and vowel sound combination.

A pair of words in which the final consonants sound the same.

  • frog > backlog / groundhog / demagogue

  • ring > stunning / persuading / abolishing

  • seizure > sir / concur / connoisseur

While Rhyme Genie follows these guidelines to find traditional light rhyme it expands the list of possible candidates by including rhyme mates that have phonetically similar but not necessarily identical vowel sounds.

This greatly improves the usefulness of this type of rhyme and makes it an excellent companion to the perfect rhyme or last syllable rhyme. If the latter two won’t create desirable rhyme mates the light rhyme can offer alternative matches while still staying in close phonetic proximity.

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Metaphone


Metaphone is a phonetic algorithm that converts words into similar sounding keys.

  • moon / mean / men / moan

  • pleasure / pleaser / pulsar / placer

  • stardom / stratum

The Metaphone algorithm is more accurate than the Soundex algorithm since the keys are determined by a larger set of pronunciation rules.

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Pararhyme


A kind of consonance where the syllables have identical first and last consonants and different vowel sounds. By definition it is limited to single one-syllable words.

  • leave / live / love

  • days / dies / does / doors

  • laughed / left / lift

Pararhymes are rare in the English language. Select Rhyme Genie’s 'Unabridged Dictionary' and disable all filters to expand the list of potential rhyme mates when searching for paraprhymes.


Perfect Rhyme

(True Rhyme, Pure Rhyme or Complete Rhyme)


A pair of words in which the accented vowels and all succeeding sounds are identical while the sounds preceding the accented vowels *differ.

  • be / free / debris / guarantee

  • later / waiter / translator

  • lightening / frightening / brightening / tightening

  • pleasurable / measurable

Rhyme Genie examines the stress pattern of the search word to find only equally stressed rhyme mates. It distinguishes between 4 different types:

single rhyme - a rhyme with accent on the final syllable (be / free).

double rhyme - a rhyme where the accent is on the second-to-last syllable followed by an unaccented syllable (later / waiter).

triple rhyme - a rhyme where the accent is on the third-to-last syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (brightening / tightening).

polysyllabic rhyme - a rhyme where the accent is on or prior to the fourth-to-last syllable followed by three or more unstressed syllables (pleasurable / measurable).

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Related Rhyme


In essence identical to the family rhyme the related rhyme filters out words that would also create a perfect rhyme mate with the search word.

  • dusk > bluffed / mistrust / readjust

  • kaiser > diver / survivor / decipher

The related rhyme enables users who mainly work with perfect rhymes to find alternative family rhymes without browsing through overlapping rhyme mates.

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Reverse Rhyme

(Beginning Rhyme)


A pair of words in which the first accented vowels and all prior sounds match while the following consonants differ.

  • better / benchmark / bedfellows

  • nickname / nibbling / nitpicking

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Rich Rhyme

(Rime Riche, Identical Rhyme)


An agreement in sound not only of the last accented vowel and any succeeding sounds but also of the consonant preceding the last accented vowel.

  • new / knew / canoe / renew

  • plate / slate / relate / demodulate

Like a perfect rhyme it requires both the search word and all rhyme mates to have the same stress pattern. In addition it may also consist of homographs (words with identical spelling and pronunciation but different meaning as in fair/fair) or homophones (words with identical pronunciation but different spelling as in write/right).

Should the search word and mates consist of single word pairs Rhyme Genie will not display simple repetitions (words with identical spelling, pronunciation and meaning). In phrases, however, repetitions are included since they are enhanced by prior words (fair / play it fair).


Soundex


Soundex is a phonetic algorithm that converts English words into groups of character strings based upon their pronunciation.

  • far / fear / four / free

  • desert / discard / discreet / decorate

  • music / magic / massage / mixes

Soundex distinguishes between six phonetic classifications (bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, velar, and glottal) which are derived from the position of the tongue and lips when a sound is produced.

The phonetic algorithm generates character strings that are limited to a length of four digits which makes Soundex less accurate than other types of rhyme.

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Trailing Rhyme

(Semirhyme)


Rhyme that pairs a one-syllable word with a rhyme mate trailing an additional unstressed syllable; a rhyme in which the one-syllable search word agrees with the initial word of a two-word phrase.

  • sting > finger / ringing / King Lear

  • man > planet / banner / volcanic

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


Weakened Rhyme

(Unaccented Rhyme, Unstressed Rhyme)


An agreement in sound in which the final syllable of both words is unstressed.

  • muscle / angel / animal / acoustical

  • hatching / crusading / overtaking / revolutionizing

  • after / ventilator / impersonator

Because of the way in which lack of stress affects the sound, a rhyme of this kind may often be regarded as consonance, which occurs when the words are similar only in having identical final consonants (best / least).

For dictionary entries with multiple words Rhyme Genie always matches the final word of the phrase. To find only single words deselect the phrases, proper nouns and charted songs options.


LEGAL NOTICES

Disclaimer

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