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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word clamshell.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
2 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word clamshell.
2 syllable words

cantel

compel

outsell

pastel

bethel

rochelle

seashell

barbel

doorbell

farewell

foretell

barbell

cartel

carvel

excel

impel

martel

unwell

varvel

abele

capelle

flanges

gabel

gazelle

groundswell

lapel

propel

ravel

resell

trowel

expel

morel

challenged

dispel

gallons

glances

talons

challenge

glancing

bluebell

hotel

moselle

rebel

repel

retell

yokel

klansman

misspell

scallions

blemish

clannish

flemish

plumage

plunger

clanging

noel

ruelle

collins

flounces

pollens

blanket

blankly

collings

failings

filings

mailings

pilings

railings

tailings

almost

balanced

planking

clumsy

plankton

galling

whaling

calling

failing

falling

filing

jailing

mailing

piling

tailing

walling

clincher

ailing

colling

railing

sailing

scaling

veiling

alums

balance

climax

ceilings

blancmange

dealings

feelings

plunges

rollings

rulings

flying

playing

clinic

clinique

blankets

phalanx

flimsy

along

belling

boiling

bolling

bowling

ceiling

coiling

cooling

culling

dealing

dueling

dwelling

feeling

fehling

foiling

healing

holing

keeling

melange

poling

polling

pooling

rolling

ruling

schooling

seeling

shelling

swelling

telling

tooling

wheeling

yelling

alines

balloons

collums

columns

felons

kleenex

melons

mullens

salons

saloons

silence

sullens

valence

alongs

clinches

dwellings

shellings

tlingit

volumes

blowing

blueing

bluing

glowing

flowing

slinger

helmsman

cleanser

belong

billing

chilling

slinky

dilling

filling

hilling

killing

milling

quilling

schilling

shilling

skilling

willing

cleansers

clinics

nylons

pylons

villains

woolens

belongs

billings

fillings

shillings

clenches

killings

schillings

skillings

billions

millions

oolong

felines

5 syllable words
6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word clamshell

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

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