Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)
Pronunciation
edit-ô(r), /-ɔː(ɹ)/, /-O:(r\)/
Rhymes
editNotes
edit- In some non-rhotic dialects, words ending in /-ɔː/, typically spelled -aw, are also rhymes.
- Not all of these words rhyme in accents without the horse-hoarse merger.
- In some accents, words ending in /-ʊə(ɹ)/ are also rhymes.
One syllable
edit- boar
- bore
- chore
- cor
- core
- CORE
- corps
- crore
- door
- Dore
- drawer (some pronunciations)
- floor
- for (when stressed)
- fore
- four
- frore
- gore
- hoar
- horror (some American accents where the word is one syllable)
- krore
- lore
- more
- nor
- oar
- or
- ore
- phwoar
- pore
- pour
- roar
- rore
- score
- shore
- snore
- soar
- sore
- spore
- store
- Thor
- tore
- torr
- war
- whore
- wore
- yore
- your
Two syllables
edit- abhor
- abore
- adore
- afore
- aroar
- ashore
- before
- bewore
- cold war
- decor (in some accents, especially American; only for the obsolete sense in British English)
- deplore
- explore
- furore (when pronounced as two syllables)
- galore
- gang war
- hardcore (adjective; one pronunciation)
- ignore
- implore
- Lenore
- rapport
- restore
- s'more
- ybore
Three syllables
editFour syllables
edit- forevermore
- kwashiorkor
- prisoner of war (may also be pronounced with five syllables)