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3 syllable words
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2 syllable words

blankets

lagan

latin

penguin

baton

batten

batton

blacken

bracken

cannon

canon

dragon

fatten

flatten

patten

platen

platten

satin

slacken

wagon

action

faction

fraction

longan

mansion

rincon

traction

landsman

pathan

doctrine

lampron

marchman

markman

sexton

townsman

alman

aspen

atman

austin

barton

brakeman

calvin

carton

chaplain

chapman

boston

clanging

classman

clinton

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

ensign

faulcon

harken

harten

hearten

jasmine

kenyan

kirkman

lineman

linemen

lockman

melton

minden

london

martin

onion

oxen

passman

penman

runnion

marten

saffron

samson

scallion

shorten

smarten

spartan

stallion

stockman

sultan

tartan

tendon

teston

tuscan

undone

vulcan

workman

henchman

baron

blankly

engine

flashgun

alan

bacon

bastion

dungeon

flanges

barren

flexion

amman

pension

bason

beckon

boughten

breton

brighten

burton

cabin

certain

section

button

canaan

cotton

curtain

dagan

famine

fasten

frighten

tension

dagon

gallon

gammon

garron

gladden

gotten

happen

heighten

jetton

lichen

lighten

liken

locken

madden

mutton

pagan

reckon

rotten

sadden

salmon

satan

shaken

straighten

taken

talon

tappen

threaten

tighten

titan

triton

vegan

waken

whiten

auction

caption

gentian

glancing

zircon

luncheon

mention

suction

craftsman

draftsman

huntsman

marksman

ashen

baldwin

bordman

cauldron

delphian

dustman

earthen

fashion

headsman

horseman

mahone

oarsman

passion

portman

ration

salesman

scallions

fireman

jetson

apron

arson

chevron

jordan

emption

chieftain

fibrin

foreman

houseman

jargon

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

lightman

kremlin

linden

lynden

m1

marlin

matron

stallman

stepson

talons

squadron

sovereign

sovran

warden

milken

minion

molten

morgan

mormon

muslin

norman

tarpon

chessman

bargain

bellman

bookman

dobson

dolman

gallons

dolphin

garden

glances

gorgon

pressman

organ

pinion

piston

scullion

selden

union

gumption

carman

chairman

cordon

hempen

airman

alban

balance

carbon

corban

desman

harden

headman

carmine

hetman

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

parson

patron

sequin

sharpen

shotgun

silken

tubman

guardsman

sportsman

belgian

brethren

challenge

churchman

clenches

diction

dutchman

faustian

fiction

fortune

freshman

friction

georgian

margin

torsion

question

watchman

martian

option

othman

portion

dozen

eaten

ermine

fallen

felon

firman

floren

foreign

german

gluten

graven

hasten

hausen

haven

heaven

heron

hogan

hoten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

kalan

kitten

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

liman

linen

liven

logan

loren

lyden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

oven

mitten

muffin

mullen

ninon

often

pavon

perron

person

pollan

quicken

raven

redden

pollen

resin

shaman

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

sermon

seton

seven

shogun

sicken

siphon

siren

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

yaupon

zaman

worsen

written

wizen

syphon

thicken

toughen

widen

thousand

token

sweeten

trodden

turban

urban

warren

urson

wiccan

spoken

stricken

weaken

sudden

sullen

wheaten

summon

weapon

basin

beacon

beaten

auden

bayman

begun

bellon

broaden

brazen

bison

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

bourbon

briton

brogan

bollen

broken

burden

burdon

burman

caisson

cayman

charon

chasten

chicken

common

cousin

craven

cretin

crouton

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

devon

balanced

children

postman

spokesman

scotsman

statesman

homespun

seedsman

yachtsman

asian

cajun

prussian

sturgeon

russian

station

suasion

urchin

hessian

persian

clannish

burgeon

bludgeon

gudgeon

caution

dudgeon

nation

session

surgeon

freshen

version

haitian

challenged

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

phalanx

rayon

scion

urine

zion

citron

golden

lopeman

olden

spearman

soldan

shearman

sullens

crimson

goodman

lisbon

newsman

shipman

ibsen

silence

copeman

stillion

valence

million

whitson

bolden

bullion

billion

freedman

tillman

alums

boatman

footman

mullens

pitman

felons

fielden

billman

flounces

melons

sylvan

gilden

pillion

woolman

woodman

trillion

mignon

pollens

coachman

clinches

bushman

christian

moisten

risen

riven

bisson

loosen

seaman

rumen

season

roman

rosen

listen

lumen

billon

colon

bowman

crewman

cuban

cumin

deepen

demon

driven

dromon

eden

elan

freeman

gibbon

glisten

griffon

glidden

frozen

given

hidden

hoven

leven

prison

pullen

poison

proven

reason

ridden

swollen

toman

treason

villain

women

wooden

woolen

striven

woman

woven

yeoman

human

showman

christen

stolen

leman

rerun

semen

ribbon

cheapen

omen

open

solon

chosen

odin

steven

stiffen

billions

millions

cushion

fission

fusion

grecian

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

lotion

mission

motion

notion

ocean

pigeon

potion

region

slinky

trojan

vision

woolens

villains

columns

kleenex

collins

collums

rowan

rowen

ruin

peon

owen

paean

clamshell

tlingit

volumes

melange

plumage

climax

clinics

tailings

shellings

alongs

belongs

collings

dwellings

failings

filings

mailings

pilings

railings

almost

flying

playing

slinger

cleanser

clinique

ailing

along

belling

belong

calling

colling

culling

dwelling

failing

falling

fehling

filing

galling

jailing

mailing

oolong

piling

plunger

railing

sailing

scaling

shelling

swelling

tailing

telling

veiling

walling

whaling

yelling

alines

balloons

cleansers

felines

nylons

pylons

salons

saloons

billings

ceilings

blancmange

dealings

feelings

plunges

rulings

skillings

fillings

shillings

killings

schillings

rollings

blowing

blueing

bluing

glowing

helmsman

flowing

clinic

clumsy

billing

blemish

boiling

bolling

bowling

ceiling

chilling

clincher

coiling

cooling

dealing

dilling

dueling

feeling

filling

flemish

foiling

healing

hilling

holing

keeling

killing

milling

poling

polling

pooling

quilling

rolling

ruling

schilling

schooling

seeling

shilling

skilling

tooling

wheeling

willing

flimsy

3 syllable words

andean

forgotten

kantian

lanolin

mandarin

saccharin

blanketing

truncation

enlighten

magdalen

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

backgammon

unwritten

anglican

transaction

albion

anyone

campion

champion

denizen

garrison

halcyon

hammerman

jacobin

javelin

keynesian

ramadan

uneven

vatican

venison

zambian

concussion

connection

connexion

damnation

lactation

plantation

stagnation

tactician

transition

biotin

galleon

appian

arian

cation

ghanaian

tamarin

franciscan

masculine

handwoven

correction

direction

ligation

venetian

transgression

badminton

halogen

negation

phoenician

reaction

abandon

abdomen

abduction

african

alaskan

cambrian

capsaicin

charlatan

compunction

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

convection

conviction

enliven

genuine

singleton

talisman

translation

transmission

unburden

foundation

collection

elison

attention

concession

contagion

injunction

dentition

inaction

awaken

bosnian

catalan

cinnamon

incursion

taxation

laurentian

rendition

dalliance

bulletin

alsatian

ascension

confession

menhaden

migration

ferryman

transcription

ambition

conjunction

cognition

adrian

condition

fustian

affection

dalmatian

sensation

guardian

aggression

perfection

gordian

addiction

dissection

galleons

digression

regression

reduction

admission

benjamin

production

progression

protection

salvation

selection

indian

thespian

unison

jamaican

contusion

lesbian

scorpion

solomon

carnation

wesleyan

conversion

addition

adhesion

commotion

congressman

vacation

arkansan

aleutian

tradition

ambrosian

albumin

transfusion

allusion

gradation

delinquent

bandwagon

companion

commission

narration

encryption

clergyman

collegian

collision

downtrodden

collusion

munition

councilman

countryman

harlequin

intestine

nebraskan

caucasian

donation

muskmelon

nonunion

audition

cessation

dilution

edition

occasion

octillion

parthian

unbroken

origin

percussion

physician

gentleman

perversion

pollution

permission

position

promotion

provision

solution

projection

alien

distinction

aryan

avian

bedouin

carrion

clarion

dorian

fabian

fenian

foramen

gaussian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

irian

korean

marian

niacin

permian

plebeian

veteran

moroccan

myosin

samoan

forewoman

everyone

exaction

forbidden

dominion

acumen

nonhuman

artisan

chairperson

austrian

retraction

brazilian

bedridden

battalion

chairwoman

chamberlain

inclusion

induction

infection

charwoman

civilian

suspension

climactic

corsican

in-person

italian

magician

medallion

mexican

opinion

partisan

policeman

pavilion

perfusion

porcelain

confucian

convention

confusion

diffraction

predestine

castration

attraction

vermilion

affliction

bilingual

conflation

contention

contortion

contrition

convulsion

conception

rifleman

constriction

construction

delinquents

corrosion

horatian

laotian

parisian

abstraction

derision

conscription

accession

apportion

ablution

artesian

adoption

abortion

accretion

cartesian

crustacean

deduction

depiction

detention

dictation

discussion

dissension

defection

detection

dimension

election

hydrogen

invasion

backwoodsman

erection

exertion

eviction

gestation

ignition

inversion

congestion

incision

insertion

irishman

injection

norwegian

occlusion

optation

optician

oxygen

partition

perception

persuasion

prediction

preemption

pretension

prevention

profusion

proportion

propulsion

resection

retention

secretion

seduction

submission

suspicion

succession

technician

temptation

objection

abstention

aliens

alliance

allowance

assassin

balancer

bedizen

beethoven

bouillon

collagen

consumption

expansion

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

determine

extortion

contraction

gravamen

complexion

cyprian

distraction

inspection

jettison

keratin

extinction

nevadan

ottoman

pelican

prescription

puritan

reunion

silicon

suburban

toboggan

skeleton

subtraction

violence

vitamin

waterman

communion

digestion

housebroken

ejection

emblazon

crestfallen

embolden

etruscan

rejection

outspoken

reptilian

snapdragon

suggestion

saleswoman

assertion

challenger

aversion

causation

citation

englishman

corruption

decision

delusion

dilation

deletion

devotion

diversion

division

emission

emotion

erosion

flirtation

gyration

imagine

lecithin

malaysian

musician

location

illusion

omission

procession

volition

religion

oration

privation

remission

rescission

revision

summation

recision

predation

possession

precaution

sedation

sedition

precision

vocation

petition

profession

combustion

completion

compulsion

discretion

infusion

intention

intrusion

inhuman

invention

assumption

declension

deflection

obstruction

subscription

exhaustion

extraction

inception

frustration

inflation

presumption

pentathlon

prostration

reflection

resumption

inscription

instruction

redemption

freudian

alderman

belonging

cardigan

mistaken

chilean

sumatran

discipline

rhodopsin

balances

climaxes

cohesion

nobleman

rebellion

gillian

nemean

logician

grobian

horizon

jovian

libyan

malayan

median

julian

lumberman

nubian

odeon

protean

reopen

simian

syrian

uterine

australian

heartbroken

ingestion

relinquish

challengers

challenges

cistercian

patrician

preclusion

phrygian

obsession

restriction

oppression

nitrogen

reception

revulsion

proscription

attrition

deception

fruition

contraption

alongside

aspersion

compassion

fijian

depletion

croatian

emulsion

stygian

destruction

equation

eruption

fixation

formation

hydration

impassion

libration

seclusion

starvation

submersion

creation

subversion

vibration

suppression

coercion

absorption

ablation

adsorption

abrasion

extension

aegean

beholden

description

exemption

extrusion

lutheran

scythian

diffusion

excision

tuition

belongings

bitumen

challenging

chileans

citizen

clumsily

colonies

colonize

dilemmas

disunion

egyptian

eleven

felonies

feminine

freemason

hellenize

imprison

medicine

melanin

overdone

overman

overrun

peterman

polonaise

salinas

silencer

specimen

superman

disruption

distortion

exception

probation

excursion

midshipman

misfortune

elation

implosion

desertion

duration

evasion

precession

compression

filtration

misprision

quotation

notation

secession

margarine

mutation

reversion

rotation

cremation

fisherman

flotation

recession

immersion

cetacean

ovation

regimen

relation

palmistry

clarendon

silences

orion

colonist

colonized

timberman

depression

asuncion

dispersion

exclusion

excretion

misshapen

deflation

elongate

explosion

nutrition

expression

expulsion

repression

dialing

toweling

balloonists

columnist

colonists

violins

almighty

impression

reliance

columnists

illnesses

schoolmaster

fluency

glowingly

pleonasm

plumages

followings

willingly

polemics

following

mellowing

yellowing

hellenic

balloonist

billowing

bullying

bulimic

polemic

blemishes

4 syllable words

lancastrian

algonquian

annotation

sanitation

abnegation

affectation

annexation

copernican

dandelion

samaritan

wagnerian

navigation

jacobean

hungarian

maccabean

animation

mongolian

allocation

connotation

galilean

gravitation

planarian

gregorian

habitation

allegation

avocation

canadian

hibernation

malnutrition

punctuation

transportation

adrenaline

agitation

adoration

aberration

tamoxifen

apparition

misbegotten

corinthian

moravian

meridian

surrogation

peruvian

generation

veneration

laceration

leviathan

abdication

activation

adaptation

benediction

elongated

gargantuan

palpitation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

granulation

penetration

cancellation

application

alternation

abrogation

convocation

fabrication

strangulation

eritrean

dominican

galenical

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

saturation

sectarian

penicillin

graduation

jordanian

tasmanian

minnesotan

maturation

amphibian

centurion

abyssinian

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

american

committeeman

elongation

kindergarten

nonpartisan

rhododendron

syncopation

conjugation

ylang-ylang

appalachian

algerian

arabian

appellation

provocation

levitation

politician

readmission

valuation

assyrian

validation

collocation

affirmation

abolition

aspiration

admiration

collodion

bavarian

vacillation

chameleon

resurrection

coloradan

irrigation

suffocation

comedian

diocesan

draconian

manumission

preignition

floridian

iranian

iberian

fallopian

hyperion

delegation

polynesian

liberian

propagation

renovation

mammalian

missourian

napoleon

reawaken

siberian

valerian

adulation

armageddon

cogitation

amputation

calculation

delinquency

constellation

confiscation

augmentation

consecration

hemoglobin

consternation

constipation

constitution

contrarian

menstruation

consultation

comparison

transformation

pedestrian

macedonian

ostentation

transplantation

incantation

exhortation

aviation

decoration

dietitian

congregation

federation

coloration

athenian

coalition

incubation

moderation

nigerian

operation

perforation

preparation

radiation

prohibition

reparation

separation

toleration

variation

emigration

expectation

hypertension

immigration

relaxation

vindication

observation

contradiction

obligation

accusation

acquisition

designation

excitation

incrustation

equitation

indication

consummation

prosecution

resignation

ventilation

inattention

invitation

implantation

interaction

vaccination

orchestration

publication

insurrection

conflagration

delinquencies

absolution

altercation

approbation

acclamation

acclimation

backwardation

degradation

dereliction

invocation

calibration

carcinogen

conversation

convolution

demarcation

commutation

competition

conservation

consolation

disaffection

confirmation

masturbation

permutation

refutation

segregation

tabulation

predilection

regulation

syndication

accordion

barbarian

columbian

californian

estonian

eustachian

librarian

oblivion

predetermine

assemblyman

interurban

obsidian

victorian

armenian

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

glaciation

greco-roman

herculean

gorgonian

nestorian

hydrocarbon

overburden

gentlewoman

medication

reservation

arbitration

restoration

attribution

complication

condemnation

bifurcation

respiration

revocation

disinfection

rumination

computation

condescension

electrician

gastrulation

machination

mitigation

embarkation

fragmentation

imperfection

incarnation

inclination

indignation

indentation

indexation

infestation

installation

instigation

institution

interdiction

intersection

liquefaction

malformation

revolution

inquisition

jurisdiction

limitation

ministration

octahedron

resolution

obfuscation

reinspection

reproduction

subluxation

substitution

corporation

corp.

alteration

arthurian

declaration

deposition

demolition

dedication

desiccation

desperation

devolution

dissolution

erudition

evocation

figuration

evolution

fumigation

inhalation

innovation

intuition

irritation

opposition

perspiration

preelection

preservation

proposition

recreation

reelection

reformation

relocation

repercussion

reposition

supervision

supposition

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

visitation

republican

newtonian

noblewoman

bolivian

apprehension

plutonian

interjection

crocodilian

education

arizonan

interwoven

fluctuation

shakespearean

criterion

devonian

registration

european

sicilian

simonian

clinically

admonition

ammunition

bohemian

circulation

circumcision

composition

confrontation

contemplation

contraception

contravention

contribution

crucifixion

cultivation

deportation

desecration

destination

destitution

devastation

dislocation

disposition

duplication

elocution

estimation

exhibition

expiration

exploitation

extradition

extrication

hegelian

ideation

imposition

impregnation

indecision

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

information

inspiration

insulation

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

introduction

liberation

lilliputian

lubrication

miseration

molestation

nonprescription

obstetrician

occupation

oxidation

pelagian

persecution

polyhedron

proclamation

prostitution

reassertion

reclamation

recognition

recollection

replication

requisition

restitution

rhetorician

sequestration

speculation

statistician

subdivision

superhuman

superstition

violation

englishwoman

historian

equestrian

cotyledon

guatemalan

alliances

allowances

comprehension

nicaraguan

watermelon

inhibition

olympian

businesswoman

reexamine

ibuprofen

satisfaction

segmentation

correlation

defamation

desolation

detonation

elevation

fluoridation

isolation

jubilation

circumvention

dilatation

introspection

locomotion

excavation

illustration

importation

intervention

decimation

execution

exposition

derivation

interception

expedition

integration

disillusion

fascination

hesitation

imitation

exploration

inflammation

dissertation

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word plankton

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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