Words That Rhyme With Detect
290 rhymes for "detect" (2 syllables): 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
- "detect" is easy to rhyme: affect, collect, connect and correct 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 perplexed, accept and addressed.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like attempts, attends and intends carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for detect (51)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
1 syllable
- checked
- sect
- wrecked
- decked
- necked
- trekked
3 syllables
- incorrect
- disconnect
- indirect
- misdirect
- redirect
- disinfect
- disrespect
- interject
- intersect
- recollect
- reconnect
- reelect
- resurrect
- disaffect
4+ syllables
- interconnect
- overprotect
Multisyllable rhymes for detect (119)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- attempts
- attends
- intends
- subset
- insect
- intense
- attests
- cadets
- contends
- incensed
- inlet
- intents
- sublet
- sunset
- misstep
- again
- compared
- depends
- extends
- suggests
- upsets
- assess
- cassettes
- compelled
- condense
- consents
- impaired
- possess
- repaired
- upstairs
- descents
- despaired
- dispelled
- dispense
- dissents
- finesse
- impelled
- inquest
- propelled
- rebelled
- recess
- repelled
- repents
- resents
- simplex
- suspense
- diskettes
- windswept
- compare
- declared
- defense
- events
- expense
- invents
- itself
- prevents
- repair
- requests
- success
- suspends
- unless
- allege
- amends
- ascends
- commence
- compel
- condemn
- confess
- defends
- depress
- descends
- despair
- distress
- immense
- impair
- obsess
- offends
- offense
- oppress
- regrets
- suppress
- avenged
- bloodshed
- incense
- nutmeg
- affair
- aware
- declare
- express
- himself
3 syllables
- architect
- president
- alphabet
- retrospect
- dialect
- intellect
- bayonet
- discontents
- dividend
- epithet
- manifest
- snappiest
- represents
- dispossess
- infidel
- recompense
- solitaire
- repossess
- unisex
- recommends
- nonetheless
- personnel
- questionnaire
- silhouettes
- parallel
4+ syllables
- aftereffect
- misrepresents
- overextends
- nevertheless
Near rhymes for detect (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- perplexed
- accept
- addressed
- cassette
- event
- except
- expressed
- extent
- forget
- invent
- prevent
- regret
- request
- suggest
- upset
- accent
- arrest
- assessed
- compressed
- congest
- consent
- depressed
- digest
- distressed
- impressed
- indent
- intent
- invest
- obsessed
- offset
- oppressed
- percent
- possessed
- progressed
- refreshed
- repent
- resent
- reset
- suppressed
- unset
- abet
- adept
- ascent
- beset
- cadet
- duet
- inept
- against
- attempt
1 syllable
- next
- text
- flexed
- sexed
- vexed
- best
- bet
- cent
- get
- guessed
- kept
- left
- let
- meant
- met
- net
- pressed
- rest
- sent
- set
- spent
- test
- threat
- went
- west
- yet
- bent
- blessed
- chest
- debt
- dressed
- guest
- jest
- jet
- lent
- lest
- messed
- nest
- pet
- quest
- rent
- slept
- stepped
- stressed
- stretched
- sweat
- swept
- theft
- vet
- wet
- cleft
- crept
- crest
- deft
- dent
- fret
- gent
- leapt
- pest
- scent
- tent
- vent
- vest
- wept
- whet
- wrest
- zest
3 syllables
- represent
- cigarette
- underwent
4+ syllables
- misrepresent
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Questions about rhymes for detect
What rhymes with detect?
Common perfect rhymes for detect include affect, collect, connect, correct, direct, effect, elect and expect. This page lists 290 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for detect?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of detect but change a consonant. Good ones include perplexed, accept, addressed, cassette, event and except.
How many syllables are in detect?
Detect has 2 syllables 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.