Rhyme index

Words that rhyme with effort

Words that share the ending of effort — lefort, meffert, befort and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced EH1 F ER0 T.

Sound structure

effort has 2 syllables and is pronounced EH1 F ER0 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 lefort, meffert, befort, geffert.

Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese

Pronunciation
EH1 F ER0 T
Syllable breakdown
EH1 · F · ER0 · T
Syllable count
2 syllables
Ending sound
T
Ending type
a stopped ending

Perfect rhymes

The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.

  • lefort L EH1 F ER0 T · 2 syllables · rare
  • meffert M EH1 F ER0 T · 2 syllables · rare
  • befort B EH1 F ER0 T · 2 syllables · rare
  • geffert G EH1 F ER0 T · 2 syllables · rare
  • leffert L EH1 F ER0 T · 2 syllables · rare

Near rhymes

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

  • never N EH1 V ER0 · 2 syllables · common
  • ever EH1 V ER0 · 2 syllables · common
  • however HH AW2 EH1 V ER0 · 3 syllables · common
  • better B EH1 T ER0 · 2 syllables · common
  • but B AH1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • together T AH0 G EH1 DH ER0 · 3 syllables · common
  • get-together G EH1 T T AH0 G EH1 DH ER0 · 4 syllables · common
  • desert D EH1 Z ER0 T · 2 syllables · standard
  • what W AH1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • remember R IH0 M EH1 M B ER0 · 3 syllables · common
  • overexert OW2 V AH0 R IH0 G Z ER1 T · 4 syllables · rare
  • whether W EH1 DH ER0 · 2 syllables · common
  • worth W ER1 TH · 1 syllable · common
  • different D IH1 F ER0 AH0 N T · 3 syllables · common
  • second S EH1 K AH0 N D · 2 syllables · common
  • first F ER1 S T · 1 syllable · common
  • make-over M EY1 K OW2 V ER0 · 3 syllables · common
  • after AE1 F T ER0 · 2 syllables · common
  • third TH ER1 D · 1 syllable · common
  • government G AH1 V ER0 M AH0 N T · 3 syllables · common
  • later L EY1 T ER0 · 2 syllables · common
  • heard HH ER1 D · 1 syllable · common
  • members M EH1 M B ER0 Z · 2 syllables · common
  • word W ER1 D · 1 syllable · common
  • members' M EH1 M B ER0 Z · 2 syllables · 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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