Words That Rhyme With Defect
69 words rhyme with DEFECT in our list, including 56 everyday words like AFFECT, AFTEREFFECT, ARCHITECT, ASPECT. DEFECT has 2 syllables. The rhyming sound is most often spelled -ECT, -KED, -CHT.
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One-syllable words that rhyme with defect (8)
Everyday words first.
- checked
- decked
- necked
- sect
- trekked
- wrecked
- fecht
- wecht
Two-syllable words that rhyme with defect (37)
Everyday words first.
- affect
- aspect
- collect
- connect
- correct
- deflect
- deject
- detect
- direct
- dissect
- effect
- eject
- elect
- erect
- expect
- infect
- inject
- insect
- inspect
- neglect
- object
- perfect
- prefect
- project
- protect
- reflect
- reject
- respect
- select
- subject
- suspect
- bedecked
- confect
- henpecked
- rechecked
- transect
- unchecked
Three-syllable words that rhyme with defect (21)
Everyday words first.
- architect
- dialect
- disconnect
- disinfect
- disrespect
- incorrect
- indirect
- intellect
- interject
- intersect
- misdirect
- recollect
- reconnect
- redirect
- reelect
- resurrect
- retrospect
- circumspect
- disaffect
- introspect
- reinspect
Four-syllable words that rhyme with defect (3)
Everyday words first.
- aftereffect
- interconnect
- overprotect
Near rhymes for defect
Words that end with a similar sound. They’re looser than perfect rhymes but often sound great in songs and poems.
- abject
- prospect
- wordperfect
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- Words that rhyme with dialect
- Words that rhyme with direct
- Words that rhyme with effect
- Words that rhyme with elect
- Words that rhyme with expect
- Words that rhyme with infect
- Words that rhyme with inject
- Words that rhyme with insect
- Words that rhyme with inspect
- Words that rhyme with neglect
- Words that rhyme with object
- Words that rhyme with perfect
- Words that rhyme with project
- Words that rhyme with protect
- Words that rhyme with reflect
- Words that rhyme with reject
- Words that rhyme with respect