Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with expect
Words that share the ending of expect — respect, effect, checked and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced IH0 K S P EH1 K T.
Sound structure
expect has 2 syllables and is pronounced IH0 K S P 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 respect, effect, checked, self-respect.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- IH0 K S P EH1 K T
- Syllable breakdown
- IH0 · K · S · P · 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.
- respect R IH0 S P EH1 K T · 2 syllables · standard
- effect IH0 F EH1 K T · 2 syllables · standard
- checked CH EH1 K T · 1 syllable · standard
- self-respect S EH2 L F R IH0 S P EH1 K T · 3 syllables · standard
- perfect P ER0 F EH1 K T · 2 syllables · common
- wrecked R 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
- back-project B AE1 K P R AH0 JH EH2 K T · 3 syllables · common
- reflect R IH0 F L EH1 K T · 2 syllables · standard
- sect S EH1 K T · 1 syllable · standard
- interconnect IH2 N T ER0 K AH0 N EH1 K T · 4 syllables · standard
- disrespect D IH2 S R IH0 S P EH1 K T · 3 syllables · standard
- detect D IH0 T EH1 K T · 2 syllables · standard
- decked D EH1 K T · 1 syllable · standard
- redisinfect R IY2 D IH2 S IH0 N F EH1 K T · 4 syllables · rare
- non-direct N AA1 N D ER0 EH1 K T · 3 syllables · standard
- elect IH0 L EH1 K T · 2 syllables · standard
- necked N EH1 K T · 1 syllable · standard
- aftereffect AE1 F T ER0 AH0 F 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
- instead IH2 N S T EH1 D · 2 syllables · common
- 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
- autoselect AO0 T OW0 S IH0 L EH0 K T · 4 syllables · rare
- left L EH1 F T · 1 syllable · common
- high-end HH AY2 EH1 N D · 2 syllables · common
- money-back M AH1 N IY0 B AE2 K · 3 syllables · common
- communalect K AH0 M Y UW0 N AH0 L EH0 K T · 4 syllables · rare
- let L EH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- project P R AA1 JH EH0 K T · 2 syllables · common
- four-in-hand F AO2 R IH0 N HH AE1 N D · 3 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
- t-back T IY1 B AE2 K · 2 syllables · common
- life-and-death L AY2 F AH0 N D EH1 TH · 3 syllables · common
- set S EH1 T · 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
- 引出 ヒキデ · 3 syllables · common
- 미래 2 syllables · common
- エンド 3 syllables · common
- 캡 1 syllable · common
- 冷え ビエ · 2 syllables · common
- 그대 2 syllables · common
- 後方 シリエ · 3 syllables · common
- 상상해 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
- 木理 キメ · 2 syllables · common
- 시작해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- 匣 クシゲ · 3 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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