Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)
Pronunciation
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[edit]Notes
[edit]- In non-rhotic accents, words ending in /-ɛə/ are also rhymes for words on this page.
- In accents with the Square-nurse merger, words ending in -ɜː(ɹ) are also rhymes for words in this page.
- In accents with the Near-square merger, words ending in -ɪə(ɹ) are also rhymes for words in this page.
One syllable
[edit]- 'clare
- aer
- air
- Ayer (surname; see especially A. J. Ayer; also pronounced /ˈeɪə(ɹ)/ by some)
- bare
- bear
- Blair (surname; see especially Lionel Blair and Tony Blair)
- blare
- brer
- care
- CARE
- chair, chare
- Cher
- Claire, Clare
- crare
- dare
- e'er (also pronounced /ˈɛʔə(ɹ)/ by some)
- Eire (one pronunciation; see also -ɛəɹə)
- ere
- err (some accents)
- Eyre
- fair
- fare
- fayre
- flair
- flare
- glair
- glare
- hair
- hare
- heir
- Kerr
- lair
- layer (one pronunciation)
- mare
- mayor (one pronunciation)
- ne'er (also pronounced /ˈnɛʔə(ɹ)/ by some)
- pair
- pare
- pear
- prayer (also pronounced /ˈpɹeɪə(ɹ)/ by some)
- rare
- scare
- share
- snare
- spare
- square
- stair
- stare
- swear
- tare
- tear (etymology 1)
- terror (the standard pronunciation of this is /ˈtɛɹə(ɹ)/, though some will pronounce it otherwise)
- their
- there
- they're (also pronounced /ˈðeɪə(ɹ)/ by some)
- vair
- ware
- wear
- where
- yair
- yare
Two syllables
[edit]- abear
- affair
- aflare
- aglare
- astare
- aware
- bedare
- beware
- brassiere, brassière (non-US pronunciations)
- Brumaire
- compare
- confer (one Irish pronunciation)
- declare
- defer (one Irish pronunciation)
- derrière
- despair
- deter (one Irish pronunciation)
- discaire
- disquaire
- douzeper (one pronunciation)
- ensnare
- forbear
- forswear
- Frimaire
- impair
- infer (one Irish pronunciation)
- misère
- Niger (one pronunciation)
- outdare
- outglare
- outstare
- outwear
- parterre
- prefer (one Irish pronunciation)
- prepare
- reair
- refer (one Irish pronunciation)
- repair
- unfair
- whate'er
- whene'er
- where'er