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Words That Rhyme With Special

Special has one perfect rhyme in English, especial, which is the same word with a prefix on it. The sound that stops the others is the -cial ending, said -shul; the near rhymes the page lists keep the short E and the final L with a different middle consonant: vessel, nestle, trestle, wrestle and embezzle. Where a line needs more choice, the slant rhymes follow the stressed vowel alone, level, metal, pedal, settle and kettle, while essential and potential come closest to its ending.

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3 syllables1 word

  • especial

Near rhymes6 words

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

  • embezzle
  • nestle
  • trestle
  • vessel
  • wrestle

Rare: tressel

Slant rhymes40 words

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

  • freckle
  • heckle
  • kennel
  • kettle
  • meddle
  • mettle
  • nettle
  • pebble
  • peddle
  • settle
  • treble
  • unsettle
  • daredevil
  • devil
  • level
  • medal
  • metal
  • pedal
  • petal
  • rebel
  • revel
  • departmental
  • bedevil
  • speckle
  • dishevel
  • fennel
  • resettle
  • shekel
  • backpedal
  • betel
  • bevel
  • restful
  • ancestral
  • celestial
  • essential
  • potential
  • stressful
  • credential
  • orchestral
  • sequential
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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 special?

especial: the words that end in the same sounds as special. 1 rhyme in all.

How many syllables are in special?

Special 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 special?

embezzle, nestle, trestle, vessel and the other 6 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as special, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for special?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: freckle, heckle, kennel, kettle, meddle, mettle. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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