Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with defense
Words that share the ending of defense — sense, defence, non-defense and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced D IH0 F EH1 N S.
Sound structure
defense has 2 syllables and is pronounced D IH0 F EH1 N S. Its ending, S, 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 sense, defence, non-defense, self-defense.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- D IH0 F EH1 N S
- Syllable breakdown
- D · IH0 · F · EH1 · N · S
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- S
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- sense S EH1 N S · 1 syllable · common
- defence D IH0 F EH1 N S · 2 syllables · standard
- non-defense N AA0 N D IH0 F EH1 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- self-defense S EH2 L F D IH0 F EH1 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- intense IH2 N T EH1 N S · 2 syllables · standard
- hence HH EH1 N S · 1 syllable · standard
- overintense OW2 V AH0 R IH0 N T EH1 N S · 4 syllables · rare
- self-defence S EH2 L F D IH0 F EH1 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- immense IH2 M EH1 N S · 2 syllables · standard
- fence F EH1 N S · 1 syllable · standard
- superintense S UW2 P AH0 R IH0 N T EH1 N S · 4 syllables · rare
- no-nonsense N OW2 N AA1 N S EH2 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- expense IH0 K S P EH1 N S · 2 syllables · standard
- dense D EH1 N S · 1 syllable · standard
- biodefense B AY1 OW0 D AH0 F EH2 N S · 4 syllables · rare
- non-nonsense N AA0 N N AA1 N S EH2 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- pretense P R IY0 T EH1 N S · 2 syllables · standard
- tense T EH1 N S · 1 syllable · standard
- inconsequence IH0 N K AA1 N S AH0 K W EH2 N S · 4 syllables · rare
- commonsense K AA2 M AH0 N S EH1 N S · 3 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- s EH1 S · 1 syllable · common
- chance CH AE1 N S · 1 syllable · common
- yes Y EH1 S · 1 syllable · common
- less L EH1 S · 1 syllable · common
- high-end HH AY2 EH1 N D · 2 syllables · common
- president P R EH1 Z AH0 D EH2 N T · 3 syllables · common
- stultiloquence S T AH0 L T IH0 L OW0 K W EH0 N S · 4 syllables · rare
- else EH1 L S · 1 syllable · common
- he-man HH IY1 M AE2 N · 2 syllables · common
- four-in-hand F AO2 R IH0 N HH AE1 N D · 3 syllables · common
- gets G EH1 T S · 1 syllable · common
- against AH0 G EH1 N S T · 2 syllables · common
- about-face AH0 B AW2 T F EY1 S · 3 syllables · common
- friends F R EH1 N D Z · 1 syllable · common
- process P R AA1 S EH2 S · 2 syllables · common
- money-back M AH1 N IY0 B AE2 K · 3 syllables · common
- friends' F R EH1 N D Z · 1 syllable · common
- big-face B IH1 G F EY2 S · 2 syllables · common
- day-by-day D EY1 B AY0 D EY2 · 3 syllables · common
- when W EH1 N · 1 syllable · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 미래 2 syllables · common
- 冷え ビエ · 2 syllables · common
- 기대 2 syllables · common
- 引出 ヒキデ · 3 syllables · common
- 시대 2 syllables · common
- 後方 シリエ · 3 syllables · common
- 노래 2 syllables · common
- 日女 ヒメ · 2 syllables · common
- 랩 1 syllable · common
- 挿画 サシエ · 3 syllables · common
- 상상해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- 三弦 サンシエン · 5 syllables · common
- 에제키엘 4 syllables · noun · standard
- アトリエ 4 syllables · common
- 고래 2 syllables · common
- レ 1 syllable · common
- 맵 1 syllable · common
- 木理 キメ · 2 syllables · common
- 아비새 3 syllables · noun · standard
- 匣 クシゲ · 3 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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