Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with ahead
Words that share the ending of ahead — said, read, head and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced AH0 HH EH1 D.
Sound structure
ahead has 2 syllables and is pronounced AH0 HH EH1 D. Its ending, D, 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 said, read, head, red.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- AH0 HH EH1 D
- Syllable breakdown
- AH0 · HH · EH1 · D
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- D
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- said S EH1 D · 1 syllable · common
- read R EH1 D · 1 syllable · common
- head HH EH1 D · 1 syllable · common
- red R EH1 D · 1 syllable · common
- head-to-head HH EH2 D T AH0 HH EH1 D · 3 syllables · common
- instead IH2 N S T EH1 D · 2 syllables · common
- formula-fed F AO1 R M Y AH0 L AH0 F EH2 D · 4 syllables · standard
- lead L EH1 D · 1 syllable · common
- go-ahead G OW1 AH0 HH EH2 D · 3 syllables · standard
- drop-dead D R AA1 P D EH2 D · 2 syllables · standard
- propeller-head P R AH0 P EH1 L AH0 R HH EH2 D · 4 syllables · standard
- dead D EH1 D · 1 syllable · common
- straight-ahead S T R EY2 D AH0 HH EH1 D · 3 syllables · standard
- op-ed AA2 P EH1 D · 2 syllables · standard
- gravity-fed G R AE1 V AH0 D IY0 F EH2 D · 4 syllables · standard
- led L EH1 D · 1 syllable · common
- wooden-head W UH1 D AH0 N HH EH2 D · 3 syllables · standard
- bloodshed B L AH1 D SH EH2 D · 2 syllables · standard
- maxilliped M AE0 K S IH1 L AH0 P EH2 D · 4 syllables · rare
- bed B EH1 D · 1 syllable · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- get G EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- had HH AE1 D · 1 syllable · common
- let L EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- set S EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- top-end T AA2 P EH1 N D · 2 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
- life-and-death L AY2 F AH0 N D EH1 TH · 3 syllables · common
- going-away G OW1 IH0 NG AH0 W EY2 · 4 syllables · common
- yet Y EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- against AH0 G EH1 N S T · 2 syllables · common
- president P R EH1 Z AH0 D EH2 N T · 3 syllables · common
- radiolead R EY0 D IY0 OW0 L EH0 D · 4 syllables · rare
- made M EY1 D · 1 syllable · common
- again AH0 G EH1 N · 2 syllables · common
- show-and-tell SH OW2 AH0 N T EH1 L · 3 syllables · common
- abiomed EY0 B IY1 AH0 M EH0 D · 4 syllables · rare
- end EH1 N D · 1 syllable · common
- perfect P ER0 F EH1 K T · 2 syllables · common
- understand AH2 N D ER0 S T AE1 N D · 3 syllables · common
- dinmukhamed D IH2 N M UW0 K AA1 M EH0 D · 4 syllables · rare
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 그대 2 syllables · common
- エンド 3 syllables · common
- 상상해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- ステート 4 syllables · common
- 기억해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- 樗 ヌデ · 2 syllables · common
- 기대 2 syllables · common
- 白膠木 ヌデ · 2 syllables · common
- 사랑해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- セント 3 syllables · common
- 랩 1 syllable · common
- 婢女 ハシタメ · 4 syllables · common
- 모르드개 4 syllables · noun · standard
- レ 1 syllable · common
- 시대 2 syllables · common
- 届出 トドケイデ · 5 syllables · common
- 자랑해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 맵 1 syllable · common
- 夢 ユメ · 2 syllables · common
How this was worked out
RhymeMore matches sound, not spelling. It splits a word into syllables, pulls out the vowel and the closing consonant of each, and groups candidates by how many syllables agree counting back from the end. The FAQ explains the method in full.
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