Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “real”

“real” has 20 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 2 syllables. The most common are feel, deal, and steal. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as keep, leave, and believe. The two example lines rhyme “real” with “squeal” and “deal”.

It rhymes with the same words as feel.

Perfect rhymes

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

1 syllable

  • feel
  • deal
  • steal
  • meal
  • wheel
  • steel
  • seal
  • heal
  • heel
  • kneel
  • peel
  • squeal
  • spiel

2 syllables

  • reveal
  • appeal
  • ideal
  • conceal
  • ordeal
  • surreal
  • repeal

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

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

  • keep
  • leave
  • believe
  • three
  • hear
  • seen
  • meet
  • police
  • each
  • eat
  • means
  • sleep
  • least
  • week
  • between
  • speak
  • free
  • seems
  • team
  • needs
  • seem
  • street
  • dream
  • sweet
  • beat
  • weeks
  • clean
  • piece
  • feet
  • chief
  • peace
  • key
  • deep
  • sea
  • agree
  • tea
  • scene
  • feels
  • seat
  • machine

“real” in a lyric: two examples

My nephew saw the ocean, didn't squeal,
just whispered, Uncle, is it really real?

We split a cheap breakfast, that was the deal,
and somewhere over pancakes it got real.

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 (feel, deal, and steal) close a line hard; those of 2 syllables (reveal and appeal) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “real” sounds forced, move “real” inside the line and end it on another word.