Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with expected
Words that share the ending of expected — elected, detected, collected and more. 3 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced IH0 K S P EH1 K T AH0 D.
Sound structure
expected has 3 syllables and is pronounced IH0 K S P EH1 K T AH0 D. Its ending, D, 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 elected, detected, collected, erected.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- IH0 K S P EH1 K T AH0 D
- Syllable breakdown
- IH0 · K · S · P · EH1 · K · T · AH0 · D
- Syllable count
- 3 syllables
- Ending sound
- D
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- elected IH0 L EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- detected D IH0 T EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- collected K AH0 L EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- erected IH0 R EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- spectred S P EH1 K T AH0 D · 2 syllables · rare
- directed D ER0 EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- injected IH2 N JH EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- projected P R AH0 JH EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- corrected K ER0 EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- neglected N AH0 G L EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- dissected D AY0 S EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- objected AH0 B JH EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- inflected IH2 N F L EH1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- added AE1 D AH0 D · 2 syllables · common
- but B AH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- created K R IY0 EY1 T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- distracted D IH0 S T R AE1 K T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- best-of B EH1 S T AH0 V · 2 syllables · common
- what W AH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- oriented AO1 R IY0 EH2 N T AH0 D · 4 syllables · standard
- initiated IH2 N IH1 SH IY0 EY2 T AH0 D · 5 syllables · standard
- computer-generated K AH0 M P Y UW1 T ER0 JH EH1 N ER0 EY2 T AH0 D · 7 syllables · standard
- excommunicated EH2 K S K AH0 M Y UW1 N AH0 K EY2 T AH0 D · 6 syllables · standard
- extended IH0 K S T EH1 N D AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- method M EH1 TH AH0 D · 2 syllables · standard
- and AH0 N D · 1 syllable · common
- open-ended OW1 P AH0 N EH2 N D AH0 D · 4 syllables · standard
- negotiated N AH0 G OW1 SH IY0 EY2 T AH0 D · 5 syllables · standard
- disassociated D IH2 S AH0 S OW1 SH IY0 EY0 T AH0 D · 6 syllables · rare
- invested IH2 N V EH1 S T AH0 D · 3 syllables · standard
- ended EH1 N D AH0 D · 2 syllables · standard
- blood B L AH1 D · 1 syllable · common
- implemented IH1 M P L AH0 M EH2 N T AH0 D · 4 syllables · standard
- headed HH EH1 D AH0 D · 2 syllables · standard
- just JH AH1 S T · 1 syllable · common
- investigated IH2 N V EH1 S T AH0 G EY2 T AH0 D · 5 syllables · standard
- discombobulated D IH2 S K AH0 M B AO1 B Y UW0 L EY0 T AH0 D · 6 syllables · rare
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 파트 2 syllables · common
- カード 3 syllables · common
- 하트 2 syllables · common
- メーカー 4 syllables · common
- 아트 2 syllables · common
- レーザー 4 syllables · common
- 러브 2 syllables · common
- レーバー 4 syllables · common
- 메이크 3 syllables · common
- ハート 3 syllables · common
- 스타일쉐어 5 syllables · noun · standard
- バー 2 syllables · common
- 골로새서 4 syllables · noun · standard
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 메삭 2 syllables · noun · standard
- センター 4 syllables · common
- 케이크 3 syllables · common
- アート 3 syllables · common
- 크리에이션 5 syllables · noun · standard
- あわ アワ · 2 syllables · common
- アパート 4 syllables · common
- パート 3 syllables · common
- クレーム 4 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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