eye rhyme

English

Etymology

Compound of eye +‎ rhyme.

Noun

eye rhyme (plural eye rhymes)

1. 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

• “eye rhyme”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.