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2006-11-13 13:44:53 · 6 answers · asked by ladytrukker 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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First, a note. It is simply not true that "there are not many words in English without (perfect) rhymes". BUT it is true that SHORT words (two syllable ones and esp one syllable ones) mostly do have rhymes.

So, for "orange" --

If you are looking for a PERFECT rhyme-- in which the sound of everything from the vowel with the word's main accent to the end of the word-- matches, the ONLY rhyme is "door hinge" and that ONLY in certain dialects of English.

For MOST dialects, you'll have to settle for some sort of "near rhyme" where MOST of the sounds match.

The best match in this case would have to include the accented "OR" (In other words "courage" and "syringe" are NOT to be preferred; also counting against syringe is the fact that the accent falls on a different syllable!)

So I think your best near rhyme would be a two-word rhyme combining a word ending with OR and "inch". Frankly, the only remotely plausible one I can come up with is:
"four inch"
("nch" doesn't match "nge" perfectly, but it's close!)

More useful might be
forage, porridge, storage

which match all but one sound (and that sound is completely omitted, which usually provides a closer match than if some completely unrelated sound is used). Now if you can speak the lines as if you have a cold, they might end up sounding like PERFECT rhymes for "ora(n)ge"!

Next best is to try something like:
foreign, warren, floren, Lauren

These are not quite as good because it lacks the FINAL consonant, which tends to be important in rhyming.

But adding an 's' --warrens, florens, Lauren's -- may improve the rhyme, since the sound (actually a /z/ sound) roughly corresponds to the "g" of orange. In this case, you can add:
Florence, abhorrence, warrants, torrents

Close to this is all the words ending with -ORing (though in this case the i is longer, almost an "ee" sound; but in certain accents that pronounce "ing" with a hard g at the end it almost works!). So you might use:
flooring, goring, poring, pouring, roaring, scoring, shoring, snoring, soaring, storing, warring, adoring, deploring, exploring, ignoring, imploring, restoring

2006-11-13 18:00:44 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0 0

The French word for storm: "orage" sounds almost like the French word of orange "orange" You need to pronounce as the French pronounce them

2006-11-13 21:53:13 · answer #2 · answered by john s 5 · 0 0

There are very few words in the English language that do not have rhyming words. Orange is one of them!!

Two other colors that have no rhyming words are silver and purple.

Hope that helps!

2006-11-13 21:49:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Four inch . Yes, it's not a single word, but the best I've ever thought of. Came up with it when I was singing with my little 5 year old.

2006-11-15 17:04:02 · answer #4 · answered by darkvictoryarmory 3 · 0 0

There aren't any.

2006-11-13 21:52:42 · answer #5 · answered by Jacks036 5 · 0 0

DEPENDS ON HOW YOUR ACCENT IS BUT ARRANGE

2006-11-13 21:48:52 · answer #6 · answered by crazeebitch2005 5 · 1 0

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