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Words that rhyme with fire

FIRE — said FY-ur (F AY1 ER0), 2 syllables

101 perfect rhymes in the CMU dictionary, 32 of them everyday words — plus 0 sound-family and 824 assonance near rhymes.

No multi-syllable rhymes: “fire” has only one stressed syllable, so there is no earlier stressed syllable to match.

Perfect rhymes 101

Identical from the stressed vowel to the end: AY ER.

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Rarer words and names (69)

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Near rhymes: sound family 0

Same vowels, consonants swapped within a family (stops, fricatives, nasals…).

None in the dictionary.

Near rhymes: assonance 824

Same vowels (AY-ER) from the stress on, any consonants.

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153 more everyday words

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Rarer words and names (611)

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Rhyming “fire”

fire is F AY1 ER0 in the dictionary: 2 syllables, rhyming on AY ER. Any word that ends in exactly those sounds is a perfect rhyme, however it is spelled.

Of its 101 perfect rhymes, 32 are everyday words: acquire, buyer, choir, desire, dire, entire, higher, hire, prior, require, retire, supplier, tire, wire, attire, ceasefire, conspire, drier, dryer, flier, friar, liar, mire, pyre, sire, transpire, brier, crier, dyer, fryer, misfire and rewire. The other 69 are rarer words or names, folded under “rarer words and names”.

No near rhyme swaps only a consonant of the same family, so the nearest everyday options are assonance — same vowels, other consonants: brighter, buyer's, buyers, cider, diner and driver.

The dictionary also says it FYR; this page rhymes the first. Type the word in the box to pick another.

Tap any word to see its own rhymes. The rules for each kind of rhyme are on the front page, and so are the limits: the dictionary is General American, so accents can rhyme differently.

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