Words that rhyme with allowance
Closest near rhymes for allowance
prowess, gowan, science and allowing
No common English word is a perfect rhyme for allowance (only rare words like disallowance). The closest near rhymes are prowess, gowan, science and allowing.
Near rhymes for allowance
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- prowess
- gowan
- science
- allowing
- alliance
- compliance
- reliance
- occurrence
- defiance
- neuroscience
- appliance
- annoyance
- recurrence
- severance
- bowing
- mowing
- radiance
- deterrence
- plowing
- conveyance
- endowments
- transference
- vowing
- concurrence
- covariance
- pseudoscience
- thousandth
- bioscience
- noncompliance
- clairvoyance
- abeyance
- disallowing
- thousandths
- coinsurance
- wowing
- endowing
- flamboyance
- disavowing
Perfect rhymes for allowance
No common word ends with exactly the same sound as allowance. These rare words do:
Show 1 rare word
- disallowance
How allowance sounds
| Pronunciation | /əˈlaʊəns/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -aʊəns |
Allowance has three syllables, with the stress on the second. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with allowance?
- No common word rhymes perfectly with allowance. Near rhymes such as prowess, gowan, science, allowing and alliance come closest.
- How many words rhyme with allowance?
- We found 0 common perfect rhymes and 1 rarer word for allowance, plus 38 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in allowance?
- Allowance has three syllables, with the stress on the second.