Finding words that sound similar

I've taken a list of English words, and examined each of them to see what they sound like (using the PHP metaphone function). This page lists the most common metaphone codes, along with their words. You can also search for a word of your own, and see which words sound similar - and which ones rhyme, and which ones alliterate.

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Words that sound similar to durance:

durance trance durians dourines durns dourness tarriance drones drains dryness truancy diurons trounce durions direness trannies trainees taurines dearness tourneys terranes darns trans tyrannize turns tyrannise tyrannies trains trines trones ternes drowns trienes triunes tureens turions

Rhyming with durance:

prance rance durance trance boranes errancy furanes furnace variance cornice cranes prince tarriance terranes

Alliterating with durance:

durn drain drawn durian

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