Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with famous
Words that share the ending of famous — amos, seamus, squamous and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced F EY1 M AH0 S.
Sound structure
famous has 2 syllables and is pronounced F EY1 M AH0 S. Its ending, S, 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 amos, seamus, squamous, shamus.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- F EY1 M AH0 S
- Syllable breakdown
- F · EY1 · M · AH0 · S
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- S
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- amos EY1 M AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- seamus SH EY1 M AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- squamous S K W EY1 M AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- shamus SH EY1 M AH0 S · 2 syllables · rare
- mandamus M AE0 N D EY1 M AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- ignoramus IH2 G N ER0 EY1 M AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
- ramus R EY1 M AH0 S · 2 syllables · rare
- biramous B AY0 R EY1 M AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- overfamous OW2 V AH0 R F EY1 M AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
- brademas B R AH0 D EY1 M AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- defamous D IH0 F EY1 M AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- enfamous EH0 N F EY1 M AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- nonfamous N AA2 N F EY1 M AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- paulhamus P AO1 L HH EY2 M AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- prefamous P R IH0 F EY1 M AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- us AH1 S · 1 syllable · common
- basis B EY1 S AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- davis D EY1 V AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- davis' D EY1 V AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- non-status N AA0 N S T EY1 D AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- does D AH1 Z · 1 syllable · common
- san-andreas S AE2 N AA0 N D R EY1 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- homeostasis HH OW2 M IY0 OW0 S T EY1 S AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- afro-indigenous AE2 F R OW0 AH0 N D IH1 JH AH0 N AH0 S · 6 syllables · standard
- floccinaucinihilipilificatious F L AA0 K S IH0 N AA0 S IH0 N IH0 HH IH0 L IH0 P IH0 L IH0 F IH0 K EY0 SH AH0 S · 12 syllables · rare
- vegas V EY1 G AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- las-vegas L AA1 S V EY1 G AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- advantageous AE2 D V AH0 N T EY1 JH AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- general-purpose JH EH2 N AH0 R AH0 L P ER1 P AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- caryophyllaceous K EH2 R IY0 OW0 F AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 S · 6 syllables · rare
- tennis T EH1 N AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- outrageous AW0 T R EY1 JH AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- the DH AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- self-awareness S EH2 L F AH0 W EH1 R N AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- status S T AE1 T AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- was W AA1 Z · 1 syllable · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 메이크 3 syllables · common
- シェリス 3 syllables · common
- 테이크 3 syllables · common
- メーカー 4 syllables · common
- 케이크 3 syllables · common
- レーザー 4 syllables · common
- 파이어 3 syllables · common
- サンス 3 syllables · common
- 러브 2 syllables · common
- レーバー 4 syllables · common
- 스타일쉐어 5 syllables · noun · standard
- みず ミズ · 2 syllables · common
- 골로새서 4 syllables · noun · standard
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 네이버 3 syllables · noun · standard
- エール 3 syllables · common
- 마음 2 syllables · common
- アンペア 4 syllables · common
- 크리에이션 5 syllables · noun · standard
- バー 2 syllables · common
- クレーム 4 syllables · common
- センター 4 syllables · common
- ホテル 3 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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