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 bourse:

bourse burse bursae burs birse boars buras brose bores buhrs boras burrs boors bursa bourrees bruise browse boreas buries burghs burros braise brassie bureaus burrows borrows bris bras bros bars briss biers brass brace brays bries byres braws brees brews brows birrs beers broos brios biros brosy braes braze bears bares brughs braize barres breezy brassy breeze borzoi hybris barrios barrows berries bewrays

Rhyming with bourse:

bourse purse curse course burse nurse hours auras phrase arose buras knurs cruise burrs bursae hearse rise verse arise arouse frise cures pursue bruise prise brose gaurs gyrose crouse porose currs coarse rose buhrs purrs cerise churrs urus ursa tours torose hydrase duros duras douras suers source cirrose rerose ours purs rearouse grouse carouse puris kurus aures prase rouse murrs perse morose furs bursa kersey horsey horse parse gyrase houris ruse lauras prese marse feuars pours giaours rase morse furze mures euros curs reuse gorse burs arse lures gurus guars kouros lours carse fours pursy erase knaurs erose birse kauris queuers auris peruse jersey corse prose hoarse muras rerise cruse ruers ceruse sieurs sours suras druse dures durrs terse torse urase ursae worse yours

Alliterating with bourse:

bourree bur boar boor bora bore borrow buhr bura bureau burgh burr burro burrow burry bury

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