eye rhyme
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
eye rhyme (plural eye rhymes)
- A pair of words (or syllables) that, because of their spelling, look as if they rhyme but, because of different pronunciation, do not. Many eye rhymes are historic rhymes.
- Synonym: sight rhyme
Further reading[edit]
- “eye rhyme”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.