eye rhyme

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English

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

References

  • “eye rhyme”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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