Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with direct
Words that share the ending of direct — perfect, back-project, correct and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced D ER0 EH1 K T.
Sound structure
direct has 2 syllables and is pronounced D ER0 EH1 K 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 perfect, back-project, correct, protect.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- D ER0 EH1 K T
- Syllable breakdown
- D · ER0 · EH1 · K · T
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- T
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- perfect P ER0 F EH1 K T · 2 syllables · common
- back-project B AE1 K P R AH0 JH EH2 K T · 3 syllables · common
- correct K ER0 EH1 K T · 2 syllables · standard
- protect P R AH0 T EH1 K T · 2 syllables · standard
- non-direct N AA1 N D ER0 EH1 K T · 3 syllables · standard
- checked CH EH1 K T · 1 syllable · standard
- autocorrect AO1 D OW0 K AH0 R EH2 K T · 4 syllables · standard
- overcircumspect OW2 V AH0 R S ER1 K AH0 M S P EH2 K T · 5 syllables · rare
- affect AH0 F EH1 K T · 2 syllables · standard
- write-protect R AY1 T P R AH0 T EH2 K T · 3 syllables · standard
- wrecked R EH1 K T · 1 syllable · standard
- interconnect IH2 N T ER0 K AH0 N EH1 K T · 4 syllables · standard
- subject S AH0 B JH EH1 K T · 2 syllables · standard
- self-correct S EH2 L F K AH0 R EH1 K T · 3 syllables · standard
- sect S EH1 K T · 1 syllable · standard
- aftereffect AE1 F T ER0 AH0 F EH2 K T · 4 syllables · rare
- select S AH0 L EH1 K T · 2 syllables · standard
- indirect IH2 N D ER0 EH1 K T · 3 syllables · standard
- decked D EH1 K T · 1 syllable · standard
- idiolect IH1 D IY0 AH0 L EH2 K T · 4 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- get G EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- next N EH1 K S T · 1 syllable · common
- best B EH1 S T · 1 syllable · common
- fact F AE1 K T · 1 syllable · common
- president P R EH1 Z AH0 D EH2 N T · 3 syllables · common
- against AH0 G EH1 N S T · 2 syllables · common
- what-you-see-is-what-you-get W AH2 T Y AH0 S IY1 IH0 S W AH2 T Y AH0 G EH2 T · 7 syllables · common
- going-away G OW1 IH0 NG AH0 W EY2 · 4 syllables · common
- left L EH1 F T · 1 syllable · common
- life-and-death L AY2 F AH0 N D EH1 TH · 3 syllables · common
- project P R AA1 JH EH0 K T · 2 syllables · common
- communalect K AH0 M Y UW0 N AH0 L EH0 K T · 4 syllables · rare
- let L EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- back-to-back B AE2 K T AH0 B AE1 K · 3 syllables · common
- high-end HH AY2 EH1 N D · 2 syllables · common
- counterobject K AW0 N T AH0 R AH0 B JH EH0 K T · 4 syllables · rare
- act AE1 K T · 1 syllable · common
- understand AH2 N D ER0 S T AE1 N D · 3 syllables · common
- top-end T AA2 P EH1 N D · 2 syllables · common
- autoselect AO0 T OW0 S IH0 L EH0 K T · 4 syllables · rare
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 그대 2 syllables · common
- ステート 4 syllables · common
- 기대 2 syllables · common
- エンド 3 syllables · common
- 고래 2 syllables · common
- セント 3 syllables · common
- 기억해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- 夢 ユメ · 2 syllables · common
- 캡 1 syllable · common
- 机案 ヅクエ · 3 syllables · common
- 시대 2 syllables · common
- クレーム 4 syllables · common
- 모르드개 4 syllables · noun · standard
- レ 1 syllable · common
- 상상해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- 届出 トドケイデ · 5 syllables · common
- 랩 1 syllable · common
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 무대 2 syllables · common
- クセ 2 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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