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Words That Rhyme With Girl

curl, earl, hurl, pearl and swirl rhyme with girl. Below are all 9 everyday perfect rhymes, plus near rhymes such as church, concern, confirm and convert.

Perfect rhymes for girl9

1 syllable · 8

  • curl
  • earl
  • hurl
  • pearl
  • swirl
  • twirl
  • whirl
  • whorl

2 syllables · 1

  • unfurl

Near rhymes for girl

Same stressed vowel, slightly different ending. The 60 most common of 213.

1 syllable

  • church
  • earth
  • firm
  • heard
  • learn
  • search
  • serve
  • term
  • third
  • turn
  • word
  • work
  • worse
  • worth
  • bird
  • birth
  • blurb
  • burn
  • curse
  • curve
  • dirt
  • earn
  • herd
  • hurt
  • jerk
  • lurk

2 syllables

  • concern
  • confirm
  • convert
  • disturb
  • insert
  • observe
  • occurred
  • occurs
  • preferred
  • prefers
  • preserve
  • referred
  • refers
  • research
  • reserve
  • return
  • reverse
  • transferred
  • transfers
  • absurd
  • adverse
  • alert
  • assert
  • concert
  • converse
  • desert
  • deserve
  • diverse
  • divert
  • emerge
  • incurred
  • incurs
  • inverse
  • invert

Using rhymes for girl

Girl rhymes with curl, pearl, swirl and twirl, a short list that leans towards description. *Pearl* is the most useful when the line is about value or rarity. Most songs use near rhymes instead, such as heard, earth and firm, which keep the “ur” vowel.

Example lines

Two original couplets: one with a perfect rhyme, one with a near rhyme.

Your grandmother left you a necklace with a single pearl,

and you wore it to the wedding like the same small girl.

Perfect rhyme: girl / pearl

She packed a bag and left before the rest of us had heard,

the bravest thing I’ve ever seen, that quiet girl.

Near rhyme: girl / heard

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Frequently asked questions

What rhymes with girl?
curl, earl, hurl, pearl and swirl rhyme with girl. Below are all 9 everyday perfect rhymes, plus near rhymes such as church, concern, confirm and convert.
How many syllables are in girl?
Girl has 1 syllable. The rhymes on this page are grouped by syllable count so you can keep the rhythm of a line.
What is a near rhyme?
A near rhyme, or slant rhyme, keeps the stressed vowel of a word but changes the sounds after it slightly, like “heart” and “card”. It is common in songs and modern poetry because it sounds less predictable than a perfect rhyme.