Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with cancer
Words that share the ending of cancer — answer, dancer, lancer and more. 2 syllables, an open ending, pronounced K AE1 N S ER0.
Sound structure
cancer has 2 syllables and is pronounced K AE1 N S ER0. Its ending, ER0, is an open ending.
Ending on a vowel lets you hold the note and roll into the next line. There are plenty of matches, but the rhyme blurs easily, so match the vowel one syllable earlier to keep it sharp.
The closest matches are answer, dancer, lancer, mansour.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- K AE1 N S ER0
- Syllable breakdown
- K · AE1 · N · S · ER0
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- ER0
- Ending type
- an open ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- answer AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- dancer D AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · standard
- lancer L AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · standard
- mansour M AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · standard
- freelancer F R IY1 L AE2 N S ER0 · 3 syllables · standard
- necromancer N EH1 K R AH0 M AE2 N S ER0 · 4 syllables · standard
- mansur M AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · rare
- enhancer EH0 N HH AE1 N S ER0 · 3 syllables · standard
- anticancer AE2 N T AY2 K AE1 N S ER0 · 4 syllables · standard
- manser M AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · rare
- financer F AY1 N AE2 N S ER0 · 3 syllables · rare
- prancer P R AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · rare
- advancer AH0 D V AE1 N S ER0 · 3 syllables · rare
- danser D AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · rare
- raindancer R EY1 N D AE2 N S ER0 · 3 syllables · rare
- ganser G AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · rare
- lanser L AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · rare
- pancer P AE1 N S ER0 · 2 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- after AE1 F T ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- center S EH1 N T ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- fire F AY1 ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- higher HH AY1 ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- were W ER1 · 1 syllable · common
- remember R IH0 M EH1 M B ER0 · 3 syllables · common
- alexander AE2 L AH0 G Z AE1 N D ER0 · 4 syllables · standard
- decision-maker D IH0 S IH1 ZH AH0 N M EY2 K ER0 · 5 syllables · standard
- matter M AE1 T ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- her HH ER1 · 1 syllable · common
- commander K AH0 M AE1 N D ER0 · 3 syllables · standard
- get-together G EH1 T T AH0 G EH1 DH ER0 · 4 syllables · common
- administrator AH0 D M IH1 N AH0 S T R EY2 T ER0 · 5 syllables · standard
- rather R AE1 DH ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- per P ER1 · 1 syllable · common
- september S EH0 P T EH1 M B ER0 · 3 syllables · common
- coriander K AO2 R IY0 AE1 N D ER0 · 4 syllables · standard
- coordinator K OW0 AO1 R D AH0 N EY2 T ER0 · 5 syllables · standard
- member M EH1 M B ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 파이어 3 syllables · common
- サンス 3 syllables · common
- 타이어 3 syllables · common
- ランプ 3 syllables · common
- 하트 2 syllables · common
- ギャル 2 syllables · common
- 파트 2 syllables · common
- サイズ 3 syllables · common
- 케이크 3 syllables · common
- 焼豚 チャーシュー · 4 syllables · common
- 아이리버 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ラブ 2 syllables · common
- 갈라디아서 5 syllables · noun · standard
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 스탠다드차타드 7 syllables · noun · standard
- シェリス 3 syllables · common
- 아트 2 syllables · common
- バウンス 4 syllables · common
- 메이크 3 syllables · common
- タグ 2 syllables · common
- レース 3 syllables · common
- タイム 3 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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