Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with attempt
Words that share the ending of attempt — contempt, self-contempt, tempt and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced AH0 T EH1 M P T.
Sound structure
attempt has 2 syllables and is pronounced AH0 T EH1 M 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 contempt, self-contempt, tempt, unkempt.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- AH0 T EH1 M P T
- Syllable breakdown
- AH0 · T · EH1 · M · 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.
- contempt K AH0 N T EH1 M P T · 2 syllables · standard
- self-contempt S EH2 L F K AH0 N T EH1 M P T · 3 syllables · standard
- tempt T EH1 M P T · 1 syllable · standard
- unkempt AH0 N K EH1 M P T · 2 syllables · standard
- empt EH1 M P T · 1 syllable · rare
- reattempt R IY2 AH0 T EH1 M P T · 3 syllables · rare
- exempt IH0 G Z EH1 M P T · 2 syllables · standard
- kempt K EH1 M P T · 1 syllable · rare
- overtempt OW2 V AH0 R T EH1 M P T · 3 syllables · rare
- preempt P R IY1 EH2 M P T · 2 syllables · standard
- drempt D R EH0 M P T · 1 syllable · rare
- perempt P AH0 R EH1 M P T · 2 syllables · rare
- unempt AH0 N EH1 M P T · 2 syllables · rare
- pretempt P R IH0 T EH1 M P T · 2 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- against AH0 G EH1 N S T · 2 syllables · common
- president P R EH1 Z AH0 D EH2 N T · 3 syllables · common
- get G EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- left L EH1 F 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
- went W EH1 N T · 1 syllable · common
- again AH0 G EH1 N · 2 syllables · common
- understand AH2 N D ER0 S T AE1 N D · 3 syllables · common
- best B EH1 S T · 1 syllable · common
- high-end HH AY2 EH1 N D · 2 syllables · common
- nice-to-have N AY1 S T AH0 HH AE2 V · 3 syllables · common
- end EH1 N D · 1 syllable · common
- yourself Y ER0 S EH1 L F · 2 syllables · common
- show-and-tell SH OW2 AH0 N T EH1 L · 3 syllables · common
- next N EH1 K S T · 1 syllable · common
- on-air AA2 N EH1 R · 2 syllables · common
- back-to-back B AE2 K T AH0 B AE1 K · 3 syllables · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 그대 2 syllables · common
- 夢 ユメ · 2 syllables · common
- 상상해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- ステート 4 syllables · common
- 기억해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- エンド 3 syllables · common
- 맵 1 syllable · common
- セント 3 syllables · common
- 무대 2 syllables · common
- アカバネ 4 syllables · common
- 사랑해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- 敗 マケ · 2 syllables · common
- 엘리사벳 4 syllables · noun · standard
- レ 1 syllable · common
- 랩 1 syllable · common
- 届出 トドケイデ · 5 syllables · common
- 미래 2 syllables · common
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 자랑해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- 女 ムスメ · 3 syllables · common
- 樗 ヌデ · 2 syllables · common
- 白膠木 ヌデ · 2 syllables · common
- カレー 3 syllables · common
- サンデー 4 syllables · common
- 캡 1 syllable · common
- 三弦 サンシエン · 5 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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