1-syllable rhymes for “late”
| Word | Ingglish | IPA | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| wait | wayt | /ˈweɪt/ | 1 |
| great | grayt | /ˈɡɹeɪt/ | 1 |
| hate | hayt | /ˈheɪt/ | 1 |
| date | dayt | /ˈdeɪt/ | 1 |
| straight | strayt | /ˈstɹeɪt/ | 1 |
| state | stayt | /ˈsteɪt/ | 1 |
| eight | ayt | /ˈeɪt/ | 1 |
| weight | wayt | /ˈweɪt/ | 1 |
| ate | ayt | /ˈeɪt/ | 1 |
| gate | gayt | /ˈɡeɪt/ | 1 |
| mate | mayt | /ˈmeɪt/ | 1 |
| fate | fayt | /ˈfeɪt/ | 1 |
| plate | playt | /ˈpleɪt/ | 1 |
| rate | rayt | /ˈɹeɪt/ | 1 |
| bait | bayt | /ˈbeɪt/ | 1 |
| skate | skayt | /ˈskeɪt/ | 1 |
| crate | krayt | /ˈkɹeɪt/ | 1 |
| freight | frayt | /ˈfɹeɪt/ | 1 |
| slate | slayt | /ˈsleɪt/ | 1 |
| tate | tayt | /ˈteɪt/ | 1 |
| trait | trayt | /ˈtɹeɪt/ | 1 |
| grate | grayt | /ˈɡɹeɪt/ | 1 |
| tait | tayt | /ˈteɪt/ | 1 |
| pate | payt | /ˈpeɪt/ | 1 |
| fait | fayt | /ˈfeɪt/ | 1 |
| plait | playt | /ˈpleɪt/ | 1 |
| fete | fayt | /ˈfeɪt/ | 1 |
| gait | gayt | /ˈɡeɪt/ | 1 |
| spate | spayt | /ˈspeɪt/ | 1 |
| strait | strayt | /ˈstɹeɪt/ | 1 |
| sate | sayt | /ˈseɪt/ | 1 |
| bate | bayt | /ˈbeɪt/ | 1 |
| cate | kayt | /ˈkeɪt/ | 1 |
| strate | strayt | /ˈstɹeɪt/ | 1 |
2-syllable rhymes for “late”
| Word | Ingglish | IPA | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| create | kreeayt | /kɹiˈeɪt/ | 2 |
| estate | istayt | /ɪˈsteɪt/ | 2 |
| debate | dabayt | /dəˈbeɪt/ | 2 |
| update | apdayt | /əpˈdeɪt/ | 2 |
| translate | tranzlayt | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | 2 |
| relate | rilayt | /ɹɪˈleɪt/ | 2 |
| await | awayt | /əˈweɪt/ | 2 |
| dictate | diktayt | /dɪkˈteɪt/ | 2 |
| sedate | sidayt | /sɪˈdeɪt/ | 2 |
| kuwait | koowayt | /kuˈweɪt/ | 2 |
| innate | inayt | /ˌɪˈneɪt/ | 2 |
| irate | airayt | /aɪˈɹeɪt/ | 2 |
| inflate | inflayt | /ɪnˈfleɪt/ | 2 |
| equate | ikwayt | /ɪˈkweɪt/ | 2 |
| negate | nigayt | /nɪˈɡeɪt/ | 2 |
| collate | kalayt | /kəˈleɪt/ | 2 |
| berate | beerayt | /bɪˈɹeɪt/ | 2 |
| deflate | diflayt | /dɪˈfleɪt/ | 2 |
| dilate | dailayt | /ˌdaɪˈleɪt/ | 2 |
| ornate | ornayt | /ɔɹˈneɪt/ | 2 |
| restate | reestayt | /ɹiˈsteɪt/ | 2 |
| abate | abayt | /əˈbeɪt/ | 2 |
| oblate | oblayt | /ɑˈbleɪt/ | 2 |
| predate | preedayt | /pɹiˈdeɪt/ | 2 |
| ablate | uhblayt | /ˌʌˈbleɪt/ | 2 |
| postdate | pohstdayt | /ˌpoʊstˈdeɪt/ | 2 |
Why these rhyme
A perfect rhyme shares everything from the stressed vowel onward. “late” is /ˈleɪt/, and its rime is /eɪt/ — spelled “ayt” in Ingglish, where that spelling always makes that sound. Every word above ends on the same /eɪt/, however English chooses to spell it.