Rhyme index

Words that rhyme with appear

Words that share the ending of appear — year, one-year, near and more. 2 syllables, a liquid ending, pronounced AH0 P IH1 R.

Sound structure

appear has 2 syllables and is pronounced AH0 P IH1 R. Its ending, R, is a liquid ending.

An l or r ending keeps the tongue moving, which makes it glide into the following syllable. It sits well in fast flows.

The closest matches are year, one-year, near, clear.

Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese

Pronunciation
AH0 P IH1 R
Syllable breakdown
AH0 · P · IH1 · R
Syllable count
2 syllables
Ending sound
R
Ending type
a liquid ending

Perfect rhymes

The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.

  • year Y IH1 R · 1 syllable · common
  • one-year W AH1 N Y IH2 R · 2 syllables · common
  • near N IH1 R · 1 syllable · common
  • clear K L IH1 R · 1 syllable · common
  • three-year TH R IY1 Y IH2 R · 2 syllables · common
  • engineer EH1 N JH AH0 N IH1 R · 3 syllables · standard
  • re-engineer R IY0 EH2 N JH AH0 N IH1 R · 4 syllables · standard
  • reverse-engineer R AH0 V ER2 S EH0 N JH AH0 N IH1 R · 5 syllables · standard
  • fear F IH1 R · 1 syllable · standard
  • career K ER0 IH1 R · 2 syllables · standard
  • disappear D IH2 S AH0 P IH1 R · 3 syllables · standard
  • nottinghamshire N AA1 D IH0 NG AH0 M SH IH2 R · 4 syllables · standard
  • bioengineer B AY2 OW0 EH2 N JH AH0 N IH1 R · 5 syllables · rare
  • dear D IH1 R · 1 syllable · standard
  • severe S AH0 V IH1 R · 2 syllables · standard
  • atmosphere AE1 T M AH0 S F IH2 R · 3 syllables · standard
  • charioteer CH EH2 R IY0 AH0 T IH1 R · 4 syllables · rare
  • underbrigadier AH2 N D AH0 R B R IH2 G AH0 D IH1 R · 5 syllables · rare
  • beer B IH1 R · 1 syllable · standard
  • four-year F AO2 R Y IH1 R · 2 syllables · common

Near rhymes

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

  • here HH IY1 R · 1 syllable · common
  • will W IH1 L · 1 syllable · common
  • we're W IY1 R · 1 syllable · common
  • still S T IH1 L · 1 syllable · common
  • us'in AH0 S IH0 N · 2 syllables · common
  • puppeteer P AH0 P AH0 T IY1 R · 3 syllables · standard
  • ritonavir R IH0 T OW0 N AH0 V IH0 R · 4 syllables · rare
  • atazanavir AE0 T AH0 Z AE0 N AH0 V IH0 R · 5 syllables · rare
  • hear HH IY1 R · 1 syllable · common
  • really R IH1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · common
  • overhear OW1 V ER0 HH IY1 R · 3 syllables · standard
  • ionosphere AY2 AA1 N AO0 S F IY2 R · 4 syllables · standard
  • oseltamivir OW0 S EH0 L T AE0 M IH0 V IH0 R · 5 syllables · rare
  • in IH0 N · 1 syllable · common
  • would-be W UH1 D B IY2 · 2 syllables · common
  • vladimir V L AE1 D AH0 M IH0 R · 3 syllables · standard
  • abacavir AH0 B AE0 K AH0 V IH0 R · 4 syllables · rare
  • is IH1 Z · 1 syllable · common
  • has-been HH AE1 Z B IH2 N · 2 syllables · common
  • chocolatier CH AA0 K L AH0 T IH0 R · 3 syllables · rare

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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