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 detinues:

detinues detainees detains dottiness tetanus doughtiness tidiness tetanies titanous duotones titaness deadness dittanies dowdiness tattiness dedans titans deadens dudeens tautness tetanise tetanize titanias teutonize

Rhyming with detinues:

retinues detinues giddiness reediness tineas cattiness battiness bawdiness tines patines ratines pottiness tenues knottiness beadiness mutinies betaines routines muddiness ruddiness meatiness seediness gaudiness detainees dottiness dowdiness tidiness wittiness chattiness shadiness matinees neediness iodines rootiness jettiness haughtiness fattiness headiness nuttiness poutines pettiness readiness nattiness retines mutinous bittiness mutines moodiness rowdiness matiness ruttiness codeines sootiness goutiness dienes dines doughtiness tattiness weediness woodiness chitinous shoddiness

Alliterating with detinues:

detinue detain detainee

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