Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with itself
Words that share the ending of itself — self, himself, myself and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced IH2 T S EH1 L F.
Sound structure
itself has 2 syllables and is pronounced IH2 T S EH1 L F. Its ending, F, 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 self, himself, myself, yourself.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- IH2 T S EH1 L F
- Syllable breakdown
- IH2 · T · S · EH1 · L · F
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- F
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- self S EH1 L F · 1 syllable · common
- himself HH IH0 M S EH1 L F · 2 syllables · common
- myself M AY2 S EH1 L F · 2 syllables · common
- yourself Y ER0 S EH1 L F · 2 syllables · common
- shelf SH EH1 L F · 1 syllable · standard
- ourself AW0 ER0 S EH1 L F · 3 syllables · standard
- herself HH ER0 S EH1 L F · 2 syllables · standard
- elf EH1 L F · 1 syllable · standard
- mantelshelf M AE1 N T AH0 L SH EH2 L F · 3 syllables · rare
- thyself DH AY2 S EH1 L F · 2 syllables · standard
- guelph G W EH1 L F · 1 syllable · standard
- top-shelf T AA2 P SH EH1 L F · 2 syllables · standard
- delph D EH1 L F · 1 syllable · rare
- oneself W AH2 N S EH1 L F · 2 syllables · standard
- welf W EH1 L F · 1 syllable · rare
- bookshelf B UH1 K SH EH2 L F · 2 syllables · standard
- delf D EH1 L F · 1 syllable · rare
- themself DH EH0 M S EH1 L F · 2 syllables · standard
- relf R EH1 L F · 1 syllable · rare
- hisself HH IH2 S EH1 L F · 2 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- help HH EH1 L P · 1 syllable · common
- well W EH1 L · 1 syllable · common
- their DH EH1 R · 1 syllable · common
- there DH EH1 R · 1 syllable · common
- get-well G EH1 T W EH1 L · 2 syllables · common
- show-and-tell SH OW2 AH0 N T EH1 L · 3 syllables · common
- rap R AE1 P · 1 syllable · common
- instead IH2 N S T EH1 D · 2 syllables · common
- money-back M AH1 N IY0 B AE2 K · 3 syllables · common
- have HH AE1 V · 1 syllable · common
- high-end HH AY2 EH1 N D · 2 syllables · common
- day-by-day D EY1 B AY0 D EY2 · 3 syllables · common
- tell T EH1 L · 1 syllable · common
- three-way TH R IY1 W EY2 · 2 syllables · common
- nice-to-have N AY1 S T AH0 HH AE2 V · 3 syllables · common
- map M AE1 P · 1 syllable · common
- on-air AA2 N EH1 R · 2 syllables · common
- superself S Y UW0 P ER0 S EH0 L F · 3 syllables · rare
- health HH EH1 L TH · 1 syllable · common
- must-have M AH2 S T HH AE1 V · 2 syllables · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 랩 1 syllable · common
- 後方 シリエ · 3 syllables · common
- 미래 2 syllables · common
- 冷え ビエ · 2 syllables · common
- 맵 1 syllable · common
- 引出 ヒキデ · 3 syllables · common
- 캡 1 syllable · common
- 日女 ヒメ · 2 syllables · common
- 시대 2 syllables · common
- レ 1 syllable · common
- 상상해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- 匣 クシゲ · 3 syllables · common
- 에제키엘 4 syllables · noun · standard
- アトリエ 4 syllables · common
- 기대 2 syllables · common
- 届出 トドケイデ · 5 syllables · common
- 사랑해 3 syllables · phrase · common
- 木理 キメ · 2 syllables · common
- 명품시계 4 syllables · noun · standard
- 挿画 サシエ · 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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