Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with despite
Words that share the ending of despite — night, light, right and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced D IH0 S P AY1 T.
Sound structure
despite has 2 syllables and is pronounced D IH0 S P AY1 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 night, light, right, might.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- D IH0 S P AY1 T
- Syllable breakdown
- D · IH0 · S · P · AY1 · T
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- T
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- night N AY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- light L AY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- right R AY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- might M AY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- read-write R IY2 D R AY1 T · 2 syllables · standard
- fly-by-night F L AY1 B AY0 N AY2 T · 3 syllables · standard
- meteorite M IY1 T IY0 AO0 R AY2 T · 4 syllables · standard
- pre-raphaelite P R IY0 R AE1 F IY0 AH0 L AY2 T · 5 syllables · rare
- hydroxyapatite HH AY0 D R AA2 K S IY0 AE1 P AH0 T AY2 T · 6 syllables · rare
- white W AY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- all-night AO2 L N AY1 T · 2 syllables · common
- copyright K AA1 P IY0 R AY2 T · 3 syllables · standard
- electrolyte IH0 L EH2 K T R AA0 L AY1 T · 4 syllables · standard
- montmorillonite M AA2 N T M AH0 R IH1 L AH0 N AY2 T · 5 syllables · rare
- polyelectrolyte P AA2 L IY0 AH2 L EH1 K T R AH0 L AY2 T · 6 syllables · rare
- quite K W AY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- one-night W AH1 N N AY2 T · 2 syllables · common
- semi-height S EH1 M IY0 HH AY1 T · 3 syllables · standard
- metabolite M AH0 T AE1 B AH0 L AY2 T · 4 syllables · standard
- keratinocyte K EH2 R AH0 T IH1 N AH0 S AY2 T · 5 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- that DH AE1 T · 1 syllable · common
- at AE1 T · 1 syllable · common
- beat B IY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- heat HH IY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- inside IH2 N S AY1 D · 2 syllables · common
- side-by-side S AY1 D B AY0 S AY1 D · 3 syllables · common
- serpentinite S ER1 P AH0 N T IH0 N AY0 T · 4 syllables · rare
- granodiorite G R AE2 N AH0 D AY1 AH0 R AY0 T · 5 syllables · rare
- street S T R IY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- behind B IH0 HH AY1 N D · 2 syllables · common
- four-in-hand F AO2 R IH0 N HH AE1 N D · 3 syllables · common
- amazonite AE1 M AH0 Z AA2 N AY0 T · 4 syllables · rare
- side S AY1 D · 1 syllable · common
- a-side EY1 S AY2 D · 2 syllables · common
- just-in-time JH AH1 S T AH0 N T AY2 M · 3 syllables · common
- rhodochrosite R OW2 D AH0 K R OW1 S AY0 T · 4 syllables · rare
- i'd AY1 D · 1 syllable · common
- off-side AO1 F S AY2 D · 2 syllables · common
- right-to-life R AY2 T T AH2 L AY1 F · 3 syllables · common
- aragonite AH0 R AE1 G AH0 N AY0 T · 4 syllables · rare
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 나잇 2 syllables · common
- ナイト 3 syllables · common
- 라잇 2 syllables · common
- ライト 3 syllables · common
- 라이트 3 syllables · common
- 未来 ミライ · 3 syllables · common
- 비트 2 syllables · common
- 光 ヒカリ · 3 syllables · common
- 베이비 3 syllables · common
- 愛 アイ · 2 syllables · common
- 리바이스 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ギャラリー 4 syllables · common
- 아모레퍼시픽 6 syllables · noun · standard
- アルキイハイ 6 syllables · common
- 히트 2 syllables · common
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 메이비 3 syllables · common
- ひがい ヒガイ · 3 syllables · common
- 그라비티 4 syllables · noun · standard
- 君 キミ · 2 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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