Words that rhyme with afoul
Top rhymes for afoul
foul, towel, owl and howl
11 common words rhyme with afoul. The most common are foul, towel, owl and howl.
Perfect rhymes for afoul
3 syllables
Show 1 rare word
- peafowl
Near rhymes for afoul
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- our
- hour
- flour
- sour
- scour
- hydropower
- dour
- dower
- how
- now
- allow
- wow
- somehow
- bow
- thou
- cow
- towels
- ow
- vow
- brow
- anyhow
- pow
- chow
- owls
- sow
- eyebrow
- meow
- plow
- vowels
- fouls
- plough
- bowels
- fouled
- chao
- hao
- clough
- landau
- lough
- ciao
- howls
How afoul sounds
| Pronunciation | /əˈfaʊl/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM |
| Rhyme sound | -aʊl |
Afoul has two syllables, with the stress on the second. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
Questions
- What rhymes with afoul?
- The most common rhymes for afoul are foul, towel, owl, howl, growl and fowl.
- How many words rhyme with afoul?
- We found 11 common perfect rhymes and 1 rarer word for afoul, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in afoul?
- Afoul has two syllables, with the stress on the second.