Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with legal
Words that share the ending of legal — street-legal, illegal, eagle and more. 2 syllables, a liquid ending, pronounced L IY1 G AH0 L.
Sound structure
legal has 2 syllables and is pronounced L IY1 G AH0 L. Its ending, L, is a liquid ending.
An l or r ending keeps the tongue moving, which makes it glide into the following syllable. It sits well in fast flows.
The closest matches are street-legal, illegal, eagle, spread-eagle.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- L IY1 G AH0 L
- Syllable breakdown
- L · IY1 · G · AH0 · L
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- L
- Ending type
- a liquid ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- street-legal S T R IY2 T L IY1 G AH0 L · 3 syllables · standard
- illegal IH2 L IY1 G AH0 L · 3 syllables · standard
- eagle IY1 G AH0 L · 2 syllables · standard
- spread-eagle S P R EH1 D IY2 G AH0 L · 3 syllables · standard
- regal R IY1 G AH0 L · 2 syllables · standard
- siegel S IY1 G AH0 L · 2 syllables · standard
- beagle B IY1 G AH0 L · 2 syllables · standard
- spiegel S P IY1 G AH0 L · 2 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- people P IY1 P AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- little L IH1 T AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- michael M AY1 K AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- single S IH1 NG G AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- official AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 3 syllables · common
- a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- material M AH0 T IH1 R IY0 AH0 L · 4 syllables · standard
- non-political N AA2 N P AH0 L IH1 T IH0 K AH0 L · 5 syllables · standard
- gubernatorial G UW0 B ER2 N AH0 T AO1 R IY2 AH0 L · 6 syllables · standard
- meteorological M IY2 T IY0 AO2 R AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L · 7 syllables · standard
- middle M IH1 D AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- hospital HH AA1 S P IH2 T AH0 L · 3 syllables · standard
- the DH AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- motorcycle M OW1 T ER0 S AY2 K AH0 L · 4 syllables · standard
- biological B AY2 AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L · 5 syllables · standard
- ideological AY2 D IY0 AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L · 6 syllables · standard
- autobiographical AO2 T AH0 B AY2 AH0 G R AE1 F IH0 K AH0 L · 7 syllables · standard
- final F AY1 N AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- personal P ER1 S IH0 N AH0 L · 3 syllables · common
- are AA1 R · 1 syllable · common
- archaeological AA2 R K IY0 AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L · 6 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 지금 2 syllables · common
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 이름 2 syllables · common
- ギャル 2 syllables · common
- 리얼 2 syllables · noun · standard
- いふく イフク · 3 syllables · common
- 씨컬 2 syllables · noun · standard
- ビル 2 syllables · common
- 파이어 3 syllables · common
- ライム 3 syllables · common
- 걸 1 syllable · noun · standard
- スチール 4 syllables · common
- 크리티컬 4 syllables · noun · standard
- リヤ 2 syllables · common
- 게이브리얼 5 syllables · noun · standard
- ユリア 3 syllables · common
- 뮤직페스티벌 6 syllables · noun · standard
- ファイバー 4 syllables · common
- 부산코미디페스티벌 9 syllables · noun · standard
- みず ミズ · 2 syllables · common
- 비트 2 syllables · common
- 히트 2 syllables · common
- 믿음 2 syllables · common
- 시리얼 3 syllables · noun · standard
- 컬 1 syllable · noun · standard
- 아이디얼 4 syllables · noun · standard
- 록페스티벌 5 syllables · noun · standard
- 부산국제코미디페스티벌 11 syllables · noun · standard
- 귀뚜라미보일러 7 syllables · noun · standard
- 기절 2 syllables · noun · standard
- 타이어 3 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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