Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with official
Words that share the ending of official — initial, artificial, beneficial and more. 3 syllables, a liquid ending, pronounced AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L.
Sound structure
official has 3 syllables and is pronounced AH0 F IH1 SH 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 initial, artificial, beneficial, judicial.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L
- Syllable breakdown
- AH0 · F · IH1 · SH · AH0 · L
- Syllable count
- 3 syllables
- Ending sound
- L
- Ending type
- a liquid ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- initial IH2 N IH1 SH AH0 L · 3 syllables · standard
- artificial AA2 R T AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 4 syllables · standard
- beneficial B EH2 N AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 4 syllables · standard
- judicial JH UW0 D IH1 SH AH0 L · 3 syllables · standard
- unofficial AH2 N AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 4 syllables · standard
- semiofficial S EH2 M IY0 AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 5 syllables · rare
- superficial S UW2 P ER0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 4 syllables · standard
- underofficial AH2 N D AH0 R AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 5 syllables · rare
- sacrificial S AE2 K R AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 4 syllables · standard
- prejudicial P R EH2 JH AH0 D IH1 SH AH0 L · 4 syllables · standard
- inofficial IH0 N AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 4 syllables · rare
- nonofficial N AA2 N AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 4 syllables · rare
- preofficial P R IY0 AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L · 4 syllables · rare
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
- middle M IH1 D AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- legal L IY1 G AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- personal P ER1 S IH0 N AH0 L · 3 syllables · common
- a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- non-commercial N AA1 N K AH0 M ER1 SH AH0 L · 4 syllables · standard
- non-political N AA2 N P AH0 L IH1 T IH0 K AH0 L · 5 syllables · standard
- ideological AY2 D IY0 AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L · 6 syllables · standard
- meteorological M IY2 T IY0 AO2 R AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L · 7 syllables · standard
- gammaproteobacterial G AE0 M AH0 P R OW0 T IY0 OW0 B AE0 K T IH0 AH0 R IY0 AH0 L · 10 syllables · rare
- single S IH1 NG G AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- hospital HH AA1 S P IH2 T AH0 L · 3 syllables · standard
- the DH AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- material M AH0 T IH1 R IY0 AH0 L · 4 syllables · standard
- international IH2 N T ER0 N AE1 SH AH0 N AH0 L · 5 syllables · common
- archaeological AA2 R K 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
- civil S IH1 V AH0 L · 2 syllables · standard
- provincial P R AH0 V IH1 N SH AH0 L · 3 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 파이어 3 syllables · common
- スチール 4 syllables · common
- 퍼시벌 3 syllables · noun · standard
- ファイア 3 syllables · common
- 타이어 3 syllables · common
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 비철 2 syllables · noun · standard
- サイズ 3 syllables · common
- 바이럴 3 syllables · noun · standard
- ファイバー 4 syllables · common
- 아기시절 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ビル 2 syllables · common
- 게이브리얼 5 syllables · noun · standard
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 벌 1 syllable · noun · standard
- ユリア 3 syllables · common
- 뮤직페스티벌 6 syllables · noun · standard
- 大半 タイパン · 4 syllables · common
- 부산코미디페스티벌 9 syllables · noun · standard
- みず ミズ · 2 syllables · common
- タイム 3 syllables · common
- ライム 3 syllables · common
- 비트 2 syllables · common
- スイング 4 syllables · common
- 절 1 syllable · noun · standard
- 록페스티벌 5 syllables · noun · standard
- 부산국제코미디페스티벌 11 syllables · noun · standard
How this was worked out
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