Rhyme index

Words that rhyme with allowed

Words that share the ending of allowed — proud, crowd, loud and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced AH0 L AW1 D.

Sound structure

allowed has 2 syllables and is pronounced AH0 L AW1 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 proud, crowd, loud, cloud.

Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese

Pronunciation
AH0 L AW1 D
Syllable breakdown
AH0 · L · AW1 · D
Syllable count
2 syllables
Ending sound
D
Ending type
a stopped ending

Perfect rhymes

The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.

  • proud P R AW1 D · 1 syllable · standard
  • crowd K R AW1 D · 1 syllable · standard
  • loud L AW1 D · 1 syllable · standard
  • cloud K L AW1 D · 1 syllable · standard
  • aloud AH0 L AW1 D · 2 syllables · standard
  • disallowed D IH2 S AH0 L AW1 D · 3 syllables · standard
  • how'd HH AW1 D · 1 syllable · standard
  • macleod M AH0 K L AW1 D · 2 syllables · standard
  • disavowed D IH2 S AH0 V AW1 D · 3 syllables · standard
  • vowed V AW1 D · 1 syllable · standard
  • in-crowd IH1 N K R AW2 D · 2 syllables · standard
  • beetle-browed B IY1 D AH0 L B R AW2 D · 3 syllables · rare
  • bowed B AW1 D · 1 syllable · standard
  • mcleod M AH0 K L AW1 D · 2 syllables · standard
  • thundercloud TH AH1 N D AH0 R K L AW2 D · 3 syllables · rare
  • shroud SH R AW1 D · 1 syllable · standard
  • avowed AH0 V AW1 D · 2 syllables · standard
  • unallowed AH0 N AH0 L AW1 D · 3 syllables · rare
  • plowed P L AW1 D · 1 syllable · standard
  • mccloud M AH0 K L AW1 D · 2 syllables · standard

Near rhymes

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

  • about AH0 B AW1 T · 2 syllables · common
  • in-and-out IH2 N AH0 N AW1 T · 3 syllables · common
  • out AW1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • sound S AW1 N D · 1 syllable · common
  • out-and-out AW2 D AH0 N AW1 T · 3 syllables · common
  • around ER0 AW1 N D · 2 syllables · common
  • how-do-you-do HH AW2 D AH0 Y AH0 D UW1 · 4 syllables · common
  • ground G R AW1 N D · 1 syllable · common
  • how-about HH AW2 AH0 B AW1 T · 3 syllables · common
  • turn-out T ER1 N AW2 T · 2 syllables · common
  • round R AW1 N D · 1 syllable · common
  • down-and-out D AW2 N AH0 N AW1 T · 3 syllables · common
  • all-out AO1 L AW1 T · 2 syllables · common
  • found F AW1 N D · 1 syllable · common
  • all-around AO2 L AH0 R AW1 N D · 3 syllables · common
  • time-out T AY1 M AW2 T · 2 syllables · common
  • south S AW1 TH · 1 syllable · common
  • go-around G OW1 AH0 R AW2 N D · 3 syllables · common
  • without W IH0 TH AW1 T · 2 syllables · common
  • food F UW1 D · 1 syllable · common

Cross-language rhymes

A different language, but the sound still lines up.

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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