Rhyme index

Words that rhyme with award

Words that share the ending of award — record, board, lord and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced AH0 W AO1 R D.

Sound structure

award has 2 syllables and is pronounced AH0 W AO1 R 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 record, board, lord, toward.

Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese

Pronunciation
AH0 W AO1 R D
Syllable breakdown
AH0 · W · AO1 · R · D
Syllable count
2 syllables
Ending sound
D
Ending type
a stopped ending

Perfect rhymes

The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.

  • record R AH0 K AO1 R D · 2 syllables · common
  • board B AO1 R D · 1 syllable · common
  • lord L AO1 R D · 1 syllable · common
  • toward T AH0 W AO1 R D · 2 syllables · standard
  • scored S K AO1 R D · 1 syllable · standard
  • tape-record T EY1 P R AH0 K AO2 R D · 3 syllables · standard
  • particleboard P AA1 R D IH0 K AH0 L B AO2 R D · 4 syllables · rare
  • afford AH0 F AO1 R D · 2 syllables · standard
  • ford F AO1 R D · 1 syllable · standard
  • overboard OW1 V ER0 B AO2 R D · 3 syllables · standard
  • misericord M AH0 Z EH1 R AH0 K AO2 R D · 4 syllables · rare
  • aboard AH0 B AO1 R D · 2 syllables · standard
  • sword S AO1 R D · 1 syllable · standard
  • motherboard M AH1 DH ER0 B AO2 R D · 3 syllables · standard
  • containerboard K AH0 N T EY1 N ER0 B AO2 R D · 4 syllables · rare
  • accord AH0 K AO1 R D · 2 syllables · standard
  • ward W AO1 R D · 1 syllable · standard
  • harpsichord HH AA1 R P S AH0 K AO2 R D · 3 syllables · standard
  • underinsured AH2 N D ER0 IH0 N SH AO1 R D · 4 syllables · rare
  • adored AH0 D AO1 R D · 2 syllables · standard

Near rhymes

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

  • support S AH0 P AO1 R T · 2 syllables · common
  • called K AO1 L D · 1 syllable · common
  • court K AO1 R T · 1 syllable · common
  • short SH AO1 R T · 1 syllable · common
  • out-of-court AW2 D AH0 V K AO1 R T · 3 syllables · common
  • so-called S OW1 K AO1 L D · 2 syllables · common
  • state-of-the-art S T EY2 T AH0 V DH IH0 AA1 R T · 4 syllables · common
  • north N AO1 R TH · 1 syllable · common
  • man-of-war M AE2 N AH0 W AO1 R · 3 syllables · common
  • report R IY0 P AO1 R T · 2 syllables · common
  • heart HH AA1 R T · 1 syllable · common
  • know-it-all N OW1 AH0 D AO2 L · 3 syllables · common
  • years-old Y IH2 R Z AO1 L D · 2 syllables · common
  • hard HH AA1 R D · 1 syllable · common
  • two-by-four T UW1 B AY2 F AO2 R · 3 syllables · common
  • stop-start S T AA2 P S T AA1 R T · 2 syllables · common
  • art AA1 R T · 1 syllable · common
  • come-along K AH1 M AH0 L AO2 NG · 3 syllables · common
  • before B IH0 F AO1 R · 2 syllables · common
  • part P AA1 R T · 1 syllable · common

Cross-language rhymes

A different language, but the sound still lines up.

How this was worked out

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