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Words That Rhyme With Dance

20 words rhyme with dance, from 1 to 3 syllables: chance, glance, lance, prance, stance and more, the everyday words first. Then 62 near rhymes, like bangs, bans, cans, caravans.

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1 syllable9 words

  • chance
  • glance
  • lance
  • prance
  • stance
  • trance

Rare: hance, nance, rance

2 syllables8 words

  • advance
  • askance
  • enhance
  • expanse
  • finance
  • freelance
  • perchance
  • romance

3 syllables3 words

  • circumstance
  • happenstance
  • refinance

Near rhymes62 words

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

  • bangs
  • bans
  • cans
  • caravans
  • clams
  • clans
  • crams
  • dams
  • diagrams
  • exams
  • fangs
  • fans
  • gangs
  • grams
  • hams
  • hangs
  • harangues
  • jams
  • kilograms
  • lambs
  • mans
  • mesdames
  • milligrams
  • mustangs
  • overhangs
  • pangs
  • pans
  • pecans
  • plans
  • programs
  • rams
  • reprograms
  • scans
  • scrams
  • sedans
  • slams
  • spans
  • tangs
  • tans
  • telegrams
  • vans
  • yams
  • afghans
  • bedpans
  • caftans
  • cams
  • drams
  • histograms
  • holograms
  • japans
  • lifespans
  • logjams
  • mammograms
  • minivans
  • sans
  • scams
  • sonograms
  • trams

Rare: grahams, logograms, micrograms, trans

Slant rhymes40 words

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

  • aunts
  • backs
  • baths
  • brats
  • chaps
  • chats
  • claps
  • flaps
  • flats
  • gnats
  • hacks
  • jacks
  • lacks
  • lapse
  • packs
  • pants
  • racks
  • relax
  • sacks
  • slaps
  • slats
  • snaps
  • spats
  • tacks
  • traps
  • wraps
  • ants
  • bats
  • blacks
  • caps
  • cats
  • chants
  • climax
  • cracks
  • elapse
  • fats
  • gaps
  • grants
  • graphs
  • hats

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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 dance?

chance, glance, lance, prance, stance, trance, and every other word that end in the same sounds as dance. 20 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in dance?

Dance has 1 syllable.

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 dance?

bangs, bans, cans, caravans and the other 62 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as dance, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for dance?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: aunts, backs, baths, brats, chaps, chats. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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