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4 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

whispers

christian

misprint

fission

mission

persian

version

vision

dispersed

children

despairs

citron

despair

disperse

shipman

spearman

crimson

piston

dispair

gumption

emption

expressed

misprints

bisson

christen

glisten

listen

prison

risen

whisper

fiction

friction

diction

question

asian

aspirin

burgeon

cushion

desperate

disprove

dustman

earthen

freshen

grecian

hessian

kitchen

lampron

lesion

pigeon

prussian

russian

session

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

jaspers

disburse

gilden

hempen

ibsen

linden

lisbon

lynden

milken

mignon

million

minion

pillion

whitson

shearman

sylvan

teston

tillman

trillion

pressman

stepson

pitman

silken

pinion

stillion

tuscan

airman

billman

chessman

chevron

apron

chairman

aspen

billion

clinton

brethren

bushman

dungeon

engine

fortune

caption

flexion

luncheon

margin

pension

rincon

bastion

belgian

mention

section

gentian

georgian

faustian

churchman

freshman

experts

option

suction

tension

burton

burden

burdon

burman

bitten

begun

bourbon

brazen

briton

billon

chicken

curtain

deepen

driven

given

glidden

griffon

heron

hesper

hidden

kitten

lessen

linen

ninon

perron

reason

person

quicken

rerun

certain

charon

cheapen

cousin

dozen

ermine

firman

german

gibbon

lesson

marron

mitten

resin

ribbon

ridden

season

riven

sermon

sicken

smitten

striven

stiffen

stricken

thicken

urban

villain

treason

turban

urson

vesper

weapon

wiccan

women

worsen

written

zircon

cauldron

headsman

strengthen

homespun

postman

lengthen

oarsman

delphian

doctrine

expert

seedsman

sexton

ashen

notion

passion

caution

haitian

gudgeon

legion

station

bludgeon

region

dudgeon

ocean

ration

heathen

motion

nation

potion

fashion

lotion

fusion

urine

henchman

tungsten

penguin

bargain

austin

barton

baston

bellman

bookman

boston

bullion

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

chieftain

classman

copeman

corban

cordon

dampen

darken

desman

disbar

ensign

esprit

fibrin

fielden

fireman

footman

foreman

freedman

garden

gascon

goodman

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hetman

houseman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

london

lopeman

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

morgan

mormon

muslin

nekton

norman

onion

outrun

orphan

organ

pardon

patron

pectin

penman

passman

runnion

saffron

scullion

selden

sequin

sharpen

shorten

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tubman

undone

vulcan

warden

woodman

woolman

workman

function

expired

guardsman

huntsman

junction

lakefront

landsman

auction

sunken

portion

shrunken

drunken

dutchman

faction

action

fraction

mansion

martian

torsion

traction

salesman

barren

basin

statesman

asper

baron

bason

icebergs

capstan

beacon

beaten

bison

caisson

chasten

chosen

cretin

deafen

demon

devon

elan

beckon

bellon

breton

deacon

deaden

eaten

eden

button

fasten

garron

happen

heaven

foreign

hasten

hausen

expire

felon

caxton

spokesman

freeman

frozen

horseman

portman

floren

hyson

landman

jasper

jetton

leaven

ledden

leman

leven

lemon

loosen

jason

leaden

loren

moisten

muffin

mullen

poison

redden

ripen

seaman

semen

siren

bordman

open

reckon

rosen

rosin

sudden

baldwin

thousand

sweeten

sullen

threaten

wheaten

woolen

klansman

vegan

warren

wooden

yaupon

melon

pullen

seton

marchman

scotsman

yachtsman

mason

mutton

oven

seven

steven

townsman

summon

markman

tappen

toughen

weaken

wizen

woman

exports

cajun

mahone

pathan

trojan

plankton

acton

alban

alman

arson

aspire

atman

bagman

banyan

boatman

bolden

brakeman

calvin

canton

canyon

chessboards

claxon

craftsman

dalton

damson

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

export

falcon

faulcon

fountain

golden

hackman

iceberg

jackman

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

marksman

minden

molten

mountain

newsman

olden

outdone

oxen

oxfords

packman

paean

panton

parson

passports

peon

plantain

ponton

rayon

sagebrush

samson

sanction

santon

saxon

scallion

shotgun

soldan

sportsman

stallion

stallman

stockman

union

wanton

mangan

longan

othman

watchman

flashgun

coachman

hangman

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baton

batten

batton

bayman

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

bracken

brighten

broaden

brogan

cabin

broken

canaan

cannon

canon

colon

common

cotton

dragon

dromon

fallen

chessboard

famine

fatten

flatten

hogan

hoten

haven

heighten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

lumen

maiden

odin

logan

lyden

madden

neighbors

often

omen

straighten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tighten

titan

token

toman

triton

trodden

wagon

waken

oxford

cuban

gallon

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

frighten

gammon

gladden

gluten

raven

riden

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

siphon

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

stolen

whiten

woven

yeoman

zaman

cayman

crouton

pavon

platten

pollan

pollen

spoken

widen

grandson

patten

passport

craven

gotten

phosphors

crewman

graven

pagan

platen

proven

baseboards

dashboards

phosphor

gowan

rowan

rowen

ruin

zion

owen

cowan

dian

ion

scion

lion

mayan

baseboard

dashboard

highbrow

washboard

backboards

highbrows

backboard

neighbor

newsprint

3 syllable words

expansion

explosion

expression

extrusion

inspection

chairperson

mistaken

timberman

discretion

distortion

implosion

impression

intrusion

cyprian

disparate

misfortune

suspension

abrasion

compassion

crustacean

deception

deflation

depression

despairing

dictation

diffusion

discussion

disparage

dissension

excision

gestation

incision

misshapen

persuasion

preclusion

reception

seclusion

suspicion

disbursement

cetacean

expresses

delusion

diversion

division

elation

erosion

expressions

illusion

malaysian

occasion

perversion

precision

recession

secession

distraction

exclusion

excretion

destruction

misfortunes

expulsion

extension

deflection

disruption

exception

filtration

frustration

aspirant

lumberman

inception

inclusion

infection

inflation

infusion

dispersive

uncertain

intention

invention

reflection

discipline

unburden

disbursements

contagion

instruction

disbarment

bedizen

abortion

superman

detection

dimension

detention

fixation

determine

contusion

suburban

expressive

eleven

injection

thespian

ablation

apportion

peterman

ascension

asuncion

defection

depiction

depletion

election

erection

mispronounce

occlusion

preemption

temptation

citizen

profusion

proportion

resection

duration

ejection

abstention

complexion

companion

syrian

disunion

egyptian

veteran

emblazon

cessation

summation

collusion

extortion

caucasian

allusion

truncation

imagine

muskmelon

description

lecithin

aspirants

predation

procession

narration

negation

rejection

religion

sedation

infarction

inflection

infraction

alderman

assumption

austrian

castration

chamberlain

coercion

completion

compulsion

conception

conclusion

confection

conflation

confusion

contention

contortion

convection

convention

corrosion

declension

derision

diffraction

distinction

expires

expiring

fruition

italian

midshipman

parisian

pentathlon

presumption

prostration

rebellion

redemption

resumption

tuition

whisperers

construction

extraction

inscription

obstruction

waterman

perception

overdone

overman

overrun

optation

propulsion

sensation

objection

puritan

whisperer

protection

selection

silicon

denizen

secretion

hammerman

fustian

dissection

eruption

specimen

mandarin

jamaican

keratin

indian

menhaden

anchorman

aspires

assassin

accretion

affection

aspiring

awaken

attention

bitumen

collection

connection

connexion

cinnamon

adoption

beholden

extinction

subtraction

contraction

adsorption

consumption

prescription

exemption

transfusion

collegian

masculine

unbroken

projection

horizon

libyan

malayan

ambrosian

carrion

outspoken

marian

crestfallen

saccharin

housebroken

collision

gillian

reopen

chilean

edition

position

provision

sedition

tradition

remission

precession

clarion

heroin

heroine

expertly

commission

simian

deletion

emission

emotion

permission

petition

physician

volition

addition

corruption

devotion

countryman

audition

tamarin

uterine

munition

musician

omission

revision

exaction

exhaustion

compunction

attraction

inhuman

singleton

lutheran

abandon

acumen

aspartame

aspirates

battalion

backgammon

cambrian

chairwoman

stygian

cohesion

disappears

enlighten

guncotton

magician

medallion

discovers

logician

everyone

phrygian

genuine

enliven

mexican

horatian

aegean

predestine

unbutton

uncommon

abstraction

creation

talisman

scythian

australian

exporters

expressly

ingestion

anyone

champion

discover

ambition

emulsion

eviction

partition

optician

repression

seduction

adrian

condition

aspirate

deduction

ignition

oxygen

patrician

elison

inaction

pretension

prevention

rendition

transition

campion

ferryman

attrition

garrison

admission

submission

tactician

alsatian

nutrition

retention

revulsion

technician

gossipers

addiction

gravamen

cognition

prediction

lesbian

taxation

nevadan

toboggan

pelican

recovers

reunion

skeleton

uneven

wesleyan

receivers

jettison

scorpion

dentition

phosphoric

irishman

contraption

adhesion

bandwagon

communion

councilman

digestion

downtrodden

embolden

etruscan

franciscan

gentleman

intestine

proscription

absorption

snapdragon

suggestion

encryption

aleutian

commotion

flirtation

margarine

cremation

promotion

profession

relation

solution

venetian

clergyman

direction

neighborhood

phoenician

pollution

possession

reaction

correction

percussion

precaution

aryan

plebeian

subscription

orion

nemean

appian

affliction

moroccan

myosin

niacin

permian

samoan

arian

combustion

conscription

bedouin

dorian

fenian

transmission

decipher

contrition

conviction

transcription

induction

foramen

gaussian

ghanaian

hawaiian

irian

korean

median

abdomen

perfusion

congestion

bookkeepers

capsaicin

pavilion

policeman

alaskan

corsican

opinion

phosphorites

brazilian

porcelain

rhodopsin

sumatran

civilian

dominion

reexports

taxpayers

vermilion

fijian

croatian

laotian

neighboring

infliction

ablution

accession

artesian

concession

digression

aggression

benjamin

concussion

confession

laurentian

norwegian

succession

regression

cartesian

perfection

restriction

neighborhoods

oppression

suppression

obsession

production

progression

reduction

beethoven

macabre

venison

exporter

freemason

englishman

albumin

disappear

nebraskan

cheeseburger

forgotten

badminton

bouillon

medicine

bulletin

reexport

arkansan

gordian

guardian

keynesian

halcyon

handwoven

vatican

reptilian

phosphorite

nonunion

octillion

unison

abduction

achievers

bishoprics

causation

citation

compression

concoction

conduction

confucian

constriction

convulsion

dilation

dilution

donation

flotation

gradation

gyration

halogen

injunction

ligation

location

mutation

nonhuman

notation

oration

origin

ovation

privation

probation

quotation

rotation

regimen

retraction

vacation

vocation

cation

cardigan

partisan

unwritten

backwoodsman

bedridden

nobleman

biotin

gooseberries

cheeseburgers

disapprove

forewoman

clarendon

expiry

forbidden

gossiper

rifleman

receiver

artisan

recover

carnation

damnation

congressman

dalmatian

formation

foundation

hydration

hydrogen

lactation

libration

migration

salvation

vibration

transgression

nitrogen

plantation

stagnation

starvation

bookkeeper

collagen

feminine

jacobin

ottoman

vitamin

harlequin

javelin

conjunction

bosnian

catalan

gooseberry

melanin

ramadan

solomon

takeovers

taxpayer

icebreakers

lanolin

recovery

transaction

translation

heartbroken

parthian

charwoman

african

aquifers

charlatan

magdalen

avian

fabian

high-powered

neighborly

nubian

neighbourly

alien

lucifer

galleon

freudian

grobian

jovian

julian

odeon

protean

passover

achiever

saleswoman

albion

aquifer

anglican

andean

kantian

zambian

icebreaker

takeover

raspberries

dogberry

raspberry

hackberry

4 syllable words

misperception

disposition

expiration

experiment

aspiration

disillusion

perspiration

dissertation

figuration

restoration

disparaging

iteration

preparation

misperceptions

liberation

miseration

separation

reparation

exploration

disputation

dispensation

expirations

imperfection

comparison

reinspection

copernican

disparity

historian

experiments

interurban

situation

aspirations

disaffection

dislocation

disparages

dispiriting

distillation

information

insulation

insurrection

interaction

interruption

intercession

corporation

decimation

divination

sicilian

declaration

corp.

dissolution

desiccation

dilatation

desolation

bifurcation

irrigation

experience

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irritation

recitation

receivership

repercussion

titillation

limitation

supervision

assyrian

ulceration

syncopation

visitation

mitigation

litigation

usurpation

implication

imputation

infestation

disparities

federation

variation

generation

veneration

coloration

disinfection

disinflation

disconnection

exposition

illustration

importation

disapproval

laceration

instigation

operation

installation

pelagian

phosphorescence

decoration

apparition

interception

interdiction

intersection

disappearance

intervention

interwoven

ministration

transportation

agrarian

american

asperity

desecration

desperately

destination

devastation

esperanto

estimation

excitation

experienced

expressionist

fibrillation

immigration

inattention

indecision

indication

indonesian

interjection

intimation

intonation

introspection

inundation

invitation

invocation

lilliputian

liquidation

masturbation

misgovernment

molestation

nestorian

nicaraguan

predetermine

protestation

receiverships

registration

sectarian

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

tribulation

victorian

vindication

circumspection

distribution

incrustation

indiscretion

implantation

dehydration

equestrian

impregnation

expectation

exploitation

kindergarten

legislation

explanation

explication

dedication

desperado

alteration

defamation

missourian

delegation

respirator

reawaken

oscillation

planarian

praetorian

derivation

hungarian

himalayan

fluoridation

hesitation

gregorian

gravitation

fumigation

admiration

fascination

elevation

emanation

detonation

melanesian

meditation

medication

devonian

levitation

isolation

simonian

polynesian

realization

resurrection

recreation

reservation

trepidation

reelection

reformation

rumination

renovation

bavarian

preelection

preservation

revelation

revocation

suffocation

vacillation

smithsonian

dispirited

republican

confiscation

consternation

constipation

excavation

expedition

adulation

incarnation

indentation

indignation

inclination

incantation

exuberance

inflammation

pedestrian

vegetation

preconception

exuberant

pigmentation

cogitation

obfuscation

transformation

adrenaline

education

reciprocal

reciprocate

fluctuation

institution

integration

agitation

arbitration

satisfaction

misbegotten

menstruation

modulation

shakespearean

reconstruction

adoration

perforation

moderation

violation

deconstruction

toleration

leviathan

diaspora

aberration

accordion

custodian

incubation

centurion

glaciation

greco-roman

abdication

eustachian

adaptation

backwardation

estonian

eritrean

graduation

maturation

affectation

alternation

olympian

saturation

altercation

mispronounces

minnesotan

exhalation

calibration

celebration

circumcision

conservation

consummation

cultivation

deportation

designation

hypertension

watermelon

observation

occupation

oxidation

palpitation

reputation

publication

refutation

regulation

cancellation

commendation

compilation

confirmation

consolation

conversation

culmination

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

destitution

emigration

emulation

equitation

fabrication

lubrication

penetration

predilection

presentation

recantation

reclamation

recollection

replication

resignation

restitution

recuperates

segregation

subdivision

speculation

superhuman

pagurian

superstition

vaccination

ventilation

businesswoman

infiltration

californian

orchestration

nonpartisan

misconception

introduction

conjugation

exclamation

demonstration

contemplation

extrication

sequestration

reciprocates

allegation

exhumation

affirmation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

avocation

connotation

correlation

collocation

coronation

domination

habitation

hibernation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

jubilation

machination

nomination

perturbation

profanation

propagation

provocation

sanitation

validation

condemnation

condescension

reproduction

ostentation

arabian

chameleon

collodion

coloradan

criterion

segmentation

hyperion

complication

recuperate

indexation

iberian

embarkation

amputation

canadian

european

comedian

computation

fragmentation

fallopian

augmentation

napoleon

valerian

jurisdiction

punctuation

liberian

consultation

siberian

mortification

consecration

execution

arizonan

constellation

mammalian

exhortation

gastrulation

iranian

athenian

apprehension

coalition

corinthian

dietitian

exportable

hegelian

nigerian

prohibition

rhetorician

hemoglobin

prostitution

relaxation

meridian

tabulation

abnegation

approbation

carcinogen

combination

prosecution

accusation

advocation

annexation

duplication

ovulation

commutation

proclamation

absolution

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

aggravation

activation

aggregation

application

convocation

obligation

ordination

persecution

polyhedron

granulation

population

albanian

aldebaran

jordanian

respirators

self-deception

assemblyman

reexamine

overburden

penicillin

paraguayan

aspirated

committeeman

vociferates

discoveries

tasmanian

contraception

gentlewoman

desperadoes

ibuprofen

conflagration

dominican

confrontation

concentration

arthurian

algerian

definition

diminution

politician

demolition

abolition

deposition

erudition

intuition

manumission

opposition

preignition

repetition

englishwoman

readmission

repossession

premonition

reposition

comprehension

proposition

supposition

transplantation

compensation

calculation

formulation

condensation

constitution

retribution

subluxation

lancastrian

tetrahedron

discoverer

armageddon

discovery

strangulation

discoverers

utopian

noblewoman

recoveries

macedonian

congregation

bolivian

indigestion

floridian

low-spirited

vociferate

exhibition

radiation

contravention

foliation

requisition

nonprescription

statistician

acquisition

bohemian

dereliction

ideation

imposition

benediction

ammunition

crucifixion

intermission

mediation

admonition

competition

precondition

recognition

aviation

composition

deviation

surrogation

abyssinian

alabaman

amphibian

barbarian

columbian

cotyledon

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inhibition

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rhododendron

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inquisition

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octahedron

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electrician

tamoxifen

expropriate

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pacifiers

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hydrocarbon

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pacifier

whosoever

pagination

newtonian

draconian

copenhagen

occupier

gargantuan

plutonian

pavlovian

mongolian

algonquian

5 syllable words

deceleration

evaporation

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incineration

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precipitation

deliberation

elaboration

enumeration

dissociation

emancipation

incorporation

exasperation

degeneration

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cooperation

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participation

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negotiation

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exhilaration

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inauguration

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recoverable

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configuration

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experiences

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expressionism

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determination

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illumination

peloponnesian

specification

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assimilation

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pronunciation

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conciliation

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mississippian

neapolitan

agglomeration

russification

consideration

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investigation

nonintervention

cauterization

interpretation

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ionization

irradiation

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alienation

dissatisfaction

alleviation

annihilation

disinclination

disintegration

depreciation

discrimination

experiential

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rejuvenation

expressionistic

reverberation

defenestration

simplification

specialization

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conglomeration

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exfoliation

domestication

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inoculation

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invalidation

reintegration

quantification

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recrimination

experimenters

manifestation

maximization

manipulation

delicatessen

presbyterian

miscalculation

expropriation

authorization

philadelphian

administration

amortization

ejaculation

abbreviation

abomination

inhabitation

accommodation

theologian

brutalization

canonization

clarification

classification

codification

colonization

desalination

dramatization

edification

elizabethan

fertilization

gasification

glorification

gratification

localization

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mobilization

modernization

modification

notification

nullification

ossification

pacification

exoskeleton

purification

ramification

ratification

ethiopian

prevarication

qualification

sterilization

stratification

unification

utilization

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articulation

approximation

instrumentation

proletarian

incrimination

caledonian

multiplication

procrastination

representation

hyperborean

jeffersonian

nickelodeon

expropriations

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appreciation

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

pennsylvanian

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electrocution

appropriation

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recommendation

epicurean

reciprocity

assemblywoman

scandinavian

authentication

augustinian

maximilian

coagulation

coordination

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confabulation

amplification

perpetuation

washingtonian

imagination

oregonian

congratulation

patagonian

panamanian

amazonian

sanctification

hanoverian

babylonian

yugoslavian

christianization

ornamentation

academician

presupposition

overproduction

carolinian

mathematician

lithuanian

decomposition

argumentation

pythagorean

retaliation

hydrogenation

juxtaposition

origination

veterinarian

certification

revaluation

expropriated

carthaginian

beethovenian

vegetarian

argentinian

centenarian

misappropriate

misappropriates

triangulation

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word dispersion

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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