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Rhymes & Syllables API

Rhymes, syllable counts and pronunciation for English words, plus syllable counting for whole texts (per word and per line, with haiku detection). Perfect for songwriting, poetry and readability tools.

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Endpoints

GET /v1/rhymes/{word}

Rhyming words

ParameterInDescriptionExample
word *pathEnglish wordlove
syllablesqueryOnly rhymes with this number of syllables
limitquery1-200 (default 50)50
allquerytrue to include rare words and proper namesfalse

GET /v1/syllables

Count syllables in a text

ParameterInDescriptionExample
text *queryText (lines separated by \n), max 20,000 charactersAn old silent pond A frog jumps into the pond Splash! Silence again

Example

GET /v1/rhymes/love?limit=10

{
  "word": "love",
  "pronunciation": {
    "arpabet": "L AH1 V",
    "ipa": "lˈʌv"
  },
  "syllables": 1,
  "count": 7,
  "rhymes": [
    "dove",
    "above",
    "shove",
    "glove",
    "thereof",
    "foxglove",
    "truelove"
  ],
  "notice": "WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University (https://wordnet.princeton.edu/license-and-commercial-use). Pronunciations: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary."
}

Rhymes, syllable counts and pronunciation for English words, plus syllable counting for whole texts (per word and per line, with haiku detection). Perfect for songwriting, poetry and readability tools.

Use cases

Songwriting and rap lyric tools, poetry and haiku apps, readability formulas (Flesch-Kincaid needs syllables), word games, text-to-speech and pronunciation helpers.

Data: WordNet 3.0 (Copyright Princeton University, free for commercial use) and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

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