# Datamuse Sounds-Like Word Finder

> Datamuse Sounds-Like Word Finder is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a list of words that sound phonetically similar to a given query word

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/datamuse-sounds-like
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/datamuse-sounds-like-word-finder-bce74fb3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_kf-nG_fu5m7FgXNALy4_3

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability datamuse-sounds-like-word-finder-bce74fb3 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you give me a list of words that sound like 'knight'? I need phonetically similar words for a word game I'm building.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to find words that sound phonetically similar to a given term — useful for spell-checking assistants, word games, rhyme finders, phonetic search, or creative writing tools. Prefer this over a general dictionary API when the goal is sound-based similarity rather than definition or spelling-based lookup.

## Known failure modes

- Missing 'word' parameter returns an error or empty result
- Obscure or nonsense input words may return empty or very short lists
- Network or upstream Datamuse API unavailability causes failure
- Very common single-letter inputs may return unexpected results

## How this service works

Words that sound similar to a query spelling (param: word). Query: ?word= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON array of words that are phonetically similar to the input word, sourced from the Datamuse word API, typically including a relevance score alongside each word.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/datamuse-sounds-like-word-finder-bce74fb3/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)