Spanish rhyming dictionary
Words that rhyme, commonest first.
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Example: Spanish rhymes for “vida” and “feliz” for a poem in Spanish class
A high-school student learning Spanish writes a short birthday poem for a friend; two lines end in vida and feliz. Type both, one per line, with Spanish, perfect rhymes and 50 words. Each word gets a line such as “vida → 237 perfect rhymes (50)”, then the rhymes by syllables.
- A perfect rhyme repeats every sound from the stressed vowel: vi-da → -ida, fe-liz → -iz. The ones that share more of the word come first, then the commonest.
- Switch to assonant rhymes and vida finds 3,023 words with the vowels i–a (linda, día, familia) and feliz 631 with the i alone (sí, aquí, país, jardín).
| Syllables | Perfect rhymes for vida (237 found) | Perfect rhymes for feliz (26 found) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | ida, cuida, pida | desliz, raíz, actriz, nariz, maíz, matiz |
| 3 | olvida, bebida, comida, salida, querida, unida | infeliz, aprendiz, cicatriz |
| 4 | bienvenida, conocida, despedida, divertida | automotriz, emperatriz |
“Gracias por estar en mi vida, / mi amiga más querida” — querida is in the 3-syllable group for vida. Names (ortiz, beatriz) and the odd misspelling can turn up in the lists; leave out what you do not know.
How it works
- Type a word, or up to five, one per line.
- Choose perfect rhymes (every sound from the stressed vowel on) or assonant ones (the vowels only).
- The rhymes appear grouped by syllables, the commonest words first.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the difference between perfect and assonant rhymes?
- A perfect (consonant) rhyme repeats every sound from the stressed vowel to the end: amor and dolor. An assonant rhyme repeats only the vowels: casa and mala both have a–a.
- Where do the words come from?
- From the 40,000 most frequent words of each language in wordfreq, a list built from subtitles, books, Wikipedia and the web. Common words come first; names and rare words can appear too.
- Why are some rhymes listed first?
- Words that share more of their ending come first — cantar and encantar before cantar and mar — then the more frequent.
- Does it work for English?
- No. English spelling does not tell how a word ends in sound, so no rule on the letters alone finds English rhymes reliably.
- Does feliz rhyme with país in Latin American Spanish?
- They sound alike wherever z is said as s, as in Latin America and the Canaries, but the tool keeps z (and c before e or i) apart from s, as in Spain. So país is listed as an assonant rhyme for feliz, not a perfect one; in a song for Latin American ears you can treat it as perfect.
- Can I use it to learn Spanish?
- It helps with vocabulary and stress: the words are grouped by syllables and come from the 40,000 commonest Spanish words, so a rhyme list is also a list of real words with the same ending — -ción, -dad, -ida. It gives no translations; look up the words you do not know.
- Is anything uploaded?
- No. It is worked out in your browser, and nothing you type leaves your computer.
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