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Words That Rhyme With Circle

2 words rhyme with circle, from 3 to 5 syllables: encircle. Then 1 near rhyme, like gurgle. For looser rhymes, slant rhymes like burble, girdle, hurdle, hurtle.

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3 syllables1 word

  • encircle

5 syllables1 word

Rare: heterocercal

Near rhymes1 word

The same vowel, consonants that sound alike: close enough for songs and poems.

  • gurgle

Slant rhymes40 words

Looser: the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first. Common in songs and poems.

  • burble
  • girdle
  • hurdle
  • hurtle
  • kernel
  • purple
  • turtle
  • verbal
  • colonel
  • eternal
  • fertile
  • journal
  • servile
  • thermal
  • external
  • inertial
  • internal
  • maternal
  • paternal
  • reversal
  • dispersal
  • fraternal
  • infertile
  • nocturnal
  • rehearsal
  • universal
  • commercial
  • controversial
  • uncontroversial
  • herbal
  • myrtle
  • vernal
  • diurnal
  • infernal
  • epidermal
  • nonverbal
  • geothermal
  • infomercial
  • noncommercial
  • gerbil

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Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, © 1993-2015 Carnegie Mellon University, matched to our dictionary of English words.

Questions

What rhymes with circle?

encircle: the words that end in the same sounds as circle. 2 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in circle?

Circle has 2 syllables.

How are the rhymes chosen?

Two words rhyme when they sound the same from their last stressed vowel to the end: these are perfect rhymes, matched by sound, not by spelling. Near rhymes keep the vowel and swap a consonant for one that sounds alike, like time and mine.

What are near rhymes for circle?

gurgle and the other 1 near rhyme: the same vowel sound as circle, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for circle?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: burble, girdle, hurdle, hurtle, kernel, purple. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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