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 defeat:

defeat defat deft defied deified deviate daft duvet davit daffed deaved devote devout doffed tuffet devotee taffeta

Rhyming with defeat:

defeat feat fat fet haffet tuffet foveate defat safety caveat fete effete fiat feta feet fate taffeta buffet whiffet

Alliterating with defeat:

def deaf defi defy deify


2 Comments

by Prisal on 29 December 2022
I learned new words
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by Hi on 06 June 2021
Very helpful could find lots of good rhyming words
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