Words that rhyme with life
Top rhymes for life
wife, knife, wildlife and housewife
11 common words rhyme with life. The most common are wife, knife, wildlife and housewife.
Perfect rhymes for life
3 syllables
Show 2 rare words
- alewife
- loosestrife
Near rhymes for life
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- nice
- price
- ice
- advice
- twice
- vice
- device
- rice
- sacrifice
- paradise
- precise
- mice
- slice
- spice
- dice
- concise
- suffice
- excise
- lice
- devise
- entice
- thrice
- splice
- vise
- scythe
- imprecise
- trice
- edelweiss
- gneiss
- bice
- i
- by
- my
- like
- right
- why
- high
- might
- night
- live
How life sounds
| Pronunciation | /laɪf/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| Stress pattern | DUM |
| Rhyme sound | -aɪf |
Life has one syllable. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with life?
- The most common rhymes for life are wife, knife, wildlife, housewife, strife and fife.
- How many words rhyme with life?
- We found 11 common perfect rhymes and 2 rarer words for life, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in life?
- Life has one syllable.