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2 syllable words
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2 syllable words

infuse

onion

runnion

dungeon

huntsman

luncheon

function

junction

delphian

fusion

banyan

canyon

gumption

kansan

kenyan

london

minion

penguin

pinion

scullion

tungsten

undone

landsman

sanction

hausen

thousand

drunken

suction

craftsman

muffin

draftsman

shrunken

toughen

pension

tension

cousin

dozen

mansion

wizen

engine

gentian

mention

sunfish

sunken

dudgeon

russian

asian

bludgeon

prussian

suasion

confect

gudgeon

baldwin

dustman

vision

grandson

lesion

lengthen

impugn

klansman

landman

strengthen

townsman

orphan

stallion

stillion

sultan

ensign

mountain

emption

vulcan

minden

newsman

million

muslin

tendon

fibrin

henchman

plankton

fireman

linemen

saffron

fountain

panton

pillion

plantain

ponton

lightman

linden

lineman

lynden

m1

penman

santon

scallion

trillion

tubman

tuscan

union

wanton

billion

bullion

canton

clinton

conveys

dolphin

crimson

guardsman

impugns

hangman

section

jumpsuits

caption

dutchman

longan

christian

mangan

margin

martian

portion

question

option

bastion

auction

belgian

marksman

sportsman

rincon

faction

torsion

traction

action

fraction

fortune

friction

georgian

fiction

faustian

flexion

diction

bison

button

brighten

brazen

cannon

canon

chosen

cuban

deafen

crewman

crouton

cumin

frighten

frozen

gluten

griffon

heighten

human

hymen

hyphen

liven

hyson

lichen

lighten

liken

linen

liman

loosen

lumen

lyden

mullen

mutton

ninon

often

oven

poison

prison

proven

reason

resin

riden

ripen

risen

rosen

rosin

rumen

season

siphon

siren

soften

stiffen

sudden

sullen

summon

tighten

syphon

titan

treason

triton

whiten

widen

cauldron

doctrine

marchman

children

caxton

bumpkin

bordman

capstan

convex

composed

headsman

horseman

infect

infest

jumpsuit

lampron

markman

scotsman

portman

salesman

oarsman

pumpkin

sexton

seedsman

yachtsman

fission

freshen

heathen

kitchen

mission

motion

lotion

nation

notion

ocean

passion

pathan

ashen

cushion

haitian

caution

cajun

grecian

fashion

hessian

mahone

legion

persian

pigeon

potion

station

version

session

ration

region

trojan

acton

airman

zion

alman

alban

apron

atman

aspen

bagman

barton

bargain

mayan

arson

austin

baston

captain

carmine

chairman

carbon

compose

carman

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

damson

desman

dobson

dolman

falcon

faulcon

fielden

footman

foreman

freedman

ibsen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

kremlin

jordan

jorden

jumbos

keelson

kelson

cowan

kelvin

gowan

bellman

billman

bookman

brakeman

calvin

canvass

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

claxon

boston

carton

citron

classman

convoys

darken

envoys

garden

gascon

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

humbug

lisbon

lockman

marlin

matron

ion

martin

melton

mignon

marten

milken

morgan

mormon

nekton

lion

norman

organ

outdone

outrun

oxen

packman

parson

passman

pectin

scion

pardon

dian

patron

piston

pitman

pressman

samson

saxon

selden

sequin

shampoos

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallman

stepson

sylvan

ruin

stockman

tarpon

tartan

teston

tillman

unpack

warden

whitson

woodman

woolman

infests

infects

bushman

brethren

flashgun

freshman

othman

queenfish

watchman

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

bracken

breton

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

cabin

caisson

canaan

cayman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chicken

christen

colon

combust

common

convict

cotton

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

driven

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

freeman

gallon

foreign

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gotten

graven

happen

hasten

haven

heaven

heron

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

humpback

imposed

invest

invokes

jason

jetton

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

listen

locken

logan

loren

madden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

moisten

odin

omen

open

pagan

patten

pavon

perron

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

pullen

quicken

raven

reckon

redden

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riven

robin

roman

rotten

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

seaman

semen

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

sicken

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

solon

spoken

statesman

steven

stricken

taken

striven

sweeten

swollen

stolen

straighten

talon

tappen

thicken

threaten

token

toman

trodden

unbox

vegan

villain

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

burgeon

sturgeon

earthen

surgeon

urchin

invests

composts

convicts

owen

boatman

bolden

convoke

copeman

golden

impose

invoice

invoke

kirkman

lineups

lopeman

olden

pampas

peon

molten

rainbows

soldan

rowan

paean

rayon

rowen

tempos

workman

coachman

impeach

churchman

impish

rampage

compost

homespun

tempest

spokesman

postman

bourbon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

certain

curtain

ermine

firman

sermon

german

person

turban

urban

urson

worsen

zircon

compacts

gombos

impasse

knapsack

timepiece

urine

bombast

compact

embossed

impact

lambaste

tombstone

bombshells

impacts

lambastes

pumpkins

bombshell

campaigns

champagnes

snobbish

ambush

tombstones

campaign

champagne

champaign

3 syllable words

confection

conflation

inhuman

nonhuman

ablution

abrasion

confession

contagion

conversion

invasion

preclusion

seclusion

aleutian

delusion

illusion

malaysian

occasion

phoenician

pollution

solution

venetian

exclusion

extrusion

albumin

truncation

communion

nonunion

unbroken

confections

contrition

confessions

convention

infection

convulsion

conception

concoction

conduction

contortion

implosion

contention

convection

conviction

inflation

invasions

ablation

accretion

affection

artesian

aspersion

anyone

cartesian

concession

uneven

condition

crustacean

equation

concussion

connection

connexion

foundation

incision

incursion

inversion

plantation

secretion

sensation

submersion

subversion

congestion

convictions

explosion

infarction

ghanaian

infections

inflection

aversion

infliction

countryman

caucasian

dilution

contraction

collegian

collision

commotion

erosion

evasion

consumption

ambrosian

provision

disunion

contraption

negation

infraction

predation

profession

promotion

sedation

summation

frustration

uncertain

intention

guncotton

forewoman

policeman

genuine

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

affliction

attraction

completion

compulsion

misfortune

misprision

combustion

induction

invention

assumption

excursion

inception

compression

unwritten

transaction

everyone

translation

transmission

enlighten

enliven

abortion

accession

addiction

adoption

aggression

alsatian

andean

apportion

attrition

awaken

bedizen

bitumen

carnation

collection

compassion

composing

conscription

constriction

construction

dalmatian

damnation

defection

deflation

denizen

dentition

depletion

dictation

dispersion

excision

fixation

formation

fustian

gestation

inaction

indian

infighting

ingestion

injection

insertion

jamaican

kantian

lactation

menhaden

norwegian

objection

obsession

oppression

optation

patrician

persuasion

production

progression

proportion

propulsion

protection

reduction

regression

rendition

salvation

selection

stagnation

starvation

submission

succession

suppression

suspicion

taxation

temptation

transition

adsorption

complexion

inspection

subtraction

encryption

transgression

prescription

division

donation

addition

commission

duration

procession

adhesion

rescission

emotion

emblazon

suggestion

franciscan

handwoven

tradition

cessation

decision

assertion

causation

deletion

devotion

edition

elation

immersion

petition

physician

narration

oration

samoan

malayan

downtrodden

intestine

position

hawaiian

bandwagon

gentleman

imprison

muskmelon

diversion

nebraskan

possession

projection

cetacean

plebeian

reversion

recision

castration

englishman

deflection

diffraction

discretion

distortion

impression

filtration

exception

prostration

pentathlon

redemption

reflection

capsaicin

opinion

pavilion

alaskan

battalion

mistaken

brazilian

dominion

corrosion

abdomen

imposes

in-person

chairwoman

civilian

laotian

cohesion

composite

lumberman

magician

medallion

unbiased

cognition

anchorman

inscription

subscription

transcription

ascension

asuncion

attention

cistercian

instruction

deception

ignition

laurentian

depiction

depression

eviction

detection

impassion

election

erection

misshapen

impeaches

obstruction

perfection

reception

heartbroken

technician

mandarin

toboggan

nevadan

venison

suburban

thespian

expression

extortion

lesbian

excretion

gordian

gravamen

guardian

halcyon

zambian

keynesian

scorpion

reunion

wesleyan

ferryman

albion

champion

bosnian

assassin

cinnamon

cyprian

determine

campion

amoebas

description

distraction

companion

crestfallen

rejection

composites

digestion

egyptian

ejection

embolden

snapdragon

corruption

imagine

gillian

gyration

appian

citation

composure

arian

aryan

heroin

heroine

horizon

simian

chilean

clarion

carrion

cation

marian

ligation

location

irian

compunction

musician

ovation

perversion

notation

precision

rotation

bedouin

korean

revision

secession

libyan

munition

quotation

religion

reopen

recession

privation

probation

sedition

syrian

emission

galleon

desertion

dorian

dilation

vocation

fenian

flirtation

flotation

impassioned

backgammon

midshipman

abandon

austrian

alderman

abstraction

bedridden

cambrian

chairperson

clarendon

composers

confesses

resumption

composes

declension

embezzle

extraction

presumption

suspension

invasive

italian

rebellion

timberman

aegean

croatian

creation

derision

fruition

horatian

lutheran

phrygian

parisian

scythian

tuition

stygian

beholden

exertion

hydration

abstention

libration

migration

benjamin

deduction

dissection

dissension

emulsion

envisage

eruption

preemption

pretension

prevention

vibration

absorption

detention

retention

seduction

dimension

revulsion

harlequin

beethoven

convective

bonobos

composer

octillion

bulletin

badminton

citizen

bouillon

embezzles

infective

eleven

elison

hammerman

embezzled

menopause

arkansan

waterman

reptilian

feminine

honeybees

jettison

melanin

distinction

abduction

clergyman

audition

correction

cremation

lecithin

disruption

mutation

conjunction

direction

fisherman

reaction

relation

exhaustion

vacation

exaction

precaution

percussion

investing

halogen

gradation

origin

parthian

talisman

vermilion

australian

unbeknown

discipline

alien

foramen

freudian

avian

biotin

fabian

gaussian

backwoodsman

julian

rifleman

median

nemean

invoices

myosin

niacin

nubian

veteran

artisan

nobleman

permian

tamarin

partisan

saccharin

configure

logician

extinction

uterine

admission

ambition

coercion

destruction

digression

discussion

exemption

expansion

expulsion

extension

fijian

hydrogen

irishman

nitrogen

nutrition

optician

oxygen

partition

perception

prediction

resection

tactician

silicon

freemason

councilman

ottoman

pelican

puritan

confiscate

specimen

compacted

lumbago

lanolin

ramadan

solomon

collagen

skeleton

superman

invective

etruscan

keratin

adrian

catalan

javelin

peterman

unison

vatican

garrison

jacobin

medicine

vitamin

retraction

singleton

omission

regimen

margarine

precession

injunction

remission

volition

permission

jovian

odeon

african

grobian

emphasize

sumatran

moroccan

forbidden

orion

congressman

proscription

protean

canvassers

canvasses

charlatan

restriction

cardigan

chamberlain

charwoman

corsican

impassive

investor

magdalen

mexican

porcelain

predestine

reinvest

repression

emphasized

housebroken

outspoken

reinvests

investors

impacted

masculine

canapes

forgotten

reimpose

overdone

overman

overrun

embassy

wannabes

genovese

anglican

campuses

embassies

imbecile

manifest

rhodopsin

manifests

impostors

imbeciles

saleswoman

campaigners

impostor

ambushes

impeachments

rampages

investments

impeachment

investment

campaigner

campaigning

imposing

4 syllable words

disillusion

punctuation

elocution

confectioner

lilliputian

persecution

prosecution

refutation

canadian

incubation

polynesian

diminution

intuition

melanesian

valuation

fluctuation

generation

coloration

leviathan

veneration

attribution

confectioners

disputation

execution

institution

retribution

substitution

menstruation

confirmation

presentation

recantation

minnesotan

commendation

indecision

pagurian

indonesian

confessional

information

inundation

restitution

fermentation

subdivision

arabian

chameleon

comedian

contribution

coronation

detonation

devolution

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

emanation

evolution

fascination

germination

inhalation

innovation

machination

mammalian

manumission

nomination

planarian

profanation

recreation

renovation

resolution

revolution

suffocation

termination

ulceration

augmentation

inflammation

preconception

condensation

cogitation

satisfaction

inquisition

beneficence

compensation

fragmentation

infestation

transformation

exhumation

confessionals

disinfection

comparison

disinflation

confiscation

dispensation

pigmentation

segmentation

infeasible

ostentation

interwoven

iteration

decoration

liberation

surrogation

adoration

laceration

preparation

reparation

aberration

moderation

federation

miseration

operation

separation

toleration

variation

violation

american

abnegation

conversation

indigestion

absolution

adaptation

conservation

convolution

centurion

copenhagen

culmination

cultivation

desecration

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

disaffection

emigration

excitation

immigration

inattention

indication

inefficient

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

committeeman

interaction

penetration

benediction

beneficent

circumcision

permutation

precondition

prostitution

publication

custodian

graduation

herculean

interurban

maturation

calibration

ordination

penicillin

resignation

annexation

celebration

combination

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

invitation

invocation

syndication

situation

samaritan

saturation

infestations

infiltration

demonstration

concentration

conflagration

confrontation

misconception

allegation

allocation

avocation

beneficial

bifurcation

delegation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

elevation

figuration

fluoridation

gravitation

irritation

levitation

limitation

provocation

realization

reservation

revelation

revocation

rumination

recitation

restoration

resurrection

vacillation

respiration

reformation

bavarian

gentlewoman

legislation

admiration

alteration

elongation

animation

appellation

sanitation

assyrian

annotation

appalachian

dilatation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

aspiration

collocation

connotation

dissertation

dissipation

titillation

collodion

supposition

ibuprofen

affirmation

missourian

napoleon

correlation

corporation

reawaken

corp.

hesitation

fallopian

hibernation

hungarian

imitation

locomotion

immolation

gregorian

medication

meditation

mutilation

navigation

oscillation

businesswoman

inhibition

validation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

definition

habitation

litigation

mitigation

mongolian

motivation

preignition

premonition

preservation

procreation

propagation

trepidation

valerian

visitation

arbitration

vegetation

education

condemnation

consecration

constitution

decompression

noblewoman

modulation

consternation

consultation

hemoglobin

incantation

incarnation

disconnection

imperfection

illustration

inclination

integration

interception

intersection

mortification

liquefaction

ministration

interdiction

intervention

indignation

agitation

subluxation

adulation

malformation

malnutrition

instigation

reinspection

transportation

indentation

obfuscation

indexation

installation

jurisdiction

corinthian

foliation

athenian

rhetorician

dietitian

interjection

prohibition

pelagian

reconstruction

nigerian

perforation

deconstruction

coalition

reassertion

depravation

degradation

application

ammunition

altercation

crucifixion

approbation

alternation

dereliction

convocation

deprivation

depredation

consummation

acclimation

consolation

dislocation

acclamation

circulation

distillation

abrogation

carcinogen

cancellation

abdication

accusation

advocation

compilation

affectation

backwardation

aggravation

aggregation

activation

admonition

commutation

compassionate

duplication

emulation

equitation

expiration

fabrication

gargantuan

molestation

estimation

fibrillation

granulation

liquidation

masturbation

observation

occupation

ovulation

proclamation

protestation

oxidation

palpitation

population

predilection

obligation

reclamation

recognition

replication

segregation

recollection

speculation

reputation

retrocession

regulation

simulation

statistician

stimulation

tabulation

superhuman

unbecoming

stipulation

tribulation

assemblyman

columbian

pavlovian

implantation

agrarian

exploitation

dominican

indiscretion

explanation

copernican

wagnerian

incrustation

contemplation

introduction

sequestration

nicaraguan

cotyledon

confiscated

paraguayan

circumspection

conjugation

accordion

orchestration

glaciation

symposium

kindergarten

amphibian

ohioan

syncopation

darwinian

oblivion

obsidian

abyssinian

reelection

englishwoman

politician

erudition

preelection

proposition

repetition

reposition

repossession

algerian

perspiration

arthurian

abolition

demolition

deposition

opposition

perturbation

electrician

arizonan

excavation

coloradan

sicilian

simonian

liberian

pedestrian

hyperion

iberian

amputation

symposiums

european

galilean

himalayan

maccabean

protozoan

gastrulation

macedonian

computation

lumpectomy

octahedron

tetrahedron

siberian

implication

importation

invisible

complication

constellation

constipation

crocodilian

exploration

republican

formulation

imputation

misperception

criterion

transplantation

adrenaline

reproduction

introspection

contrarian

calculation

embarkation

exhortation

iranian

devonian

jacobean

floridian

bohemian

congregation

exhalation

ideation

hegelian

registration

strangulation

polyhedron

nonprescription

contraception

contradiction

algonquian

expectation

explication

extrication

impregnation

deformation

hypertension

imposition

impeachable

exclamation

envisages

competition

requisition

exhibition

acquisition

disposition

obstetrician

self-deception

composition

investiture

alabaman

albanian

armenian

barbarian

sectarian

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5 syllable words

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exoskeleton

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word confusion

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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