Words That Rhyme With But
136 rhymes for "but" (1 syllable): perfect rhymes, multisyllable rhymes and near rhymes, each grouped by syllable count with the most common words first. Click a linked word to see what rhymes with it.
How to use this rhyme
- "but" is easy to rhyme: cut, putt, shut and that all share its ending sound, so you can hold one rhyme across a whole verse.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as front, hunt and just.
- Longer rhymes like somewhat and rebut let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for but (16)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- somewhat
- rebut
- uncut
Near rhymes for but (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
- front
- hunt
- just
- must
- touched
- trust
- bust
- chucked
- crushed
- dust
- flushed
- lust
- punt
- rushed
- stuffed
- stunt
- thrust
- bluffed
- blunt
- blushed
- brunt
- brushed
- bucked
- bused
- clutched
- crust
- cuffed
- ducked
- duct
- fluffed
- fussed
- grunt
- gushed
- gust
- huffed
- hushed
- lucked
- plucked
- puffed
- roughed
- rust
- scuffed
- shucked
- shunt
- snuffed
- sucked
- trucked
- tucked
- tuft
- upped
- cussed
- a
- the
- blood
- crunched
- dumped
- flood
- huh
- jumped
- mud
- pumped
- punched
- bud
- bumped
- bunched
- dunked
- flunked
- humped
- hunched
- junked
- lumped
- lunched
- munched
- plumped
- slumped
- stumped
- thumped
- trumped
- plunked
- and
- fund
- bug
- club
- cup
- luck
- plug
- struck
- stuck
- truck
- up
2 syllables
3 syllables
- interrupt
- readjust
- reconstruct
- antitrust
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Questions about rhymes for but
What rhymes with but?
Common perfect rhymes for but include cut, putt, shut, that, what, gut, hut and nut. This page lists 136 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for but?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of but but change a consonant. Good ones include front, hunt, just, must, touched and trust.
How many syllables are in but?
But has 1 syllable in standard US pronunciation.
Rhymes use US pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University) and the SCOWL word lists (Kevin Atkinson). Offensive words are left out.