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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

carman

carton

dobson

austin

bargain

barton

boredom

carbon

carmine

claxon

dalton

damson

darken

faulcon

fireman

fortin

garden

harden

harken

harten

hearten

jargon

marlin

marten

martin

oxen

pardon

samson

saxon

sharpen

smarten

spartan

stallman

tarpon

tartan

wanton

baron

boughten

broaden

fasten

garron

hyson

often

worsen

auden

barren

bason

bison

moisten

siren

urson

gumption

yaupon

person

bastion

boarding

diction

fiction

friction

gentian

section

tension

flashgun

flexion

hoarding

luncheon

mention

pension

dungeon

function

junction

marksman

ordnance

sanction

cushion

dudgeon

earthen

freshen

capstan

portend

grecian

haitian

cartons

bludgeon

burgeon

fission

gudgeon

hessian

caxton

mahone

marchman

markman

martens

pardons

portent

mission

baldwin

session

station

surgeon

trojan

urchin

ardent

nation

persian

sturgeon

farthing

version

gardens

grandson

hardened

hardens

homespun

scotsman

spokesman

yachtsman

pathan

shorthand

airman

acton

alban

alman

aspen

atman

bagman

banyan

baston

boatman

bolden

boston

calvin

broadens

canton

canyon

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

dolman

falcon

fourteen

gascon

lineman

emption

ibsen

dampen

fibrin

golden

kelson

lightman

tungsten

classman

copeman

dolphin

ensign

fountain

hackman

houseman

jackman

jasmine

jetson

kansan

keelson

linemen

plantain

olden

onion

ordain

molten

outdone

outrun

boardings

lopeman

london

lockman

packman

panton

muslin

minden

mountain

passman

ponton

saffron

scullion

runnion

santon

scallion

shearman

shotgun

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

stallion

stepson

stockman

sultan

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

whitson

alan

amman

basin

baton

batten

batton

belgian

bisson

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brighten

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

bushman

button

cabin

caisson

cannon

canon

certain

charon

chasten

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

coachman

colon

common

cotton

cousin

craftsman

curtain

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dromon

drunken

dutchman

engine

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

freshman

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

german

gladden

glisten

gotten

guardsman

hangman

happen

hasten

hausen

heighten

heron

hogan

hoten

hoven

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

jason

lagan

latin

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

locken

logan

longan

loosen

lyden

madden

mangan

marron

mason

muffin

mullen

mutton

odin

omen

open

othman

oven

parting

patten

pavon

perron

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portends

portents

prudhomme

question

rerun

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satin

sermon

shogun

showman

shrunken

siphon

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

swollen

syphon

talon

tappen

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

toughen

triton

trodden

turban

urban

wagon

watchman

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yeoman

zircon

cauldron

statesman

strengthen

martins

sexton

fortnight

fourteens

townsman

lampron

landman

lengthen

doctrine

dustman

klansman

postman

cajun

lesion

gowan

asian

fusion

region

ion

rowen

heathen

kitchen

legion

pigeon

rowan

zion

suasion

dian

lion

mayan

owen

scion

vision

cowan

urine

fourteenth

henchman

plankton

billion

bellman

burdened

million

minion

lisbon

silken

cartoon

melton

sardine

verdant

linden

mignon

milken

shipman

pinion

pillion

gilden

kenyan

m1

kremlin

lynden

pressman

goodman

kelvin

kirkman

selden

woodman

bullion

burdens

cardoon

chessman

tillman

crimson

matron

piston

pitman

sequin

woolman

citron

workman

apron

billman

birthing

brakeman

bookman

chevron

chieftain

clinton

desman

fielden

freedman

headman

hetman

patron

pectin

curtains

footman

hempen

nekton

newsman

penman

tendon

teston

stillion

sylvan

trident

trillion

union

landsman

fortnights

brethren

rincon

bacon

billon

bitten

cumin

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

driven

griffon

haven

heaven

hidden

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellon

begun

brazen

breton

briton

canaan

cayman

cheapen

chicken

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

dagan

dagon

devon

eaten

eden

elan

felon

freeman

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

graven

human

jetton

kalan

kitten

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

linen

lumen

maiden

melon

mitten

ninon

pagan

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

rumen

satan

seaman

season

semen

seton

seven

shaken

sicken

smitten

shaman

steven

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sweeten

taken

thicken

threaten

treason

vegan

verdin

villain

waken

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

zaman

cartoons

seedsman

children

delphian

headsman

part-time

salesman

sardines

treatment

grouting

writing

shirting

girding

hurting

shrouding

wording

skirting

penguin

croutons

credence

ruin

prudence

prudent

partner

breathing

britons

paean

peon

birdman

rayon

threatens

treatments

writings

partners

freedom

freetown

protein

thirteen

pertain

braiding

grading

grating

breeding

bruting

fruiting

brooding

greeting

shredding

trading

pretend

pertains

freedoms

proteins

greetings

thirteenth

tradings

pretends

birthmarks

treadmill

treadmills

birthmark

thirteenths

dreadnought

3 syllable words

forbidden

contortion

distortion

garrison

gordian

scorpion

waterman

arian

attrition

carnation

secretion

aryan

irian

niacin

aggression

accretion

digression

fortunate

gyrations

hydration

irishman

migration

norwegian

libration

oppression

partition

patrician

progression

regression

starvation

suppression

vibration

myosin

orion

addition

aleutian

audition

aversion

caucasian

citation

commission

commotion

corruption

croatians

desertion

dilation

dilution

diversion

donation

duration

edition

flotation

ligation

location

margarine

narration

negation

notation

omission

ovation

parthian

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

possession

precaution

predation

privation

probation

procession

profession

promotion

quotation

reaction

rotation

sedation

solution

summation

tradition

venetian

vocation

volition

adsorption

extortion

absorption

creation

laotian

fruition

horatian

tuition

african

alderman

artisan

austrian

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

forewoman

logician

magician

partisan

unwritten

attraction

misfortune

castration

compression

contrition

frustration

prostration

suburban

overdone

ottoman

overman

vitamin

collagen

vatican

catalan

guardian

halcyon

hammerman

hardener

jacobin

javelin

ramadan

puritan

lanolin

keratin

solomon

determine

gardener

ablation

ablution

abrasion

accession

addiction

admission

adoption

affection

alsatian

ambition

artesian

ascension

aspersion

asuncion

attention

cartesian

cistercian

cognition

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

condition

confession

connection

connexion

conversion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deduction

depression

dissection

durations

emulsion

erection

eruption

exertion

foundation

hydrogen

inaction

insertion

lactation

nitrogen

nutrition

obsession

optation

optician

oxygen

parthenon

production

propulsion

protection

reduction

repression

revulsion

salvation

plantation

seduction

selection

shortening

stagnation

submission

subversion

succession

suspicion

transition

tactician

taxation

submersion

allusion

appian

biotin

carrion

cation

cessation

cetacean

clarion

collegian

collision

collusion

contraction

contraption

correction

councilman

court-martial

creations

cremation

deletion

devotion

digestion

direction

elation

emission

emotion

erosion

flirtation

franciscan

galleon

gaussian

ghanaian

gradation

grobian

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

immersion

infarction

jovian

malayan

malaysian

marian

munition

musician

mutation

nebraskan

occasion

odeon

ordinance

percussion

permission

plebeian

precession

prescription

projection

proscription

protean

provision

recession

relation

remission

reversion

saccharin

secession

sedition

subtraction

suggestion

syrian

tamarin

transgression

truncation

vacation

in-person

rifleman

brazilian

chairperson

chairwoman

policeman

pavilion

rhodopsin

assumption

alaskan

cardinal

civilian

cohesion

completion

gardeners

guardians

hardeners

irritant

talisman

mexican

opinion

puritans

unburden

combustion

derision

parisian

affliction

abduction

unbutton

uncertain

compulsion

conception

confection

corrosion

concoction

conduction

conflation

confucian

lumberman

contention

convulsion

cortinas

convection

conviction

convention

declension

discretion

magdalen

bedridden

diffraction

disruption

filtration

cambrian

exaction

exhaustion

presumption

pretensions

capsaicin

impression

induction

resumption

dominion

retraction

suspension

transaction

translation

transmission

australian

congestion

deflation

defection

contagion

contusion

dentition

depiction

hardening

technician

temptation

depletion

construction

inversion

misshapen

prediction

conscription

retention

sensation

constriction

deception

occlusion

obstruction

incision

rendition

subscription

anchorman

ignition

impassion

resection

detection

discussion

detention

fixation

gardening

pardoning

objection

dispersion

perception

dimension

dissension

abstraction

dictation

election

excision

incursion

gestation

eviction

perfection

preemption

pretension

prevention

profusion

persuasion

reception

transcription

adrian

albion

andean

assassin

awaken

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

campion

champion

chardonnay

cyprian

eleven

elison

ferryman

fortuna

freemason

fustian

gravamen

jamaican

jettison

kantian

mandarin

medicine

nevadan

overrun

peterman

specimen

superman

toboggan

uneven

unison

venison

zambian

excretion

infraction

complexion

description

expression

expansion

expulsion

cardinals

downtrodden

countryman

badminton

consumption

egyptian

congressman

ejection

abstention

etruscan

destruction

irritants

encryption

portmanteau

masculine

distraction

unbroken

ambrosian

housebroken

imprison

adhesion

restriction

transfusion

ardently

arkansan

muskmelon

octillion

outspoken

rejection

snapdragon

clergyman

decision

delusion

fisherman

illusion

imagine

lecithin

recision

religion

division

evasion

precision

revision

perversion

rescission

deflection

nubian

reopen

samoan

chilean

excursion

compunction

conclusion

median

nemean

credentialed

moroccan

credentials

permian

anglican

confusion

exception

foramen

inflation

partnership

fenian

infection

inception

midshipman

nonhuman

intrusion

gillian

invention

misprision

simian

freudian

uterine

alien

reflection

libyan

redemption

avian

fabian

horizon

julian

veteran

guncotton

abandon

abdomen

acumen

bartender

backgammon

battalion

chamberlain

chardonnays

conjunction

discipline

everyone

extraction

injunction

inscription

instruction

italian

medallion

nobleman

predestine

rebellion

sumatran

timberman

uncommon

vermilion

heartbroken

lutheran

backwoodsman

boardinghouse

farthingale

ingestion

injection

short-winded

aegean

fijian

phrygian

scythian

stygian

seclusion

prudential

beholden

benjamin

diffusion

credential

earthenware

equation

invasion

menhaden

preclusion

inspection

partnerships

inflection

infliction

explosion

extension

extrusion

exclusion

exemption

reunion

thespian

albumin

beethoven

cartoonist

bandwagon

bartenders

anyone

bedizen

denizen

indian

communion

gradient

handwoven

certainly

credenza

firedamp

keynesian

embolden

fortnightly

lesbian

nonunion

pelican

silicon

skeleton

crestfallen

gardenias

gentleman

intestine

wesleyan

companion

reptilian

bitumen

certainty

cinnamon

citizen

saleswoman

aerodyne

baritone

forgotten

distinction

englishman

implosion

inclusion

infusion

inhuman

intention

pentathlon

marathon

singleton

regimen

baritones

bedouin

burdensome

certainties

clarendon

enlighten

enliven

extinction

genuine

gradients

mistaken

perfusion

scrutiny

tritium

urethane

marathons

emblazon

feminine

prudency

disunion

maritime

melanin

scrutinize

threatening

cartoonists

freethinker

maritimes

pertinent

prudently

sardonic

cortina

freethinkers

breadwinner

pretender

breadwinners

pretended

pretenders

4 syllable words

alteration

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

floridian

aberration

adoration

apparition

coloration

laceration

moderation

operation

reassertion

toleration

alternation

ordination

maturation

deportation

saturation

deformation

watermelon

diocesan

gregorian

hibernation

praetorian

aspiration

affirmation

profanation

ulceration

admiration

procreation

coalition

decoration

dietitian

exhortation

federation

foliation

formulation

generation

ideation

importation

iteration

liberation

malformation

miseration

mortification

perforation

preparation

prohibition

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

variation

veneration

violation

approbation

abyssinian

fabrication

accordion

celebration

penetration

retardation

barbarian

masturbation

confirmation

agrarian

desecration

aggravation

aggregation

demarcation

altercation

immigration

fortunately

american

hypertension

observation

carcinogen

backwardation

coordinate

abrogation

copernican

cotyledon

darwinian

calibration

graduation

emigration

conversation

gorgonian

historian

jordanian

librarian

obsidian

conservation

nestorian

ordinary

samaritan

victorian

orchestration

abolition

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appellation

arthurian

avocation

bifurcation

collocation

connotation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

detonation

definition

demolition

deposition

desiccation

desolation

desperation

derivation

coloradan

devolution

collodion

diminution

dissolution

divination

domination

dilatation

elevation

emanation

dehydration

dissertation

erudition

arabian

criterion

liberian

missourian

figuration

assyrian

jacobean

evocation

fluoridation

germination

gravitation

habitation

siberian

evolution

hesitation

fascination

imitation

napoleon

inhalation

maccabean

immolation

hyperion

innovation

manumission

meditation

jubilation

litigation

motivation

machination

bavarian

irritation

isolation

locomotion

irrational

irrigation

iberian

medication

mutilation

navigation

nomination

perspiration

politician

propagation

proposition

bolivian

perturbation

preservation

galilean

premonition

preignition

fallopian

provocation

realization

relocation

resurrection

validation

readmission

renovation

sanitation

supposition

elongation

repetition

reposition

suffocation

repossession

reservation

resolution

european

respiration

revelation

revocation

revolution

usurpation

vacillation

valuation

variations

restoration

planarian

valerian

opposition

termination

oscillation

recitation

recreation

reformation

malnutrition

transportation

consecration

arbitration

attribution

consternation

embarkation

gastrulation

illustration

incarnation

integration

ministration

transformation

ostentation

decompression

agitation

armageddon

contrarian

aviation

comparison

adrenaline

coordinates

mediation

adulation

cogitation

education

fluctuation

leviathan

jordanians

modulation

deviation

nigerian

radiation

pagination

tamoxifen

ordinaries

vegetation

apprehension

congregation

meridian

cyclopean

dominican

benediction

cancellation

committeeman

circulation

dandelion

occupation

combination

composition

lubrication

molestation

consummation

alabaman

ovulation

recollection

armenian

precondition

prostitution

protestation

regulation

predilection

prosecution

recognition

relaxation

retrocession

commutation

population

recantation

reputation

amphibian

eritrean

consolation

reclamation

replication

presentation

obligation

palpitation

oxidation

requisition

commendation

competition

proclamation

publication

resignation

compilation

persecution

glaciation

admonition

advocation

affectation

culmination

cultivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

disaffection

dislocation

disposition

pavlovian

gargantuan

granulation

olympian

fermentation

fibrillation

information

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

guatemalan

statistician

greco-roman

overburden

simulation

oblivion

pagurian

tribulation

intonation

paraguayan

inundation

invocation

speculation

penicillin

acclamation

acquisition

situation

abnegation

absolution

accusation

ammunition

annexation

application

degradation

distillation

elocution

emulation

equitation

excitation

exhibition

superstition

ventilation

acclimation

adaptation

convolution

abdication

activation

convocation

duplication

estimation

expiration

imposition

indication

lilliputian

segregation

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

vaccination

vindication

wagnerian

contribution

obstetrician

californian

conjugation

demonstration

inhibition

legislation

nonpartisan

ordinances

confrontation

sequestration

conflagration

concentration

syncopation

contraception

contradiction

algerian

appalachian

polynesian

supervision

hungarian

melanesian

mongolian

dissipation

fumigation

intuition

levitation

limitation

mitigation

preelection

reelection

repercussion

rumination

trepidation

titillation

visitation

comprehension

amputation

augmentation

calculation

compensation

complication

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

constellation

constipation

constitution

arizonan

consultation

disconnection

dispensation

electrician

excavation

execution

expedition

exploration

exposition

fragmentation

imperfection

implication

imputation

incantation

inclination

inflammation

inquisition

installation

interception

reconstruction

interdiction

jurisdiction

utopian

intersection

liquefaction

intervention

menstruation

reawaken

pigmentation

punctuation

sicilian

misperception

obfuscation

preconception

reproduction

simonian

retribution

comedian

deconstruction

chameleon

satisfaction

segmentation

subluxation

devonian

substitution

himalayan

canadian

draconian

iranian

iridium

mammalian

newtonian

plutonian

exhalation

pedestrian

indigestion

interjection

macedonian

republican

registration

crocodilian

noblewoman

strangulation

athenian

bohemian

pelagian

corinthian

crucifixion

indonesian

invitation

subdivision

contemplation

inattention

indecision

contravention

incrustation

indiscretion

infiltration

misconception

liquidation

self-deception

nonprescription

exclamation

circumcision

distribution

circumspection

explanation

explication

exploitation

extradition

extrication

permutation

implantation

impregnation

introduction

refutation

guardianship

restitution

syndication

superhuman

nicaraguan

assemblyman

custodian

interurban

minnesotan

albanian

gentlewoman

aldebaran

ibuprofen

hydrocarbon

columbian

centurion

predetermine

businesswoman

sectarian

moravian

peruvian

kindergarten

tasmanian

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

indentation

indexation

indignation

infestation

instigation

institution

introspection

lancastrian

ohioan

reinspection

smithsonian

tetrahedron

transplantation

protozoan

hemoglobin

incubation

interwoven

misbegotten

shakespearean

polyhedron

algonquian

expectation

exhumation

englishwoman

hegelian

estonian

eustachian

equestrian

rhododendron

herculean

predominate

reexamine

circumvention

octahedron

predominance

predominates

predominant

arithmetic

copenhagen

scrutinizes

5 syllable words

corroboration

cauterization

authorization

cooperation

glorification

inauguration

orientation

oregonian

coordination

alliteration

association

commemoration

collaboration

reaffirmation

elaboration

evaporation

proliferation

excoriation

fortification

incorporation

normalization

organization

reforestation

subordination

reiteration

acceleration

amortization

prevarication

vulgarization

abbreviation

consideration

modernization

obliteration

adulteration

agglomeration

amelioration

confederation

exoneration

denomination

discoloration

ornamentation

hanoverian

hyperborean

alienation

alleviation

annihilation

deceleration

deification

deliberation

affiliation

exaggeration

dissociation

enumeration

pasteurization

ionization

irradiation

irrationally

polarization

pythagorean

recuperation

retaliation

reverberation

appreciation

vaporization

hybridization

incarceration

conglomeration

pomeranian

hyperinflation

configuration

exacerbation

appropriation

accreditation

harmonization

participation

reintegration

decomposition

exasperation

augustinian

coordinated

degeneration

maximilian

authentication

negotiation

ordinarily

regeneration

origination

hydrogenation

assimilation

civilization

colonization

conciliation

decapitation

denunciation

determination

dissemination

dramatization

edification

elimination

exhilaration

facilitation

abomination

academician

assassination

accommodation

attenuation

brutalization

canonization

clarification

classification

coagulation

eradication

evaluation

certification

codification

fertilization

gasification

hallucination

incineration

illumination

gratification

interpolation

legalization

localization

modification

mummification

notification

nullification

ossification

mobilization

theologian

mechanization

pacification

presupposition

qualification

remuneration

pronunciation

resuscitation

russification

verification

vilification

revaluation

sterilization

utilization

preoccupation

purification

premeditation

ramification

ratification

renunciation

repatriation

solicitation

stratification

unification

nonintervention

articulation

disembarkation

disintegration

procrastination

overproduction

approximation

jeffersonian

misapprehension

infatuation

congratulation

mathematician

babylonian

specialization

adjudication

unitarian

capitulation

patagonian

brobdingnagian

carthaginian

panamanian

cohabitation

depreciation

proletarian

carolinian

imagination

caledonian

amazonian

nitroglycerine

refrigeration

perpetuation

rejuvenation

neapolitan

depopulation

evacuation

anticipation

equalization

equivocation

examination

interrogation

predisposition

immunization

invalidation

exfoliation

delineation

amalgamation

emancipation

falsification

indoctrination

desegregation

domestication

argentinian

inactivation

argumentation

sophistication

inoculation

insemination

administration

humiliation

manipulation

misapplication

rectification

contamination

continuation

maximization

misinformation

recombination

predestination

recommendation

recrimination

sedimentation

communication

concatenation

consolidation

justification

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

neutralization

quantification

creationism

christianization

delicatessen

ejaculation

epicurean

inhabitation

initiation

philadelphian

puritanism

scandinavian

triangulation

accumulation

amplification

centralization

confabulation

defenestration

discrimination

disinclination

dissatisfaction

expatriation

extermination

improvisation

incrimination

interconnection

interpretation

intoxication

desalination

peloponnesian

investigation

specification

ethiopian

prognostication

multiplication

elizabethan

juxtaposition

precipitation

simplification

repudiation

representation

beethovenian

puritanisms

libertarian

nonsectarian

washingtonian

metropolitan

pennsylvanian

substantiation

synchronization

mississippian

sanctification

nickelodeon

electrocution

expropriation

miscalculation

insinuation

intimidation

exoskeleton

assemblywoman

instrumentation

periodontal

presbyterian

yugoslavian

peritoneal

lithuanian

vegetarian

centenarian

puritanical

veterinarian

dionysian

irredentism

predominantly

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word portion

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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