A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology
n. (also imperfect rhyme, near rhyme, oblique rhyme, off rhyme, pararhyme, slant rhyme) The occurrence in rhyming position in verse of words which do not strictly rhyme in the conventional manner but which exhibit some kind of noticeable similarity of sound: made/stride, late/paid, crowd/road.
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