Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with follow
Words that share the ending of follow — hollow, swallow, apollo and more. 2 syllables, an open ending, pronounced F AA1 L OW0.
Sound structure
follow has 2 syllables and is pronounced F AA1 L OW0. Its ending, OW0, is an open ending.
Ending on a vowel lets you hold the note and roll into the next line. There are plenty of matches, but the rhyme blurs easily, so match the vowel one syllable earlier to keep it sharp.
The closest matches are hollow, swallow, apollo, holo.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- F AA1 L OW0
- Syllable breakdown
- F · AA1 · L · OW0
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- OW0
- Ending type
- an open ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- hollow HH AA1 L OW0 · 2 syllables · standard
- swallow S W AA1 L OW0 · 2 syllables · standard
- apollo AH0 P AA1 L OW0 · 3 syllables · standard
- holo HH AA1 L OW0 · 2 syllables · standard
- gonzalo G AA0 N Z AA1 L OW0 · 3 syllables · standard
- halo-halo HH AA2 L OW0 HH AA1 L OW0 · 4 syllables · standard
- wallow W AA1 L OW0 · 2 syllables · standard
- ruffalo R UW0 F AA1 L OW0 · 3 syllables · standard
- garofalo G AA0 R OW0 F AA1 L OW0 · 4 syllables · rare
- rollo R AA1 L OW0 · 2 syllables · standard
- unfollow AH2 N F AA1 L OW0 · 3 syllables · standard
- malo M AA1 L OW0 · 2 syllables · standard
- mahalo M AH0 HH AA1 L OW0 · 3 syllables · rare
- pollo P AA1 L OW0 · 2 syllables · standard
- khumalo K Y UW0 M AA1 L OW0 · 3 syllables · rare
- salo S AA1 L OW0 · 2 syllables · rare
- metallo M EH0 T AA1 L OW0 · 3 syllables · rare
- solow S AA1 L OW0 · 2 syllables · rare
- calo K AA1 L OW0 · 2 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- also AO1 L S OW0 · 2 syllables · common
- flow F L OW1 · 1 syllable · common
- glow G L OW1 · 1 syllable · common
- show SH OW1 · 1 syllable · common
- followed F AA1 L OW0 D · 2 syllables · standard
- so-and-so S OW1 AH0 N S OW2 · 3 syllables · common
- colorado K AA2 L ER0 AA1 D OW0 · 4 syllables · standard
- kilimanjaro K IH0 L IY2 M AH0 N JH AA1 R OW0 · 5 syllables · standard
- rio-de-janeiro R IY1 OW0 D IY1 JH AH0 N EH1 R OW2 · 6 syllables · standard
- so S OW1 · 1 syllable · common
- follows F AA1 L OW0 Z · 2 syllables · standard
- know-it-all N OW1 AH0 D AO2 L · 3 syllables · common
- santiago S AE2 N T IY0 AA1 G OW0 · 4 syllables · standard
- burkina-faso B ER0 K IY2 N AH0 F AA1 S OW0 · 5 syllables · standard
- incommunicado IH2 N K AH0 M Y UW2 N AH0 K AA1 D OW0 · 6 syllables · rare
- know N OW1 · 1 syllable · common
- sorrow S AA1 R OW0 · 2 syllables · standard
- free-for-all F R IY1 F AO0 R AO2 L · 3 syllables · common
- avocado AE2 V AH0 K AA1 D OW0 · 4 syllables · standard
- americano AH0 M EH2 R IH0 K AA1 N OW0 · 5 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 바오로 3 syllables · noun · standard
- フォロー 3 syllables · common
- 뽀로로 3 syllables · noun · standard
- 心 ココロ · 3 syllables · common
- 나로 2 syllables · noun · standard
- アパート 4 syllables · common
- 쇼 1 syllable · common
- パート 3 syllables · common
- 가파도 3 syllables · noun · standard
- 呂 ロ · 1 syllable · common
- 나노 2 syllables · noun · standard
- ソロ 2 syllables · common
- 아사다마오 5 syllables · noun · standard
- アパアト 4 syllables · common
- 고가도로 4 syllables · noun · standard
- オーバーロード 7 syllables · common
- 부르키나파소 6 syllables · noun · standard
- プラカード 5 syllables · common
- 롯 1 syllable · noun · standard
- ボディーガード 6 syllables · common
- 蝋 ロ · 1 syllable · 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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