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Pronunciations

Suppose you wanted to find words that rhyme with 'stretch'.

The International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciation of this word is /str{ope}t{sh}/. The non-alphabetic symbols have keyboard equivalents, which are listed in the OED Online's Help text.

On the Advanced Search page, enter '*EtS' and select 'pronunciations' as the search area. This will retrieve all pronunciations which end in /-{ope}t{sh}/, i.e. which rhyme with 'stretch'.