Rhyme index

Words that rhyme with accept

Words that share the ending of accept — kept, sept, stepped and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced AE0 K S EH1 P T.

Sound structure

accept has 2 syllables and is pronounced AE0 K S EH1 P T. Its ending, T, is a stopped ending.

A plosive ending cuts the sound off cleanly. It closes a line with force, but it has fewer matches than the other types.

The closest matches are kept, sept, stepped, slept.

Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese

Pronunciation
AE0 K S EH1 P T
Syllable breakdown
AE0 · K · S · EH1 · P · T
Syllable count
2 syllables
Ending sound
T
Ending type
a stopped ending

Perfect rhymes

The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.

  • kept K EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
  • sept S EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
  • stepped S T EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
  • slept S L EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
  • except IH0 K S EH1 P T · 2 syllables · standard
  • self-concept S EH2 L F K AA1 N S EH2 P T · 3 syllables · standard
  • swept S W EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
  • crow-stepped K R OW1 S T EH2 P T · 2 syllables · standard
  • intercept IH2 N T ER0 S EH1 P T · 3 syllables · standard
  • wept W EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
  • adept AH0 D EH1 P T · 2 syllables · standard
  • overstepped OW1 V ER0 S T EH2 P T · 3 syllables · standard
  • crept K R EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
  • inept IH2 N EH1 P T · 2 syllables · standard
  • overslept OW2 V ER0 S L EH1 P T · 3 syllables · rare
  • leapt L EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
  • precept P R IY1 S EH2 P T · 2 syllables · standard
  • misaccept M IH0 S AH0 K S EH1 P T · 3 syllables · rare
  • prepped P R EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
  • windswept W IH1 N S W EH2 P T · 2 syllables · standard

Near rhymes

The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.

  • left L EH1 F T · 1 syllable · common
  • get G EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • best B EH1 S T · 1 syllable · common
  • let L EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • high-end HH AY2 EH1 N D · 2 syllables · common
  • president P R EH1 Z AH0 D EH2 N T · 3 syllables · common
  • what-you-see-is-what-you-get W AH2 T Y AH0 S IY1 IH0 S W AH2 T Y AH0 G EH2 T · 7 syllables · common
  • etanercept IH0 T AE0 N ER0 S EH0 P T · 4 syllables · rare
  • set S EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • man-made M AE1 N M EY2 D · 2 syllables · common
  • life-and-death L AY2 F AH0 N D EH1 TH · 3 syllables · common
  • aflibercept AH0 F L IH0 B AH0 S EH0 P T · 4 syllables · rare
  • yet Y EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • against AH0 G EH1 N S T · 2 syllables · common
  • day-by-day D EY1 B AY0 D EY2 · 3 syllables · common
  • belatacept B EH0 L AE0 T AH0 S EH0 P T · 4 syllables · rare
  • went W EH1 N T · 1 syllable · common
  • in-depth IH0 N D EH1 P TH · 2 syllables · standard
  • said S EH1 D · 1 syllable · common
  • top-end T AA2 P EH1 N D · 2 syllables · common

Cross-language rhymes

A different language, but the sound still lines up.

How this was worked out

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