Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “head”

“head” has 27 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 3 syllables. The most common are said, dead, and read. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as left, else, and next. The two example lines rhyme “head” with “bread” and “bed”.

It rhymes with the same words as bed and red.

Perfect rhymes

Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.

1 syllable

  • said
  • dead
  • read
  • bed
  • red
  • lead
  • ed
  • spread
  • bread
  • led
  • fed
  • shed
  • fled
  • thread
  • med
  • bled
  • tread
  • shred
  • dread
  • stead

2 syllables

  • instead
  • widespread
  • misled
  • unsaid
  • unwed

3 syllables

  • infrared
  • thoroughbred

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

Near rhymes keep the vowel sound and change the consonants: softer, and there are many more of them.

  • left
  • else
  • next
  • care
  • went
  • friend
  • best
  • hell
  • yourself
  • yet
  • men
  • guess
  • myself
  • end
  • friends
  • says
  • death
  • forget
  • check
  • against
  • set
  • rest
  • gets
  • met
  • send
  • em
  • sent
  • perfect
  • himself
  • scared
  • hair
  • air
  • ten
  • sense
  • sex
  • felt
  • bet
  • less
  • step
  • kept

“head” in a lyric: two examples

I burned the toast and then I burned the bread;
you laughed and dumped the flour on my head.

My little girl says when it's time for bed
there's always one more story in her head.

Lines written for this page. Use them as a starting point, not as a finished verse.

How to choose the rhyme

  • Say the line out loud before you choose: the rhyme has to land on the beat where the melody stresses it.
  • Rhymes of 1 syllable (said, dead, and read) close a line hard; those of 3 syllables (infrared and thoroughbred) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “head” sounds forced, move “head” inside the line and end it on another word.