Rhyme index

Words that rhyme with unless

Words that share the ending of unless — s, yes, less and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced AH0 N L EH1 S.

Sound structure

unless has 2 syllables and is pronounced AH0 N L EH1 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 s, yes, less, guess.

Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese

Pronunciation
AH0 N L EH1 S
Syllable breakdown
AH0 · N · L · EH1 · S
Syllable count
2 syllables
Ending sound
S
Ending type
a stopped ending

Perfect rhymes

The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.

  • s EH1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • yes Y EH1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • less L EH1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • guess G EH1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • process P R AA1 S EH2 S · 2 syllables · common
  • second-guess S EH2 K AH0 N D G EH1 S · 3 syllables · standard
  • nevertheless N EH2 V ER0 DH AH0 L EH1 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • intensivenyess IH0 N T EH1 N S IH0 V EH2 N IH0 EH2 S · 6 syllables · rare
  • press P R EH1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • success S AH0 K S EH1 S · 2 syllables · standard
  • nonetheless N AH2 N DH AH0 L EH1 S · 3 syllables · standard
  • ws D AH1 B AH0 L Y UW0 EH1 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • press' P R EH1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • confess K AH0 N F EH1 S · 2 syllables · standard
  • irs AY1 AA2 R EH1 S · 3 syllables · standard
  • archbishopess AA2 R CH B IH1 SH AH0 P EH2 S · 4 syllables · rare
  • dress D R EH1 S · 1 syllable · standard
  • progress P R AA1 G R EH2 S · 2 syllables · standard
  • awesomeness AO1 S AH0 M N EH2 S · 3 syllables · standard
  • coadventuress K OW0 D V EH1 N CH AH0 R EH2 S · 4 syllables · rare

Near rhymes

The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.

  • says S EH1 Z · 1 syllable · common
  • place P L EY1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • case K EY1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • face F EY1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • first-class F ER2 S T K L AE1 S · 2 syllables · common
  • show-and-tell SH OW2 AH0 N T EH1 L · 3 syllables · common
  • what-you-see-is-what-you-get W AH2 T Y AH0 S IY1 IH0 S W AH2 T Y AH0 G EH2 T · 7 syllables · common
  • going-away G OW1 IH0 NG AH0 W EY2 · 4 syllables · common
  • euclideanness Y UW0 K L IH0 D IY0 AH0 N N EH0 S · 5 syllables · rare
  • else EH1 L S · 1 syllable · common
  • world-class W ER1 L D K L AE2 S · 2 syllables · common
  • life-and-death L AY2 F AH0 N D EH1 TH · 3 syllables · common
  • rejuvenesce R IH0 JH UW0 V AH0 N EH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
  • catanduanes K AH0 T AH0 N D UH0 AA0 N EH0 S · 5 syllables · rare
  • class K L AE1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • top-class T AA2 P K L AE1 S · 2 syllables · common
  • about-face AH0 B AW2 T F EY1 S · 3 syllables · common
  • degeneres D IH0 JH IH0 N EH1 R EH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • adjudicatress AE0 JH UW0 D IH0 K EY0 T R EH0 S · 5 syllables · rare
  • as AE1 Z · 1 syllable · common

Cross-language rhymes

A different language, but the sound still lines up.

How this was worked out

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