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Words that rhyme with light

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.

LIGHT — said LYT (L AY1 T), 1 syllable

104 perfect rhymes in the CMU dictionary, 55 of them everyday words — plus 198 sound-family and 1,278 assonance near rhymes.

Same sound, different spelling: lite

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

Perfect rhymes 104

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

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Rarer words and names (49)

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Near rhymes: sound family 198

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

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51 more everyday words

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Near rhymes: assonance 1,278

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

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Rhyming “light”

light is L AY1 T in the dictionary: 1 syllable, rhyming on AY T. Any word that ends in exactly those sounds is a perfect rhyme, however it is spelled.

Of its 104 perfect rhymes, 55 are everyday words: bite, bright, byte, cite, delight, despite, excite, fight, flight, height, invite, knight, might, night, outright, overnight, polite, quite, rewrite, right, sight, site, slight, spite, tight, tonight, upright, white, write, alight, blight, contrite, forthright, fright, ignite, impolite, incite, indict, kite, mite, overwrite, plight, recite, reunite, rite, trite, uptight, wright, alright, bight, electrolyte, nonwhite, sprite, terabyte and wight. The other 49 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: cried, died, dried, flied, fried and guide. 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.