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

confused

function

junction

confuse

onion

runnion

gumption

mansion

gentian

mention

luncheon

suction

dungeon

tension

pension

huntsman

sanction

delphian

grandson

prussian

russian

infuse

banyan

canyon

emption

ensign

kenyan

london

minion

penguin

pinion

scullion

tungsten

undone

action

auction

bison

toughen

caption

diction

engine

drunken

faction

fiction

friction

fraction

flexion

martian

portion

sunken

draftsman

section

sunfish

option

shrunken

torsion

craftsman

landsman

hyson

muffin

traction

loosen

caution

ashen

klansman

lengthen

landman

cushion

bludgeon

dudgeon

gudgeon

confect

fission

haitian

impugn

baldwin

strengthen

passion

fashion

grecian

mission

freshen

potion

townsman

lotion

dustman

fusion

motion

nation

ocean

session

notion

ration

station

hessian

pillion

plantain

ponton

tendon

stepson

sultan

stallion

m1

stillion

lynden

plankton

dolphin

kansan

canton

dobson

jetson

ibsen

billion

keelson

minden

oxen

kelson

lightman

orphan

panton

linden

lineman

linemen

million

mountain

muslin

parson

trillion

penman

tubman

tuscan

union

vulcan

wanton

whitson

arson

henchman

claxon

bullion

clinton

damson

fibrin

fireman

fountain

houseman

saffron

samson

santon

scallion

saxon

freshman

belgian

dutchman

marksman

flashgun

bastion

christian

bushman

jumpsuits

faustian

fortune

guardsman

impugns

infests

georgian

longan

margin

rincon

mangan

question

sportsman

hangman

basin

bason

bisson

brighten

button

caisson

cannon

canon

chasten

christen

cousin

crewman

crouton

cuban

deafen

cumin

dozen

fasten

frighten

glisten

gluten

hasten

heighten

human

hyphen

lumen

lyden

mullen

often

lessen

lesson

moisten

griffon

hausen

lichen

listen

hymen

jason

lighten

liken

liman

linen

liven

mason

mutton

ninon

oven

riden

soften

sudden

widen

whiten

thousand

summon

wizen

sullen

syphon

triton

tighten

ripen

siphon

stiffen

titan

siren

proven

rumen

bordman

marchman

markman

portman

oarsman

pumpkin

scotsman

unbox

statesman

yachtsman

sexton

capstan

horseman

infect

infest

jumpsuit

convex

bumpkin

children

doctrine

headsman

cauldron

caxton

lampron

asian

kitchen

pigeon

lesion

cajun

legion

trojan

pathan

region

suasion

mahone

heathen

vision

acton

lion

airman

alban

alman

apron

aspen

atman

austin

bagman

bargain

barton

baston

billman

bookman

boston

mayan

brakeman

zion

bellman

calvin

chevron

canvass

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chieftain

citron

classman

conveys

corban

dampen

darken

desman

dolman

ruin

cordon

crimson

dalton

harden

gascon

falcon

faulcon

freedman

hackman

fielden

footman

foreman

garden

gilden

goodman

gorgon

harken

harten

headman

invoice

jasmine

jordan

hearten

hempen

hetman

humbug

jackman

jargon

jorden

kremlin

lisbon

lockman

martin

matron

melton

kelvin

marlin

marten

mignon

milken

nekton

norman

morgan

mormon

newsman

organ

outdone

outrun

packman

pardon

passman

patron

dian

pectin

piston

pitman

pressman

sequin

sharpen

shipman

shorten

scion

shearman

selden

shotgun

ion

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallman

stockman

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

teston

tillman

unpack

warden

woodman

woolman

cowan

gowan

infects

composts

invests

ambush

bombshell

brethren

watchman

othman

queenfish

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

bracken

brazen

breton

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

cabin

canaan

cayman

charon

cheapen

chicken

chosen

colon

combust

common

composed

compost

convict

cotton

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

driven

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

graven

happen

haven

heaven

heron

hidden

hogan

homespun

hoten

hoven

humpback

invest

invokes

jetton

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

locken

logan

loren

madden

maiden

marron

melon

mitten

odin

omen

open

pagan

patten

pavon

perron

person

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

postman

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

sadden

salesman

satan

robin

salmon

satin

seaman

season

seedsman

semen

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

sicken

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

solon

spoken

spokesman

steven

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

sweeten

swollen

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

threaten

token

toman

treason

trodden

urson

vegan

villain

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

earthen

persian

sturgeon

surgeon

burgeon

urchin

version

bombshells

compacts

convicts

lambastes

bolden

convoys

copeman

envoys

peon

golden

kirkman

lopeman

rowan

rowen

knapsack

workman

boatman

compose

convoke

invoke

jumbos

owen

lineups

molten

olden

paean

pampas

rayon

shampoos

soldan

impeach

churchman

coachman

impish

rampage

bombast

embossed

lambaste

tombstone

imposed

tempest

bourbon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

ermine

sermon

curtain

certain

firman

german

turban

urban

zircon

impacts

impasse

impose

rainbows

tempos

urine

compact

impact

snobbish

timepiece

pumpkins

gombos

campaigns

champagnes

campaign

champagne

champaign

tombstones

3 syllable words

conception

concoction

inclusion

conduction

confessions

infection

inflation

inhuman

intrusion

nonhuman

contention

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

contortion

ablation

accretion

affection

concession

concussion

condition

connection

connexion

contagion

crustacean

foundation

plantation

secretion

sensation

occlusion

collusion

allusion

commotion

dilution

negation

predation

profession

promotion

sedation

summation

consumption

contraction

contraption

convictions

nonunion

infarction

infections

infraction

albumin

confuses

inflection

infliction

unbroken

communion

perfusion

assumption

attraction

compression

compulsion

completion

frustration

inception

induction

invention

transaction

affliction

translation

transmission

anyone

alsatian

attrition

abortion

abrasion

accession

carnation

conversion

depletion

dictation

inaction

insertion

invasion

lactation

obsession

oppression

patrician

preclusion

production

progression

proportion

propulsion

protection

salvation

seclusion

selection

stagnation

starvation

submission

succession

addiction

adoption

aggression

apportion

collection

compassion

dalmatian

damnation

defection

deflation

dentition

fixation

gestation

formation

optation

reduction

regression

rendition

suppression

suspicion

taxation

temptation

transition

uneven

conjunction

congestion

construction

conscription

injection

constriction

objection

ghanaian

countryman

disunion

projection

addition

absorption

prescription

subtraction

assertion

causation

devotion

cessation

cetacean

duration

edition

elation

emotion

illusion

occasion

oration

position

possession

procession

adsorption

tradition

complexion

inspection

collegian

exclusion

petition

extrusion

donation

narration

commission

malaysian

transgression

physician

encryption

deletion

delusion

combustion

deflection

forewoman

genuine

discretion

magician

guncotton

misfortune

redemption

reflection

laotian

filtration

englishman

exaction

exception

everyone

diffraction

enlighten

enliven

distortion

unwritten

castration

invasions

prostration

intention

in-person

uncertain

unburden

policeman

unbutton

capsaicin

uncommon

impression

implosion

andean

artesian

ascension

aspersion

assassin

asuncion

attention

awaken

bitumen

cartesian

cistercian

cognition

deception

depiction

depression

detection

election

equation

erection

eviction

exertion

fustian

ignition

impassion

incision

incursion

indian

infighting

ingestion

inscription

instruction

inversion

jamaican

kantian

laurentian

menhaden

norwegian

obstruction

perfection

reception

submersion

subscription

subversion

technician

transcription

venison

excretion

exemption

explosion

expression

extortion

description

distraction

aversion

erosion

hawaiian

malayan

dilation

evasion

provision

citation

quotation

egyptian

ejection

plebeian

downtrodden

samoan

caucasian

intestine

emission

privation

bandwagon

suggestion

ovation

probation

desertion

flirtation

flotation

ligation

secession

vocation

gyration

munition

recession

rotation

sedition

ambrosian

collision

gentleman

location

franciscan

corruption

handwoven

muskmelon

rejection

notation

nebraskan

resumption

exhaustion

impassioned

presumption

suspension

compunction

declension

pentathlon

misprision

creation

croatian

horatian

lumberman

fruition

abdomen

brazilian

medallion

mistaken

alaskan

battalion

chairperson

chairwoman

confesses

dominion

tuition

pavilion

unbiased

civilian

opinion

libration

migration

persuasion

retention

hydration

pretension

preemption

injunction

irishman

prevention

impeaches

heartbroken

composing

digression

deduction

abstraction

ambushes

anchorman

detention

dimension

extraction

dispersion

emulsion

eruption

revulsion

seduction

dissection

dissension

vibration

albion

bedizen

cinnamon

champion

cyprian

zambian

suburban

thespian

elison

mandarin

toboggan

keynesian

denizen

lesbian

bosnian

campion

wesleyan

determine

jettison

nevadan

guardian

gordian

gravamen

amoebas

reunion

scorpion

ferryman

companion

embolden

imprison

emblazon

crestfallen

digestion

adhesion

snapdragon

appian

diversion

distinction

decision

bedouin

cation

carrion

clarion

dorian

aryan

chilean

correction

arian

fenian

gradation

mutation

relation

religion

vacation

cremation

musician

rescission

direction

remission

galleon

division

gillian

korean

myosin

niacin

simian

reopen

precession

irian

syrian

precaution

heroin

reaction

percussion

imagine

gaussian

heroine

libyan

immersion

audition

marian

recision

reversion

abandon

alderman

backgammon

bedridden

cambrian

clarendon

cohesion

composite

disruption

imposes

invoices

logician

invasive

italian

abduction

investing

rebellion

timberman

aegean

phrygian

scythian

stygian

coercion

corrosion

lutheran

nutrition

abstention

expulsion

extension

discussion

misshapen

ambition

admission

extinction

beholden

perception

excision

partition

repression

resection

destruction

expansion

optician

benjamin

prediction

tactician

beethoven

eleven

unison

freemason

infective

halcyon

bouillon

convective

feminine

garrison

badminton

octillion

bulletin

harlequin

reptilian

hammerman

honeybees

medicine

melanin

waterman

composites

fisherman

clergyman

excursion

halogen

midshipman

retraction

composure

lecithin

origin

omission

parthian

permission

perversion

volition

discipline

biotin

configure

nobleman

fabian

unbeknown

horizon

alien

avian

foramen

freudian

julian

median

australian

nemean

nubian

investor

veteran

talisman

composes

embezzle

rifleman

permian

saccharin

composers

vermilion

tamarin

backwoodsman

uterine

derision

envisage

fijian

hydrogen

nitrogen

oxygen

parisian

proscription

restriction

javelin

adrian

jacobin

skeleton

compacted

superman

arkansan

embezzled

ottoman

pelican

catalan

peterman

confiscate

composer

specimen

councilman

silicon

solomon

embezzles

ramadan

etruscan

collagen

citizen

vatican

bonobos

investors

lanolin

housebroken

keratin

lumbago

invective

outspoken

reinvests

puritan

vitamin

regimen

margarine

singleton

precision

revision

african

artisan

austrian

canvassers

canvasses

cardigan

chamberlain

odeon

orion

congressman

charlatan

charwoman

corsican

moroccan

jovian

emphasize

forbidden

impassive

mexican

predestine

porcelain

reinvest

partisan

grobian

rhodopsin

impostor

magdalen

sumatran

protean

impacted

impostors

masculine

emphasized

anglican

forgotten

genovese

wannabes

menopause

canapes

embassy

overdone

overrun

overman

campuses

embassies

imbecile

manifest

imbeciles

manifests

saleswoman

reimpose

impeachments

investments

campaigners

rampages

impeachment

campaigner

investment

campaigning

imposing

4 syllable words

punctuation

confectioner

lilliputian

elocution

persecution

prosecution

refutation

incubation

valuation

intuition

diminution

fluctuation

veneration

coloration

generation

attribution

confectioners

disputation

execution

institution

menstruation

retribution

substitution

commendation

fermentation

information

confessional

confirmation

inundation

presentation

recantation

restitution

canadian

contribution

coronation

detonation

distribution

devolution

disillusion

divination

emanation

evolution

dissolution

domination

fascination

germination

inhalation

manumission

profanation

renovation

resolution

nomination

innovation

machination

recreation

revolution

suffocation

supposition

termination

ulceration

cogitation

iteration

preparation

laceration

leviathan

liberation

miseration

separation

surrogation

variation

beneficence

moderation

toleration

aberration

operation

decoration

pagination

adoration

violation

reparation

federation

augmentation

compensation

disinfection

disinflation

inflammation

exhumation

condensation

confessionals

infestation

confiscation

fragmentation

dispensation

ostentation

pigmentation

preconception

satisfaction

segmentation

transformation

abnegation

graduation

minnesotan

absolution

maturation

adaptation

benediction

beneficent

convolution

destitution

conversation

excitation

pagurian

intermission

resignation

ordination

saturation

combination

culmination

cultivation

devastation

syndication

ventilation

disaffection

emigration

immigration

penetration

permutation

vindication

desecration

celebration

conservation

calibration

annexation

designation

destination

insurrection

interaction

inspiration

situation

indication

inefficient

intercession

insulation

interruption

vaccination

intonation

invitation

invocation

intimation

indigestion

precondition

prostitution

publication

admiration

affirmation

allegation

allocation

alteration

animation

annotation

appellation

arabian

aspiration

avocation

beneficial

bifurcation

chameleon

collocation

comedian

concentration

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

definition

delegation

demonstration

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

dilatation

dissertation

dissipation

elevation

elongation

figuration

fluoridation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

imitation

immolation

infestations

infiltration

inhibition

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

legislation

levitation

limitation

litigation

locomotion

mammalian

medication

meditation

melanesian

misconception

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

oscillation

planarian

polynesian

preignition

premonition

preservation

procreation

propagation

provocation

realization

recitation

reformation

reservation

respiration

restoration

resurrection

revelation

revocation

rumination

sanitation

titillation

trepidation

vacillation

validation

visitation

modulation

arbitration

condemnation

decompression

illustration

imperfection

consternation

constitution

consultation

consecration

education

interwoven

vegetation

incarnation

incantation

disconnection

inclination

comparison

indentation

adulation

agitation

indexation

indignation

inquisition

installation

instigation

integration

interception

interdiction

intersection

intervention

jurisdiction

liquefaction

malformation

malnutrition

ministration

mortification

obfuscation

reinspection

subluxation

transportation

prohibition

dietitian

perforation

coalition

foliation

reassertion

rhetorician

centurion

abdication

glaciation

samaritan

advocation

affectation

admonition

accusation

acclimation

acclamation

activation

reconstruction

american

abrogation

committeeman

herculean

aggravation

altercation

alternation

ammunition

backwardation

circulation

compassionate

commutation

compilation

convocation

copenhagen

depravation

expiration

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

equitation

estimation

fabrication

fibrillation

inattention

molestation

obligation

observation

occupation

proclamation

protestation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

regulation

retrocession

speculation

simulation

segregation

statistician

stimulation

subdivision

interjection

stipulation

penicillin

deconstruction

custodian

interurban

aggregation

application

approbation

cancellation

consolation

consummation

crucifixion

degradation

dislocation

distillation

duplication

emulation

granulation

indecision

indonesian

liquidation

masturbation

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

population

predilection

replication

reputation

tabulation

tribulation

explanation

exploitation

sequestration

circumspection

contemplation

indiscretion

implantation

incrustation

introduction

orchestration

assyrian

bavarian

reawaken

gentlewoman

hungarian

reelection

businesswoman

mongolian

opposition

politician

perspiration

ibuprofen

repossession

preelection

proposition

missourian

gregorian

repetition

perturbation

napoleon

reposition

collodion

abolition

deposition

conjugation

syncopation

erudition

demolition

appalachian

fallopian

valerian

fumigation

infeasible

englishwoman

calculation

complication

importation

implication

excavation

noblewoman

constipation

embarkation

imputation

misperception

electrician

computation

constellation

exploration

formulation

exhortation

reproduction

amputation

gastrulation

hemoglobin

congregation

ideation

exhalation

athenian

corinthian

transplantation

introspection

nigerian

registration

pelagian

strangulation

disposition

lubrication

gargantuan

acquisition

requisition

deformation

unbecoming

competition

composition

hypertension

superhuman

exhibition

imposition

carcinogen

assemblyman

confiscated

dehydration

pavlovian

wagnerian

dominican

contraception

exclamation

contradiction

darwinian

ohioan

expectation

kindergarten

nonprescription

self-deception

extrication

columbian

cotyledon

accordion

obstetrician

abyssinian

copernican

agrarian

amphibian

nicaraguan

explication

oblivion

impregnation

obsidian

paraguayan

relocation

arthurian

algerian

evocation

adrenaline

iberian

liberian

criterion

himalayan

iranian

jacobean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

contrarian

devonian

macedonian

arizonan

protozoan

hyperion

republican

pedestrian

compositions

expedition

european

lumpectomy

coloradan

maccabean

lancastrian

galilean

floridian

condescension

tetrahedron

octahedron

exposition

crocodilian

apprehension

apparition

aviation

bohemian

hegelian

mediation

deviation

radiation

investiture

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5 syllable words

confucianism

continuation

attenuation

infatuation

configuration

insinuation

conciliation

confederation

denunciation

pronunciation

renunciation

evaluation

triangulation

affiliation

ionization

association

annihilation

configurations

confabulation

communication

confectionery

confectionary

initiation

hyperinflation

manipulation

abbreviation

colonization

mechanization

russification

orientation

mummification

remuneration

amelioration

nullification

repudiation

ejaculation

canonization

consideration

inauguration

revaluation

accumulation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

appreciation

collaboration

commemoration

confectionaries

deification

delineation

dissociation

enumeration

degeneration

reiteration

exfoliation

harmonization

immunization

justification

inoculation

substantiation

misinformation

organization

sedimentation

recommendation

corroboration

appropriation

cooperation

concatenation

conglomeration

contamination

consolidation

negotiation

origination

regeneration

electrocution

agglomeration

classification

edification

elimination

fertilization

gasification

gratification

certification

clarification

exoneration

facilitation

glorification

assassination

assimilation

civilization

codification

hallucination

inefficiency

illumination

incineration

qualification

purification

presupposition

prevarication

authentication

ramification

assemblywoman

christianization

stratification

resuscitation

specification

ratification

solicitation

sterilization

discoloration

dissemination

denomination

legalization

acceleration

accommodation

determination

dramatization

brutalization

localization

academician

abomination

adulteration

coordination

mobilization

modification

notification

unification

utilization

verification

obliteration

vulgarization

ossification

pacification

vilification

nonintervention

representation

depreciation

mathematician

rejuvenation

ornamentation

adjudication

capitulation

imagination

specialization

congratulation

beneficially

cauterization

humiliation

irradiation

proliferation

polarization

recuperation

reaffirmation

elaboration

vaporization

deliberation

dionysian

synchronization

evaporation

deceleration

insemination

domestication

falsification

inefficiencies

inefficiently

theologian

incorporation

examination

excoriation

authorization

hybridization

amalgamation

equalization

inactivation

incarceration

administration

epicurean

fortification

interrogation

intimidation

invalidation

accreditation

decomposition

magnetization

argumentation

predestination

recombination

rectification

neutralization

normalization

subordination

scandinavian

magnification

manifestation

reintegration

sophistication

ramifications

reforestation

maximization

amortization

interpolation

ineffectual

peloponnesian

inhabitation

precipitation

coagulation

decapitation

exhilaration

premeditation

eradication

modernization

hydrogenation

desalination

preoccupation

discrimination

disintegration

approximation

defenestration

disinclination

interpretation

investigation

interconnection

intoxication

amplification

dissatisfaction

hanoverian

juxtaposition

neapolitan

nickelodeon

multiplication

manifestations

expatriation

extermination

incrimination

procrastination

simplification

centralization

exaggeration

cohabitation

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washingtonian

refrigeration

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pasteurization

pennsylvanian

anticipation

recrimination

expropriation

investigations

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indoctrination

misapplication

participation

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depopulation

emancipation

desegregation

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evacuation

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exasperation

ambiguity

centenarian

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philadelphian

veterinarian

overproduction

prognostication

disembarkation

elizabethan

improvisation

articulation

ambiguities

brobdingnagian

oregonian

patagonian

instrumentation

amazonian

panamanian

caledonian

metropolitan

proletarian

unitarian

mississippian

babylonian

predisposition

miscalculation

augustinian

delicatessen

maximilian

pomeranian

investigating

carolinian

jeffersonian

nonsectarian

misapprehension

investigator

libertarian

retaliation

reverberation

presbyterian

investigative

investigators

repatriation

hyperborean

beethovenian

ambassadorship

manufacturing

ambassadorships

yugoslavian

manufacturer

carthaginian

nitroglycerine

argentinian

manufacturers

lithuanian

pythagorean

vegetarian

reinvigorate

exoskeleton

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word confucian

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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.


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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

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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
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  • 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.

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  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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