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Rhyming Words Flash Cards: Pick the Word That Rhymes

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Same spelling 18

bell: ball or well? well: bell and well rhyme, and both end in -ell. More: shell, yell.
book: back or cook? cook: book and cook rhyme, and both end in -ook. More: look, hook.
bug: rug or bag? rug: bug and rug rhyme, and both end in -ug. More: hug, mug.
cake: kick or lake? lake: cake and lake rhyme, and both end in -ake. More: bake, snake.
cat: cot or hat? hat: cat and hat rhyme, and both end in -at. More: bat, mat.
duck: truck or dock? truck: duck and truck rhyme, and both end in -uck. More: luck, stuck.
fish: dish or fresh? dish: fish and dish rhyme, and both end in -ish. More: wish, swish.
hen: ten or hem? ten: hen and ten rhyme, and both end in -en. More: pen, men.
hill: hall or mill? mill: hill and mill rhyme, and both end in -ill. More: fill, spill.
jump: bump or jam? bump: jump and bump rhyme, and both end in -ump. More: pump, stump.
lamp: lump or camp? camp: lamp and camp rhyme, and both end in -amp. More: stamp, ramp.

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Same spelling, continued

moon: spoon or mine? spoon: moon and spoon rhyme, and both end in -oon. More: soon, noon.
nest: vest or next? vest: nest and vest rhyme, and both end in -est. More: best, west.
pig: peg or wig? wig: pig and wig rhyme, and both end in -ig. More: big, dig.
ship: chip or shop? chip: ship and chip rhyme, and both end in -ip. More: dip, trip.
sing: wing or song? wing: sing and wing rhyme, and both end in -ing. More: ring, king.
star: car or stir? car: star and car rhyme, and both end in -ar. More: jar, far.
sun: soon or fun? fun: sun and fun rhyme, and both end in -un. More: run, bun.

Long vowels, two spellings 18

bean: bin or green? green: bean, green and queen rhyme. -ean and -een spell one sound.
boat: note or boot? note: boat, note and coat rhyme. -oat and -ote spell one sound.
bone: loan or bun? loan: bone, loan and phone rhyme. -one and -oan spell one sound.
cry: high or crew? high: cry, high and tie rhyme. -y, -igh and -ie spell one sound.
eight: eat or late? late: eight, late and wait rhyme. -eight, -ate and -ait spell one sound.
fly: flea or pie? pie: fly, pie and high rhyme. -y, -ie and -igh spell one sound.
great: greet or plate? plate: great, plate and skate rhyme. -eat and -ate spell one sound.
light: lit or kite? kite: light, kite and white rhyme. -ight and -ite spell one sound.
meat: met or feet? feet: meat, feet and seat rhyme. -eat and -eet spell one sound.
night: net or white? white: night, white and bite rhyme. -ight and -ite spell one sound.
play: they or plow? they: play, they and weigh rhyme. -ay, -ey and -eigh spell one sound.
rain: ran or cane? cane: rain, cane and train rhyme. -ain and -ane spell one sound.
rope: rap or soap? soap: rope, soap and hope rhyme. -ope and -oap spell one sound.
sheep: ship or leap? leap: sheep, leap and deep rhyme. -eep and -eap spell one sound.
snow: now or toe? toe: snow, toe and go rhyme. -ow, -oe and -o spell one sound.
toad: told or code? code: toad, code and road rhyme. -oad and -ode spell one sound.
tree: try or key? key: tree, key and sea rhyme. -ee, -ey and -ea spell one sound.
whale: mail or wall? mail: whale, mail and tale rhyme. -ale and -ail spell one sound.

Other sounds, two spellings 18

bear: near or chair? chair: bear, chair and care rhyme. -ear, -air and -are spell one sound.
bird: bid or word? word: bird, word and heard rhyme. -ird, -ord and -eard spell one sound.
blue: blow or shoe? shoe: blue, shoe and zoo rhyme. -ue, -oe and -oo spell one sound.
bread: bead or red? red: bread, red and said rhyme. -ead, -ed and -aid spell one sound.
come: drum or comb? drum: come, drum and some rhyme. -ome and -um spell one sound.
door: four or deer? four: door, four and more rhyme. -oor, -our and -ore spell one sound.
foot: food or put? put: foot, put and soot rhyme. -oot and -ut spell one sound.
fruit: boot or fright? boot: fruit, boot and suit rhyme. -uit and -oot spell one sound.
girl: pearl or grill? pearl: girl, pearl and curl rhyme. -irl, -earl and -url spell one sound.
heart: heat or part? part: heart, part and start rhyme. -eart and -art spell one sound.
juice: joys or goose? goose: juice, goose and loose rhyme. -uice and -oose spell one sound.
laugh: half or tough? half: laugh, half and calf rhyme. -augh and -alf spell one sound.
loud: load or crowd? crowd: loud, crowd and proud rhyme. -oud and -owd spell one sound.
noise: nose or toys? toys: noise, toys and boys rhyme. -oise and -oys spell one sound.
one: sun or win? sun: one, sun and done rhyme. -one and -un spell one sound.
school: rule or shall? rule: school, rule and pool rhyme. -ool and -ule spell one sound.
turn: torn or learn? learn: turn, learn and fern rhyme. -urn, -earn and -ern spell one sound.
wood: could or wide? could: wood, could and good rhyme. -ood and -ould spell one sound.

Odd one out 18

Odd one out: bead, head, bread bead: head and bread rhyme. Bead has a different sound.
Odd one out: bear, pear, hear hear: bear and pear rhyme. Hear has a different sound.
Odd one out: break, leak, steak leak: break and steak rhyme. Leak has a different sound.
Odd one out: bush, rush, push rush: bush and push rhyme. Rush has a different sound.
Odd one out: cake, lake, back back: cake and lake rhyme. Back has a different sound.
Odd one out: cord, word, lord word: cord and lord rhyme. Word has a different sound.
Odd one out: cow, slow, how slow: cow and how rhyme. Slow has a different sound.
Odd one out: cut, nut, put put: cut and nut rhyme. Put has a different sound.
Odd one out: give, five, dive give: five and dive rhyme. Give has a different sound.
Odd one out: gone, bone, cone gone: bone and cone rhyme. Gone has a different sound.
Odd one out: have, gave, wave have: gave and wave rhyme. Have has a different sound.
Odd one out: hoot, foot, boot foot: hoot and boot rhyme. Foot has a different sound.
Odd one out: lost, host, post lost: host and post rhyme. Lost has a different sound.
Odd one out: love, move, glove move: love and glove rhyme. Move has a different sound.
Odd one out: paid, maid, said said: paid and maid rhyme. Said has a different sound.
Odd one out: snow, plow, grow plow: snow and grow rhyme. Plow has a different sound.
Odd one out: some, home, come home: some and come rhyme. Home has a different sound.
Odd one out: wear, near, dear wear: near and dear rhyme. Wear has a different sound.

How this list was compiled: Own work: cards written for this deck. Every rhyme, and every word that must not rhyme, was checked in the General American pronunciations of the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary at https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict : two words count as a rhyme only when every sound from the stressed vowel to the end matches in each pronunciation listed. The pairs were then compared with the rhymes each word's entry gives in Wiktionary, in entries such as https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bear . Pairs that rhyme only in some accents are left out. Checked 2026-09-30. Licence: own work

How it works

Rhyming words flash cards that ask a question: cat: cot or hat? The back gives the rhyme, hat, and more words with the same ending sound. Later sets rhyme words that are spelled differently, such as bear and chair.

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Four sets, easy to tricky

Same spelling pairs words that end alike: pig and wig. The two-spellings sets pair words that sound alike and look different: rain and cane, blue and shoe. The wrong choice often looks right: snow and now end in the same letters and do not rhyme. Odd one out lists three words; name the one that does not rhyme. Turn one card, then choose a set under Show only, or open More options to type the rhyme.

Print rhyming cards for a center

Turn a card, then press the print button under it for twelve cards to a sheet, answers mirrored on the back. Cut them out and let the child say the rhyme before turning the card.

Rhyme is about sound, not letters. Say both words aloud before choosing.
Every pair is a full rhyme in General American speech. Pairs that rhyme only in some accents were left out.

Questions and answers

What are rhyming words?

Words that end in the same sounds from the last stressed vowel on: cat and hat, rain and cane. The letters do not have to match, and matching letters do not make a rhyme: snow and now.

Do rhyming words have to be spelled the same?

No. Bear, chair and care rhyme with three different spellings, and so do blue, shoe and zoo. Words spelled alike can also fail to rhyme: bear and near, or come and home.

What are some easy rhyming words?

Short words with the same ending: cat and hat, pig and wig, bug and rug, hen and ten, sun and fun, bell and well, star and car, book and cook.