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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

bayman

beaten

beckon

bellon

bitten

blacken

boughten

bracken

brazen

brighten

briton

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

charon

chasten

cotton

craven

cretin

crouton

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

dragon

eaten

famine

fasten

felon

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

gladden

gluten

gotten

graven

happen

hasten

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hoten

jason

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lighten

madden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

mutton

pagan

perron

pertain

raven

reckon

redden

resin

rotten

sadden

salmon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

slacken

smitten

sweeten

taken

talon

tappen

thirteen

tighten

titan

triton

vegan

verdin

wagon

waken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

written

zaman

churchman

rayon

ashen

asian

cajun

fashion

freshen

girding

grating

haitian

hessian

mahone

nation

passion

ration

session

station

suasion

wording

capstan

cartons

caxton

lengthen

martens

portman

sexton

shortens

statesman

strengthen

alman

apron

arson

aspen

austin

bagman

banyan

bargain

bellman

birdman

boatman

boston

brakeman

britons

calvin

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

corban

cordon

croutons

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

desman

ensign

falcon

fireman

footman

foreman

fortin

fountain

garden

gascon

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

headman

hempen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

lightman

m1

marlin

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

pardon

parson

passman

penman

pertains

piston

pitman

ponton

pressman

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

selden

sharpen

shearman

shotgun

spearman

stallion

stepson

sultan

tarpon

tendon

wanton

warden

whitson

plankton

action

auden

bastion

beacon

begun

belgian

billon

bison

bisson

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bowman

brethren

broaden

brogan

broken

caption

cheapen

chicken

chosen

christen

colon

common

cousin

craftsman

crewman

cuban

cumin

deacon

deepen

demon

dozen

draftsman

driven

dromon

eden

elan

engine

faction

fallen

flashgun

flexion

floren

foreign

fortune

fraction

freeman

freetown

freshman

frozen

gentian

georgian

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

griffon

hangman

hausen

hidden

hogan

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

leman

leven

lichen

liken

liman

linen

listen

liven

locken

logan

loosen

loren

lumen

lyden

mangan

mansion

margin

martian

mention

moisten

muffin

mullen

ninon

odin

often

omen

open

othman

oven

parting

pavon

pension

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

prison

proven

pullen

question

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

seaman

season

section

semen

shogun

showman

sicken

siphon

siren

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

sportsman

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

swollen

syphon

tension

thicken

thirteenth

thousand

token

toman

torsion

toughen

traction

treason

trodden

villain

warren

weaken

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

bludgeon

bruting

motion

braiding

dudgeon

fission

mission

notion

potion

shredding

ardent

bordman

delphian

ocean

pigeon

writing

doctrine

fusion

jordans

fruiting

grading

greeting

grouting

marchman

grecian

gudgeon

prussian

klansman

lampron

landman

heathen

kitchen

legion

region

trading

trojan

dustman

gardens

grandson

hardened

hardens

headsman

horseman

markman

martins

mordant

oarsman

salesman

scotsman

lotion

pardons

portend

portent

treatment

russian

postman

caution

cushion

lesion

vision

wardens

yachtsman

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

scion

zion

alban

billion

billman

bolden

bookman

boredom

broadens

bullion

cartoon

copeman

credence

crimson

dobson

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

fourteen

golden

goodman

freedman

gilden

houseman

martians

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

portions

ibsen

lockman

lopeman

mignon

million

milken

minden

minion

muslin

newsman

oxen

pinion

prudence

prudent

runnion

sequin

shipman

soldan

pillion

fortunes

london

lynden

olden

pretend

scullion

onion

silken

tungsten

sovereign

birthmark

penguin

thirteenths

sovran

squadron

stallman

stockman

tubman

emption

tuscan

vulcan

stillion

sylvan

union

henchman

tillman

trident

trillion

undone

woodman

woolman

guardsman

huntsman

landsman

marksman

ordnance

portends

portents

sanction

treatments

auction

boarding

bushman

christian

coachman

diction

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

faustian

fiction

friction

greetings

hoarding

longan

luncheon

option

rincon

shrunken

suction

sunken

tradings

watchman

writings

birthmarks

shorthand

protein

freedom

baldwin

cartoons

cauldron

children

farthing

fortnight

fourteens

homespun

part-time

pretends

seedsman

spokesman

townsman

breeding

brooding

boardings

fourteenth

shrouding

gumption

breathing

cardoon

fortnights

freedoms

function

junction

ordain

partner

proteins

sardine

prudhomme

partners

sardines

dreadnought

treadmill

treadmills

3 syllable words

certainly

certainty

forgotten

keratin

arian

carrion

cation

clarion

foramen

heroin

heroine

horizon

marian

moroccan

permian

flirtation

coercion

certainties

corrosion

derision

uncertain

horatian

parisian

adrian

earthenware

beethoven

catalan

determine

ferryman

garrison

hammerman

jettison

kantian

overdone

overman

overrun

peterman

puritan

skeleton

suburban

superman

vatican

waterman

alien

appian

aryan

assertion

aversion

avian

bedouin

biotin

clergyman

correction

corruption

cortina

desertion

direction

diversion

dorian

fabian

fisherman

galleon

immersion

irian

korean

lecithin

narration

orion

parthian

percussion

permission

perversion

protean

reversion

saccharin

scrutiny

syrian

tamarin

threatening

uterine

veteran

african

alderman

artisan

bedridden

burdensome

cambrian

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

enlighten

everyone

in-person

irritant

lumberman

partisan

perfusion

pertinent

predestine

puritans

timberman

unburden

unwritten

vermilion

creation

croatian

laotian

lutheran

scythian

urethane

anchorman

artesian

aspersion

cartesian

cistercian

conversion

dentition

dispersion

exertion

gestation

incursion

insertion

inversion

lactation

parthenon

partition

perception

perfection

persuasion

plantation

shortening

submersion

subversion

tactician

temptation

bitumen

vitamin

campion

mandarin

scrutinize

scorpion

albion

bulletin

denizen

maritime

medicine

melanin

thespian

champion

aerodyne

citizen

cyprian

freemason

fustian

feminine

gardener

guardian

venison

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

keynesian

lanolin

lesbian

ramadan

andean

awaken

baritone

eleven

elison

gradient

gravamen

halcyon

hardener

nevadan

pelican

specimen

wesleyan

zambian

anyone

assassin

gordian

ottoman

ambrosian

badminton

crestfallen

gentleman

intestine

irritants

reptilian

snapdragon

caucasian

causation

citation

cremation

dilation

duration

cessation

cetacean

creations

croatians

donation

elation

erosion

evasion

flotation

gradation

gyration

halogen

imagine

ligation

location

malaysian

marathon

margarine

mutation

negation

notation

occasion

oration

origin

ovation

petition

possession

precession

predation

privation

probation

procession

profession

quotation

reaction

recession

regimen

relation

rotation

secession

sedation

summation

vacation

vocation

castration

chilean

excursion

fenian

freudian

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

grobian

hawaiian

jovian

julian

libyan

malayan

median

myosin

nemean

niacin

nubian

odeon

pentathlon

plebeian

reopen

samoan

simian

tritium

abandon

abdomen

alaskan

austrian

backgammon

baritones

bartender

battalion

capsaicin

cardigan

cardinal

charwoman

clarendon

corsican

cortinas

enliven

forbidden

forewoman

gardeners

genuine

gradients

guardians

guncotton

hardeners

italian

magdalen

maritimes

medallion

mexican

mistaken

porcelain

rebellion

sumatran

talisman

unbutton

heartbroken

aegean

fijian

fruition

phrygian

stygian

tuition

abrasion

accession

affection

aggression

ambition

ascension

attention

ablation

abortion

accretion

alsatian

apportion

admission

attrition

benjamin

compassion

collection

concession

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

contusion

carnation

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deception

defection

deflation

depression

detection

detention

dictation

digression

dimension

dissection

dissension

durations

election

equation

erection

eruption

fixation

formation

fortunate

foundation

gardening

gyrations

hardening

hydration

hydrogen

impassion

inaction

invasion

irishman

extortion

libration

encryption

laurentian

marathons

menhaden

migration

misshapen

nitrogen

norwegian

nutrition

oppression

optation

transgression

obsession

optician

orations

pardoning

patrician

preemption

pretension

prevention

progression

proportion

protection

reception

rendition

repression

resection

retention

salvation

secretion

regression

selection

sensation

stagnation

starvation

succession

suppression

taxation

technician

transition

vibration

bedizen

bosnian

bouillon

chardonnay

cinnamon

collagen

fortuna

prudency

reunion

breadwinner

firedamp

indian

pretender

silicon

solomon

toboggan

uneven

unison

ardently

albumin

cardinals

cartoonist

companion

arkansan

emblazon

embolden

housebroken

muskmelon

nebraskan

outspoken

saleswoman

suggestion

truncation

unbroken

bartenders

bandwagon

countryman

digestion

adhesion

downtrodden

ejection

franciscan

harlequin

handwoven

masculine

imprison

etruscan

ordinance

portmanteau

projection

rejection

octillion

abduction

abstraction

addition

aleutian

allusion

anglican

attraction

audition

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

compression

conception

confection

conflation

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

decision

declension

deflection

deletion

delusion

devotion

diffraction

dilution

discretion

disruption

distortion

division

edition

emission

emotion

exaction

exception

extraction

filtration

frustration

illusion

impression

inception

infection

inflation

intention

intrusion

invention

misfortune

misprision

munition

musician

omission

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

precaution

precision

pretensions

promotion

prostration

provision

recision

redemption

reflection

religion

remission

rescission

retraction

revision

sedition

singleton

solution

suspension

tradition

transaction

transcription

translation

transmission

venetian

volition

australian

ingestion

injection

discipline

rhodopsin

opinion

uncommon

rifleman

congestion

pavilion

dominion

acumen

logician

sardonic

backwoodsman

pretended

magician

brazilian

policeman

cohesion

freethinker

civilian

prudently

objection

nobleman

chardonnays

short-winded

contraction

contraption

court-martial

destruction

extrusion

ablution

adoption

asuncion

absorption

abstention

congressman

description

distraction

expression

extension

cognition

concussion

subtraction

transfusion

addiction

beholden

inspection

prescription

proscription

condition

depiction

depletion

reduction

submission

adsorption

excision

incision

preclusion

seclusion

infraction

diffusion

oxygen

prediction

excretion

complexion

exemption

infarction

inflection

propulsion

expansion

discussion

emulsion

ignition

occlusion

revulsion

credential

deduction

eviction

production

restriction

profusion

prudential

seduction

suspicion

distinction

communion

councilman

disunion

egyptian

fortnightly

gardenias

nonunion

conscription

constriction

construction

inscription

instruction

credenza

subscription

obstruction

extinction

affliction

assumption

combustion

completion

compulsion

conclusion

concoction

inclusion

induction

conduction

conviction

credentialed

credentials

implosion

confucian

confusion

convulsion

exhaustion

infusion

inhuman

midshipman

nonhuman

partnership

presumption

resumption

boardinghouse

cartoonists

farthingale

consumption

exclusion

explosion

expulsion

infliction

partnerships

compunction

englishman

injunction

conjunction

breadwinners

pretenders

freethinkers

4 syllable words

corinthian

meridian

moravian

peruvian

samaritan

eritrean

dissertation

perturbation

arizonan

bavarian

coloradan

planarian

aberration

adoration

apparition

coloration

decoration

federation

generation

iteration

laceration

liberation

miseration

moderation

operation

perforation

preparation

reassertion

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

toleration

variation

veneration

superstition

permutation

hypertension

american

centurion

copernican

estonian

greco-roman

herculean

interurban

maturation

nestorian

nicaraguan

overburden

paraguayan

predetermine

saturation

sectarian

wagnerian

watermelon

kindergarten

admiration

affirmation

algerian

alteration

annotation

arthurian

aspiration

bifurcation

corp.

corporation

declaration

derivation

desperation

detonation

erudition

figuration

germination

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

hungarian

irritation

levitation

meditation

perspiration

preservation

recitation

recreation

reformation

repercussion

repetition

reservation

respiration

restoration

resurrection

sanitation

supervision

termination

ulceration

usurpation

variations

exhortation

transportation

interwoven

arabian

assyrian

vegetation

canadian

agitation

criterion

shakespearean

draconian

european

floridian

galilean

gregorian

hyperion

iberian

iranian

mammalian

jacobean

liberian

maccabean

missourian

newtonian

pedestrian

praetorian

comparison

plutonian

protozoan

reawaken

siberian

utopian

valerian

activation

alternation

aggregation

circulation

circumcision

confirmation

adaptation

affectation

aggravation

approbation

backwardation

foliation

abrogation

altercation

calibration

ideation

leviathan

pelagian

violation

celebration

nigerian

conservation

intermission

aviation

deviation

intercession

athenian

dietitian

depredation

fermentation

interaction

interruption

statistician

persecution

degradation

deprivation

dereliction

destitution

estimation

fabrication

information

insurrection

inspiration

superhuman

molestation

mediation

conversation

depravation

radiation

deportation

desecration

destination

devastation

emigration

equitation

excitation

expiration

masturbation

observation

palpitation

penetration

refutation

reputation

restitution

retrocession

segregation

ventilation

abyssinian

accordion

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

amphibian

armenian

barbarian

californian

committeeman

coordinate

cotyledon

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

equestrian

eustachian

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

guatemalan

historian

jordanian

librarian

minnesotan

nonpartisan

ordinary

pagurian

pavlovian

penicillin

reexamine

scrutinizes

situation

tasmanian

victorian

dilatation

fumigation

electrician

interception

avocation

inhalation

indentation

intersection

innovation

attribution

mitigation

realization

reelection

validation

valuation

amputation

augmentation

circumvention

infestation

readmission

vacillation

abolition

appalachian

appellation

arbitration

exploration

dissipation

titillation

trepidation

consternation

embarkation

ohioan

connotation

relocation

gastrulation

repossession

smithsonian

oscillation

resolution

revolution

imperfection

correlation

imitation

immolation

importation

incantation

interdiction

collocation

renovation

revelation

revocation

intervention

animation

malformation

retribution

satisfaction

allegation

allocation

decimation

dedication

defamation

definition

malnutrition

transformation

demolition

delegation

desolation

menstruation

desiccation

deposition

devolution

elevation

evocation

evolution

mortification

tetrahedron

emanation

fascination

fluoridation

intuition

irrational

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

medication

motivation

navigation

litigation

machination

misperception

melanesian

mutilation

limitation

politician

lancastrian

rumination

suffocation

visitation

preelection

premonition

procreation

propagation

provocation

apprehension

interjection

registration

contrarian

coordinates

collodion

adulation

comedian

fluctuation

chameleon

misbegotten

modulation

tamoxifen

bolivian

fallopian

armageddon

devonian

adrenaline

cogitation

diocesan

iridium

education

jordanians

macedonian

himalayan

napoleon

sicilian

simonian

ordinaries

pagination

acclamation

dislocation

distillation

exploitation

admonition

duplication

elocution

emulation

expectation

exhibition

abdication

abnegation

absolution

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

advocation

algonquian

ammunition

annexation

application

arithmetic

benediction

cancellation

competition

compilation

consolation

consummation

convocation

cultivation

incrustation

deformation

demarcation

designation

carcinogen

commutation

disaffection

inattention

implantation

fibrillation

gargantuan

granulation

guardianship

immigration

extradition

extrication

fortunately

indication

insulation

circumspection

orchestration

intimation

invitation

invocation

obligation

population

predilection

presentation

proclamation

intonation

liquidation

lubrication

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

prostitution

protestation

publication

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

regulation

relaxation

replication

requisition

resignation

retardation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

tribulation

vindication

vaccination

sequestration

speculation

tabulation

bohemian

coalition

hegelian

prohibition

transplantation

assemblyman

conjugation

ibuprofen

dehydration

elongation

hydrocarbon

legislation

ordinances

rhododendron

syncopation

complication

computation

columbian

condemnation

condescension

expedition

exposition

integration

punctuation

confiscation

constitution

consultation

decompression

consecration

constellation

constipation

excavation

execution

jurisdiction

liquefaction

segmentation

ministration

calculation

formulation

implication

imputation

incarnation

indignation

disinflation

disinfection

inflammation

reproduction

ostentation

reinspection

indexation

cyclopean

dominican

illustration

instigation

substitution

disputation

fragmentation

installation

institution

obfuscation

obsidian

predominate

octahedron

oblivion

subluxation

olympian

congregation

incubation

diminution

exhalation

manumission

indigestion

supposition

opposition

mongolian

nomination

coronation

polynesian

strangulation

dissolution

disillusion

divination

domination

locomotion

preignition

profanation

proposition

reposition

conflagration

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

crocodilian

demonstration

distribution

exclamation

explanation

explication

hemoglobin

impregnation

indiscretion

infiltration

introduction

noblewoman

obstetrician

predominance

predominant

predominates

republican

self-deception

comprehension

inundation

exhumation

imposition

combination

commendation

composition

convolution

copenhagen

crucifixion

culmination

disposition

indecision

indonesian

lilliputian

precondition

subdivision

polyhedron

prosecution

introspection

businesswoman

inhibition

compensation

condensation

disconnection

dispensation

inclination

pigmentation

preconception

inquisition

nonprescription

concentration

confrontation

misconception

englishwoman

deconstruction

reconstruction

5 syllable words

libertarian

pomeranian

corroboration

reiteration

cooperation

fertilization

certification

amortization

beethovenian

carolinian

peritoneal

metropolitan

hanoverian

hyperborean

jeffersonian

patagonian

proletarian

unitarian

alliteration

cauterization

collaboration

commemoration

deceleration

deliberation

elaboration

enumeration

evaporation

polarization

proliferation

reaffirmation

recuperation

reverberation

vaporization

vegetarian

centenarian

authorization

delicatessen

epicurean

degeneration

presbyterian

periodontal

veterinarian

origination

puritanism

regeneration

acceleration

adulteration

agglomeration

amelioration

clarification

confederation

decapitation

representation

consideration

determination

discoloration

dramatization

elizabethan

exhilaration

exoneration

gratification

interpretation

inauguration

incineration

interpolation

modernization

obliteration

orientation

premeditation

prevarication

ratification

remuneration

repatriation

sterilization

stratification

verification

vulgarization

ethiopian

amazonian

babylonian

caledonian

refrigeration

puritanisms

carthaginian

cohabitation

mathematician

nonsectarian

perpetuation

neapolitan

pasteurization

oregonian

panamanian

exaggeration

accreditation

anticipation

concatenation

configuration

conglomeration

desegregation

domestication

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

fortification

hyperinflation

inactivation

incarceration

incorporation

interrogation

magnetization

manifestation

misinformation

participation

predestination

rectification

reforestation

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

exoskeleton

annihilation

association

creationism

inhabitation

deification

delineation

dissociation

humiliation

irradiation

irrationally

lithuanian

authentication

pythagorean

retaliation

philadelphian

puritanical

scandinavian

nonintervention

procrastination

coordinated

expatriation

extermination

interconnection

investigation

negotiation

defenestration

ordinarily

ornamentation

augustinian

articulation

disembarkation

overproduction

initiation

maximilian

dissatisfaction

centralization

abbreviation

academician

accommodation

assassination

assimilation

attenuation

brutalization

canonization

civilization

classification

coagulation

codification

conciliation

coordination

desalination

dissemination

edification

eradication

facilitation

gasification

glorification

evaluation

misapprehension

legalization

localization

mechanization

mobilization

modification

mummification

notification

nullification

ossification

pacification

peloponnesian

precipitation

preoccupation

purification

qualification

ramification

repudiation

resuscitation

revaluation

russification

solicitation

specification

sanctification

vilification

utilization

unification

adjudication

administration

appreciation

argumentation

brobdingnagian

capitulation

depreciation

electrocution

expropriation

imagination

infatuation

nitroglycerine

pennsylvanian

specialization

theologian

washingtonian

amalgamation

appropriation

argentinian

communication

consolidation

contamination

continuation

depopulation

emancipation

equalization

equivocation

evacuation

examination

exfoliation

falsification

hybridization

immunization

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

intimidation

harmonization

invalidation

nickelodeon

justification

magnification

manipulation

maximization

misapplication

instrumentation

neutralization

quantification

recombination

recommendation

normalization

organization

recrimination

sophistication

subordination

reintegration

mississippian

sedimentation

assemblywoman

ejaculation

hydrogenation

triangulation

accumulation

discrimination

disintegration

improvisation

approximation

incrimination

simplification

amplification

confabulation

intoxication

juxtaposition

multiplication

prognostication

yugoslavian

pronunciation

congratulation

abomination

renunciation

substantiation

hallucination

illumination

indoctrination

miscalculation

elimination

colonization

denomination

denunciation

presupposition

dionysian

irredentism

predominantly

rejuvenation

decomposition

predisposition

christianization

disinclination

ionization

synchronization

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word certain

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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