Rhyme index

Words that rhyme with difficult

Words that share the ending of difficult — but, and, just and more. 3 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced D IH1 F AH0 K AH0 L T.

Sound structure

difficult has 3 syllables and is pronounced D IH1 F AH0 K AH0 L 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 but, and, just, what.

Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese

Pronunciation
D IH1 F AH0 K AH0 L T
Syllable breakdown
D · IH1 · F · AH0 · K · AH0 · L · T
Syllable count
3 syllables
Ending sound
T
Ending type
a stopped ending

Near rhymes

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

  • but B AH1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • and AH0 N D · 1 syllable · common
  • just JH AH1 S T · 1 syllable · common
  • what W AH1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • one-world W AH2 N W ER1 AH0 L D · 3 syllables · common
  • what-what W AH1 T W AH1 T · 2 syllables · common
  • going-over G OW2 IH0 NG OW1 V AH0 R · 4 syllables · common
  • heart HH AA1 R T · 1 syllable · common
  • one-to-one W AH2 N T AH0 W AH1 N · 3 syllables · common
  • other AH1 DH ER0 · 2 syllables · common
  • create-a-book K R IY0 EY2 T AH0 B UH1 K · 4 syllables · standard
  • art AA1 R T · 1 syllable · common
  • right-to-work R AY2 T T AH2 W ER1 K · 3 syllables · common
  • adult AH0 D AH1 L T · 2 syllables · standard
  • jurisconsult JH UH2 R AH0 S K AH0 N S AH1 L T · 4 syllables · rare
  • a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
  • another AH0 N AH1 DH ER0 · 3 syllables · common
  • people P IY1 P AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
  • the DH AH0 · 1 syllable · common
  • all-in-one AO2 L AH0 N W AH1 N · 3 syllables · common
  • part P AA1 R T · 1 syllable · common
  • start S T AA1 R T · 1 syllable · common
  • not N AA1 T · 1 syllable · common

Cross-language rhymes

A different language, but the sound still lines up.

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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