Words that rhyme with twelve
Top rhymes for twelve
delve and shelve
2 common words rhyme with twelve. The most common are delve and shelve.
Perfect rhymes for twelve
1 syllable
- delve
- shelve
Near rhymes for twelve
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- tells
- cells
- hotels
- sells
- rebels
- smells
- shells
- bells
- spells
- parallels
- yells
- cartels
- swells
- gels
- excels
- compels
- motels
- dwells
- els
- belles
- pastels
- fells
- seashells
- propels
- organelles
- farewells
- dumbbells
- eggshells
- repels
- lapels
- stairwells
- bluebells
- gazelles
- dispels
- ells
- bombshells
- barbells
- cowbells
- well
- tell
How twelve sounds
| Pronunciation | /twɛlv/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| Stress pattern | DUM |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛlv |
Twelve has one syllable. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with twelve?
- The most common rhymes for twelve are delve and shelve.
- How many words rhyme with twelve?
- We found 2 common perfect rhymes for twelve, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in twelve?
- Twelve has one syllable.