Does broidered rhyme with whirred?

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Does broidered rhyme with whirred?
https://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=whirred&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l&org3=y
Rhymezone says it doesn't rhyme, but another dictionary says it does rhyme:
https://www.rhymer.com/broidered.html
Shouldn't broidered rhyme with whirred? And could you explain why it doesn't?

Henry · Answer

They do not rhyme:

whirred sounds like word if you have the wine-whine merger so /wɜːd/, or /ʍɜːd/ if not

broidered (perhaps embroidered is more common) is /bɹɔɪdəd/, so a different vowel sound and length at the end

Does broidered rhyme with whirred?

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