Words That Rhyme With Sought
137 rhymes for "sought" (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
- "sought" is easy to rhyme: bought, brought, caught and lot 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 lost, talked and walked.
- Longer rhymes like distraught and rethought let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for sought (19)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- distraught
- rethought
- begot
- methought
3 syllables
- overwrought
- overbought
Near rhymes for sought (118)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
- lost
- talked
- walked
- crossed
- balked
- chalked
- coughed
- daunt
- flaunt
- frost
- gaunt
- glossed
- haunt
- hawked
- jaunt
- loft
- quashed
- scoffed
- stalked
- taunt
- tossed
- draw
- law
- mod
- saw
- baud
- broad
- flaw
- flawed
- fraud
- launched
- straw
- swamped
- awed
- caw
- claw
- clawed
- gnaw
- gnawed
- jaw
- jawed
- laud
- paw
- pawed
- sawed
- thaw
- thawed
- logged
- paused
- clogged
- daubed
- dawned
- dogged
- longed
- pawned
- spawned
- thronged
- wronged
- yawned
- court
- dog
- fault
- log
- port
- short
- sort
- talk
- walk
- halt
- salt
- sport
- balk
- blog
- calk
- cog
- daub
- fort
- gawk
- hawk
- malt
- quart
- snort
- stalk
- thwart
- vault
- wart
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Questions about rhymes for sought
What rhymes with sought?
Common perfect rhymes for sought include bought, brought, caught, lot, ought, taught, thought and fought. This page lists 137 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for sought?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of sought but change a consonant. Good ones include lost, talked, walked, crossed, balked and chalked.
How many syllables are in sought?
Sought 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.