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2 syllable words
5 syllable words
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2 syllable words

claxon

saxon

gumption

friction

fiction

diction

pension

sanction

auction

gentian

mention

tension

ashen

fashion

freshen

hessian

passion

ration

prussian

russian

session

sexton

caxton

affects

affixed

acton

affect

hackman

ensign

jackman

kelson

jetson

keelson

nekton

oxen

packman

pectin

stepson

tuscan

vulcan

emption

muffin

slacken

beckon

lesson

toughen

lessen

blacken

bason

bracken

fasten

reckon

craftsman

marksman

dungeon

drunken

dutchman

engine

luncheon

flashgun

freshman

mansion

huntsman

question

martian

portion

draftsman

option

torsion

shrunken

caption

bastion

belgian

sunken

bludgeon

caution

cushion

dudgeon

dustman

effects

fission

grandson

gudgeon

haitian

lengthen

marchman

markman

mission

nation

station

strengthen

arson

bookman

hetman

ibsen

teston

london

melton

bellman

hempen

sultan

aspen

damson

henchman

brakeman

tungsten

baston

faulcon

darken

falcon

gascon

harken

headman

m1

milken

muslin

onion

stockman

tendon

tubman

undone

workman

chairman

chessman

chevron

plankton

airman

classman

desman

dobson

effect

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lockman

pressman

passman

penman

runnion

parson

saffron

scullion

silken

whitson

samson

selden

brethren

landsman

bushman

christian

faustian

sportsman

upshot

fortune

substance

margin

rincon

georgian

guardsman

leaven

dozen

ledden

leaden

chasten

christen

charon

chicken

lemon

vegan

cousin

deaden

deafen

devon

jetton

redden

resin

quicken

waken

weapon

zircon

worsen

wiccan

bacon

basin

bellon

bison

felon

griffon

bisson

glisten

breton

hasten

heaven

heron

marron

mason

melon

mullen

mutton

often

stiffen

stricken

sullen

lichen

sudden

summon

syphon

taken

thicken

threaten

button

caisson

hyson

hyphen

jason

liken

listen

locken

oven

perron

person

seven

shaken

sicken

siphon

soften

urson

baldwin

defects

cauldron

capstan

bordman

children

delphian

doctrine

headsman

horseman

klansman

lampron

landman

oarsman

offsets

spectral

spokesman

portman

scotsman

spectrum

townsman

yachtsman

upsets

mahone

vision

grecian

motion

notion

pathan

kitchen

pigeon

ocean

potion

lotion

penguin

alman

atman

boston

bullion

austin

canton

canyon

chieftain

fountain

linden

carman

carmine

chapman

foreman

lightman

captain

carbon

carton

chaplain

dolman

dolphin

footman

garden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

alban

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

billion

billman

calvin

citron

clinton

corban

cordon

crimson

dalton

dampen

debased

defaced

defect

fibrin

fireman

gilden

goodman

gorgon

harden

harten

hearten

houseman

jorden

marlin

marten

martin

jargon

jasmine

jordan

kansan

lynden

mignon

million

minden

minion

morgan

mormon

mountain

norman

organ

outdone

outrun

panton

orphan

pardon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

ponton

santon

scallion

sequin

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

stillion

stallman

subside

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tillman

trillion

upside

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

spectrums

longan

offshoot

mangan

hangman

othman

watchman

auden

depicts

statesman

amman

seedsman

alan

homespun

salesman

subsides

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beacon

begun

billon

bitten

bobbin

bollen

boughten

brighten

briton

broaden

broken

cabin

cannon

canon

common

cotton

deacon

dragon

driven

fallen

famine

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

happen

hausen

heighten

hidden

hymen

kitten

lagan

latin

lighten

liman

linen

liven

loosen

loren

lyden

madden

mitten

moisten

pavon

ninon

patten

platen

platten

pollan

prison

pullen

ridden

pollen

ribbon

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satin

siren

smitten

sodden

divests

spoken

striven

talon

tappen

thousand

tighten

titan

token

triton

trodden

villain

wagon

warren

weaken

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

yaupon

burgeon

cajun

suasion

persian

sturgeon

urchin

legion

lesion

asian

trojan

earthen

surgeon

region

heathen

offshoots

fusion

version

apron

boatman

bolden

copeman

cowan

depict

dian

divest

dovecote

evict

fielden

freedman

golden

ion

gowan

lion

lopeman

matron

mayan

molten

newsman

obstructs

offset

olden

patron

rayon

scion

shearman

upset

soldan

union

upstart

urine

webster

zion

churchman

coachman

obstruct

substrates

upstarts

abstain

bobcats

diffused

ripostes

bayman

dovecotes

postman

beaten

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

canaan

cayman

certain

cheapen

chosen

colon

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deepen

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

firman

freeman

frozen

german

gluten

graven

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kalan

laden

layman

leman

leven

logan

lumen

maiden

odin

omen

open

pagan

poison

proven

raven

reason

rerun

roman

rosen

rumen

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spectre

spigot

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

toman

treason

turban

urban

wheaten

zaman

capstone

yeoman

websters

woven

hopscotch

abstracts

abstruse

eavesdrop

upstream

sweepstakes

bobcat

riposte

space-time

spigots

spastic

peon

rowen

abstract

owen

rowan

paean

ruin

beefsteak

dipstick

typists

substrate

robust

hipsters

lobsters

scapegoats

sweepstake

hipster

lobster

quipster

scapegoat

tipster

typist

3 syllable words

contraction

subtraction

magician

inspection

infliction

infraction

abduction

assumption

compression

compulsion

concoction

conflation

confucian

convulsion

depictions

assassin

awaken

evictions

invention

inception

exaction

exception

induction

redemption

jamaican

transaction

perception

secretion

attrition

patrician

adoption

depression

deflation

submission

ablation

compassion

profusion

compunction

concussion

condition

digression

proportion

retention

suspicion

abortion

accretion

apportion

ablution

crustacean

prediction

pretension

prevention

aleutian

aversion

causation

cetacean

citation

collision

commotion

conjunction

construction

desertion

congestion

constriction

dilation

duration

elation

emission

gyration

ligation

malaysian

obstruction

oration

phoenician

pollution

precession

privation

provision

sedition

promotion

reaction

solution

venetian

digestion

truncation

distraction

extension

infarction

exemption

prescription

abstention

consumption

contraption

destruction

affected

affective

battalion

completion

contrition

abandon

civilian

combustion

impression

alaskan

intention

brazilian

frustration

dominion

confusion

medallion

mexican

inflation

opinion

pavilion

rebellion

contortion

discretion

distinction

obstructions

determine

instruction

contagion

lactation

conscription

contusion

submersion

subscription

insertion

diffusion

optation

vibration

alsatian

stagnation

starvation

abstraction

extraction

vatican

conversion

damnation

formation

deficit

tactician

dalmatian

nevadan

abstentions

foundation

suburban

subversion

depletion

repression

technician

taxation

libration

eleven

impassion

ingestion

plantation

ignition

carnation

cistercian

preemption

salvation

hydration

migration

abrasion

aspersion

exertion

nebraskan

intestine

cessation

cremation

deletion

mutation

narration

notation

absorption

allusion

muskmelon

diversion

collegian

collusion

dilution

division

emotion

location

devotion

extinction

expression

malayan

donation

corruption

evasion

egyptian

harlequin

description

decision

flirtation

flotation

gradation

imagine

immersion

occasion

saccharin

probation

quotation

relation

companion

rotation

adsorption

vocation

reversion

religion

rescission

vacation

restriction

substantial

transgression

ovation

recision

abstractions

capsaicin

castration

coercion

conclusion

creation

croatian

defective

depicted

distortion

effective

effectors

exhaustion

filtration

guncotton

horatian

in-person

infusion

italian

logician

lumberman

misfortune

mistaken

policeman

predestine

presumption

prostration

resumption

retraction

translation

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

inscription

injunction

fixation

uneven

artesian

gestation

fustian

gravamen

norwegian

freemason

jettison

suffocate

toboggan

occlusion

oxygen

temptation

bulletin

hammerman

offsetting

sensation

dictation

emulsion

epistle

inversion

rendition

divestment

revulsion

waterman

effector

dentition

invasion

elison

incursion

cartesian

apostle

dispersion

excision

upsetting

incision

eruption

transfusion

encryption

extortion

audition

bedouin

unbroken

carrion

clarion

illusion

perversion

samoan

countryman

erosion

heroin

heroine

veteran

niacin

marian

communion

delusion

ghanaian

hawaiian

caucasian

precaution

myosin

plebeian

tamarin

percussion

englishman

divestments

disruption

inclusion

intrusion

misprision

excursion

implosion

inhuman

abdomen

timberman

perfusion

subacute

aegean

fruition

laotian

forewoman

phrygian

scythian

stygian

apostles

chairperson

chairwoman

acumen

backgammon

alderman

cambrian

bedridden

tuition

backwoodsman

australian

ambition

anchorman

discussion

equation

menhaden

misshapen

optician

preclusion

partition

persuasion

transition

typesetting

albion

andean

anyone

bedizen

bitumen

bosnian

campion

champion

cyprian

garrison

benjamin

ferryman

gordian

guardian

halcyon

indian

admission

beholden

seclusion

kantian

lesbian

mandarin

overrun

silicon

superman

medicine

overdone

overman

pelican

peterman

scorpion

thespian

unison

venison

cognition

irishman

wesleyan

zambian

ambrosian

arkansan

extrusion

franciscan

expansion

exclusion

excretion

explosion

disunion

downtrodden

expulsion

imprison

adhesion

albumin

bandwagon

crestfallen

etruscan

handwoven

housebroken

nonunion

obstacle

octillion

outspoken

reptilian

snapdragon

remission

permission

regimen

fisherman

halogen

lecithin

margarine

munition

musician

omission

origin

volition

midshipman

appian

aryan

foramen

chilean

gaussian

gillian

irian

uterine

nonhuman

syrian

transcription

arian

cation

biotin

dorian

transmission

galleon

korean

libyan

simian

moroccan

spaghetti

pentathlon

african

chamberlain

cohesion

corsican

discipline

enliven

everyone

enlighten

nobleman

rhodopsin

rifleman

heartbroken

sophistry

subsidies

subsidize

obstacles

spectacle

talisman

substantive

substances

derision

corrosion

lutheran

parisian

hydrogen

nutrition

nitrogen

proscription

cinnamon

jacobin

skeleton

specimen

citizen

lanolin

councilman

emblazon

embolden

catalan

feminine

keratin

keynesian

badminton

solomon

ottoman

gentleman

melanin

beethoven

javelin

obstructive

adrian

obstinate

denizen

collagen

puritan

ramadan

rhapsody

spectacles

substitute

reunion

vitamin

upside-down

anglican

clergyman

parthian

precision

revision

singleton

artisan

alien

grobian

julian

vermilion

fabian

jovian

spectrograph

sumatran

avian

fenian

freudian

median

nemean

austrian

horizon

substitutes

nubian

charlatan

deficits

forbidden

odeon

charwoman

abstinence

abstinent

cardigan

deposits

reopen

clarendon

genuine

magdalen

partisan

permian

porcelain

rhapsodize

protean

congressman

eavesdropping

abstracted

fijian

bouillon

episode

forgotten

lobbyist

spectator

subsidy

masculine

episodes

devastate

revisits

spectators

orion

obfuscate

saleswoman

navigate

heavyweight

deposit

heavyset

opposite

oboist

apostate

lobbyists

navigates

opposites

rhapsodic

tapestry

tapestries

revisit

heavyweights

robustly

lopsided

baby-sit

4 syllable words

liquefaction

satisfaction

disinfection

imperfection

disconnection

samaritan

dereliction

crucifixion

planarian

benediction

annexation

bavarian

publication

insurrection

defamation

supposition

reformation

definition

repossession

affirmation

ulceration

aberration

dietitian

moderation

operation

toleration

violation

coalition

liberation

miseration

perforation

prohibition

surrogation

circumspection

apparition

adoration

iteration

laceration

reassertion

condescension

electrician

comparison

indexation

interdiction

intersection

jurisdiction

preconception

infestation

reinspection

reproduction

adrenaline

subluxation

copernican

maturation

saturation

agrarian

american

graduation

confirmation

apprehension

information

abnegation

introspection

interjection

altercation

inattention

interaction

abdication

hypertension

fabrication

suppositions

syndication

abolition

canadian

admiration

allegation

allocation

alteration

animation

appellation

collocation

aspiration

annotation

avocation

connotation

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

dedication

delegation

deposition

derivation

desolation

detonation

desiccation

decimation

demolition

dilatation

elevation

emanation

fascination

figuration

fluoridation

germination

dissertation

domination

divination

erudition

gravitation

reawaken

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

hungarian

irrigation

isolation

immolation

assyrian

inhalation

missourian

innovation

imitation

jubilation

arabian

medication

meditation

litigation

motivation

machination

mammalian

mutilation

navigation

nomination

opposition

oscillation

preignition

premonition

propagation

provocation

renovation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

suffocating

termination

reposition

politician

profanation

proposition

recitation

repetition

vacillation

realization

validation

valerian

contraception

misconception

contradiction

introduction

self-deception

expectation

decoration

intervention

decompression

modulation

pedestrian

pagination

ostentation

leviathan

indentation

education

interception

mortification

ideation

misperception

fluctuation

agitation

circumvention

cogitation

adulation

affectively

vegetation

substitution

augmentation

transformation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admonition

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

aldebaran

alternation

ammunition

amphibian

application

approbation

backwardation

barbarian

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

combination

commendation

committeeman

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

conservation

consolation

consummation

conversation

convocation

culmination

cultivation

deconstruction

degradation

depositions

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

destination

devastation

disposition

distillation

dominican

duplication

elocution

emigration

emulation

estimation

fermentation

glaciation

granulation

immigration

imposition

indication

inspiration

insulation

intercession

intermission

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

librarian

lilliputian

lubrication

masturbation

molestation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

occupation

oppositions

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

penetration

persecution

population

precondition

presentation

proclamation

prosecution

protestation

reconstruction

refutation

regulation

replication

reputation

resignation

retrocession

revocations

segregation

simulation

situation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

tabulation

tribulation

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

wagnerian

conjugation

assemblyman

inhibition

legislation

rhododendron

contravention

impregnation

syncopation

infiltration

fallopian

appalachian

napoleon

gregorian

declaration

revolution

coloradan

devolution

irritation

rumination

comedian

chameleon

diminution

effectuate

fumigation

collodion

intuition

recreation

visitation

disillusion

evolution

capacitor

capacity

usurpation

locomotion

mitigation

sicilian

dissipation

limitation

perturbation

valuation

dissolution

perspiration

resolution

titillation

attribution

compensation

complication

computation

condemnation

dispensation

gastrulation

inquisition

installation

institution

obfuscation

integration

ministration

contrarian

amputation

arbitration

calculation

condensation

confiscation

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

consternation

disinflation

formulation

fragmentation

illustration

implication

imputation

inclination

inflammation

malformation

retribution

comprehension

pigmentation

punctuation

segmentation

substantially

transportation

capacitance

republican

armageddon

effectively

obstructionist

crocodilian

variation

aviation

veneration

athenian

mediation

pelagian

radiation

substitutions

foliation

deviation

officiate

preparation

federation

nigerian

rhetorician

reparation

separation

generation

equitation

alabaman

eustachian

indecision

albanian

circumcision

capacities

capacitors

congregation

absolution

indigestion

convolution

deformation

demarcation

custodian

deportation

dislocation

destitution

invitation

recantation

relaxation

requisition

prostitution

reclamation

recognition

retardation

evacuate

fibrillation

obstructionists

interurban

watermelon

superstition

tasmanian

jordanian

excitation

penicillin

exhibition

sectarian

expiration

strangulation

speculation

obstetrician

orchestration

californian

businesswoman

dehydration

elongation

equestrian

sophisticates

concentration

indiscretion

incrustation

contemplation

distribution

demonstration

conflagration

confrontation

contribution

restoration

reservation

respiration

algerian

desperation

relocation

evocation

arthurian

divestiture

levitation

melanesian

officiates

polynesian

procreation

nonprescription

preservation

trepidation

devonian

excavation

execution

expedition

exploration

exposition

disputation

embarkation

importation

iranian

indignation

himalayan

simonian

incarnation

instigation

constitution

incantation

interwoven

corinthian

exhalation

incubation

obstetricians

obstetrical

macedonian

hemoglobin

shakespearean

noblewoman

permutation

divestitures

restitution

interruption

indonesian

liquidation

moravian

algonquian

minnesotan

historian

cotyledon

greco-roman

guatemalan

gentlewoman

gorgonian

columbian

paraguayan

predetermine

reexamine

hydrocarbon

pavlovian

exclamation

accordion

overburden

kindergarten

explanation

centurion

eritrean

explication

armenian

exploitation

extradition

extrication

implantation

sequestration

mongolian

englishwoman

exhumation

smithsonian

readmission

manumission

repercussion

lancastrian

tetrahedron

menstruation

transplantation

octahedron

exhortation

arizonan

avocado

criterion

diocesan

draconian

european

floridian

galilean

hyperion

iberian

jacobean

liberian

maccabean

newtonian

protozoan

siberian

plutonian

utopian

misbegotten

sophisticate

registration

bohemian

polyhedron

hegelian

abyssinian

avocados

dandelion

darwinian

cyclopean

estonian

evocative

herculean

meridian

nestorian

nicaraguan

olympian

peruvian

spectroscopy

victorian

ubiquity

malnutrition

ohioan

bolivian

obesity

spectacular

subsidizes

spectrometer

praetorian

substantively

obstinacy

tamoxifen

opacity

carcinogen

superhuman

spectrometry

substituted

supervision

rhapsodizes

gargantuan

devastating

ibuprofen

nonpartisan

substantiates

devastated

navigator

depositors

navigators

topsy-turvy

babysitting

apostolic

apostrophes

copenhagen

depositor

substantiate

baby-sitters

apostrophe

baby-sitter

5 syllable words

affectionately

certification

clarification

classification

confederation

glorification

codification

edification

gasification

gratification

notification

modification

nullification

mummification

ossification

purification

russification

prevarication

ramification

qualification

pacification

ratification

stratification

verification

vilification

unification

affiliation

commemoration

domestication

fortification

magnification

manifestation

falsification

justification

quantification

rectification

sophistication

attenuation

specification

vulgarization

alliteration

proliferation

deceleration

reaffirmation

collaboration

amplification

interconnection

adjudication

dissatisfaction

infatuation

confabulation

simplification

degeneration

reiteration

sanctification

corroboration

communication

cooperation

configuration

accreditation

academician

acceleration

adulteration

agglomeration

amelioration

authentication

consideration

discoloration

dissemination

obliteration

orientation

presupposition

proletarian

unitarian

alienation

alleviation

annihilation

association

cauterization

deliberation

multiplication

elaboration

enumeration

ionization

evaporation

overproduction

irradiation

ornamentation

polarization

vaporization

nonintervention

mathematician

representation

nonsectarian

refrigeration

disembarkation

misinformation

authorization

delicatessen

desegregation

interrogation

epicurean

origination

conglomeration

philadelphian

regeneration

hyperinflation

insemination

argumentation

assemblywoman

electrocution

amortization

abomination

libertarian

abbreviation

accommodation

civilization

coagulation

conciliation

colonization

coordination

denomination

eradication

denunciation

elimination

remuneration

renunciation

mobilization

preoccupation

pronunciation

resuscitation

dramatization

premeditation

jeffersonian

interpolation

legalization

determination

exoneration

canonization

assassination

mississippian

brutalization

assimilation

exhilaration

facilitation

fertilization

utilization

localization

peloponnesian

illumination

navigational

hallucination

inauguration

incineration

modernization

solicitation

sterilization

panamanian

perpetuation

pasteurization

rejuvenation

juxtaposition

specialization

delineation

dissociation

humiliation

instrumentation

obstructionism

retaliation

reverberation

defenestration

cohabitation

imagination

investigation

appreciation

capitulation

interpretation

exaggeration

equivocation

exacerbation

consolidation

amalgamation

appropriation

concatenation

contamination

decomposition

evacuation

continuation

depopulation

emancipation

equalization

anticipation

examination

harmonization

hybridization

immunization

incarceration

incorporation

inoculation

invalidation

magnetization

manipulation

maximization

misapplication

neutralization

normalization

predestination

sedimentation

recombination

misapprehension

organization

participation

predisposition

reforestation

reintegration

subordination

pomeranian

augustinian

negotiation

scandinavian

initiation

maximilian

inhabitation

desalination

evaluation

mechanization

precipitation

repatriation

repudiation

revaluation

theologian

christianization

hydrogenation

accumulation

patagonian

caledonian

approximation

procrastination

babylonian

articulation

centralization

disinclination

disintegration

discrimination

evacuations

extermination

incrimination

intoxication

prognostication

amazonian

neapolitan

hyperborean

oregonian

synchronization

congratulation

depreciation

recuperation

substantiation

brobdingnagian

administration

inactivation

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

insinuation

intimidation

recommendation

indoctrination

miscalculation

triangulation

ejaculation

exoskeleton

decapitation

elizabethan

expatriation

ethiopian

improvisation

pennsylvanian

sophisticated

carolinian

evacuated

metropolitan

nickelodeon

expropriation

recrimination

presbyterian

nitroglycerine

beethovenian

hanoverian

vegetarian

subsidiaries

centenarian

veterinarian

yugoslavian

subsidiary

carthaginian

washingtonian

depositary

depository

lithuanian

pythagorean

argentinian

epistolary

dionysian

repository

repositories

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word affection

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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