Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with purpose
Words that share the ending of purpose — all-purpose, general-purpose, multipurpose and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced P ER1 P AH0 S.
Sound structure
purpose has 2 syllables and is pronounced P ER1 P 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 all-purpose, general-purpose, multipurpose, repurpose.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- P ER1 P AH0 S
- Syllable breakdown
- P · ER1 · P · AH0 · S
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- S
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- all-purpose AO1 L P ER1 P AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- general-purpose JH EH2 N AH0 R AH0 L P ER1 P AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- multipurpose M AH2 L T IY0 P ER1 P AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- repurpose R IY0 P ER1 P AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- apurpose AH0 P ER1 P AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- dispurpose D IH0 S P ER1 P AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- prepurpose P R IH0 P ER1 P AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- service S ER1 V AH0 S · 2 syllables · common
- surface S ER1 F AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- us AH1 S · 1 syllable · common
- self-service S EH2 L F S ER1 V AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- nervous N ER1 V AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- air-to-surface EH2 R T AH0 S ER1 F AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- does D AH1 Z · 1 syllable · common
- surface-to-surface S ER2 F AH0 S T AH0 S ER1 F AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- afro-indigenous AE2 F R OW0 AH0 N D IH1 JH AH0 N AH0 S · 6 syllables · standard
- disservice D IH0 S ER1 V AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- purchase P ER1 CH AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- analysis AH0 N AE1 L AH0 S AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- honest-to-goodness AA2 N AH0 S T T AH0 G UH1 D N AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- ovoviviparous OW2 V OW2 V AY2 V IH1 P ER0 AH0 S · 6 syllables · rare
- subsurface S AH1 B S ER2 F AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- versus V ER1 S AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- epidermis EH2 P AH0 D ER1 M AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- the DH AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- carboniferous K AA2 R B AH0 N IH1 F ER0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- circus S ER1 K AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- up AH1 P · 1 syllable · common
- epiphyllospermous EH0 P IH0 F IH0 L AH0 S P ER0 M AH0 S · 6 syllables · rare
- curtis K ER1 T AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- love L AH1 V · 1 syllable · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 러브 2 syllables · common
- ふすま フスマ · 3 syllables · common
- 얼음 2 syllables · common
- ぶすま ブスマ · 3 syllables · common
- 걸음 2 syllables · common
- フスマ 3 syllables · common
- 너랑 2 syllables · phrase · common
- フーガ 3 syllables · common
- 글러브 3 syllables · common
- ロブスタ 4 syllables · common
- 아이리버 4 syllables · noun · standard
- うな ウナ · 2 syllables · common
- 에너자이저 5 syllables · noun · standard
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 슬픔 2 syllables · common
- サンス 3 syllables · common
- 파이어 3 syllables · common
- スタッフ 4 syllables · common
- 야고보서 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ラブ 2 syllables · common
- いふく イフク · 3 syllables · common
- カブラ 3 syllables · common
- グラブ 3 syllables · common
- ファイバー 4 syllables · common
- 스타일쉐어 5 syllables · noun · standard
- 可楽 コウラ · 3 syllables · common
- ゴルファー 4 syllables · common
- 갈라디아서 5 syllables · noun · standard
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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