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

onion

minion

pinion

runnion

margin

martian

marksman

guardsman

markman

marchman

arson

banyan

bargain

barton

billion

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

clinton

darken

fountain

garden

harden

harken

harten

hearten

jargon

kenyan

linden

london

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

million

mountain

pardon

parson

pillion

ponton

scullion

sharpen

smarten

spartan

stillion

tarpon

tartan

trillion

undone

union

drunken

dungeon

farming

charming

auction

arming

fortune

linen

georgian

option

othman

portion

rincon

shrunken

torsion

ninon

luncheon

sunken

watchman

sportsman

bordman

garment

oarsman

townsman

scotsman

yachtsman

horseman

caution

portman

boston

bullion

dobson

ensign

houseman

citron

gilden

ibsen

jordan

billman

dolman

dolphin

gorgon

linemen

foreman

lineman

warnings

lisbon

lockman

organ

orphan

outdone

pitman

mignon

minden

norman

oxen

panton

piston

milken

plantain

sylvan

scallion

sovereign

sovran

sultan

tendon

tillman

santon

squadron

whitson

crimson

alban

morgan

penman

shipman

mornings

canton

corban

jorden

kansan

mormon

muslin

cordon

fireman

tungsten

shorten

shotgun

silken

stallion

stockman

tubman

tuscan

vulcan

wanton

warden

engine

flashgun

fraction

forming

function

garments

churchman

friction

faustian

caption

faction

christian

fiction

gentian

warming

warning

suction

bastion

morning

mourning

pension

longan

mansion

coachman

traction

huntsman

diction

torments

horning

craftsman

draftsman

tension

action

dutchman

junction

mangan

hangman

mention

baron

bisson

barren

begun

billon

bitten

bobbin

bollen

brahmin

briton

cannon

button

canon

chicken

christen

common

cotton

cousin

dozen

driven

fallen

floren

foreign

garron

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gotten

griffon

hausen

hidden

locken

loren

kitten

listen

mitten

muffin

mullen

oven

pavon

pollan

mutton

pollen

quicken

ribbon

prison

ridden

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

sicken

siren

smitten

sodden

soften

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

thicken

thousand

toughen

trodden

villain

warren

wiccan

women

written

postman

delphian

doctrine

baldwin

caxton

homespun

torment

capstan

landman

dormant

children

grandson

cauldron

lengthen

mormons

strengthen

spokesman

dustman

klansman

ashen

bludgeon

burgeon

dudgeon

fission

earthen

fashion

fusion

gudgeon

lotion

mission

mahone

kitchen

motion

notion

passion

pathan

persian

pigeon

sturgeon

prussian

ration

surgeon

russian

ocean

potion

trojan

version

urchin

vision

gumption

henchman

penguin

plankton

airman

acton

alman

aspen

zion

atman

austin

bookman

bagman

baston

lion

mayan

bellman

boatman

bolden

calvin

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

gascon

classman

claxon

falcon

faulcon

golden

goodman

dian

chessman

hackman

headman

kremlin

hempen

hetman

lightman

melton

newsman

nekton

cowan

jasmine

paean

fibrin

copeman

jackman

jetson

dalton

dampen

damson

peon

m1

desman

footman

keelson

kelson

kelvin

lopeman

molten

kirkman

olden

outrun

packman

passman

pectin

saffron

samson

pronounce

pressman

saxon

spearman

woodman

gowan

ion

sequin

soldan

woolman

stepson

stallman

scion

selden

shearman

teston

workman

landsman

sanction

question

freshman

flexion

yearnings

bushman

burnings

belgian

earnings

section

alan

amman

auden

bason

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellon

bison

blacken

blowgun

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

breton

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

bromine

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

canaan

certain

charon

cheapen

chosen

colon

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

ermin

ermine

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

ferments

firman

flatten

freeman

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

german

gladden

gluten

happen

headsman

heaven

heighten

heron

hogan

hormones

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jetton

lagan

lampron

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

logan

loosen

lumen

lyden

madden

marron

melon

odin

often

omen

open

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

pronoun

pronounced

proven

pullen

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

roman

rosen

rumen

sadden

salesman

salmon

satin

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

seven

sexton

shogun

showman

siphon

slacken

slogan

solon

spoken

statesman

steven

stolen

sweeten

swollen

syphon

talon

tappen

termine

threaten

tighten

titan

token

toman

treason

triton

turban

urban

urson

vegan

vermin

wagon

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zircon

cajun

earning

drumming

churning

emption

cushion

burning

asian

browning

freshen

grecian

learning

legion

haitian

heathen

hessian

lesion

nation

region

session

station

priming

suasion

turning

yearning

germans

sermons

apron

firmans

freedman

fielden

freemans

ferment

hormone

pronouns

owen

brakeman

chieftain

matron

rowan

chevron

doorman

rayon

patron

rowen

ruin

surnames

urine

burmans

trainings

brethren

trimmings

screenings

seedsman

bacon

basin

bayman

brazen

caisson

cayman

chasten

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

graven

hasten

jason

laden

kalan

haven

layman

maiden

mason

moisten

pagan

poison

raven

shaken

shaman

straighten

surname

satan

taken

waken

zaman

brimming

crooning

draining

greening

grooming

pruning

screaming

training

framing

screening

trimming

surmount

germain

germane

merman

3 syllable words

bosnian

guardian

aryan

partition

arkansan

badminton

harlequin

nonunion

artisan

brazilian

charlatan

civilian

forbidden

harmonies

partisan

pavilion

vermilion

carnation

cartesian

garrison

artesian

gordian

norwegian

harmony

cognition

irishman

laurentian

indian

optician

scorpion

uneven

arian

chilean

dorian

fenian

gillian

libyan

plebeian

margarine

irian

gaussian

ghanaian

korean

simian

phoenician

franciscan

communion

audition

venetian

reptilian

syrian

armament

corsican

phrygian

conviction

declension

talisman

suspension

chairwoman

porcelain

forewoman

stygian

unwritten

affliction

aegean

scythian

addiction

admission

albion

ambition

andean

anyone

armaments

ascension

attention

attrition

backwoodsman

bedizen

bouillon

campion

champion

collagen

condition

cyprian

fustian

halcyon

kantian

ottoman

oxygen

patrician

reunion

solomon

starvation

submission

suspicion

tactician

transition

vatican

warningly

zambian

abstention

congressman

prescription

dilution

clarion

adhesion

clergyman

countryman

erosion

petition

pollution

carrion

ornament

appian

freudian

addition

galleon

grobian

hawaiian

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

deletion

edition

permission

physician

provision

tradition

commotion

jovian

marian

odeon

aleutian

permian

allusion

nubian

gyration

oration

origin

malayan

mormonism

julian

position

solution

promotion

protean

distinction

contrition

midshipman

prostration

transmission

derision

bedridden

african

corrosion

policeman

fruition

cohesion

magician

journeying

austrian

fijian

hormonal

terminates

parisian

tuition

cambrian

australian

dentition

heartbroken

depiction

depletion

dissection

dissension

eruption

excision

hydration

eviction

damnation

detention

digression

erection

formation

foundation

dimension

hydrogen

migration

invasion

optation

subscription

technician

secretion

oppression

libration

nitrogen

occlusion

incision

ignition

ornaments

nutrition

perception

transcription

stagnation

perfection

rendition

retention

suppression

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accretion

aggression

apportion

prediction

pretension

prevention

profusion

progression

vibration

conscription

contagion

constriction

proportion

regression

description

extension

adrian

encryption

awaken

bulletin

proscription

cinnamon

elison

gravamen

jettison

journeyman

restriction

thespian

wesleyan

lesbian

extinction

ferryman

jamaican

keynesian

keratin

adsorption

fermium

absorption

infarction

puritan

disunion

housebroken

ambrosian

etruscan

handwoven

nebraskan

truncation

saleswoman

tormentors

tournament

birmingham

imprison

bandwagon

companion

egyptian

frowningly

citation

caucasian

cetacean

englishman

causation

evasion

ligation

precision

omission

alien

fabian

volition

chromium

predation

summation

median

orion

occasion

direction

assertion

dilation

aversion

heroin

heroine

decision

diversion

emission

avian

musician

munition

narration

nemean

negation

percussion

privation

sedation

revision

correction

division

corruption

donation

duration

malaysian

recision

rescission

religion

remission

elation

sedition

cranium

samoan

abandon

abdomen

acumen

battalion

frustration

inflation

infusion

inhuman

attraction

capsaicin

chairperson

nonhuman

enlighten

enliven

everyone

genuine

guncotton

harmonize

in-person

italian

misprision

logician

medallion

completion

compression

conflation

confucian

confusion

disruption

mistaken

obstruction

castration

nobleman

predestine

rebellion

rifleman

tormentor

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

ironing

laotian

horatian

lutheran

coercion

ablation

aspersion

contusion

conversion

crustacean

infliction

depression

insertion

dalmatian

deflation

fixation

inaction

incursion

lactation

misshapen

transgression

persuasion

concession

adoption

alsatian

connexion

resection

inversion

salvation

subversion

subtraction

repression

sensation

submersion

taxation

extrusion

equation

menhaden

plantation

concussion

dictation

diffusion

connection

destruction

confession

intestine

albumin

assassin

beethoven

bitumen

catalan

citizen

denizen

determine

eleven

hammerman

jacobin

javelin

lanolin

mandarin

nevadan

ramadan

silicon

suburban

unison

harmonics

outspoken

embolden

venison

masculine

vitamin

councilman

digestion

waterman

snapdragon

unbroken

perversion

abduction

contortion

convection

convention

convulsion

possession

contention

procession

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

diffraction

discretion

precession

recession

distortion

profession

reversion

filtration

inception

inclusion

infection

inscription

impression

induction

intention

delusion

cessation

intrusion

invention

misfortune

retraction

translation

singleton

desertion

emotion

flirtation

illusion

immersion

abstraction

imagine

devotion

fisherman

gradation

halogen

secession

vacation

foramen

congestion

pronouncement

alaskan

alderman

sumatran

discipline

cation

dormancy

reopen

veteran

uterine

normandy

bedouin

tamarin

perfusion

saccharin

premium

timberman

lumberman

magdalen

rhodopsin

horizon

ingestion

injection

moroccan

harmonic

accession

affection

anchorman

beholden

benjamin

cistercian

collection

compassion

consumption

contraction

contraption

croatian

deception

deduction

defection

detection

discussion

dispersion

distraction

election

emulsion

excretion

exertion

expansion

expression

extortion

gestation

impassion

inflection

infraction

inspection

obsession

preclusion

preemption

production

pronouncing

propulsion

protection

reception

reduction

revulsion

seclusion

seduction

selection

succession

temptation

transfusion

toboggan

ejection

medicine

overdone

overman

criminal

pelican

emblazon

superman

specimen

skeleton

gentleman

forgotten

tournaments

muskmelon

rejection

suggestion

premiums

projection

promenade

pronouncements

peterman

location

construction

extraction

injunction

instruction

regimen

vocation

rotation

lecithin

combustion

probation

compulsion

deflection

excursion

anglican

exception

exaction

flotation

assumption

exhaustion

pentathlon

resumption

transaction

notation

conjunction

reflection

implosion

presumption

mutation

ovation

tormenting

quotation

redemption

objection

complexion

exclusion

exemption

explosion

backgammon

expulsion

criminals

chamberlain

biotin

mexican

myosin

promenades

prominent

niacin

pronounces

asuncion

compunction

crestfallen

downtrodden

creation

overrun

melanin

terminal

terminate

feminine

freemason

chairmanship

germinate

relation

cremation

precaution

reaction

chairmanships

clarendon

terminals

surmounted

permanent

paramount

germanic

warmonger

4 syllable words

amphibian

gorgonian

harmonium

carcinogen

oblivion

obsidian

jordanian

assyrian

harmonia

iberian

liberian

siberian

criterion

hyperion

valerian

algerian

meridian

arthurian

crocodilian

athenian

corinthian

nigerian

contrarian

arbitration

agrarian

albanian

committeeman

eritrean

iranians

librarian

tasmanian

arabian

european

napoleon

sicilian

draconian

iranian

bolivian

collodion

chameleon

comedian

fallopian

mongolian

manumission

shakespearean

peruvian

armageddon

macedonian

cogitation

augmentation

octahedron

condemnation

abdication

custodian

pavlovian

compilation

dominican

estonian

consolation

consummation

convocation

fabrication

cultivation

olympian

gargantuan

accordion

hypertension

oxidation

proclamation

publication

subdivision

liquidation

obligation

californian

canadian

collocation

connotation

contradiction

contravention

correlation

devonian

equestrian

galilean

gravitation

gregorian

irritation

jacobean

maccabean

newtonian

opposition

oscillation

planarian

plutonian

politician

propagation

proposition

provocation

rumination

simonian

attribution

condescension

mortification

obfuscation

confiscation

ostentation

adrenaline

complication

consultation

constipation

constellation

comprehension

uranium

toleration

bohemian

operation

geranium

moravian

germania

apparition

hegelian

moderation

composition

watermelon

approbation

apprehension

acquisition

competition

abrogation

herculean

statistician

cyclopean

columbian

guatemalan

dereliction

lubrication

aldebaran

cotyledon

congregation

equitation

harmonica

aggregation

fibrillation

aggravation

samaritan

orchestration

contemplation

abolition

nonpartisan

hibernation

hungarian

readmission

diocesan

geraniums

smithsonian

fluoridation

irrigation

dissipation

mammalian

fumigation

intuition

missourian

nonprescription

derivation

erudition

ornamental

levitation

supposition

supervision

limitation

melanesian

mitigation

titillation

arizonan

bavarian

utopian

trepidation

visitation

conjugation

praetorian

coloradan

consternation

noblewoman

republican

disinflation

tamoxifen

gastrulation

jurisdiction

incarnation

substitution

modulation

tetrahedron

aberration

surrogation

adoration

coalition

rhetorician

pelagian

coloration

laceration

prohibition

affectation

calibration

algonquian

crucifixion

invitation

prosecution

absolution

benediction

depredation

depravation

conservation

demarcation

observation

alternation

altercation

deprivation

indonesian

conversation

degradation

admonition

confirmation

convolution

prostitution

recognition

requisition

restitution

segregation

retrocession

retardation

syndication

superstition

saturation

impregnation

obstetrician

graduation

businesswoman

nestorian

historian

predetermine

american

centurion

paraguayan

tramontana

contraception

contribution

copernican

eustachian

maturation

pagurian

penicillin

victorian

wagnerian

ohioan

allegation

affirmation

admiration

allocation

evolution

demolition

alteration

disillusion

appalachian

avocation

deposition

appellation

aspiration

corp.

corporation

definition

devolution

habitation

innovation

isolation

mutilation

inhalation

jubilation

motivation

navigation

premonition

repercussion

repetition

reposition

resolution

resurrection

revolution

ulceration

vacillation

validation

valuation

constitution

consecration

instigation

agitation

malnutrition

pedestrian

malformation

fluctuation

indignation

protozoan

circumvention

comparison

embarkation

liquefaction

disinfection

adulation

lancastrian

himalayan

miseration

iteration

registration

federation

foliation

liberation

preparation

generation

ideation

decoration

leviathan

reparation

separation

variation

veneration

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

masturbation

protestation

activation

adaptation

advocation

emigration

extradition

extrication

circumcision

polyhedron

vindication

exhibition

resignation

celebration

elocution

desecration

deformation

deportation

designation

destitution

conflagration

infiltration

disposition

duplication

palpitation

application

immigration

imposition

indecision

indication

intimation

intermission

information

inspiration

molestation

insulation

backwardation

inundation

invocation

premonitions

dandelion

rhododendron

alabaman

ceremonies

glaciation

inhibition

dehydration

interurban

nicaraguan

minnesotan

ibuprofen

overburden

syncopation

sectarian

situation

englishwoman

greco-roman

assemblyman

animation

illustration

annotation

bifurcation

declaration

desperation

dilatation

dissertation

evocation

figuration

preelection

preservation

procreation

realization

recreation

reelection

reformation

reservation

formulation

respiration

exposition

restoration

expedition

execution

exhortation

suffocation

relocation

renovation

usurpation

importation

interdiction

integration

installation

computation

decompression

ministration

institution

electrician

incantation

indentation

indexation

infestation

inflammation

inquisition

punctuation

reinspection

retribution

imitation

reproduction

immolation

litigation

sanitation

locomotion

ceremony

harmonizes

hemoglobin

incubation

indigestion

interwoven

distribution

dislocation

deviation

distillation

occupation

tribulation

lilliputian

penetration

permutation

perforation

simulation

implantation

inattention

stimulation

incrustation

stipulation

indiscretion

sequestration

insurrection

interaction

expiration

intercession

mediation

interruption

intonation

superhuman

persecution

granulation

aviation

ventilation

circumspection

cancellation

refutation

annexation

radiation

commutation

population

elongation

kindergarten

reexamine

hydrocarbon

gerrymander

decimation

desiccation

amputation

defamation

condensation

exploration

hesitation

implication

dedication

delegation

imputation

desolation

inclination

interception

subluxation

dissolution

elevation

perspiration

medication

meditation

perturbation

recitation

menstruation

disputation

revelation

revocation

transformation

transportation

repossession

calculation

intersection

intervention

satisfaction

interjection

education

vegetation

gerrymanders

strangulation

concentration

introduction

criminally

confrontation

accusation

ammunition

circulation

combination

culmination

devastation

disaffection

emulation

estimation

excitation

ordination

ovulation

reclamation

regulation

replication

reputation

speculation

tabulation

exhumation

gentlewoman

criminalize

transplantation

preeminence

preeminent

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coronation

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reconstruction

5 syllable words

augustinian

hanoverian

argentinian

dionysian

pomeranian

scandinavian

amazonian

oregonian

caledonian

patagonian

babylonian

harmonization

beethovenian

washingtonian

brobdingnagian

theologian

recombination

participation

maximilian

glorification

conciliation

colonization

orientation

amortization

panamanian

jeffersonian

affiliation

articulation

cauterization

delineation

lithuanian

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

pennsylvanian

appropriation

hyperinflation

veterinarian

recrimination

continuation

maximization

normalization

quantification

presbyterian

administration

vulgarization

mississippian

obliteration

consideration

desalination

incineration

stratification

mummification

ceremonial

solicitation

nickelodeon

adjudication

appreciation

ornamentation

humiliation

association

alliteration

ethiopian

authorization

equalization

configuration

equivocation

fortification

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academician

abbreviation

accommodation

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attenuation

civilization

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exhilaration

codification

decapitation

facilitation

elizabethan

fertilization

modernization

ossification

peloponnesian

precipitation

qualification

specification

prevarication

modification

resuscitation

centralization

hyperborean

improvisation

nonintervention

approximation

representation

refrigeration

collaboration

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irradiation

pasteurization

misapprehension

ornamentally

mathematician

depreciation

polarization

proliferation

capitulation

terminology

vaporization

misinformation

reforestation

expropriation

accreditation

hybridization

decomposition

sophistication

communication

degeneration

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initiation

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authentication

agglomeration

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certification

clarification

denunciation

exoneration

presupposition

purification

renunciation

sterilization

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verification

disintegration

simplification

libertarian

unitarian

proletarian

reintegration

predisposition

neutralization

reaffirmation

pythagorean

desegregation

manipulation

intimidation

dissociation

criminology

exfoliation

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inactivation

incarceration

annihilation

alleviation

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commemoration

negotiation

epicurean

exoskeleton

delicatessen

centenarian

triangulation

assemblywoman

philadelphian

yugoslavian

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accumulation

amelioration

brutalization

classification

confederation

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disembarkation

disinclination

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imagination

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assassination

determination

illumination

specialization

examination

organization

rectification

criminality

christianization

hydrogenation

extermination

abomination

canonization

pronunciation

pronunciations

recommendation

sedimentation

neapolitan

deification

ionization

mechanization

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word darwinian

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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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  • 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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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
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  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
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  • Month
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