Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with effective
Words that share the ending of effective — detective, respective, perspective and more. 3 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced IH0 F EH1 K T IH0 V.
Sound structure
effective has 3 syllables and is pronounced IH0 F EH1 K T IH0 V. Its ending, V, 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 detective, respective, perspective, defective.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- IH0 F EH1 K T IH0 V
- Syllable breakdown
- IH0 · F · EH1 · K · T · IH0 · V
- Syllable count
- 3 syllables
- Ending sound
- V
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- detective D IH0 T EH1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- respective R IH0 S P EH1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- perspective P ER0 S P EH1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- defective D IH0 F EH1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- ineffective IH2 N IH0 F EH1 K T IH0 V · 4 syllables · standard
- anti-infective AE1 N T IY0 IH0 N F EH1 K T IH0 V · 5 syllables · rare
- sective S EH1 K T IH0 V · 2 syllables · rare
- stereoselective S T EH2 R IY0 OW0 S AH0 L EH1 K T IH0 V · 6 syllables · rare
- collective K AH0 L EH1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- self-protective S EH2 L F P R AH0 T EH1 K T IH0 V · 4 syllables · standard
- schizo-affective S K IH2 T S OW0 AH0 F EH1 K T IH0 V · 5 syllables · rare
- cardioprotective K AA2 R D IY0 OW0 P R AH0 T EH1 K T IH0 V · 6 syllables · rare
- objective AH0 B JH EH1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- retrospective R EH2 T R AH0 S P EH1 K T IH0 V · 4 syllables · standard
- neuroprotective N UH2 R OW0 P R AH0 T EH1 K T IH0 V · 5 syllables · rare
- radioprotective R EY2 D IH0 OW0 P R AH0 T EH1 K T IH0 V · 6 syllables · rare
- reflective R IH0 F L EH1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- irrespective IH2 R AH0 S P EH1 K T IH0 V · 4 syllables · standard
- counterinvective K AW2 N T AH0 R IH0 N V EH1 K T IH0 V · 5 syllables · rare
- protective P R AH0 T EH1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- active AE1 K T IH0 V · 2 syllables · standard
- inactive IH2 N AE1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- give G IH1 V · 1 syllable · common
- reactive R IY0 AE1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- if IH1 F · 1 syllable · common
- surface-active S ER1 F AH0 S AE2 K T IH0 V · 4 syllables · standard
- lady L EY1 D IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- radioactive R EY2 D IY0 OW0 AE1 K T IH0 V · 5 syllables · standard
- hiv-negative EY0 CH AY0 V IY2 N EH1 G AH0 D IH0 V · 6 syllables · standard
- neurodegenerative N UH2 R OW0 D AH0 JH EH1 N AH0 R AH0 D IH0 V · 7 syllables · standard
- attractive AH0 T R AE1 K T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- leave L IY1 V · 1 syllable · common
- interactive IH2 N T ER0 AE1 K T IH0 V · 4 syllables · standard
- baby B EY1 B IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- administrative AH0 D M IH1 N AH0 S T R EY2 T IH0 V · 5 syllables · standard
- unimaginative AH0 N IH0 M AE1 JH IH2 N AH0 T IH0 V · 6 syllables · standard
- cholangioprotective K OW0 L AE0 N JH IY0 OW0 P R AH0 T EH0 K T IH0 V · 7 syllables · rare
- creative K R IY0 EY1 T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- be B IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- comprehensive K AA2 M P R IY0 HH EH1 N S IH0 V · 4 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 베이비 3 syllables · common
- ベイビー 4 syllables · common
- 메이비 3 syllables · common
- メイビー 4 syllables · common
- 데이 2 syllables · common
- 君 キミ · 2 syllables · common
- 레이디 3 syllables · common
- そけい ソケイ · 3 syllables · common
- 비트 2 syllables · common
- きび キビ · 2 syllables · common
- 연극데뷔 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ギャラリー 4 syllables · common
- 메이크 3 syllables · common
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 레인 2 syllables · common
- ねじり ネジリ · 3 syllables · common
- 보에니쉬 4 syllables · noun · standard
- にび ニビ · 2 syllables · common
- 테이크 3 syllables · common
- スチール 4 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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