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Words That Rhyme With Read

Read is said two ways, and each rhymes with its own words: read as in bed, and read as in bead. 169 rhymes in all, the everyday words first. Then 175 near rhymes, like abet, alphabet, asset, barrette.

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Read as in bed

1 syllable29 words

  • bed
  • bled
  • bread
  • bred
  • dead
  • dread
  • fed
  • fled
  • head
  • lead
  • led
  • red
  • said
  • shed
  • shred
  • sled
  • sped
  • spread
  • thread
  • tread
  • wed
  • stead
  • ted
  • zed

Rare: ed, ged, med, pled, redd

2 syllables49 words

  • ahead
  • bedspread
  • behead
  • blockhead
  • bloodshed
  • bobsled
  • deathbed
  • embed
  • homestead
  • hotbed
  • inbred
  • instead
  • misled
  • redhead
  • spearhead
  • unread
  • unsaid
  • warhead
  • widespread
  • abed
  • airhead
  • beachhead
  • breastfed
  • bridgehead
  • bulkhead
  • coed
  • cornbread
  • deadhead
  • egghead
  • farmstead
  • flatbed
  • masthead
  • purebred
  • retread
  • seabed
  • skinhead
  • unwed
  • woodshed

Rare: bullhead, drumhead, flathead, godhead, hardhead, imbed, steelhead, thickhead, trailhead, wellhead, whitehead

3 syllables18 words

  • aforesaid
  • copperhead
  • figurehead
  • gingerbread
  • infrared
  • letterhead
  • overhead
  • thoroughbred
  • watershed
  • arrowhead
  • interbred
  • loggerhead
  • newlywed
  • riverbed
  • waterbed

Rare: dragonhead, featherbed, overfed

Near rhymes101 words

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

  • abet
  • alphabet
  • asset
  • barrette
  • bayonet
  • beset
  • bet
  • brunette
  • cadet
  • cassette
  • cigarette
  • clarinet
  • cornet
  • debt
  • duet
  • epithet
  • forget
  • fret
  • gazette
  • get
  • inlet
  • internet
  • jet
  • kitchenette
  • let
  • met
  • minuet
  • net
  • offset
  • onset
  • outlet
  • outset
  • pet
  • quartet
  • quintet
  • regret
  • reset
  • roulette
  • set
  • silhouette
  • sublet
  • subset
  • sunset
  • sweat
  • threat
  • typeset
  • unset
  • upset
  • vet
  • wet
  • whet
  • yet
  • baguette
  • beget
  • brunet
  • coronet
  • corvette
  • couchette
  • diskette
  • dragnet
  • driftnet
  • gimlet
  • handset
  • headset
  • heavyset
  • inset
  • lorgnette
  • luncheonette
  • marmoset
  • minaret
  • mindset
  • octet
  • parapet
  • pipette
  • preset
  • rosette
  • sextet
  • statuette
  • suffragette
  • turbojet
  • unmet
  • videocassette
  • vignette

Rare: anisette, avocet, backset, barbette, calumet, et, falconet, flageolet, georgette, inkjet, nett, ret, somerset, stet, tet, twinjet, vedette, yett

Read as in bead

1 syllable28 words

  • bead
  • bleed
  • breed
  • cede
  • creed
  • deed
  • feed
  • freed
  • greed
  • heed
  • keyed
  • knead
  • kneed
  • need
  • plead
  • reed
  • seed
  • skied
  • speed
  • teed
  • tweed
  • weed
  • mead
  • peed
  • screed
  • steed
  • swede

Rare: brede

2 syllables35 words

  • accede
  • agreed
  • concede
  • decreed
  • exceed
  • impede
  • inbreed
  • indeed
  • misdeed
  • mislead
  • misread
  • nosebleed
  • pitied
  • precede
  • proceed
  • proofread
  • recede
  • reread
  • seaweed
  • secede
  • stampede
  • succeed
  • airspeed
  • birdseed
  • duckweed
  • linseed
  • milkweed
  • ragweed

Rare: degreed, flaxseed, lipide, oilseed, pokeweed, rapeseed, reseed

3 syllables10 words

  • centipede
  • disagreed
  • guaranteed
  • intercede
  • supersede
  • aniseed
  • cottonseed

Rare: fireweed, ganymede, overfeed

Near rhymes74 words

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

  • athlete
  • beat
  • beet
  • bittersweet
  • browbeat
  • cheat
  • cleat
  • compete
  • complete
  • conceit
  • concrete
  • deceit
  • defeat
  • delete
  • deplete
  • discreet
  • discrete
  • eat
  • elite
  • excrete
  • feat
  • feet
  • fleet
  • greet
  • heartbeat
  • heat
  • incomplete
  • indiscreet
  • meat
  • meet
  • mete
  • mincemeat
  • neat
  • obsolete
  • offbeat
  • overeat
  • overheat
  • parakeet
  • peat
  • petite
  • pleat
  • receipt
  • repeat
  • replete
  • retreat
  • seat
  • secrete
  • sheet
  • sleet
  • spreadsheet
  • street
  • suite
  • sweet
  • teat
  • treat
  • tweet
  • unseat
  • upbeat
  • wheat
  • backstreet
  • buckwheat
  • deadbeat
  • downbeat
  • drumbeat
  • effete
  • mesquite
  • mistreat
  • skeet
  • worksheet

Rare: backseat, crabmeat, deet, leet, marguerite

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Questions

What rhymes with read?

bed, bled, bread, bred, dead, dread, and every other word that end in the same sounds as read. 169 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in read?

Read 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 read?

abet, alphabet, asset, barrette and the other 175 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as read, with consonants that sound alike.

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