Words That Rhyme With Except
252 rhymes for "except" (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
- "except" is easy to rhyme: accept, adept, inept and kept 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 attempt, contempt and exempt.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like subset, insect and incensed carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for except (14)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- accept
- adept
- inept
1 syllable
- kept
- slept
- stepped
- swept
- crept
- leaped
- leapt
- wept
- prepped
3 syllables
- intercept
- overslept
Multisyllable rhymes for except (118)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- subset
- insect
- incensed
- sunset
- success
- upsets
- ascends
- assess
- cassettes
- consents
- descends
- obsess
- bloodshed
- descents
- dissents
- excelled
- exempts
- incense
- inlet
- recess
- sublet
- skinhead
- windswept
- affects
- attempts
- connects
- declared
- defense
- detects
- effects
- events
- extends
- himself
- invents
- itself
- prevents
- protects
- reflects
- confess
- infects
- neglects
- offense
- oneself
- possess
- attests
- avenge
- avenged
- cadets
- convex
- deflects
- excel
- infests
- inquest
- intents
- invests
- profess
- resents
- spearhead
- upheld
- withheld
- diskettes
- missteps
- affair
- again
- attends
- collects
- compared
- declare
- elects
- expects
- expense
- express
- intends
- rejects
- requests
- respects
- selects
- suggests
- suspects
- suspends
- unless
- commence
- condemn
- condense
- defends
- depress
- distress
- immense
- inspects
- intense
- offends
- oppress
- regrets
- suppress
- upstairs
- depends
3 syllables
- president
- architect
- bayonet
- epithet
- manifest
- retrospect
- snappiest
- unisex
- represents
- alphabet
- dialect
- disconnects
- intellect
- circumvents
- dispossess
- dividend
- carousel
- repossess
- recommends
4+ syllables
- aftereffect
- misrepresents
- nevertheless
Near rhymes for except (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- attempt
- contempt
- exempt
- unkempt
- addressed
- affect
- cassette
- collect
- connect
- correct
- detect
- direct
- effect
- elect
- event
- expect
- expressed
- extent
- forget
- invent
- perfect
- prevent
- protect
- reflect
- regret
- reject
- request
- respect
- select
- subject
- suggest
- suspect
- upset
- accent
- arrest
- assessed
- compressed
- congest
- consent
- depressed
- digest
- distressed
- impressed
- indent
- infect
- inject
- inspect
- intent
- invest
- neglect
- obsessed
- offset
- oppressed
- percent
- possessed
- progressed
- refreshed
- repent
- resent
- reset
- suppressed
- unset
- abet
- against
1 syllable
4+ syllables
- misrepresent
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Questions about rhymes for except
What rhymes with except?
Common perfect rhymes for except include accept, adept, inept, kept, slept, stepped, swept and crept. This page lists 252 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for except?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of except but change a consonant. Good ones include attempt, contempt, exempt, unkempt, addressed and affect.
How many syllables are in except?
Except 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.