Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with focus
Words that share the ending of focus — locus, hocus, pocus and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced F OW1 K AH0 S.
Sound structure
focus has 2 syllables and is pronounced F OW1 K 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 locus, hocus, pocus, crocus.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- F OW1 K AH0 S
- Syllable breakdown
- F · OW1 · K · 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.
- locus L OW1 K AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- hocus HH OW1 K AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- pocus P OW1 K AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- crocus K R OW1 K AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- refocus R IY0 F OW1 K AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- autofocus AO1 D AH0 F OW2 K AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- defocus D IY0 F OW1 K AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- hocus-pocus HH OW2 K AH0 S P OW1 K AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
- misfocus M IH0 S F OW1 K AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- prefocus P R IY0 F OW1 K AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- unfocus AH2 N F OW1 K 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
- notice N OW1 T AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- no-one N OW1 W AH0 N · 2 syllables · common
- bonus B OW1 N AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- all-over AO1 L OW2 V AH0 R · 3 syllables · common
- does D AH1 Z · 1 syllable · common
- going-over G OW2 IH0 NG OW1 V AH0 R · 4 syllables · common
- general-purpose JH EH2 N AH0 R AH0 L P ER1 P AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- arteriosclerosis AA0 R T IH2 R IY0 OW0 S K L ER0 OW1 S AH0 S · 7 syllables · rare
- afro-indigenous AE2 F R OW0 AH0 N D IH1 JH AH0 N AH0 S · 6 syllables · standard
- supercalifragilisticexpialidocious S UW2 P AH0 R K AE2 L AH0 F R AE2 JH AH0 L IH2 S T IH0 K EH2 K S P IY0 AE2 L AH0 D OW1 SH AH0 S · 14 syllables · rare
- over OW1 V ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- do-over D UW1 OW2 V AH0 R · 3 syllables · common
- a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- diagnosis D AY2 AH0 G N OW1 S AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- surface-to-surface S ER2 F AH0 S T AH0 S ER1 F AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- cryptosporidiosis K R IY0 P T OW0 S P AO0 R IY0 D IY0 OW0 S AH0 S · 7 syllables · rare
- bogus B OW1 G AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- make-over M EY1 K OW2 V ER0 · 3 syllables · common
- the DH AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- moses M OW1 Z AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- was W AA1 Z · 1 syllable · common
- caucus K AO1 K AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 보아스 3 syllables · noun · standard
- 空 ソラ · 2 syllables · common
- 파이어 3 syllables · common
- おか オカ · 2 syllables · common
- 에베소서 4 syllables · noun · standard
- こな コナ · 2 syllables · common
- 에페소서 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ゴール 3 syllables · common
- 러브 2 syllables · common
- ポースト 4 syllables · common
- 디도서 3 syllables · noun · standard
- ノウ 2 syllables · common
- 마카베오하 5 syllables · noun · standard
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 야고보서 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ウォッツ 3 syllables · common
- 지금 2 syllables · common
- グローブ 4 syllables · common
- 요아스 3 syllables · noun · standard
- ノブ 2 syllables · common
- コック 3 syllables · common
- ロック 3 syllables · common
- シュトルム 4 syllables · common
- 마카베오상 5 syllables · noun · standard
- サンス 3 syllables · common
- ファイバー 4 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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