Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhyming couplet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables: rhyming -cou-plet
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Two successive rhyming lines of verse, usually of the same length.

Example Sentences

"On one level, the joy of the film is its rhyming couplet commentary, written by the late Paul le Saux and read alternately by Howard Marion Crawford and Alan Wheatley, which adds rhythmic pace to the already fast-paced editing."

Inflected Forms

rhyming couplets (plural)

Questions

What does rhyming couplet mean?: Two successive rhyming lines of verse, usually of the same length.

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