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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word misfortune.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

christian

fortune

question

portion

georgian

torsion

faustian

mission

fission

kitchen

children

citron

corban

cordon

foreman

gorgon

jordan

jorden

morgan

mormon

norman

organ

orphan

piston

shorten

spearman

warden

glisten

martian

stiffen

foreign

christen

friction

listen

floren

griffon

chessboards

warren

bisson

loren

fiction

margin

bastion

luncheon

misprint

diction

vision

bordman

chessboard

russian

dustman

cushion

delphian

freshen

prussian

oarsman

grecian

horseman

hessian

pigeon

phosphors

portman

urchin

session

exports

misprints

jargon

chairman

silken

pinion

stallman

spartan

pitman

smarten

bargain

barton

chevron

garden

phosphor

saffron

chessman

arson

billion

billman

chieftain

disbar

pillion

sharpen

shearman

shipman

stillion

airman

carbon

crimson

carton

clinton

dalton

henchman

carman

carmine

darken

faulcon

fireman

gilden

harden

harken

harten

hearten

ibsen

linden

lisbon

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

mignon

milken

million

minion

pardon

parson

pressman

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tillman

whitson

trillion

teston

tuscan

wanton

freshman

churchman

brethren

coachman

mention

tension

suction

watchman

expired

export

lakefront

sportsman

dutchman

baseboards

dungeon

engine

flexion

pension

rincon

section

belgian

bushman

gentian

passports

baron

bitten

barren

auden

billon

boughten

begun

briton

broaden

charon

chicken

deafen

driven

garron

gibbon

given

glidden

heron

hidden

kitten

lessen

lesson

linen

marron

mitten

ninon

muffin

often

perron

prison

quicken

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

sicken

siren

written

smitten

stricken

striven

toughen

women

yaupon

thicken

wiccan

villain

markman

postman

headsman

lampron

lengthen

passport

strengthen

marchman

sexton

seedsman

despairs

baldwin

desperate

baseboard

cauldron

expire

dispersed

disprove

doctrine

lesion

fashion

lotion

region

station

sturgeon

dudgeon

earthen

ashen

surgeon

bludgeon

legion

burgeon

caution

heathen

haitian

gudgeon

motion

nation

ration

notion

persian

potion

version

passion

ocean

emption

gumption

penguin

tungsten

aspire

bellman

aspen

baston

austin

bookman

classman

apron

bullion

boston

desman

despair

disburse

dispair

disperse

dolphin

ensign

fibrin

fielden

footman

freedman

gascon

goodman

headman

hempen

hetman

houseman

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

london

m1

matron

melton

muslin

nekton

onion

outrun

passman

patron

pectin

penman

runnion

scullion

selden

sequin

sovereign

sovran

squadron

stepson

sultan

tubman

undone

vulcan

whispers

woodman

tendon

woolman

backboards

function

guardsman

huntsman

junction

landsman

auction

action

caption

drunken

sunken

dashboards

traction

shrunken

faction

fraction

option

mansion

backboard

basin

bason

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellon

bison

bourbon

breton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

caisson

capstan

caxton

certain

chasten

cheapen

cousin

cretin

curtain

deacon

deaden

deepen

demon

devon

dozen

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

fasten

felon

firman

freeman

german

hasten

heaven

homespun

hyphen

hyson

jason

jetton

klansman

landman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

loosen

mason

melon

moisten

mullen

mutton

oven

person

pullen

reason

reckon

redden

resin

salesman

scotsman

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

seven

siphon

soften

spokesman

statesman

steven

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

threaten

townsman

treason

turban

urban

urson

vegan

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whisper

woman

wooden

woolen

worsen

yachtsman

zircon

washboard

mahone

suasion

dashboard

plankton

pathan

fusion

asian

trojan

cajun

craftsman

marksman

experts

draftsman

oxfords

sagebrush

sanction

lion

cowan

dian

ion

bagman

acton

alban

alman

mayan

boatman

rowan

rowen

banyan

atman

scion

bolden

brakeman

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chaplain

chapman

claxon

copeman

dampen

damson

dobson

dolman

esprit

falcon

fountain

golden

hackman

jackman

jasmine

kansan

kirkman

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

lopeman

molten

mountain

newsman

olden

outdone

oxen

packman

panton

plantain

ponton

samson

santon

saxon

scallion

shotgun

stallion

stockman

workman

soldan

union

gowan

owen

paean

peon

urine

zion

minden

flashgun

othman

hangman

mangan

longan

oxford

expert

icebergs

grandson

alan

amman

dragon

dromon

fallen

famine

fatten

flatten

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

gladden

gluten

gotten

graven

happen

hausen

haven

heighten

hesper

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

solon

spoken

stolen

straighten

swollen

taken

tappen

thousand

tighten

titan

talon

token

toman

triton

vesper

wagon

trodden

waken

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yeoman

zaman

blowgun

bacon

baton

batten

batton

bayman

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bowman

bracken

brazen

brighten

brogan

broken

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

chosen

colon

common

cotton

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

lichen

lumen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

lyden

madden

pagan

platen

platten

pavon

maiden

odin

open

omen

patten

poison

pollen

proven

pollan

raven

ripen

robin

riden

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

slacken

slogan

sodden

iceberg

jaspers

ruin

rayon

highbrow

jasper

asper

highbrows

neighbors

expressed

aspirin

newsprint

neighbor

3 syllable words

contortion

disruption

abortion

apportion

cistercian

discussion

dispersion

proportion

disbarment

absorption

adsorption

expansion

crestfallen

expulsion

discretion

exaction

excursion

induction

infection

inflation

infusion

intention

misprision

aspersion

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

diffusion

dissension

emulsion

exertion

impassion

inaction

insertion

seduction

incursion

inversion

reception

revulsion

exclusion

excretion

assertion

description

decision

desertion

destruction

fisherman

imagine

precaution

inflection

infliction

immersion

rescission

infraction

recision

inspection

disunion

distraction

recession

reversion

explosion

expression

abstention

imprison

extension

secession

extrusion

discipline

aspersions

conduction

assumption

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

distinction

dispersal

compulsion

timberman

mistaken

italian

concoction

convulsion

deflection

diffraction

exception

expiring

frustration

inclusion

implosion

intrusion

presumption

singleton

suspension

resumption

reflection

in-person

filtration

impression

inception

adoption

affection

ascension

aspiring

asuncion

cinnamon

citizen

compassion

conversion

crustacean

cyprian

depression

despairing

disbursement

disparage

equation

excision

exporters

expressions

fixation

gestation

incision

inscription

instruction

invasion

misshapen

preclusion

production

profusion

propulsion

reduction

resection

seclusion

silicon

submersion

subversion

consumption

prescription

transfusion

extinction

korean

companion

embolden

syrian

dorian

gentleman

exporter

muskmelon

aversion

cessation

delusion

division

erosion

evasion

illusion

lecithin

oration

origin

religion

whispering

procession

conception

conclusion

compunction

midshipman

pentathlon

disbursements

inhuman

castration

prostration

battalion

guncotton

rifleman

austrian

medallion

corsican

forbidden

fruition

genuine

lumberman

rebellion

porcelain

abandon

tuition

african

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

enlighten

enliven

ingestion

abrasion

accretion

beholden

erection

dissection

contagion

contusion

norwegian

laurentian

reexports

formation

occlusion

extraction

perception

perfection

persuasion

secretion

sensation

mispronounce

construction

obstruction

nevadan

fustian

bitumen

contraption

specimen

determine

indian

peterman

skeleton

scorpion

disparate

assassin

contraction

bedizen

eleven

denizen

gordian

pelican

waterman

puritan

keratin

suburban

subtraction

toboggan

thespian

communion

masculine

emblazon

countryman

digestion

housebroken

outspoken

reexport

suggestion

unbroken

ghanaian

gillian

devotion

clarion

irian

libyan

parthian

cetacean

simian

orion

allusion

occasion

omission

permission

tradition

caucasian

deletion

addition

causation

commission

arian

bedouin

collegian

audition

hawaiian

veteran

collusion

marian

samoan

diversion

carrion

duration

emotion

gyration

malaysian

munition

petition

volition

aryan

position

chilean

narration

heroin

edition

elation

emission

physician

heroine

margarine

remission

musician

precession

sedition

alderman

backgammon

abstraction

abdomen

acumen

artisan

aspirant

combustion

cambrian

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

disapprove

attraction

retraction

dispersive

everyone

expires

forewoman

magician

logician

mexican

partisan

perfusion

predestine

sumatran

talisman

australian

congestion

stygian

parisian

scythian

phrygian

creation

derision

aegean

alsatian

ambition

artesian

anchorman

attrition

dentition

depiction

depletion

eruption

irishman

election

hydration

hydrogen

eviction

ignition

libration

detection

detention

dictation

dimension

partition

starvation

submission

tactician

taxation

technician

retention

suspicion

rendition

repression

transition

carnation

cartesian

condition

nitrogen

nutrition

preemption

pretension

prevention

vibration

prediction

cognition

optician

oxygen

patrician

menhaden

addiction

admission

migration

anyone

downtrodden

snapdragon

adrian

garrison

elison

ferryman

councilman

egyptian

ejection

rejection

mandarin

overdone

aspirants

aspires

jettison

bandwagon

lesbian

intestine

guardian

nonunion

hammerman

jamaican

awaken

forgotten

discover

macabre

overman

phosphoric

overrun

handwoven

uneven

harlequin

superman

reunion

albumin

etruscan

ambrosian

franciscan

wesleyan

whisperer

affliction

contrition

conviction

invention

redemption

transmission

aleutian

collision

commotion

correction

corruption

cremation

direction

negation

percussion

phoenician

pollution

possession

precision

predation

profession

promotion

provision

reaction

relation

revision

sedation

solution

summation

venetian

pavilion

cohesion

whisperers

disappears

injection

cation

moroccan

nemean

brazilian

dominion

opinion

myosin

niacin

saccharin

uterine

vermilion

tamarin

capsaicin

fenian

malayan

median

gaussian

alaskan

chairperson

reopen

civilian

decipher

horizon

discovers

plebeian

expiry

phosphorites

policeman

ablation

ablution

accession

aggression

attention

benjamin

coercion

collection

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

corrosion

croatian

digression

encryption

exemption

fijian

horatian

laotian

lutheran

obsession

oppression

progression

proscription

protection

regression

restriction

selection

succession

suppression

temptation

adhesion

expertly

gravamen

halcyon

projection

octillion

phosphorite

venison

arkansan

badminton

beethoven

vatican

nebraskan

truncation

bouillon

disappear

medicine

receivers

unison

reptilian

bulletin

englishman

freemason

flotation

declension

nonhuman

quotation

conscription

completion

constriction

flirtation

halogen

abduction

bishoprics

contention

mutation

probation

regimen

vacation

compression

convection

transcription

convention

privation

dilution

injunction

citation

clergyman

dilation

donation

gradation

notation

subscription

ligation

location

ovation

vocation

perversion

rotation

backwoodsman

heartbroken

objection

complexion

cardigan

transgression

cheeseburgers

gooseberries

icebreaker

biotin

clarendon

nobleman

unwritten

foramen

permian

aspartame

aspirates

congressman

receiver

bedridden

recover

dalmatian

damnation

foundation

lactation

optation

plantation

salvation

stagnation

icebreakers

solomon

gooseberry

vitamin

feminine

collagen

conjunction

recovery

catalan

cheeseburger

ramadan

melanin

transaction

translation

recovers

aspirate

lanolin

ottoman

jacobin

javelin

expresses

bookkeepers

magdalen

rhodopsin

taxpayers

alien

appian

freudian

grobian

high-powered

avian

fabian

galleon

gossiper

jovian

julian

lucifer

nubian

odeon

passover

protean

achiever

saleswoman

andean

bookkeeper

bosnian

champion

gossipers

kantian

keynesian

takeovers

anglican

taxpayer

albion

aquifer

campion

zambian

expressive

achievers

aquifers

takeover

neighborly

neighbourly

dogberry

raspberries

neighborhoods

expressly

neighboring

hackberry

raspberry

neighborhood

4 syllable words

nestorian

victorian

importation

disaffection

dislocation

disposition

distillation

deformation

gregorian

praetorian

disillusion

dissipation

californian

dissolution

misbegotten

reassertion

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

exhortation

incarnation

inflammation

installation

integration

liquefaction

malformation

satisfaction

insulation

misgovernment

inspiration

accordion

deportation

desecration

dispiriting

immigration

destination

destitution

information

tribulation

vindication

interruption

intimation

intonation

interaction

invocation

custodian

indonesian

estonian

simulation

indication

estimation

nicaraguan

experiment

inattention

stipulation

stimulation

indigestion

assyrian

bifurcation

decimation

defamation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

dilatation

diminution

disparaging

dissertation

divination

experience

figuration

himalayan

imitation

immolation

infiltration

inhalation

innovation

iranian

irrigation

kindergarten

litigation

misconception

receivership

recitation

respiration

restoration

sicilian

suffocation

syncopation

phosphorescence

pigmentation

misperception

experiments

ministration

republican

disapproval

disappearance

disputation

embarkation

excavation

exploration

imperfection

illustration

implication

imputation

incantation

inclination

instigation

institution

reinspection

miseration

iteration

leviathan

liberation

equitation

demarcation

excitation

disparity

emulation

experienced

exportable

crucifixion

disparages

exhalation

celebration

emigration

greco-roman

interurban

disapproving

expiration

culmination

pagurian

insurrection

lilliputian

prostitution

receiverships

reclamation

sectarian

inundation

regulation

replication

reputation

restitution

retardation

centurion

reexamine

speculation

american

registration

ventilation

penetration

distribution

misperceptions

conflagration

exclamation

exploitation

implantation

explanation

explication

indiscretion

devolution

isolation

revocation

revolution

delegation

ulceration

dehydration

profanation

dedication

emanation

gentlewoman

fascination

elongation

declaration

elevation

detonation

vacillation

devonian

resolution

equestrian

hesitation

smithsonian

bavarian

renovation

evolution

floridian

missourian

disappearing

aspiration

revelation

hungarian

reformation

medication

planarian

oscillation

simonian

melanesian

perspiration

meditation

nonpartisan

consecration

intervention

infestation

interception

interdiction

constipation

constitution

reciprocate

circumvention

reciprocal

intersection

disparities

education

interwoven

segmentation

execution

menstruation

preconception

transformation

dispirited

expirations

jurisdiction

exuberance

exuberant

hemoglobin

macedonian

pedestrian

constellation

vegetation

perforation

expressionist

federation

generation

pelagian

coloration

laceration

decoration

preparation

interjection

reconstruction

separation

reparation

veneration

deconstruction

introspection

predilection

cancellation

presentation

confirmation

indecision

recollection

devastation

elocution

fibrillation

aspirations

consummation

designation

carcinogen

absolution

consolation

intercession

oxidation

persecution

prosecution

masturbation

molestation

recantation

protestation

refutation

vaccination

resignation

watermelon

demonstration

extrication

predetermine

assemblyman

circumspection

introduction

eritrean

incrustation

businesswoman

sequestration

asperity

dominican

legislation

eustachian

copernican

impregnation

agrarian

reciprocates

minnesotan

concentration

expectation

affirmation

alteration

appalachian

irritation

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

polynesian

exhumation

preservation

recreation

resurrection

reservation

usurpation

consultation

arizonan

european

liberian

mammalian

hyperion

iberian

fallopian

siberian

arbitration

condescension

consternation

confiscation

canadian

criterion

napoleon

chameleon

indexation

collodion

ostentation

coloradan

gastrulation

comedian

obfuscation

reawaken

adrenaline

contrarian

transportation

valerian

apparition

coalition

corinthian

mispronounces

athenian

dietitian

nigerian

prohibition

rhetorician

variation

hegelian

affectation

algonquian

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

gargantuan

ordination

relaxation

segregation

confrontation

calibration

nonprescription

conservation

polyhedron

contraception

contravention

alternation

annexation

subdivision

self-deception

barbarian

committeeman

desperately

cotyledon

gorgonian

guatemalan

jordanian

maturation

paraguayan

recuperates

ibuprofen

rhododendron

englishwoman

situation

vociferates

alabaman

olympian

penicillin

saturation

meridian

librarian

compensation

lancastrian

algerian

punctuation

deposition

fumigation

intuition

rumination

preelection

readmission

preignition

realization

visitation

formulation

gravitation

abolition

arthurian

fluoridation

supposition

mortification

procreation

derivation

mitigation

condensation

opposition

proposition

octahedron

demolition

trepidation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

reproduction

levitation

definition

retribution

limitation

subluxation

titillation

erudition

manumission

tetrahedron

politician

ohioan

premonition

reelection

arabian

armageddon

bolivian

cogitation

congregation

discoverer

discovery

fluctuation

noblewoman

pacifiers

protozoan

recuperate

respirator

shakespearean

vociferate

abrogation

deviation

composition

mediation

imposition

bohemian

aggravation

cultivation

exhibition

aggregation

benediction

liquidation

precondition

aviation

acquisition

lubrication

foliation

syndication

admonition

fabrication

ideation

dereliction

superstition

radiation

requisition

conversation

publication

violation

abdication

intermission

invitation

contribution

orchestration

recognition

ammunition

competition

surrogation

approbation

statistician

darwinian

dandelion

aldebaran

discoveries

graduation

armenian

glaciation

amphibian

obsidian

abyssinian

oblivion

columbian

overburden

inhibition

diaspora

pacifier

respirators

wagnerian

comprehension

electrician

allegation

animation

annotation

avocation

evocation

inquisition

allocation

domination

indignation

jubilation

locomotion

exposition

indentation

decompression

relocation

attribution

expedition

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word misfortune

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

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