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

portion

torsion

deform

foreman

gumption

mormon

norman

shearman

fortune

georgian

martian

sportsman

bordman

ashen

horseman

seedsman

oarsman

portman

fashion

grecian

nation

haitian

passion

ration

station

deformed

reformed

emption

gorgon

jorden

jordan

warden

carman

morgan

shorten

spearman

stallman

samson

chieftain

carmine

reborn

damson

freedman

parson

refrain

orphan

fireman

ephraim

organ

arson

corban

cordon

craftsman

marksman

draftsman

bason

foreign

bastion

mason

basin

caisson

semen

bison

rerun

diction

friction

margin

warren

freeman

leman

flashgun

fasten

faustian

seaman

chasten

jason

hasten

moisten

fiction

demon

floren

hyson

loren

befriend

children

lampron

baldwin

marchman

homespun

markman

reforms

refrains

lesion

lotion

region

legion

potion

prussian

fission

caution

heathen

hessian

mission

russian

motion

notion

freshen

ocean

asian

cajun

session

suasion

befriends

guardsman

huntsman

sanction

airman

billman

junction

landsman

aspen

austin

bargain

barton

baston

carbon

carton

chairman

citron

crimson

dalton

dampen

darken

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

garden

gascon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

ibsen

jargon

marlin

marten

martin

pardon

pitman

lightman

lineman

linemen

reform

saffron

sharpen

shipman

smarten

spartan

function

sequin

tarpon

tartan

tillman

wanton

whitson

caption

faction

action

auction

gentian

flexion

fraction

christian

freshman

mention

pension

option

question

mansion

section

suction

tension

traction

klansman

bayman

beacon

beaten

deepen

garron

german

often

gammon

listen

omen

affront

delphian

reason

treason

cauldron

raven

yaupon

doctrine

grandson

headsman

landman

baron

barren

auden

bacon

postman

deacon

dustman

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

firman

kalan

laden

layman

lessen

lesson

leven

liman

pagan

person

urson

worsen

reprint

waken

wheaten

women

scotsman

amman

bisson

boughten

bowman

brazen

broaden

burman

canaan

cayman

cheapen

christen

common

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

famine

glisten

graven

griffon

haven

hymen

hyphen

maiden

roman

salmon

satan

season

sermon

seton

shaken

shaman

siphon

showman

statesman

vibrant

siren

steven

weaken

toman

spokesman

townsman

summon

syphon

zaman

taken

sweeten

yachtsman

stiffen

yeoman

straighten

burgeon

cushion

earthen

henchman

kitchen

persian

pigeon

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

atman

bagman

boatman

copeman

jasmine

jetson

linden

lynden

m1

newborn

newsman

sylvan

dobson

desman

rayon

apron

dolman

goodman

pressman

squadron

stepson

stockman

gilden

affronts

alman

bellman

chapman

chessman

chevron

classman

claxon

clinton

hackman

headman

hempen

hetman

houseman

jackman

lisbon

lockman

lopeman

lowborn

matron

mignon

milken

minden

silken

saxon

sovereign

sovran

teston

tubman

tuscan

reprints

brakeman

ensign

keelson

footman

bookman

boston

kelson

outrun

oxen

kirkman

paean

kremlin

packman

passman

patron

piston

woodman

workman

peon

penman

woolman

bushman

belgian

churchman

hangman

engine

luncheon

rincon

coachman

dungeon

dutchman

watchman

brethren

othman

chicken

billon

briton

charon

bourbon

cumin

lighten

lemon

lichen

liken

lumen

liven

lyden

bitten

deafen

driven

given

human

capstan

gibbon

loosen

shopworn

frighten

salesman

sexton

sovrans

burton

caxton

strengthen

begun

brighten

burden

burdon

certain

crewman

curtain

glidden

heighten

heron

hidden

kitten

linen

marron

mitten

aprons

muffin

ninon

perron

poison

prison

quicken

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

lengthen

risen

sicken

smitten

soften

stricken

thicken

tighten

titan

toughen

urban

villain

whiten

woman

zircon

newborns

riven

rumen

striven

triton

turban

wiccan

widen

wizen

written

penguin

plankton

springboard

tungsten

dudgeon

fusion

mahone

pathan

trojan

bludgeon

gudgeon

acton

affirms

alban

billion

bolden

calvin

canton

captain

chaplain

dolphin

falcon

fountain

kansan

london

melton

golden

kelvin

million

minion

molten

mountain

muslin

nekton

olden

outdone

panton

pectin

pillion

pinion

plantain

ponton

santon

selden

shotgun

soldan

stillion

sultan

trillion

vulcan

tendon

undone

drunken

longan

mangan

shrunken

sprinkle

sunken

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

owen

rowan

rowen

scion

urine

zion

affirm

alan

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bellon

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bracken

breton

brogan

broken

button

cabin

cannon

canon

chosen

colon

cotton

cousin

crouton

cuban

deaden

devon

dozen

dragon

fallen

fatten

felon

flatten

frozen

gallon

gladden

gluten

gotten

happen

hausen

heaven

hogan

hoten

hoven

locken

logan

melon

mutton

patten

mullen

jetton

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

madden

odin

open

oven

pavon

platen

platten

pullen

redden

sprinkles

proven

reckon

pollen

resin

robin

rosen

pollan

rosin

rotten

sadden

satin

seven

shogun

slacken

slogan

sodden

solon

spoken

stolen

sudden

sullen

swollen

talon

tappen

thousand

token

trodden

threaten

vegan

wagon

weapon

wooden

woolen

woven

sparing

banyan

canyon

bullion

kenyan

scallion

union

onion

runnion

stallion

scullion

ruin

auburn

cavern

tavern

caverns

taverns

supremes

springer

govern

sprinter

governs

springing

sprinters

supreme

springtime

sprinkler

sprinklers

sprinkling

3 syllable words

filtration

freemason

libration

hydration

migration

starvation

carnation

deflation

repression

vibration

gyration

causation

summation

precaution

relation

creation

infarction

restriction

presumption

discretion

prostration

distortion

castration

diffraction

resumption

inflation

misfortune

frustration

impression

retraction

depression

reformists

proportion

abortion

norwegian

apportion

digression

dalmatian

damnation

dictation

fixation

laurentian

eruption

preemption

caucasian

cetacean

citation

duration

elation

reformist

flirtation

dilation

gradation

privation

remission

ligation

narration

precession

vacation

absorption

adsorption

destruction

description

infraction

exemption

expression

distraction

excretion

beforehand

compression

contortion

deflection

reformers

conflation

disruption

translation

horatian

rifleman

assumption

reflection

redemption

croatian

ablation

abrasion

accretion

aggression

alsatian

cistercian

compassion

crustacean

deduction

defection

depletion

dimension

equation

erection

exertion

foundation

gestation

gordian

impassion

inaction

inscription

insertion

instruction

invasion

jamaican

lactation

oppression

optation

partition

peterman

plantation

prediction

pretension

prevention

progression

reformer

regression

resection

retention

revulsion

salvation

scorpion

secretion

seduction

sensation

stagnation

suppression

taxation

temptation

proscription

debarment

prescription

subtraction

inflection

infliction

inspection

transgression

truncation

contraption

encryption

contraction

extension

extortion

consumption

dorian

devotion

emission

emotion

location

commission

korean

cessation

commotion

deletion

desertion

donation

evasion

nemean

mutation

flotation

imagine

immersion

negation

notation

omission

origin

permission

predation

probation

profession

promotion

quotation

recession

sedation

ovation

reaction

rotation

secession

vocation

exception

forbidden

completion

contrition

exaction

exhaustion

corsican

porcelain

predestine

affliction

attraction

inception

italian

induction

intrusion

invention

transmission

timberman

infection

in-person

capsaicin

misprision

mistaken

distinction

chairperson

deferment

abstraction

construction

extraction

constriction

conscription

injunction

subscription

transcription

coercion

obstruction

laotian

adoption

confession

detection

detention

dissection

contagion

dispersion

dissension

hydrogen

obsession

australian

guardian

reunion

injection

concession

admission

hammerman

ambition

nutrition

cinnamon

ingestion

misshapen

patrician

adrian

nitrogen

assassin

depiction

perception

accession

affection

asuncion

attrition

deception

diffusion

discussion

election

emulsion

eviction

ignition

incursion

inversion

irishman

persuasion

vitamin

perfection

production

propulsion

garrison

cyprian

submersion

submission

reduction

waterman

reception

succession

imprison

muskmelon

digestion

nebraskan

intestine

deferments

complexion

expansion

extinction

arkansan

expulsion

etruscan

extrusion

egyptian

ejection

rejection

percussion

sedition

dilution

diversion

margarine

parthian

englishman

correction

corruption

direction

erosion

malaysian

perversion

possession

precision

procession

assertion

reversion

fisherman

occasion

revision

conception

niacin

compulsion

confection

simian

combustion

abduction

concoction

conduction

confucian

contention

tamarin

syrian

arian

convection

convulsion

orion

convention

median

declension

excursion

permian

irian

aryan

infusion

myosin

inclusion

intention

fenian

suspension

transaction

foramen

cambrian

medallion

forewoman

congestion

battalion

chamberlain

fijian

conjunction

nobleman

african

alaskan

austrian

cardigan

charlatan

lumberman

alderman

artisan

discipline

partisan

rhodopsin

objection

attention

anchorman

preclusion

ascension

aspersion

ablution

beholden

concussion

connexion

seclusion

collection

protection

connection

menhaden

profusion

subversion

selection

conversion

suggestion

awaken

campion

champion

unbroken

abstention

bitumen

citizen

determine

gravamen

projection

ottoman

overman

snapdragon

difference

different

eleven

medicine

ramadan

downtrodden

councilman

crestfallen

superman

congressman

ambrosian

emblazon

gentleman

unison

venison

disunion

housebroken

specimen

harlequin

solomon

zambian

communion

companion

silicon

aleutian

division

delusion

halogen

illusion

religion

solution

lecithin

pollution

phoenician

compunction

aversion

venetian

abhorrence

abhorrent

conclusion

confusion

implosion

singleton

dominion

overhung

carrion

heartbroken

cation

government

perfusion

charwoman

rebellion

policeman

clarion

ghanaian

backgammon

abandon

hawaiian

abdomen

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

marian

vermilion

malayan

unwritten

reopen

samoan

bedridden

transfusion

corrosion

oxygen

occlusion

derision

excision

addiction

parisian

fruition

incision

tuition

contusion

afferent

apprentice

badminton

catalan

collagen

deference

denizen

differently

efferent

ferryman

forgotten

governments

hibernate

jacobin

javelin

keratin

lanolin

mandarin

nevadan

nonunion

overdone

overrun

pelican

puritan

reaffirms

reference

skeleton

suburban

toboggan

conviction

addition

inhuman

audition

midshipman

edition

allusion

collegian

decision

musician

physician

clergyman

petition

munition

position

collusion

overmatch

recision

rescission

volition

tradition

pentathlon

magician

guncotton

biotin

backwoodsman

alien

bufferin

talisman

bedouin

governance

avian

acumen

overruns

aberrant

fabian

heroin

heroine

apparent

saccharin

chairwoman

magdalen

moroccan

uterine

unbutton

veteran

peppermint

cohesion

logician

mexican

overhang

sumatran

uppermost

vibrancy

explosion

artesian

cartesian

cognition

exclusion

condition

dentition

optician

rendition

suspicion

tactician

technician

transition

embolden

franciscan

albumin

handwoven

lutheran

suffering

saleswoman

diapering

adhesion

bandwagon

overhangs

offering

countryman

anyone

bedizen

beethoven

elison

jettison

keynesian

operant

reverence

reverend

reverent

severance

uneven

offerings

provision

collision

sufferings

anglican

apprehend

nonhuman

genuine

everyone

appearance

appian

chilean

freudian

galleon

gaussian

gillian

grobian

horizon

jovian

julian

libyan

nubian

odeon

plebeian

benjamin

protean

aegean

papering

phrygian

laboring

outspoken

reprimand

tapering

favoring

masculine

peppering

scythian

stygian

wesleyan

kantian

lesbian

thespian

vatican

andean

fustian

halcyon

reprimands

bulletin

bosnian

soprano

albion

bouillon

feminine

indian

labyrinth

regimen

civilian

clarendon

opinion

pavilion

enlighten

enliven

brazilian

sopranos

reptilian

oberon

reaffirm

octillion

evermore

melanin

nevermore

scuppernong

governor

governors

covering

governing

coverings

overnight

4 syllable words

aforementioned

exhortation

incarnation

inflammation

affirmations

confirmation

immigration

intimation

inundation

animation

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

dilatation

dissertation

divination

hibernation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

litigation

isolation

profanation

repossession

praetorian

suffocation

deviation

iteration

liberation

mediation

miseration

perforation

dispensation

embarkation

formulation

obfuscation

pigmentation

illustration

ministration

decompression

incantation

infestation

confiscation

integration

preconception

transformation

adaptation

acclimation

acclamation

affectation

altercation

alternation

backwardation

calibration

celebration

commendation

conservation

consummation

conversation

desecration

designation

devastation

dislocation

distillation

emigration

estimation

fibrillation

indication

inspiration

insulation

intercession

intermission

invocation

intonation

invitation

liquidation

masturbation

ordination

penetration

precondition

presentation

observation

proclamation

refutation

recantation

reclamation

resignation

syndication

vindication

allegation

allocation

alteration

annotation

appellation

aspiration

avocation

collocation

connotation

declaration

dedication

delegation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

detonation

dissipation

domination

elevation

emanation

fascination

figuration

habitation

hesitation

irrigation

irritation

jubilation

machination

medication

meditation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

syncopation

navigation

nomination

oscillation

preservation

procreation

propagation

provocation

readmission

recitation

recreation

reservation

respiration

revocation

titillation

ulceration

renovation

reposition

restoration

revelation

sanitation

usurpation

legislation

visitation

validation

vacillation

californian

separation

laceration

moderation

conflagration

decoration

reassertion

preparation

federation

reparation

coloration

generation

operation

implantation

adoration

impregnation

aberration

variation

infiltration

surrogation

veneration

violation

incrustation

toleration

adulation

agitation

education

modulation

vegetation

pagination

compensation

condemnation

condensation

consternation

consultation

fragmentation

gastrulation

inclination

indentation

implication

consecration

indexation

indignation

instigation

installation

interception

intersection

intervention

misperception

reinspection

menstruation

mortification

segmentation

subluxation

transportation

deformity

combination

abnegation

approbation

accordion

abrogation

annexation

compilation

activation

congregation

aggregation

consolation

interjection

registration

application

advocation

aggravation

cancellation

convocation

saturation

historian

deconstruction

reconstruction

jordanian

maturation

watermelon

situation

culmination

deprivation

depredation

degradation

destination

expiration

fabrication

hypertension

obligation

palpitation

protestation

segregation

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

equitation

insurrection

vaccination

ventilation

duplication

molestation

lubrication

replication

simulation

oxidation

victorian

depravation

admiration

appalachian

concentration

confrontation

conjugation

contemplation

definition

demonstration

derivation

differential

dissolution

distribution

exclamation

extrication

fluoridation

germination

gregorian

limitation

locomotion

misconception

orchestration

preelection

preignition

reawaken

reelection

sequestration

termination

disconnection

disinflation

disputation

punctuation

radiation

deformities

fluctuation

foliation

complication

ostentation

reproduction

ideation

imputation

interdiction

aviation

exploration

constellation

excavation

arbitration

constipation

introspection

transplantation

armenian

glaciation

predetermine

exhalation

benediction

accusation

circulation

graduation

commutation

incubation

differentials

nestorian

fermentation

disposition

emulation

granulation

inattention

occupation

ovulation

permutation

population

predilection

recognition

recollection

regulation

reputation

retrocession

speculation

statistician

tabulation

circumspection

inhibition

explanation

contraception

expectation

contribution

explication

introduction

indiscretion

self-deception

abolition

floridian

deposition

devolution

evolution

fumigation

gravitation

manumission

levitation

intuition

opposition

proposition

resurrection

trepidation

politician

supposition

arabian

criterion

hyperion

iberian

liberian

repetition

valuation

mammalian

perspiration

siberian

resolution

revolution

perturbation

rumination

exhumation

repercussion

coalition

dietitian

augmentation

prohibition

cogitation

attribution

nigerian

apparition

rhetorician

amputation

interwoven

calculation

circumvention

computation

pelagian

armageddon

retribution

condescension

electrician

inquisition

institution

liquefaction

republican

abdication

absolution

acquisition

ammunition

circumcision

convolution

crucifixion

destitution

strangulation

cultivation

disaffection

excitation

exhibition

gargantuan

requisition

interruption

prostitution

superstition

apprehension

publication

interaction

barbarian

columbian

american

obstetrician

covariance

contravention

gorgonian

extradition

greco-roman

guatemalan

interurban

liberians

tasmanian

samaritan

librarian

overburden

reexamine

contradiction

supervision

apprehensions

nonpartisan

deferential

diminution

erudition

governorship

reverential

bavarian

iranian

constitution

expedition

disinfection

exposition

imperfection

malnutrition

missourian

himalayan

satisfaction

diocesan

planarian

adrenaline

macedonian

tamoxifen

papier-mache

shakespearean

misbegotten

comparison

bohemian

governmental

contrarian

crocodilian

indigestion

hemoglobin

hegelian

admonition

moravian

carcinogen

competition

composition

exploitation

dereliction

governorships

imposition

indecision

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

amphibian

centurion

kindergarten

ibuprofen

hydrocarbon

darwinian

comprehension

nonprescription

dandelion

dominican

equestrian

eustachian

minnesotan

nicaraguan

pagurian

reappearance

referendum

sectarian

wagnerian

englishwoman

penicillin

demolition

arthurian

premonition

hungarian

jurisdiction

lancastrian

assyrian

valerian

european

comedian

simonian

canadian

chameleon

pedestrian

noblewoman

referendums

athenian

lilliputian

polyhedron

restitution

affirmative

gentlewoman

olympian

aldebaran

differences

businesswoman

eritrean

effrontery

paraguayan

substitution

algerian

arizonan

coloradan

protozoan

persecution

prosecution

subdivision

elocution

leviathan

apprenticeship

apprentices

apprenticeships

rhododendron

execution

references

octahedron

committeeman

copernican

supremacy

tetrahedron

melanesian

ohioan

disillusion

polynesian

apparently

draconian

assemblyman

indonesian

superhuman

cotyledon

reverently

apprehensive

supremely

tabernacle

never-ending

appearances

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oblivion

estonian

herculean

obsidian

pavlovian

superimpose

mongolian

smithsonian

algonquian

copenhagen

labyrinthine

pepperoni

5 syllable words

reiteration

incorporation

repatriation

inauguration

legalization

revaluation

denomination

elaboration

evaporation

reverberation

infatuation

corroboration

subordination

recombination

reintegration

equalization

exacerbation

excoriation

incarceration

misinformation

regeneration

civilization

coordination

decapitation

desalination

determination

vilification

preoccupation

remuneration

exoneration

resuscitation

ejaculation

discoloration

premeditation

amelioration

collaboration

affiliation

deceleration

enumeration

ionization

proliferation

recuperation

vaporization

deliberation

cauterization

defenestration

exaggeration

extermination

refrigeration

imagination

discrimination

disembarkation

incrimination

misapplication

quantification

desegregation

predestination

emancipation

recrimination

amalgamation

interrogation

normalization

authorization

invalidation

exfoliation

degeneration

intimidation

cooperation

immunization

inactivation

origination

examination

exhilaration

elimination

gasification

orientation

precipitation

verification

confederation

dissemination

agglomeration

fertilization

interpolation

facilitation

accommodation

ossification

pacification

ramification

ratification

unification

utilization

certification

colonization

mobilization

mummification

modification

adulteration

assassination

prevarication

inhabitation

russification

vulgarization

assimilation

brutalization

canonization

dramatization

illumination

incineration

mechanization

presupposition

specification

purification

clarification

classification

abomination

codification

edification

christianization

glorification

gratification

localization

nullification

qualification

notification

indoctrination

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

approximation

capitulation

cohabitation

confabulation

disintegration

improvisation

interpretation

intoxication

irradiation

ornamentation

polarization

rejuvenation

specialization

anticipation

communication

configuration

consolidation

concatenation

contamination

synchronization

instrumentation

conglomeration

decomposition

exasperation

equivocation

falsification

harmonization

insemination

magnification

fortification

justification

magnetization

manifestation

organization

hybridization

recommendation

rectification

sedimentation

sophistication

hydrogenation

triangulation

consideration

academician

acceleration

amortization

eradication

obliteration

abbreviation

stratification

solicitation

hyperborean

hallucination

modernization

panamanian

adjudication

depreciation

appreciation

multiplication

pythagorean

amplification

disinclination

expatriation

prognostication

centralization

simplification

nonintervention

annihilation

investigation

accumulation

commemoration

pasteurization

perpetuation

depopulation

sanctification

neutralization

participation

congratulation

appropriation

inoculation

accreditation

manipulation

domestication

evacuation

predisposition

hyperinflation

authentication

theologian

expropriation

reformatory

delicatessen

administration

argumentation

electrocution

evaluation

sterilization

neapolitan

coagulation

mathematician

articulation

procrastination

representation

reformatories

interconnection

pomeranian

delineation

insinuation

dissociation

continuation

maximization

humiliation

association

miscalculation

negotiation

initiation

repudiation

renunciation

pronunciation

attenuation

conciliation

denunciation

dissatisfaction

overproduction

juxtaposition

jeffersonian

libertarian

oregonian

proletarian

unitarian

presbyterian

ethiopian

brobdingnagian

metropolitan

misapprehension

nitroglycerine

pennsylvanian

substantiation

epicurean

scandinavian

reprehensible

differentiates

hanoverian

amazonian

beethovenian

carolinian

nonsectarian

differentiate

assemblywoman

supernatural

maximilian

affirmatively

philadelphian

carthaginian

argentinian

elizabethan

peloponnesian

washingtonian

exoskeleton

lithuanian

veterinarian

superintendent

babylonian

vegetarian

caledonian

mississippian

nickelodeon

patagonian

centenarian

yugoslavian

augustinian

superintendents

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word deformation

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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