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Words that rhyme with friend

Syllables

Syllables are counted as vowel sounds in the word’s CMU Pronouncing Dictionary entry, so fire (F AY1 ER0) counts as 2. That is the dictionary’s view, not a rule of English: it also lists fire as F AY1 R, one syllable, the way many singers say it.

FRIEND — said FREND (F R EH1 N D), 1 syllable

54 perfect rhymes in the CMU dictionary, 40 of them everyday words — plus 125 sound-family and 2,985 assonance near rhymes.

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

Perfect rhymes 54

Identical from the stressed vowel to the end: EH N D.

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Rarer words and names (14)

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Near rhymes: sound family 125

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

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Rarer words and names (70)

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Near rhymes: assonance 2,985

Same vowels (EH) from the stress on, any consonants.

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1,039 more everyday words

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Rarer words and names (1,886)

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Rhyming “friend”

friend is F R EH1 N D in the dictionary: 1 syllable, rhyming on EH N D. Any word that ends in exactly those sounds is a perfect rhyme, however it is spelled.

Of its 54 perfect rhymes, 40 are everyday words: amend, append, ascend, attend, bend, comprehend, contend, defend, depend, descend, end, extend, impend, intend, lend, mend, offend, pretend, recommend, send, spend, suspend, tend, trend, apprehend, befriend, blend, commend, condescend, distend, expend, fend, penned, portend, transcend, misspend, overextend, resend, unbend and wend. The other 14 are rarer words or names, folded under “rarer words and names”.

The closest everyday near rhymes keep the vowel and swap a consonant for one of its sound family: bent, cent, lent, meant, rent and sent. The vowel stays and each consonant after it changes only to a close relative, so these are the nearest-sounding slant rhymes.

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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35 song words, ranked from fewest everyday perfect rhymes — how the list was made.