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2 syllable words

diction

fiction

friction

grecian

haitian

lotion

motion

nation

notion

ocean

potion

spokesman

station

sequin

jason

function

junction

mason

faction

leven

flexion

fraction

section

traction

hasten

moisten

steven

suction

token

spoken

weaken

beacon

broken

caisson

chasten

action

sanction

basin

auction

deacon

ashen

seedsman

fashion

mission

lesion

fission

session

trojan

postman

asian

cajun

region

legion

passion

freshen

heathen

hessian

ration

homespun

suasion

boatman

bolden

claxon

gumption

brakeman

chieftain

copeman

fielden

ibsen

golden

freedman

lopeman

milken

molten

olden

oxen

emption

saxon

shearman

silken

soldan

union

whitson

eavesdrop

marksman

sweepstakes

bastion

gentian

coachman

freshman

caption

faustian

flashgun

christian

mansion

mention

rincon

question

tension

portion

torsion

pension

option

martian

chosen

christen

kalan

slogan

solon

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

sweeten

wheaten

worsen

yeoman

wiccan

woven

zaman

laden

layman

leman

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

liven

logan

loosen

listen

swollen

taken

treason

waken

thicken

toman

urson

bayman

bacon

bason

beaten

bison

bisson

blowgun

bowman

brazen

brogan

canaan

cayman

cheapen

chicken

driven

maiden

quicken

raven

reason

odin

omen

open

pagan

person

rerun

semen

riven

roman

rosen

satan

seaman

season

seton

shaken

shaman

showman

shogun

sicken

colon

deepen

eaten

eden

hogan

elan

hoten

hoven

fasten

craven

cretin

daman

given

glisten

graven

dagan

dagon

demon

hyson

dromon

frozen

freeman

haven

beefsteak

divests

children

caxton

defects

doctrine

grandson

marchman

sexton

townsman

markman

statesman

sweepstake

caution

prussian

cushion

pigeon

russian

vision

fusion

kitchen

plankton

craftsman

paean

peon

guardsman

huntsman

owen

sportsman

acton

clinton

defaced

draftsman

apron

classman

fountain

citron

arson

austin

crimson

darken

ensign

rayon

damson

aspen

gascon

harken

jetson

keelson

kelson

hackman

jackman

kirkman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

lynden

m1

outdone

outrun

packman

parson

passman

patron

pectin

piston

pitman

shipman

sovereign

sovran

spearman

landsman

stepson

stockman

vulcan

workman

rowan

baston

billman

dobson

falcon

fireman

bookman

chessman

chevron

divest

faulcon

fibrin

gilden

houseman

matron

mountain

mignon

minden

newsman

pressman

rowen

nekton

samson

sylvan

teston

tillman

tuscan

belgian

bushman

drunken

dungeon

engine

fortune

georgian

luncheon

margin

shrunken

sunken

depicts

beckon

baldwin

bordman

portman

salesman

ripostes

begun

bitten

brighten

scotsman

billon

crouton

bracken

briton

crewman

cuban

cumin

scapegoats

blacken

devon

gibbon

glidden

griffon

hausen

frighten

capstan

lengthen

gluten

heaven

landman

human

horseman

hymen

oarsman

heighten

hidden

hyphen

linen

cauldron

ribbon

leaven

ninon

poison

proven

abstain

lumen

lyden

oven

dovecotes

effects

ridden

lighten

locken

pavon

prison

kitten

liman

mitten

reckon

riden

lampron

thousand

stiffen

syphon

triton

klansman

spectrum

seven

spectral

ripen

risen

rumen

siphon

siren

smitten

tighten

titan

villain

yachtsman

slacken

whiten

widen

wizen

women

strengthen

written

headsman

zircon

tungsten

henchman

penguin

mahone

sturgeon

urchin

dudgeon

persian

surgeon

bludgeon

version

earthen

burgeon

gudgeon

pathan

airman

barton

bellman

alban

alman

atman

bagman

bargain

billion

canton

debased

defect

desman

evict

foreman

garden

harten

headman

hearten

harden

substance

calvin

hempen

spectrums

hetman

jargon

jasmine

jorden

kansan

kelvin

kremlin

norman

organ

orphan

pardon

penman

pillion

pinion

plantain

boston

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

dolman

dolphin

footman

goodman

gorgon

jordan

london

marlin

marten

martin

melton

million

minion

morgan

mormon

muslin

panton

robust

ponton

riposte

saffron

santon

shorten

shotgun

smarten

space-time

spartan

squadron

stallman

tarpon

tartan

tendon

trillion

tubman

undone

selden

sharpen

sultan

wanton

stillion

warden

woodman

woolman

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

ruin

scion

urine

zion

brethren

dutchman

churchman

substrates

hangman

longan

othman

mangan

upshot

watchman

affects

bobcats

dustman

hipsters

typists

alan

amman

breton

broaden

burman

burton

burden

button

cabin

auden

burdon

baron

barren

baton

batton

bellon

bollen

boughten

bobbin

bourbon

hopscotch

batten

cannon

canon

certain

charon

common

cotton

cousin

curtain

deaden

deafen

dozen

dragon

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

gotten

happen

heron

jetton

lagan

latin

leaden

ledden

lemon

loren

madden

marron

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

often

patten

perron

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

pullen

redden

resin

robin

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satin

sermon

spigot

sodden

soften

sudden

sullen

summon

talon

tappen

threaten

toughen

trodden

turban

urban

vegan

wagon

warren

weapon

woman

wooden

woolen

yaupon

substrate

bobcat

bullion

banyan

canyon

dovecote

spigots

offset

onion

runnion

stallion

tipster

typist

effect

quipster

scullion

depict

hipster

kenyan

scallion

scapegoat

obstruct

offshoot

offsets

capstone

delphian

diffused

lobsters

websters

abstracts

offshoots

obstructs

affect

lobster

webster

dipstick

affixed

spectre

abstract

spastic

subside

upset

upside

subsides

upsets

abstruse

upstart

upstream

upstarts

3 syllable words

creation

croatian

inflation

filtration

freemason

deflation

dictation

fixation

migration

libration

eviction

hydration

prediction

prevention

resection

vibration

repression

cetacean

reaction

ligation

evasion

mutation

caucasian

citation

dilation

elation

emotion

gradation

gyration

precaution

precession

truncation

laotian

coercion

castration

discretion

frustration

evictions

conflation

prostration

translation

excursion

impression

retraction

ablation

damnation

gestation

impassion

inaction

incursion

lactation

optation

persuasion

plantation

preemption

pretension

crustacean

carnation

dalmatian

election

alsatian

depiction

depletion

depression

detection

digression

discussion

erection

eruption

exertion

insertion

invasion

retention

revulsion

salvation

seduction

sensation

starvation

reunion

stagnation

dissection

defection

formation

taxation

temptation

deduction

cistercian

equation

foundation

causation

cessation

commotion

deletion

secession

sedation

revision

restriction

dilution

desertion

reopen

remission

ejection

summation

volition

erosion

rejection

negation

occasion

narration

omission

oration

predation

recession

flirtation

duration

promotion

capsaicin

compression

convection

conviction

defections

deflection

depictions

diffraction

disruption

distortion

exaction

exception

horatian

in-person

inception

induction

infection

invention

logician

mistaken

predestine

presumption

reflection

resumption

inscription

ingestion

injection

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

affection

aggression

apportion

beholden

collection

connection

connexion

awaken

contagion

concession

concussion

confession

compassion

deception

gravamen

peterman

detention

dimension

dispersion

dissension

emulsion

ignition

misshapen

obsession

oppression

perfection

production

progression

proportion

protection

reception

reduction

regression

selection

beethoven

secretion

succession

suppression

contraption

excretion

digestion

destruction

exemption

infarction

inflection

infliction

projection

emblazon

egyptian

absorption

intestine

masculine

disunion

infraction

distraction

transgression

adsorption

inspection

extension

expression

description

proscription

expansion

grobian

emission

division

odeon

diversion

malaysian

median

nemean

fenian

orion

correction

protean

assertion

illusion

musician

percussion

immersion

munition

aleutian

precision

delusion

possession

direction

pollution

procession

profession

reversion

sedition

solution

avian

convulsion

affections

contortion

pavilion

abduction

assumption

declension

attraction

rhodopsin

conduction

confection

convention

contention

conception

concoction

compulsion

exhaustion

intention

timberman

redemption

transaction

chairperson

implosion

civilian

distinction

suspension

inclusion

englishman

conscription

injunction

fijian

tuition

instruction

congestion

divestment

corrosion

australian

subscription

objection

fruition

transcription

ablution

ascension

aspersion

asuncion

attention

irishman

laurentian

menhaden

propulsion

anchorman

adoption

addiction

diffusion

excision

nutrition

submersion

technician

hydrogen

nitrogen

perception

preclusion

seclusion

inversion

tactician

contraction

prescription

bitumen

consumption

expulsion

unison

encryption

explosion

substantial

silicon

superman

eavesdropping

jamaican

complexion

subtraction

abstention

communion

embolden

imprison

muskmelon

nonunion

housebroken

aversion

collusion

corruption

suggestion

compunction

unbroken

allusion

imagine

divestments

arkansan

perversion

phoenician

provision

outspoken

religion

venetian

snapdragon

combustion

conclusion

bedouin

infusion

foramen

intrusion

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

confucian

jovian

malayan

saccharin

samoan

uterine

affliction

singleton

myosin

niacin

abstentions

abstraction

acumen

abdomen

alderman

backgammon

uncommon

conjunction

unburden

uncertain

construction

charwoman

nobleman

chairwoman

rebellion

mexican

extraction

lumberman

rifleman

obstruction

depicted

guncotton

forewoman

heartbroken

contusion

incision

occlusion

typesetting

subversion

profusion

extinction

lutheran

oxygen

conversion

extrusion

exclusion

congressman

extortion

obstructions

abstractions

citizen

ambrosian

determine

epistle

hammerman

pelican

councilman

bandwagon

javelin

medicine

specimen

vitamin

waterman

etruscan

bouillon

cinnamon

suburban

venison

jacobin

gentleman

harlequin

mandarin

revisit

uneven

anyone

overdone

overman

overrun

nevadan

handwoven

addition

pentathlon

halogen

origin

permission

petition

physician

position

lecithin

inhuman

collegian

edition

commission

recision

completion

confusion

rescission

midshipman

decision

audition

constriction

fisherman

margarine

tradition

abandon

african

alaskan

alien

artisan

backwoodsman

biotin

charlatan

cohesion

corsican

defective

discipline

effective

everyone

fabian

genuine

heavyweights

magdalen

magician

moroccan

partisan

navigates

perfusion

policeman

porcelain

revisits

sumatran

tamarin

unbutton

veteran

partition

parisian

artesian

dentition

patrician

ambition

attrition

rendition

cartesian

admission

norwegian

suspicion

condition

transition

transfusion

affecting

offsetting

derision

optician

submission

cognition

downtrodden

saleswoman

franciscan

apostle

bedizen

eleven

elison

jettison

keratin

ottoman

puritan

ramadan

skeleton

solomon

vatican

adrian

collagen

nebraskan

garrison

octillion

catalan

adhesion

denizen

ferryman

forgotten

heavyweight

keynesian

albumin

lanolin

navigate

oboist

suffocate

toboggan

anglican

misprision

misfortune

contrition

nonhuman

transmission

clergyman

collision

affected

affective

apostate

apostles

chamberlain

devastate

effectors

enliven

spectators

talisman

arian

aryan

clarion

carrion

benjamin

chilean

dorian

appian

freudian

gaussian

gillian

horizon

irian

julian

korean

galleon

libyan

marian

nubian

permian

plebeian

simian

syrian

aegean

obstinate

countryman

crestfallen

phrygian

obfuscate

scythian

stygian

badminton

effector

gordian

heavyset

scorpion

spectator

bulletin

albion

andean

assassin

campion

champion

rhapsody

thespian

indian

lesbian

kantian

guardian

bosnian

zambian

cyprian

fustian

halcyon

wesleyan

abstinence

abstinent

parthian

regimen

substances

substantive

spectrograph

austrian

enlighten

forbidden

cardigan

dominion

italian

lobbyists

rhapsodize

unwritten

vermilion

abstracted

brazilian

bedridden

cambrian

opinion

robustly

spectacle

subsidies

cation

ghanaian

obstacle

reptilian

spectacles

substitute

baby-sit

feminine

lobbyist

melanin

obstacles

substitutes

battalion

clarendon

deficits

episodes

medallion

obstructive

companion

deficit

opposite

episode

opposites

tapestry

lopsided

subacute

tapestries

upside-down

upsetting

spaghetti

deposit

subsidy

subsidize

deposits

rhapsodic

sophistry

4 syllable words

elongation

mediation

aviation

convocation

indication

advocation

invitation

liquidation

retardation

revocations

syndication

vindication

situation

allocation

desiccation

dilatation

inhalation

litigation

medication

repercussion

repossession

revelation

devonian

suffocation

hibernation

isolation

gravitation

imitation

immolation

collocation

irrigation

irritation

levitation

visitation

limitation

navigation

dedication

reawaken

dissipation

titillation

procreation

dissertation

mitigation

dehydration

foliation

iteration

liberation

miseration

education

reassertion

violation

implication

disputation

importation

indexation

duplication

equitation

indonesian

graduation

desecration

fibrillation

immigration

insulation

application

conversation

distillation

intimation

inspiration

altercation

annexation

affectation

backwardation

devastation

information

intonation

incubation

inundation

ovulation

permutation

stimulation

stipulation

refutation

replication

retrocession

simulation

tribulation

draconian

admiration

affirmation

allegation

alteration

connotation

coronation

corp.

appellation

corporation

correlation

praetorian

animation

annotation

aspiration

decimation

delegation

defamation

desolation

desperation

detonation

domination

emanation

fascination

figuration

fluoridation

germination

habitation

hesitation

innovation

meditation

motivation

nomination

perturbation

preelection

simonian

perspiration

preignition

oscillation

profanation

respiration

readmission

recitation

reelection

reformation

reposition

restoration

sanitation

propagation

termination

ulceration

vacillation

validation

valuation

syncopation

consecration

incarnation

inclination

laceration

inflammation

malformation

mortification

complication

indentation

modulation

coloration

moderation

confiscation

indignation

infestation

instigation

integration

ministration

installation

incantation

federation

ideation

operation

decoration

adoration

imputation

aberration

generation

perforation

vegetation

radiation

disinflation

adulation

dispensation

preparation

subluxation

agitation

embarkation

exhortation

surrogation

illustration

pigmentation

separation

toleration

variation

veneration

obfuscation

reparation

pagination

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

accusation

adaptation

aggregation

alternation

approbation

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

combination

commendation

commutation

compilation

confirmation

consolation

consummation

culmination

cultivation

degradation

depredation

designation

destination

elocution

emigration

emulation

estimation

fabrication

fermentation

glaciation

granulation

lubrication

masturbation

maturation

molestation

obligation

occupation

ordination

palpitation

pavlovian

penetration

persecution

population

predetermine

presentation

prosecution

protestation

publication

reexamine

registration

regulation

reputation

resignation

saturation

segregation

speculation

tabulation

ventilation

declaration

trepidation

jubilation

manumission

elevation

fumigation

intuition

machination

locomotion

preservation

recreation

usurpation

hydrocarbon

legislation

derivation

reservation

rumination

mutilation

appalachian

conjugation

smithsonian

explication

extrication

infiltration

incrustation

sequestration

renovation

implantation

impregnation

indiscretion

collodion

fallopian

himalayan

napoleon

newtonian

plutonian

utopian

dietitian

amputation

arbitration

calculation

condensation

condemnation

cogitation

coalition

compensation

computation

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

transportation

electrician

menstruation

segmentation

transformation

disconnection

decompression

fluctuation

exhumation

fragmentation

punctuation

augmentation

ostentation

gastrulation

preconception

prohibition

formulation

pelagian

reinspection

reproduction

strangulation

congregation

aggravation

conservation

deprivation

depravation

disaffection

excitation

expiration

insurrection

interruption

proclamation

recantation

reclamation

intermission

oxidation

custodian

intercession

precondition

interaction

estonian

gorgonian

greco-roman

overburden

acclimation

acclamation

activation

disposition

inattention

vaccination

imposition

observation

concentration

confrontation

conflagration

inhibition

contemplation

mongolian

resurrection

demonstration

misconception

devolution

diminution

dissolution

evolution

orchestration

revolution

suffocating

arizonan

bavarian

imperfection

malnutrition

misperception

interception

liquefaction

interdiction

excavation

disinfection

intersection

opacity

intervention

exploration

inquisition

condescension

hemoglobin

macedonian

tamoxifen

transplantation

reconstruction

deconstruction

hegelian

affectionate

leviathan

rhetorician

convolution

ammunition

devastating

indigestion

apparition

hypertension

indecision

lilliputian

moravian

interjection

predilection

recollection

exhalation

superstition

restitution

contraception

introduction

interurban

exclamation

exploitation

eustachian

jordanian

tasmanian

self-deception

alabaman

expectation

albanian

explanation

nicaraguan

minnesotan

equestrian

resolution

comprehension

disillusion

englishwoman

comedian

attribution

diocesan

mammalian

introspection

canadian

execution

institution

lancastrian

arabian

bolivian

chameleon

satisfaction

substantially

substitution

comparison

capacitance

armageddon

adrenaline

interwoven

noblewoman

apprehension

absolution

recognition

subdivision

crucifixion

exhibition

distribution

benediction

destitution

acquisition

athenian

requisition

bohemian

prostitution

nonprescription

algonquian

dereliction

polyhedron

circumcision

circumspection

businesswoman

cyclopean

evacuate

oblivion

penicillin

nonpartisan

evocative

navigators

peruvian

herculean

aldebaran

guatemalan

olympian

sectarian

ibuprofen

columbian

dominican

armenian

kindergarten

rhododendron

paraguayan

watermelon

victorian

samaritan

circumvention

constitution

expedition

exposition

ohioan

jurisdiction

retribution

substitutions

supervision

republican

shakespearean

protozoan

coloradan

navigator

capacitor

capacity

maccabean

devastated

jacobean

obstructionist

contradiction

contravention

contribution

extradition

accordion

american

gentlewoman

capacities

capacitors

copernican

obstructionists

repetition

abolition

effectuate

definition

deposition

demolition

erudition

supposition

melanesian

babysitting

opposition

politician

polynesian

premonition

proposition

crocodilian

sophisticate

spectacular

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obesity

depositions

competition

composition

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committeeman

spectroscopy

cotyledon

baby-sitters

ubiquity

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tetrahedron

octahedron

apostrophe

obstetrician

obstinacy

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copenhagen

divestitures

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spectrometry

baby-sitter

criterion

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iberian

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historian

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substantively

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officiate

avocados

dandelion

topsy-turvy

substantiates

affectively

effectively

substantiate

apostolic

depositor

depositors

subsidizes

5 syllable words

deification

dissociation

reverberation

reiteration

negotiation

revaluation

alleviation

evaporation

reaffirmation

enumeration

association

recuperation

retaliation

equalization

regeneration

equivocation

evacuation

reforestation

abbreviation

civilization

legalization

specification

vilification

denomination

prevarication

eradication

preoccupation

premeditation

illumination

amelioration

evaluation

mummification

orientation

remuneration

repatriation

desalination

ejaculation

alienation

deceleration

deliberation

ionization

adjudication

evacuations

rejuvenation

elaboration

vaporization

communication

misapplication

invalidation

appropriation

exfoliation

ethiopian

theologian

sophistication

reintegration

origination

immunization

cooperation

corroboration

decomposition

predestination

degeneration

quantification

recombination

assimilation

beethovenian

certification

clarification

classification

codification

determination

discoloration

dissemination

edification

elimination

exhilaration

exoneration

facilitation

gasification

gratification

hallucination

incineration

interpolation

localization

modification

navigational

notification

nullification

ossification

pacification

precipitation

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

resuscitation

russification

solicitation

triangulation

unification

verification

defenestration

collaboration

commemoration

intoxication

polarization

investigation

appreciation

capitulation

annihilation

alliteration

proliferation

simplification

improvisation

depreciation

disinclination

exaggeration

imagination

disembarkation

infatuation

refrigeration

anticipation

continuation

depopulation

desegregation

domestication

examination

fortification

hyperinflation

emancipation

exacerbation

falsification

hybridization

incarceration

incorporation

inoculation

interrogation

justification

insemination

insinuation

intimidation

authorization

magnification

manipulation

participation

misinformation

rectification

subordination

glorification

exoskeleton

presupposition

inhabitation

hydrogenation

expropriation

pronunciation

inauguration

obliteration

indoctrination

modernization

mobilization

sterilization

stratification

dramatization

confederation

consideration

agglomeration

canonization

christianization

adulteration

decapitation

abomination

assassination

attenuation

coagulation

authentication

coordination

incrimination

caledonian

interconnection

interpretation

articulation

prognostication

approximation

amplification

discrimination

accumulation

disintegration

multiplication

neapolitan

nickelodeon

humiliation

irradiation

cohabitation

delineation

cauterization

sanctification

affiliation

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specialization

perpetuation

pasteurization

concatenation

configuration

conglomeration

amalgamation

consolidation

contamination

epicurean

inactivation

organization

recrimination

predisposition

initiation

magnetization

manifestation

sedimentation

miscalculation

electrocution

administration

argumentation

confabulation

vulgarization

acceleration

utilization

carolinian

colonization

accommodation

amazonian

mechanization

babylonian

extermination

hanoverian

amortization

conciliation

denunciation

fertilization

renunciation

repudiation

jeffersonian

oregonian

ornamentation

panamanian

patagonian

representation

brutalization

congratulation

instrumentation

nitroglycerine

washingtonian

accreditation

pomeranian

normalization

recommendation

maximization

neutralization

excoriation

harmonization

exasperation

delicatessen

yugoslavian

dissatisfaction

centralization

expatriation

nonintervention

procrastination

overproduction

proletarian

evacuated

pennsylvanian

misapprehension

nonsectarian

substantiation

affectionately

scandinavian

academician

metropolitan

sophisticated

obstructionism

assemblywoman

juxtaposition

repository

peloponnesian

epistolary

maximilian

repositories

elizabethan

mathematician

depository

lithuanian

pythagorean

argentinian

carthaginian

hyperborean

libertarian

mississippian

subsidiary

unitarian

vegetarian

centenarian

subsidiaries

augustinian

philadelphian

presbyterian

veterinarian

dionysian

brobdingnagian

depositary

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word evocation

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

Rhyming Dictionary


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