Rhyme Finder

You can create couplets exactly how you like them. With Rhyme Finder, you can find matching words based off both spelling and sound. To navigate and select items in the widget, you have two options… Either use the mouse (dragging and clicking buttons) or if you’re fast at it, your computer keyboard.

The idea behind the interface was to help you along from one seed word to a group of visually connected rhymes; and ultimately to a draft notebook where your lyrics takes shape. To begin, just type a word (e.g. “day” or “light”) into the input box at the top and hit the Chart its sound family button. That will map out the word to the stressed vowel plus ending sound(s), which form basis for what’s shown on screen. The tool also has a local dictionary, so if your word isn’t recognized, it will show spelling-based suggestions instead. It won’t suggest a phonetic rhyme unless you pick one of the listed pronunciations first.

How to Use the Tool

In the middle is the constellation chart of all the closest matches to your seed word. The inner ring contain perfect rhymes, which are the same end sound as the seed word. The outer ring contains family rhymes, which has the same vowel and a different final consonant. Hovering a star in the chart will give you a sneak peek at what’s inside; clicking loads its complete anatomy into the inspector panel on the right.

To begin, check out the constellation, and use the filter controls to narrow it down to what is available. You can select a Part of Speech (nouns only, adverbs only, etc.), Stress Landing, Lyric Tone, and Syllable Length. The tone selector also provides an option for bright, dark, tender, and conversational, which will allow you to better match your mood with the words you are using. You can also opt to show just perfect rhymes, just family rhymes, or both types at once.

Click on a word you like in the constellation and you’ll get a look at it: a lyric-fit score indicating potential fit with the original seed, plus a phonetic breakdown of the word. You can then either pocket it for future use, or drop it straight down into one of the two lines beneath, a couplet notebook. Words pocketed this way accumulate in a tray from which you can thread them into your draft.

At the bottom is the couplet notebook where you piece together the lines. The prefix text that goes in front of each ending word can be edited so you end up with whole sentences. Seed buttons will give you new starting words depending on the part of speech and tone. Threading pocketed words into the notebook makes it easy to quickly have a working couplet for you to polish.

If you’re writing something, you can use keyboard shortcuts to get more done. To choose one of the constellation’s visible stars, type its number (1-9). Type A or B to copy the chosen word into line A or line B of the notebook; type P to pocket it instead. To thread together a couplet from your pocketed words, press C. You can also use arrow keys to move focus around the stars without picking up your mouse.

To loosen up your structure and discover some surprising imagery, try experimenting with family rhymes. By playing with the widget, you will be able to see which of your chosen words is related by sound and how closely they connects. If you wish to alter the flow by swapping line endings, hit the swap button on the notebook. Or, if you’d like to start over and explore another family of sounds, you can always clear the pocket and begin again.

It has a handy little bottom help panel that gives you a quick reference to all the keyboard mappings and controls. You can toggle it open when you wish to check up on what the key commands are, or just get a feel for how the pronunciation scope works. It’s meant to take you beyond spelling traps and into understanding the music in your language.

Let’s say you’re stuck on a line in a piece of writing, so start there, enter a troublesome word into the search engine. Observe as it provides a group of possible choices, ones you wouldn’t necessarily think of if staring down a dictionary. Filter until you feel you’ve identified words that suit your desired mood and rhythm. Pocket these, then create a couplet or two in your notebook. Working with sound families opens up all kinds of fresh ways to write your verse.

You should of seen how it works before. It’s actualy more moddern than it looks. The rhymes dissapears if you dont click right.