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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

gumption

function

huntsman

junction

suction

dustman

postman

grecian

haitian

notion

ocean

ashen

nation

motion

lotion

passion

potion

prussian

ration

station

russian

fashion

emption

tungsten

tuscan

onion

scullion

houseman

runnion

action

auction

bastion

caption

faction

diction

christian

faustian

fiction

dungeon

flashgun

fraction

gentian

friction

sanction

mention

pension

section

tension

flexion

martian

mansion

luncheon

option

question

torsion

traction

portion

basin

bison

caisson

chasten

hasten

hyson

moisten

jason

mason

delphian

assists

townsman

asian

bludgeon

cajun

caution

cushion

dudgeon

fission

freshen

gudgeon

heathen

hessian

legion

lesion

mission

region

session

suasion

trojan

guardsman

landsman

aspen

banyan

baston

billion

austin

boatman

bolden

boston

bullion

canyon

chessman

chieftain

classman

copeman

ensign

fibrin

fielden

fireman

fountain

freedman

gascon

golden

ibsen

jetson

keelson

kelson

kenyan

lightman

lineman

linemen

london

lopeman

m1

million

minden

minion

molten

mountain

muslin

olden

outdone

outrun

passman

pillion

pinion

piston

pressman

scallion

sequin

shearman

soldan

stallion

stepson

stillion

sultan

teston

trillion

tubman

undone

union

vulcan

whitson

belgian

bushman

coachman

drunken

fortune

sunken

engine

freshman

roughshod

dutchman

margin

georgian

shrunken

bacon

baldwin

bason

bayman

beacon

beaten

bisson

blowgun

bordman

bowman

brazen

brighten

brogan

broken

button

canaan

capstan

cauldron

caxton

cayman

cheapen

children

chosen

christen

colon

cousin

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

doctrine

dozen

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

fasten

freeman

frighten

frozen

glisten

graven

hausen

haven

headsman

heighten

hogan

horseman

hoten

hoven

hymen

hyphen

kalan

klansman

laden

lampron

landman

layman

leman

lengthen

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

logan

loosen

lyden

maiden

marchman

markman

muffin

mullen

mutton

oarsman

odin

omen

open

oven

pagan

poison

portman

raven

reason

rerun

riden

ripen

roman

rosen

satan

scotsman

seaman

season

seedsman

semen

seton

sexton

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

strengthen

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

toughen

treason

triton

waken

weaken

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yachtsman

yeoman

zaman

mahone

kitchen

henchman

touchstone

fusion

pathan

plankton

vision

pigeon

penguin

accost

acton

airman

alban

alman

apron

arson

assist

craftsman

atman

bagman

bargain

bellman

bookman

barton

billman

brakeman

canton

carmine

chairman

chevron

citron

dissect

dobson

captain

carton

chaplain

crimson

darken

calvin

carbon

carman

chapman

claxon

corban

dalton

dampen

deceased

cordon

damson

desman

clinton

dolman

faulcon

garden

dolphin

falcon

footman

foreman

gilden

goodman

gorgon

harden

headman

hackman

harken

harten

hearten

hempen

hetman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

kelvin

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lockman

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

mignon

milken

morgan

mormon

nekton

newsman

norman

organ

orphan

oxen

packman

panton

pardon

parson

patron

pectin

penman

pitman

plantain

ponton

saffron

samson

santon

saxon

selden

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallman

stockman

sylvan

draftsman

silken

tarpon

sportsman

tartan

tendon

tillman

warden

woodman

woolman

marksman

wanton

cowan

dian

gowan

lion

ion

mayan

owen

paean

rayon

scion

zion

peon

rowen

rowan

longan

othman

hangman

mangan

brethren

rincon

watchman

grandson

homespun

salesman

spokesman

statesman

alan

auden

batten

batton

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

blacken

cabin

chicken

cotton

deaden

deafen

devon

dragon

driven

gluten

gotten

griffon

happen

heaven

heron

hidden

human

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lumen

madden

marron

perron

proven

quicken

often

patten

pavon

person

prison

pullen

reckon

redden

robin

talon

wagon

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

vegan

yaupon

tappen

stricken

striven

urson

stiffen

villain

warren

baron

amman

barren

bracken

breton

briton

broaden

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

jetton

locken

mitten

platen

platten

pollan

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satin

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

baton

common

boughten

foreign

bobbin

bollen

cannon

canon

charon

gallon

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

loren

melon

ninon

pollen

resin

sicken

threaten

woolen

written

gammon

garron

seven

trodden

worsen

linen

thicken

weapon

urchin

version

persian

burgeon

earthen

sturgeon

surgeon

aghast

desist

diseased

kirkman

recessed

seacoast

workman

churchman

deject

eject

loosestrifes

reject

ruin

urine

miscast

accused

locusts

bourbon

burden

burman

burton

burdon

digests

certain

curtain

ermine

firman

suggests

eyesight

german

sermon

turban

zircon

urban

fascists

disgusts

dissects

exact

resists

bequests

exhausts

exists

loosestrife

requests

locust

biggest

focused

focussed

lakeside

august

digest

fascist

packaged

suggest

ejects

disgust

rejects

exacts

low-cost

recast

resist

bequest

exhaust

exist

request

3 syllable words

prescription

castration

prostration

completion

conflation

ablation

concession

fixation

foundation

gestation

secretion

sensation

obsession

succession

accession

accretion

suspicion

assertion

commotion

flotation

probation

phoenician

truncation

cessation

donation

location

negation

ovation

notation

predation

procession

sedation

vocation

venetian

promotion

quotation

rotation

summation

excretion

description

creation

croatian

confucian

compression

conception

discretion

filtration

inflation

suspension

translation

affliction

assumption

contrition

conviction

addiction

fustian

aggression

carnation

cistercian

deflation

depletion

hydration

lactation

libration

migration

norwegian

oppression

optation

patrician

persuasion

plantation

stagnation

starvation

submission

taxation

temptation

alsatian

apportion

ascension

aspersion

abortion

abrasion

attrition

condition

contagion

dictation

asuncion

compassion

confession

dalmatian

damnation

equation

formation

misshapen

proportion

vibration

awaken

progression

regression

salvation

suppression

constriction

conscription

inscription

transcription

subscription

absorption

adsorption

distraction

edition

contraction

expression

volition

duration

gyration

restriction

countryman

citation

cremation

recession

collegian

proscription

profession

abstention

transgression

privation

complexion

relation

encryption

gaussian

contraption

commission

elation

petition

physician

pollution

position

possession

tradition

emotion

destruction

aleutian

dilation

muskmelon

malaysian

devotion

consumption

mutation

narration

causation

cetacean

deletion

ligation

addition

subtraction

occasion

infliction

omission

oration

secession

solution

attraction

austrian

capsaicin

coercion

cohesion

compulsion

compunction

concoction

conduction

confection

contention

contortion

convection

convention

convulsion

declension

disruption

distinction

distortion

impression

logician

magician

misprision

mistaken

policeman

transmission

adoption

obstruction

affection

ambition

artesian

connection

depiction

depression

discussion

dentition

cartesian

connexion

deception

extraction

ablution

admission

cognition

eviction

collection

concussion

conversion

attention

dispersion

excision

objection

dissection

exertion

dissension

impassion

ignition

incision

insertion

partition

production

invasion

optician

abstraction

propulsion

protection

rendition

tactician

technician

reduction

conjunction

selection

reception

transition

submersion

subversion

australian

construction

assassin

halcyon

thespian

uneven

jamaican

freemason

infraction

inflection

caucasian

reaction

sedition

assistance

assistant

erosion

extortion

extinction

communion

egyptian

inspection

emission

emblazon

aversion

collusion

desertion

provision

evasion

audition

extension

projection

allusion

expansion

collision

flirtation

disunion

musician

gradation

munition

vacation

infarction

precession

protean

plebeian

samoan

malayan

odeon

grobian

hawaiian

jovian

reflection

rhodopsin

fruition

battalion

cambrian

uncertain

deflection

laotian

diffraction

alaskan

tuition

dissections

unburden

everyone

unwritten

transaction

lumberman

excursion

invention

medallion

exaction

inception

misfortune

horatian

exception

infection

defection

detection

digression

dimension

detention

menhaden

prevention

nutrition

contusion

inaction

incursion

preemption

profusion

inversion

occlusion

beholden

pretension

election

erection

perception

assistants

injection

repression

resection

retention

explosion

exemption

exactions

albion

anyone

bedizen

bosnian

campion

champion

cyprian

determine

gordian

gravamen

guardian

indian

kantian

lesbian

overdone

overman

overrun

scorpion

suburban

wesleyan

zambian

andean

ferryman

companion

embolden

imprison

adhesion

ejection

nebraskan

nonunion

outspoken

acoustics

rejection

unbroken

housebroken

religion

dilution

fisherman

decision

appian

aryan

rescission

arian

permission

lecithin

clarion

bedouin

carrion

chilean

corruption

conclusion

confusion

dorian

division

diversion

illusion

heroin

heroine

gillian

julian

implosion

irian

libyan

orion

presumption

delusion

redemption

immersion

retraction

syrian

freudian

precision

precaution

galleon

reversion

ghanaian

intention

remission

korean

nubian

recision

marian

resumption

simian

acumen

unbutton

civilian

acoustic

bedridden

opinion

timberman

uncommon

dominion

enlighten

enliven

abandon

abdomen

brazilian

discipline

forewoman

alderman

chairwoman

guncotton

pavilion

italian

deduction

diffusion

rejections

scythian

emulsion

phrygian

anchorman

eruption

stygian

aegean

seclusion

laurentian

preclusion

prediction

seduction

corrosion

revulsion

exclusion

extrusion

mandarin

bulletin

waterman

adrian

bitumen

peterman

specimen

superman

beethoven

nevadan

toboggan

eleven

hammerman

keynesian

transfusion

ambrosian

crestfallen

bandwagon

arkansan

digestion

downtrodden

handwoven

reptilian

snapdragon

suggestion

combustion

direction

perversion

parthian

induction

imagine

nonhuman

injunction

correction

infusion

clergyman

revision

pentathlon

intrusion

percussion

abduction

inclusion

heartbroken

backgammon

suggestions

cation

accosted

chairperson

desiccates

in-person

sumatran

alien

avian

fenian

foramen

median

myosin

saccharin

tamarin

congestion

reopen

dissected

fabian

permian

rebellion

talisman

nemean

niacin

uterine

veteran

dissecting

expulsion

fijian

irishman

magistrates

perfection

registrant

desiccate

garrison

octillion

medicine

unison

etruscan

reunion

albumin

harlequin

franciscan

venison

midshipman

disgusting

instruction

registrants

exhaustion

inhuman

magistrate

margarine

origin

halogen

nobleman

perfusion

ingestion

vermilion

backwoodsman

pakistan

predestine

accustom

genuine

rifleman

majestic

congressman

oxygen

biotin

horizon

suggestive

benjamin

digestive

resisting

hydrogen

nitrogen

derision

lutheran

parisian

skeleton

solomon

intestine

councilman

catalan

citizen

cinnamon

elison

badminton

lanolin

puritan

jacobin

keratin

pelican

ramadan

collagen

accustomed

disgusted

gentleman

denizen

jettison

resistance

resistant

silicon

javelin

saleswoman

ottoman

vatican

vitamin

majesty

regimen

exacting

existing

registries

singleton

exhausting

cardigan

chamberlain

partisan

charlatan

charwoman

porcelain

existence

african

artisan

mexican

exquisite

corsican

forbidden

requisite

existent

magdalen

dejected

englishman

moroccan

pacesetter

registers

registry

execute

exhausted

exhaustive

masculine

requisites

anglican

registrar

ricochet

phagocyte

executes

essayist

bouillon

melanin

newcastle

feminine

forgotten

registrars

digester

clarendon

disasters

phagocytes

exactly

newscasters

sequestered

sequesters

disaster

visigoth

register

visigoths

newscaster

requester

sequester

coexist

4 syllable words

procreation

recreation

ulceration

ideation

variation

custodian

associates

glaciation

backwardation

collodion

dissociate

fallopian

napoleon

culmination

cultivation

desecration

destination

distillation

estimation

liquidation

masturbation

publication

retrocession

aspiration

decimation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

dissertation

dissipation

evocation

recitation

relocation

respiration

restoration

suffocation

laceration

radiation

deviation

mediation

coloration

aviation

exhortation

malformation

instigation

exploration

consternation

disinflation

illustration

importation

fluctuation

dispensation

disputation

ministration

ostentation

subluxation

transformation

transportation

annexation

conservation

fibrillation

invitation

inspiration

observation

confirmation

information

situation

altercation

alternation

excitation

indonesian

devastation

expiration

refutation

syndication

estonian

graduation

gregorian

assyrian

devonian

simonian

expectation

demonstration

exploitation

legislation

admiration

affirmation

alteration

limitation

bifurcation

corp.

corporation

declaration

figuration

hibernation

irritation

levitation

manumission

mitigation

perspiration

preservation

reservation

supposition

sequestration

reformation

smithsonian

titillation

trepidation

usurpation

valuation

visitation

orchestration

cogitation

federation

generation

compensation

condensation

moderation

comprehension

preparation

reparation

toleration

violation

confiscation

aberration

decoration

separation

iteration

embarkation

adoration

veneration

disconnection

disinfection

jurisdiction

reassertion

incantation

incarnation

indentation

indexation

liberation

indignation

menstruation

punctuation

surrogation

misperception

miseration

operation

substitution

exhumation

obfuscation

accordion

adaptation

affectation

calibration

celebration

commendation

committeeman

designation

disaffection

disposition

emigration

fermentation

gorgonian

historian

immigration

incubation

inundation

maturation

molestation

nestorian

pavlovian

penetration

permutation

presentation

protestation

recantation

registration

resignation

restitution

saturation

statistician

incrustation

infiltration

imitation

inhalation

hesitation

immolation

dilatation

domination

emanation

fascination

misconception

derivation

detonation

divination

elevation

fluoridation

germination

chameleon

gravitation

habitation

innovation

distribution

irrigation

isolation

bavarian

intuition

comedian

draconian

jubilation

impregnation

machination

medication

meditation

mongolian

motivation

oscillation

preignition

profanation

propagation

realization

revocation

sanitation

validation

locomotion

provocation

termination

vacillation

nomination

implantation

navigation

mutilation

litigation

perturbation

renovation

revelation

concentration

allocation

missourian

newtonian

planarian

defamation

collocation

connotation

plutonian

dedication

reawaken

annotation

animation

contemplation

allegation

sicilian

utopian

circumspection

correlation

dehydration

associative

avocation

coronation

assemblyman

valerian

appellation

delegation

nonprescription

registrations

fragmentation

adulation

infestation

athenian

pedestrian

consecration

pagination

bohemian

augmentation

rhetorician

arbitration

condemnation

agitation

macedonian

decompression

perforation

consultation

education

institution

coalition

integration

preconception

interdiction

malnutrition

pigmentation

acoustical

vegetation

apparition

leviathan

prohibition

modulation

mortification

satisfaction

segmentation

dietitian

abdication

abrogation

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

application

approbation

benediction

combination

carcinogen

circulation

circumcision

commutation

compilation

cancellation

consolation

crucifixion

duplication

elocution

degradation

transplantation

consummation

conversation

convocation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

emulation

equitation

fabrication

granulation

indication

insulation

intimation

insurrection

intermission

intonation

invocation

lilliputian

obligation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

persecution

occupation

population

recognition

proclamation

relaxation

replication

precondition

prosecution

reclamation

regulation

reputation

segregation

simulation

speculation

subdivision

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

tribulation

vaccination

vindication

ventilation

armenian

samaritan

conflagration

confrontation

greco-roman

agrarian

dominican

eustachian

obsidian

indiscretion

minnesotan

oblivion

pagurian

victorian

arabian

canadian

melanesian

mammalian

hungarian

polynesian

proposition

hydrocarbon

premonition

politician

opposition

iranian

repetition

fumigation

resolution

appalachian

erudition

evolution

conjugation

revolution

rumination

syncopation

abolition

definition

demolition

devolution

diminution

deposition

dissolution

repossession

reposition

accusations

amputation

attribution

misbegotten

computation

inflammation

retribution

adrenaline

necessitates

condescension

electrician

installation

imputation

constellation

constipation

excavation

execution

implication

inclination

calculation

complication

formulation

gastrulation

reinspection

deconstruction

congregation

exhalation

introspection

nigerian

pelagian

strangulation

reconstruction

requisition

prostitution

abyssinian

peruvian

ammunition

intercession

interaction

albanian

absolution

convolution

polyhedron

american

centurion

contraception

contradiction

exclamation

extrication

acquisition

deportation

eritrean

composition

recollection

contribution

superstition

columbian

copernican

admonition

cotyledon

executions

retardation

explanation

explication

deformation

exhibition

herculean

destitution

jordanian

competition

necessitate

paraguayan

demarcation

sectarian

imposition

tasmanian

lubrication

obstetrician

self-deception

predilection

elongation

equestrian

inhibition

californian

bolivian

galilean

liberian

disillusion

preelection

readmission

reelection

liquefaction

repercussion

maccabean

arthurian

necessity

algerian

resurrection

inquisition

interception

intersection

arizonan

criterion

exposition

himalayan

european

floridian

circumvention

constitution

expedition

imperfection

intervention

hyperion

acquisitions

iberian

lancastrian

siberian

octahedron

reproduction

tetrahedron

jacobean

protozoan

hemoglobin

apprehension

republican

interjection

noblewoman

shakespearean

logistical

existential

introduction

extradition

inattention

corinthian

hegelian

algonquian

gentlewoman

darwinian

barbarian

cyclopean

interurban

librarian

necessities

olympian

overburden

penicillin

vicissitude

wagnerian

businesswoman

meridian

amphibian

ohioan

acquisitive

armageddon

coloradan

contrarian

crocodilian

interwoven

praetorian

vicissitudes

contravention

hypertension

englishwoman

indecision

interruption

guatemalan

dandelion

nicaraguan

predetermine

reexamine

viscosity

aldebaran

moravian

rhododendron

resuscitate

ibuprofen

kindergarten

psychiatric

alabaman

executor

pakistanis

indigestion

accusative

acoustically

registering

diocesan

superhuman

exactitude

executors

executive

toxicity

pakistani

coexisting

digestible

comparison

gargantuan

psychiatry

coexistence

vasectomy

executing

watermelon

supervision

exquisitely

tamoxifen

copenhagen

nonpartisan

vasectomies

5 syllable words

assassination

abbreviation

denunciation

hallucination

pronunciation

renunciation

repudiation

delineation

irradiation

expropriation

depreciation

assimilation

consideration

facilitation

russification

specification

vulgarization

inauguration

precipitation

substantiation

expatriation

annihilation

accumulation

enumeration

adjudication

deceleration

collaboration

commemoration

recuperation

configuration

continuation

justification

exasperation

communication

insinuation

initiation

domestication

sophistication

subordination

acceleration

accommodation

agglomeration

decapitation

desalination

abomination

adulteration

amelioration

confederation

discoloration

incineration

remuneration

dissemination

nullification

obliteration

repatriation

resuscitation

exoskeleton

prevarication

solicitation

evaporation

confabulation

elaboration

deification

discrimination

humiliation

ionization

approximation

alliteration

proliferation

retaliation

procrastination

anticipation

inactivation

participation

conglomeration

recommendation

cooperation

concatenation

theologian

incorporation

predestination

accreditation

maximization

decomposition

manipulation

contamination

degeneration

consolidation

amalgamation

misinformation

desegregation

misapplication

sedimentation

misapprehension

amazonian

assemblywoman

attenuation

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

colonization

dramatization

edification

exhilaration

exoneration

fertilization

gasification

glorification

gratification

jeffersonian

legalization

localization

mechanization

miscalculation

mobilization

modification

mummification

notification

oregonian

orientation

ossification

pacification

patagonian

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

sterilization

stratification

unification

utilization

verification

vilification

interpretation

investigation

dionysian

ornamentation

disembarkation

disinclination

multiplication

specialization

disintegration

exaggeration

refrigeration

dissatisfaction

representation

improvisation

capitulation

deliberation

equalization

falsification

hybridization

magnetization

magnification

neutralization

hyperinflation

manifestation

normalization

congratulation

fortification

intimidation

exacerbation

organization

harmonization

recrimination

rectification

reforestation

ethiopian

reiteration

corroboration

regeneration

carolinian

presupposition

evaluation

hanoverian

argumentation

academician

triangulation

mississippian

nickelodeon

administration

ejaculation

peloponnesian

amplification

defenestration

centralization

infatuation

perpetuation

pennsylvanian

simplification

washingtonian

mathematician

evacuation

incarceration

predisposition

cauterization

polarization

instrumentation

reintegration

synchronization

alienation

sanctification

vaporization

authorization

augustinian

yugoslavian

origination

amortization

coordination

determination

premeditation

preoccupation

modernization

denomination

illumination

eradication

interpolation

coagulation

elimination

magisterial

augustinians

cohabitation

disestablishment

unitarian

juxtaposition

imagination

pasteurization

rejuvenation

hyperborean

proletarian

psychotherapy

quantification

depopulation

recombination

reverberation

emancipation

reaffirmation

examination

insemination

equivocation

executioner

immunization

inoculation

interrogation

invalidation

pomeranian

philadelphian

epicurean

presbyterian

authentication

revaluation

elizabethan

inhabitation

hydrogenation

nonsectarian

executioners

brobdingnagian

extermination

articulation

panamanian

incrimination

intoxication

prognostication

libertarian

nonintervention

neapolitan

indoctrination

maximilian

scandinavian

electrocution

interconnection

overproduction

metropolitan

delicatessen

nitroglycerine

accusatory

carthaginian

argentinian

veterinarian

lithuanian

vegetarian

centenarian

pythagorean

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word association

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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