Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)

1. Rhymes
2. English
3. -aɪə-
4. -aɪə(ɹ)

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: -īə(r), IPA^(key): /-aɪə(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: -īr, IPA^(key): /-aɪɹ/

Notes

• The OED, MW, and other dictionaries distinguish this monosyllabic rhyme from disyllabic /aɪ.ə(ɹ)/ by the absence of a stress mark; that does not mean that these words do not have stress.
• In accents with glide weakening or triphthong smoothing, words ending in /-ɑː(ɹ)/ may also be rhymes for words on this page.

Rhymes

One syllable

• byre
• caer
• choir, quire
• dire
• fire (one pronunciation)
• gyre
• hire
• Hire
• ire
• lyre
• mire
• Mire
• pyre
• quire
• shire
• Shire
• sire
• spire
• squire
• Squire
• tire
• tyre
• Tyre
• wire
• Wire

Two syllables

• acquire
• admire
• afire
• aspire
• attire
• bemire
• conspire
• desire
• empire
• enquire, inquire
• entire
• esquire
• expire
• inspire
• Maguire
• misfire
• outfire
• perspire
• postfire
• prefire
• prewire
• refire
• rehire
• require
• respire
• retire
• rewire
• suspire
• transpire
• vampire

Three syllables

• overtire
• pacifier
• prerequire
• reacquire
• reinspire
• unacquire
• underwire
• unretire