Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with except
Words that share the ending of except — kept, sept, stepped and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced IH0 K S EH1 P T.
Sound structure
except has 2 syllables and is pronounced IH0 K S EH1 P 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 kept, sept, stepped, slept.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- IH0 K S EH1 P T
- Syllable breakdown
- IH0 · K · S · EH1 · P · T
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- T
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- kept K EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
- sept S EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
- stepped S T EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
- slept S L EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
- accept AE0 K S EH1 P T · 2 syllables · standard
- self-concept S EH2 L F K AA1 N S EH2 P T · 3 syllables · standard
- swept S W EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
- inept IH2 N EH1 P T · 2 syllables · standard
- intercept IH2 N T ER0 S EH1 P T · 3 syllables · standard
- wept W EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
- precept P R IY1 S EH2 P T · 2 syllables · standard
- overstepped OW1 V ER0 S T EH2 P T · 3 syllables · standard
- crept K R EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
- windswept W IH1 N S W EH2 P T · 2 syllables · standard
- overslept OW2 V ER0 S L EH1 P T · 3 syllables · rare
- leapt L EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
- crow-stepped K R OW1 S T EH2 P T · 2 syllables · standard
- misaccept M IH0 S AH0 K S EH1 P T · 3 syllables · rare
- prepped P R EH1 P T · 1 syllable · standard
- adept AH0 D EH1 P T · 2 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- left L EH1 F T · 1 syllable · common
- get G EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- best B EH1 S T · 1 syllable · common
- let L EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- in-depth IH0 N D EH1 P TH · 2 syllables · standard
- president P R EH1 Z AH0 D EH2 N T · 3 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
- etanercept IH0 T AE0 N ER0 S EH0 P T · 4 syllables · rare
- set S EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- instead IH2 N S T EH1 D · 2 syllables · common
- four-in-hand F AO2 R IH0 N HH AE1 N D · 3 syllables · common
- aflibercept AH0 F L IH0 B AH0 S EH0 P T · 4 syllables · rare
- yet Y EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- high-end HH AY2 EH1 N D · 2 syllables · common
- life-and-death L AY2 F AH0 N D EH1 TH · 3 syllables · common
- belatacept B EH0 L AE0 T AH0 S EH0 P T · 4 syllables · rare
- went W EH1 N T · 1 syllable · common
- against AH0 G EH1 N S T · 2 syllables · common
- money-back M AH1 N IY0 B AE2 K · 3 syllables · common
- said S EH1 D · 1 syllable · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 기대 2 syllables · common
- セント 3 syllables · common
- 시대 2 syllables · common
- エンド 3 syllables · common
- 미래 2 syllables · common
- 冷え ビエ · 2 syllables · common
- 캡 1 syllable · common
- 引出 ヒキデ · 3 syllables · common
- 그대 2 syllables · common
- 木理 キメ · 2 syllables · common
- 시작해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- レ 1 syllable · common
- 에제키엘 4 syllables · noun · standard
- 届出 トドケイデ · 5 syllables · common
- 랩 1 syllable · common
- ステート 4 syllables · common
- 고래 2 syllables · common
- 後方 シリエ · 3 syllables · common
- 기억해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- 日女 ヒメ · 2 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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