I had long assumed that there was no rhyme for the word “orange.” One of my daughters told me that there was no rhyme for “silver” either. That inspired us to turn to Wikipedia for a detailed list of words for which there are no rhymes. I had assumed that there were only a smattering of short English words that had no rhyme, but I was seriously wrong.
No rhyme
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:January 22, 2012
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Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.
You can find words that rhyme with “orange” at
http://words-that-rhyme.com/words-that-rhyme-with-orange.html
Depending on the pronunciation used partial ryhmes are possible for orange.
The diabetic practiced using a syringe
By sticking it into an orange.
or
To help cure a cold you can
either suck on an orange,
or suck on a honey lemon lozenge
or
It possible to rhyme with the word orange
When you point with a finger you use phalange.