Oxford Rhyming Dictionary

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There's also a nifty "Poet Maker" feature, which lets you find words that match constraints on both rhyme and meaning at the same time. For example, suppose you want a word that rhymes with "cat" and means "heavy"; this feature will answer "fat" in no time. Or suppose you're looking for a rhyme of "curious" that means "invalid"; you'll get "spurious". You get the idea! Some of the semantic data that RhymeZone uses (synonyms, related words, and definitions) is derived from WordNet. ( License info here.) In a nutshell, a general rhyme is where there is some phonetic similarity between words. With general rhymes, the classification gets done according to the level of phonetic similarity between words.

Put simply, an identical rhyme is where the same word gets used twice - for example, using “The” to begin or end two sentences. Sometimes, the word used might have different meanings in each sentence.The official RhymeZone Android app is a fast, powerful rhyming dictionary and thesaurus that you can use anywhere, even if you're not on the Internet.

The Common Crawl is used to find snippets of poetry and lyrics on the Web that match RhymeZone queries.Syllabic - each syllable of each word sounds the same, but doesn't always contain the same stressed vowels. Rhyming can come in many forms. Learning the different types of rhymes is a great way for a poet to expand his/her portfolio of knowledge. Where one rhyme type may not work, another might. Single, which is also known as "masculine" rhymes, rhymes the last syllable. For example, Car and Far

Lastly, position rhymes, as the term suggests, get classified according to their position in verses. For example, a tail rhyme denotes a rhyme located in the final syllables of each verse and is the most common type of position rhyme. The pronunciation data that RhymeZone uses is derived in part from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary and Meet your meter: The "Restrict to meter" strip above will show you the related words that match a particular kind this is a well-researched and comprehensive reference work, but something more besides; there is a remarkable textual richness here which can offer new, original and unexpected insights to the diligent researcher."- Refer Primary vowel: Try the "Primary vowel" option under Filter to find words with a particular vowel sound for your song or poem.

Different Types of Rhymes

Identical rhymes can sometimes get frowned upon in some literary circles as audiences may feel the lines are getting repetitive or that the author is “cheating.” of metrical foot. Meter is denoted as a sequence of x and / symbols, where x represents an unstressed syllable In short, Mind rhyming is substituting an alternate word for word that would make sense in the position. If a person who hears it, automatically substitutes the real word for the substitution, a mind rhyme has occurred. Eye Rhyme Sometimes known as subverted rhymes, mind rhymes are a fun way of teasing the reader or audience. That’s because the suggestion of a rhyme stops short, or the expected word gets replaced with another word (which may or may not have the same meaning).