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Words That Rhyme With Left

6 words rhyme with left, from 1 to 3 syllables: cleft, deft, theft, heft, bereft and more, the everyday words first. Then 1 near rhyme, like revved. For looser rhymes, slant rhymes like belt, bent, best, cent.

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1 syllable4 words

  • cleft
  • deft
  • theft
  • heft

2 syllables1 word

  • bereft

3 syllables1 word

Rare: antitheft

Near rhymes1 word

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

  • revved

Slant rhymes40 words

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

  • belt
  • bent
  • best
  • cent
  • dent
  • felt
  • gent
  • jest
  • kept
  • lent
  • lest
  • melt
  • nest
  • pelt
  • pest
  • rent
  • rest
  • sect
  • sent
  • tent
  • test
  • vent
  • vest
  • welt
  • went
  • wept
  • west
  • zest
  • adept
  • chest
  • crept
  • crest
  • dealt
  • dwelt
  • eject
  • elect
  • erect
  • event
  • guest
  • inept

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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 left?

cleft, deft, theft, heft, bereft: the words that end in the same sounds as left. 6 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in left?

Left 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 left?

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

What are slant rhymes for left?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: belt, bent, best, cent, dent, felt. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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