Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with released
Words that share the ending of released — least, east, increased and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced R IY0 L IY1 S T.
Sound structure
released has 2 syllables and is pronounced R IY0 L IY1 S T. Its ending, T, 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 least, east, increased, deceased.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- R IY0 L IY1 S T
- Syllable breakdown
- R · IY0 · L · IY1 · S · T
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- T
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- least L IY1 S T · 1 syllable · common
- east IY1 S T · 1 syllable · common
- increased IH2 N K R IY1 S T · 2 syllables · standard
- deceased D IH0 S IY1 S T · 2 syllables · standard
- priest P R IY1 S T · 1 syllable · standard
- giving-feast G IH1 V IH0 NG F IY2 S T · 3 syllables · standard
- decreased D IH0 K R IY1 S T · 2 syllables · standard
- beast B IY1 S T · 1 syllable · standard
- unreleased AH0 N R IH0 L IY1 S T · 3 syllables · standard
- north-east N AO2 R TH IY1 S T · 2 syllables · standard
- feast F IY1 S T · 1 syllable · standard
- south-southeast S AW2 TH S AW2 TH IY1 S T · 3 syllables · standard
- southeast S AW2 TH IY1 S T · 2 syllables · standard
- ceased S IY1 S T · 1 syllable · standard
- east-southeast IY2 S T S AW2 TH IY1 S T · 3 syllables · standard
- mideast M IH1 D IY2 S T · 2 syllables · standard
- yeast Y IY1 S T · 1 syllable · standard
- north-northeast N AO2 R N AO2 R IY1 S T · 3 syllables · standard
- northeast N AO2 R TH IY1 S T · 2 syllables · standard
- leased L IY1 S T · 1 syllable · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- beat B IY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- list L IH1 S T · 1 syllable · common
- heat HH IY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- street S T R IY1 T · 1 syllable · common
- b-list B IY1 L IH2 S T · 2 syllables · standard
- extremist EH0 K S T R IY1 M IH0 S T · 3 syllables · standard
- love-in-a-mist L AH2 V IH0 N AH0 M IH1 S T · 4 syllables · standard
- post-impressionist P OW2 S T IH0 M P R EH1 SH AH0 N IH2 S T · 5 syllables · standard
- epidemiologist EH2 P AH0 D IY2 M IY2 AA1 L AH0 JH IH2 S T · 7 syllables · standard
- meteorologist M IY2 T IY0 ER0 AA1 L AH0 JH IH0 S T · 6 syllables · standard
- it IH1 T · 1 syllable · common
- a-list EY1 L IH2 S T · 2 syllables · common
- elitist EY0 L IY1 T IH0 S T · 3 syllables · standard
- non-pacifist N AA2 N P AE1 S IH0 F IH0 S T · 4 syllables · standard
- spiritualist S P IH1 R IH0 CH UW2 AH0 L IH2 S T · 5 syllables · standard
- gastroenterologist G AE2 S T R OW0 EH2 N T AH0 R AA1 L AH0 JH IH0 S T · 7 syllables · rare
- aphthartodocetist AE0 F TH AA0 R T AH0 D AA0 S IH0 T IH0 S T · 6 syllables · rare
- missed M IH1 S T · 1 syllable · standard
- exist IH0 G Z IH1 S T · 2 syllables · standard
- anarchist AE1 N ER0 K IH2 S T · 3 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 비트 2 syllables · common
- 君 キミ · 2 syllables · common
- 히트 2 syllables · common
- いち イチ · 2 syllables · common
- 레이디 3 syllables · common
- きび キビ · 2 syllables · common
- 베이비 3 syllables · common
- にび ニビ · 2 syllables · common
- 라잇 2 syllables · common
- チーズ 3 syllables · common
- 리바이스 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ベイビー 4 syllables · common
- 방통심의위 5 syllables · noun · standard
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 메이비 3 syllables · common
- ニビ 2 syllables · common
- 나잇 2 syllables · common
- 未来 ミライ · 3 syllables · common
- 보에니쉬 4 syllables · noun · standard
- メイビー 4 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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