: Re: Are there any metrical (scansion) dictionaries? There are plenty of rhyming dictionaries; is there such a thing as a metrical dictionary? Sometimes in fixed-form poetry, I need a word to fit

@Angie602

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Here's something that might help: www.howmanysyllables.com/index.html
You enter a word and it tells you how many syllables it has (Not terribly useful), but the really useful part is that it lists related words and phrases, by syllable. For example, enter fire, and you get everything from blaze (1 syllable) to conflagration (4 syllables).

The downside is that it's not separated by part of speech or different meanings, so the list for fire includes noun and verb meanings, and the verb meanings include launching or shooting something as well as firing someone from a job.

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