Half rhyme or
slant rhyme, sometimes called
near-rhyme or
lazy rhyme, is a type of
rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds. In most instances, either the vowel segments are different while the consonants are identical, or vice versa. This type of rhyme is also called approximate rhyme, inexact rhyme, imperfect rhyme (in contrast to
perfect rhyme), off rhyme, analyzed rhyme, or suspended rhyme.