Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with previous
Words that share the ending of previous — devious, nondevious, undevious and more. 3 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced P R IY1 V IY0 AH0 S.
Sound structure
previous has 3 syllables and is pronounced P R IY1 V IY0 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 devious, nondevious, undevious, serious.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- P R IY1 V IY0 AH0 S
- Syllable breakdown
- P · R · IY1 · V · IY0 · AH0 · S
- Syllable count
- 3 syllables
- Ending sound
- S
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- devious D IY1 V IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- nondevious N AA2 N D IY1 V IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
- undevious AH2 N D IY1 V IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- serious S IH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · common
- e-business IY1 B IH2 Z N AH0 S · 3 syllables · common
- people P IY1 P AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- business B IH1 Z N AH0 S · 2 syllables · common
- various V EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · common
- us AH1 S · 1 syllable · common
- oblivious AH0 B L IH1 V IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- homogeneous HH OW2 M AH0 JH IY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- pseudo-dionysius S UW2 D OW0 D AY2 AH0 N IH1 S IY0 AH0 S · 7 syllables · standard
- contemporaneous K AH0 N T EH2 M P ER0 EY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 6 syllables · standard
- jesus JH IY1 Z AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- religious R IH0 L IH1 JH AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- does D AH1 Z · 1 syllable · common
- mysterious M IH0 S T IH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- deleterious D EH2 L AH0 T IH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- afro-indigenous AE2 F R OW0 AH0 N D IH1 JH AH0 N AH0 S · 6 syllables · standard
- jesus' JH IY1 Z AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- tedious T IY1 D IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- non-religious N AA2 N R IH0 L IH1 JH AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- the DH AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- dionysius D AY2 AH0 N IH1 S IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- inhomogeneous IH0 N HH OW2 M AH0 JH IY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 6 syllables · rare
- was W AA1 Z · 1 syllable · common
- simultaneous S AY2 M AH0 L T EY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- overlascivious OW2 V AH0 R L AH0 S IH1 V IY0 AH0 S · 6 syllables · rare
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 파이어 3 syllables · common
- ビル 2 syllables · common
- 비트 2 syllables · common
- シェリス 3 syllables · common
- 이름 2 syllables · common
- ファイバー 4 syllables · common
- 지금 2 syllables · common
- ファイア 3 syllables · common
- 타이어 3 syllables · common
- イニング 4 syllables · common
- 필리피서 4 syllables · noun · standard
- みず ミズ · 2 syllables · common
- 에너자이저 5 syllables · noun · standard
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 귀뚜라미보일러 7 syllables · noun · standard
- ライム 3 syllables · common
- 히트 2 syllables · common
- スチール 4 syllables · common
- 메이크 3 syllables · common
- リヤ 2 syllables · common
- いふく イフク · 3 syllables · common
- タイム 3 syllables · common
- サイズ 3 syllables · common
- ユリア 3 syllables · common
- 大半 タイパン · 4 syllables · common
- 믿음 2 syllables · common
- 라이트 3 syllables · common
- 아이리버 4 syllables · noun · standard
- 기쁨 2 syllables · common
- 테이크 3 syllables · common
- スイング 4 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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