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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

emption

gentian

pension

section

tension

mention

flexion

delphian

freshen

haitian

hessian

nation

session

station

desman

jetson

keelson

kelson

gumption

ensign

kelvin

kenyan

chevron

chairman

airman

stepson

devon

urson

belgian

function

caisson

action

charon

chasten

hasten

heaven

heron

person

seven

perron

worsen

brethren

marron

caption

basin

engine

portion

suction

fraction

junction

fiction

lesson

lessen

mason

resin

diction

faction

freshman

torsion

friction

mansion

martian

question

traction

sanction

leaven

jason

fission

headsman

lengthen

burgeon

cajun

sexton

strengthen

ashen

asian

cushion

fashion

earthen

grecian

mission

surgeon

passion

persian

prussian

russian

suasion

urchin

ration

vision

grandson

sturgeon

version

billion

bullion

chessman

banyan

calvin

bellman

canyon

arson

citron

claxon

damson

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jasmine

kirkman

kremlin

lisbon

m1

melton

million

minion

muslin

nekton

onion

parson

pectin

penman

pillion

henchman

pressman

runnion

saffron

scallion

scullion

selden

spearman

stallion

stillion

tendon

workman

trillion

pinion

sylvan

whitson

teston

penguin

samson

saxon

craftsman

huntsman

sportsman

draftsman

fairground

marksman

dungeon

bastion

auction

fortune

georgian

margin

luncheon

bushman

churchman

christian

flashgun

option

bacon

bourbon

brazen

burdon

burman

burden

burton

christen

dagan

dagon

dozen

driven

fasten

felon

garron

german

maiden

melon

pagan

preserve

raven

baron

barren

bason

bayman

bellon

cousin

beckon

bison

bisson

breton

canaan

cayman

certain

craven

curtain

daman

deaden

deafen

ermine

firman

given

glisten

graven

haven

hyson

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leaden

ledden

lemon

listen

oven

reckon

redden

moisten

prison

risen

sermon

shaman

riven

shaken

straighten

satan

striven

taken

turban

urban

waken

weapon

zaman

threaten

zircon

vegan

bordman

capstan

caxton

fairgrounds

children

horseman

statesman

dustman

klansman

lampron

landman

marchman

markman

portman

salesman

caution

kitchen

lesion

motion

legion

gudgeon

bludgeon

dudgeon

fusion

heathen

mahone

lotion

notion

ocean

pigeon

treasures

pathan

potion

region

plankton

tungsten

alman

corban

cordon

piston

aircraft

plantain

tartan

pitman

darken

tarpon

patron

rayon

acton

dampen

woolman

passman

landsman

apron

aspen

atman

bargain

barton

bagman

baston

billman

bookman

brakeman

canton

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

classman

clinton

crimson

dobson

falcon

fireman

footman

foreman

garden

gascon

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

jackman

linden

marlin

urine

jargon

lynden

jordan

jorden

kansan

london

marten

newsman

milken

norman

organ

outrun

oxen

panton

pardon

silken

orphan

packman

santon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

sultan

tuscan

undone

vulcan

union

woodman

martin

sharpen

warden

matron

mignon

morgan

mormon

shipman

shorten

smarten

tillman

tubman

shearman

drunken

dutchman

faustian

hangman

mangan

rincon

shrunken

sunken

treasure

quicken

reason

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

rosen

rosin

seton

sicken

sudden

summon

sweeten

syphon

tappen

thicken

tighten

treason

rerun

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

season

semen

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

steven

stiffen

stricken

sullen

talon

thousand

titan

toughen

triton

villain

wheaten

whiten

warren

townsman

wagon

wiccan

widen

scotsman

seedsman

weaken

wizen

woman

women

spokesman

yachtsman

wooden

woven

woolen

written

bracken

brighten

briton

button

cabin

cannon

canon

doctrine

cheapen

cretin

deacon

deepen

demon

dragon

dressers

chicken

baton

alan

amman

homespun

oarsman

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

fragrant

begun

billon

bitten

blacken

chosen

eaten

elan

aircrafts

eden

famine

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

baldwin

frighten

frozen

gallon

freeman

gammon

cauldron

gibbon

gladden

glidden

griffon

happen

hausen

heighten

hidden

hoven

hymen

hyphen

kitten

lagan

latin

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

liven

loosen

loren

lyden

madden

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

patten

pavon

platen

platten

poison

proven

pullen

churchyard

braziers

pressures

trojan

bolden

foreground

aircrew

alban

forsworn

guardsman

austin

boatman

boston

copeman

dalton

faulcon

fielden

houseman

lineman

linemen

molten

mountain

olden

ponton

dolman

dolphin

lopeman

minden

outdone

chieftain

fibrin

fountain

freedman

golden

lightman

lockman

sequin

shotgun

soldan

wanton

stallman

stockman

dian

dresser

grazer

ion

lion

mayan

wrecker

paean

peon

presser

scion

zion

longan

coachman

othman

watchman

yorkshire

margrave

pressure

thresher

postman

surcharge

fresher

auden

berserk

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

braggers

brassard

breakers

broaden

brogan

broken

browsers

colon

common

cotton

crackers

crewman

crouton

cruisers

cuban

cumin

dromon

fallen

freezers

gluten

gotten

hoten

lumen

often

hogan

human

locken

logan

odin

omen

open

pollan

pollen

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

shogun

showman

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

token

toman

tracers

trackers

triggers

trodden

truckers

yaupon

workers

yeoman

brochure

corkscrew

crushers

mergers

perjured

perjures

searchers

marcor

workroom

scarecrow

brochures

brushwork

bragger

bracer

breaker

burgher

browser

cowan

cursor

craker

cracker

cruiser

freezer

gowan

kercher

mercer

owen

purser

rowan

rowen

ruin

tracer

tracker

trigger

trucker

verser

worker

proscribe

crozier

crusher

merger

perjure

searcher

orchards

prescribes

brokers

grocers

preachers

barkers

crossroad

markers

programme

parkers

parsers

porkers

program

yorkers

archers

chargers

forgers

marchers

orchard

brickyard

broker

croaker

crocker

croker

greaser

grocer

preacher

barker

courser

marker

parker

yorker

parser

porker

archer

barger

charger

forger

marcher

scorcher

corsair

forswear

foursquare

procure

prescribe

programs

scarecrows

crossroads

proscribes

3 syllable words

horatian

castration

inflation

filtration

conflation

translation

frustration

lactation

libration

migration

formation

ablation

exertion

fixation

invasion

stagnation

vibration

abrasion

dalmatian

deflation

alsatian

secretion

dictation

taxation

accretion

carnation

damnation

plantation

crustacean

hydration

cetacean

assertion

causation

elation

evasion

gradation

gyration

ovation

oration

negation

perversion

possession

predation

privation

sedation

summation

vacation

emblazon

truncation

encryption

exemption

transgression

capsaicin

everyone

chairperson

convection

convention

transaction

completion

exaction

disruption

diffraction

attraction

invention

resumption

prostration

presumption

cistercian

wesleyan

lesbian

attrition

equation

optation

rendition

ferryman

foundation

technician

dentition

contagion

depletion

inaction

insertion

menhaden

patrician

persuasion

extraction

contraction

contraption

description

phoenician

physician

devotion

venetian

percussion

carrion

destruction

permission

infraction

absorption

corruption

cremation

deletion

immersion

position

probation

quotation

prescription

rotation

clarion

malaysian

occasion

marian

location

notation

veteran

citation

nebraskan

mutation

reversion

aversion

excretion

relation

flotation

ligation

vocation

distraction

foramen

dilation

donation

subtraction

affliction

assumption

battalion

bedridden

brazilian

chairwoman

coercion

compulsion

concoction

conduction

confucian

contrition

conviction

convulsion

creation

croatian

enlighten

genuine

in-person

induction

italian

medallion

mistaken

retraction

abstraction

constriction

construction

inscription

instruction

obstruction

conscription

prescriptions

subscription

gravamen

cyprian

addiction

assassin

determine

adoption

asuncion

concussion

eviction

preemption

prevention

subversion

awaken

submersion

elison

compassion

propulsion

anyone

emulsion

proportion

apportion

freemason

ablution

abortion

revulsion

submission

suspicion

production

hammerman

aspersion

deduction

dispersion

ignition

impassion

discussion

keratin

nevadan

incursion

thespian

condition

conversion

depiction

medicine

venison

inversion

jamaican

suburban

norwegian

nutrition

jettison

partition

seduction

transition

misshapen

reduction

embolden

etruscan

gentleman

expulsion

expansion

infarction

companion

infliction

extortion

countryman

adsorption

consumption

egyptian

crestfallen

reptilian

correction

fisherman

addition

aleutian

direction

caucasian

promotion

solution

pollution

petition

sedition

tradition

arian

avian

imagine

diversion

emission

collegian

malayan

emotion

erosion

permian

commission

commotion

heroin

heroine

clergyman

edition

lecithin

horizon

saccharin

syrian

tamarin

musician

cambrian

intrusion

alaskan

abandon

lumberman

magician

mexican

confusion

exhaustion

opinion

excursion

contortion

infusion

unwritten

distortion

policeman

uncertain

unburden

combustion

perfusion

dominion

compunction

redemption

enliven

timberman

pentathlon

distinction

englishman

chamberlain

corrosion

derision

laotian

treasurys

australian

conjunction

treasuries

parisian

injunction

affection

ascension

collection

connection

detection

diffusion

anchorman

dissension

attention

extinction

connexion

dissection

deception

defection

detention

dimension

election

erection

irishman

laurentian

perception

perfection

pretension

profusion

protection

reception

resection

retention

selection

kantian

extrusion

peterman

mandarin

keynesian

scorpion

waterman

bedizen

bosnian

superman

erasers

javelin

albion

forgotten

gordian

guardian

andean

champion

campion

fustian

treasurer

indian

treasury

overdone

overman

overrun

preservers

puritan

skeleton

specimen

zambian

pelican

uneven

adhesion

crackerjack

albumin

precaution

precession

profession

reaction

religion

procession

ejection

saleswoman

dilution

rejection

snapdragon

recession

secession

projection

unbroken

galleon

abduction

libyan

orion

plebeian

conception

singleton

dorian

confection

cation

simian

ghanaian

declension

misfortune

gillian

aryan

bedouin

chilean

hawaiian

deflection

reflection

appian

irian

exception

eraser

inception

jovian

korean

contention

infection

inhuman

suspension

moroccan

preserver

uterine

alderman

backgammon

discipline

objection

austrian

mercuric

pavilion

cohesion

logician

forewoman

injection

acumen

unbutton

uncommon

guncotton

abdomen

civilian

rebellion

rhodopsin

vermilion

concession

digression

beholden

prediction

eruption

repression

suppression

fruition

confession

accession

admission

ambition

treasurers

aggression

benjamin

depression

scythian

oppression

obsession

progression

succession

pressurize

tactician

tuition

regression

aegean

lutheran

phrygian

stygian

gregory

complexion

extension

inspection

inflection

handwoven

bitumen

garrison

eleven

denizen

halcyon

bandwagon

bulletin

cinnamon

silicon

downtrodden

toboggan

communion

digestion

disunion

housebroken

suggestion

rescission

provision

recision

allusion

munition

precision

collision

collusion

audition

decision

delusion

division

halogen

illusion

praiseworthy

margarine

omission

remission

regimen

revision

compression

intention

transcription

midshipman

volition

transmission

impression

discretion

treachery

alien

backwoodsman

clarendon

congestion

crosscurrent

fabian

freudian

grobian

heartbroken

ingestion

julian

myosin

niacin

nubian

nurseries

odeon

peregrine

predestine

procreates

protean

samoan

talisman

seclusion

surgeries

restriction

exclusion

explosion

expression

excision

contusion

optician

fijian

cognition

marjoram

incision

occlusion

brokerage

abstention

proscription

preclusion

lanolin

adrian

catalan

citizen

beethoven

coworkers

crosscurrents

feminine

jacobin

sauerkraut

vatican

badminton

unison

franciscan

intestine

peregrines

precursors

nonunion

melanin

procreate

ramadan

octillion

nonhuman

brasserie

conclusion

cursory

inclusion

implosion

misprision

nursery

trickery

origin

parthian

perjury

perjurer

surgery

procurement

african

artisan

magdalen

partisan

nobleman

progresses

rifleman

sumatran

gaussian

biotin

transfusion

coworker

fenian

groceries

artesian

nitrogen

median

hydrogen

nemean

cartesian

mercury

precursor

reopen

oxygen

procurements

ambrosian

councilman

arkansan

outspoken

harlequin

imprison

masculine

muskmelon

collagen

anglican

marguerite

reunion

vitamin

bouillon

solomon

ottoman

brazier

crockery

forgeries

grazier

grocery

congressman

cardigan

bureaucrat

charlatan

charwoman

corsican

forbidden

porcelain

paragraph

harassers

sorcery

sorcerer

pursuers

bureaucrats

archery

forgery

paragraphs

sharecroppers

sorcerers

harasser

progressive

pursuer

sharecropper

procurer

prescribers

three-quarters

prescriber

surcharges

4 syllable words

education

moderation

operation

toleration

vegetation

rhetorician

embarkation

excavation

exploration

intervention

menstruation

transformation

transportation

altercation

alternation

calibration

celebration

confirmation

conversation

cultivation

desecration

emigration

emulation

equitation

excitation

destination

devastation

estimation

fibrillation

penetration

speculation

inspiration

intercession

recantation

refutation

regulation

reclamation

replication

reputation

ventilation

alteration

corp.

corporation

dilatation

fluoridation

inhalation

irrigation

litigation

procreation

resolution

limitation

dissipation

divination

suffocation

mitigation

imitation

immolation

irritation

titillation

valuation

legislation

fluctuation

apparition

aviation

radiation

surrogation

expectation

extrication

adulation

agitation

pagination

interception

consternation

imperfection

importation

incantation

incarnation

segmentation

intersection

misperception

malformation

retribution

accusation

affectation

aggravation

deportation

deformation

activation

adaptation

hypertension

immigration

demarcation

situation

elocution

annexation

distillation

exhalation

glaciation

dislocation

graduation

culmination

indication

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intermission

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

syndication

invocation

liquidation

retardation

simulation

stimulation

vindication

stipulation

protestation

publication

interjection

tribulation

registration

molestation

interruption

transplantation

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appellation

avocation

definition

demolition

erudition

fascination

germination

gravitation

habitation

machination

melanesian

motivation

navigation

premonition

realization

relocation

repercussion

repetition

sanitation

supervision

termination

vacillation

validation

exclamation

dehydration

syncopation

demonstration

explanation

explication

exploitation

incrustation

implantation

sequestration

installation

pigmentation

cogitation

instigation

interdiction

deviation

consecration

integration

inflammation

implication

inclination

exhumation

illustration

ideation

infestation

indignation

indentation

indexation

reassertion

fragmentation

imputation

modulation

augmentation

arbitration

subluxation

mediation

foliation

dispensation

disputation

ostentation

violation

execution

ministration

punctuation

disinflation

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

advocation

aggregation

application

approbation

benediction

cancellation

circulation

commendation

copernican

dereliction

destitution

exhibition

fabrication

fermentation

granulation

incubation

lilliputian

nicaraguan

overburden

palpitation

permutation

predilection

recognition

recollection

relaxation

restitution

sectarian

superstition

tabulation

tasmanian

vaccination

watermelon

devolution

diminution

concentration

collocation

connotation

dissolution

elongation

domination

evocation

repossession

isolation

conflagration

mutilation

distribution

evolution

intuition

fumigation

nomination

revolution

jubilation

conjugation

appalachian

deposition

oscillation

coronation

impregnation

correlation

profanation

propagation

provocation

rumination

contemplation

extradition

infiltration

orchestration

nurseryman

himalayan

arabian

missourian

calculation

circumvention

compensation

expedition

satisfaction

leviathan

gastrulation

pelagian

consultation

mortification

amputation

confiscation

condensation

condemnation

electrician

obfuscation

tetrahedron

strangulation

peruvian

moravian

accordion

centurion

greco-roman

population

proclamation

acquisition

interurban

indonesian

jordanian

committeeman

eritrean

estonian

lubrication

albanian

obligation

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

retrocession

persecution

ordination

requisition

nestorian

commutation

compilation

oblivion

combination

penicillin

reexamine

consolation

convocation

superhuman

duplication

paraguayan

consummation

statistician

abolition

assemblyman

businesswoman

introduction

algerian

confrontation

self-deception

kindergarten

procrastinate

californian

preignition

reposition

opposition

proposition

supposition

gentlewoman

inhibition

canadian

collodion

coloradan

constellation

arizonan

bavarian

exposition

institution

assyrian

european

constipation

attribution

complication

computation

liquefaction

malnutrition

substitution

formulation

fallopian

gregorian

iranian

mammalian

napoleon

planarian

reawaken

jurisdiction

sicilian

simonian

valerian

republican

ayrshire

macedonian

reconstruction

interwoven

comparison

deconstruction

pedestrian

absolution

admonition

ammunition

composition

crucifixion

disposition

procrastinates

coalition

convolution

nigerian

imposition

congregation

meridian

precondition

prosecution

dietitian

pressurizes

prohibition

alabaman

barbarian

agrarian

american

pagurian

wagnerian

obstetrician

dominican

librarian

mercurial

samaritan

aldebaran

armenian

custodian

historian

predetermine

preservative

victorian

herculean

nonprescription

eustachian

reelection

arthurian

preelection

equestrian

englishwoman

polynesian

locomotion

hungarian

politician

bolivian

inquisition

comedian

newtonian

praetorian

jacobean

criterion

galilean

devonian

hyperion

chameleon

iberian

reproduction

plutonian

siberian

liberian

maccabean

utopian

lancastrian

contrarian

misbegotten

merry-go-round

crocodilian

cross-reference

algonquian

contradiction

prostitution

contravention

contribution

athenian

disaffection

competition

corinthian

abyssinian

cotyledon

dandelion

pavlovian

bureaucracy

columbian

hydrocarbon

gorgonian

amphibian

minnesotan

obsidian

olympian

condescension

constitution

disconnection

disinfection

mongolian

ohioan

preconception

readmission

reinspection

shakespearean

hemoglobin

noblewoman

floridian

adrenaline

protozoan

apprehension

bureaucracies

carcinogen

circumcision

contraception

brokerages

bohemian

circumspection

inattention

misconception

hegelian

cyclopean

comprehension

ibuprofen

guatemalan

darwinian

rhododendron

decompression

disillusion

smithsonian

octahedron

manumission

introspection

indigestion

indiscretion

draconian

diocesan

polyhedron

subdivision

indecision

armageddon

tamoxifen

gargantuan

nonpartisan

firecrackers

bureaucratese

hara-kiri

caracara

firecracker

copenhagen

5 syllable words

commemoration

deceleration

reaffirmation

vaporization

reiteration

corroboration

degeneration

regeneration

exacerbation

interpolation

vulgarization

exhilaration

exoneration

abbreviation

acceleration

amortization

confederation

determination

deliberation

irradiation

polarization

alleviation

cauterization

collaboration

enumeration

evaporation

proliferation

recuperation

elaboration

reverberation

alliteration

exaggeration

representation

cooperation

expatriation

pasteurization

examination

desegregation

exasperation

excoriation

misinformation

authorization

inactivation

clarification

consideration

classification

decapitation

dissemination

evaluation

discoloration

edification

gratification

specification

stratification

gasification

sterilization

adulteration

agglomeration

assassination

amelioration

inauguration

incineration

obliteration

attenuation

modernization

pacification

premeditation

prevarication

ramification

repatriation

ratification

remuneration

verification

affiliation

annihilation

association

deification

delineation

dissociation

extermination

appreciation

rejuvenation

disembarkation

interpretation

depreciation

perpetuation

refrigeration

centralization

defenestration

imagination

nonintervention

infatuation

initiation

accreditation

amalgamation

anticipation

appropriation

configuration

concatenation

conglomeration

contamination

domestication

emancipation

incorporation

exfoliation

incarceration

falsification

evacuation

insemination

hyperinflation

equivocation

interrogation

predestination

rectification

magnification

recommendation

misapplication

negotiation

sedimentation

recrimination

subordination

abomination

accommodation

assimilation

authentication

canonization

codification

conciliation

denomination

denunciation

dramatization

elimination

elizabethan

eradication

expropriation

facilitation

fertilization

glorification

hallucination

illumination

inhabitation

jeffersonian

libertarian

mechanization

modification

mummification

notification

nullification

orientation

ossification

precipitation

pronunciation

purification

qualification

renunciation

repudiation

resuscitation

russification

solicitation

unification

vilification

interconnection

approximation

investigation

cohabitation

discrimination

confabulation

alienation

humiliation

ionization

retaliation

incrimination

pennsylvanian

pomeranian

adjudication

capitulation

specialization

procrastination

amplification

sanctification

substantiation

congratulation

fortification

consolidation

depopulation

communication

continuation

inoculation

intimidation

manifestation

magnetization

insinuation

justification

invalidation

origination

manipulation

maximization

participation

quantification

reintegration

sophistication

indoctrination

desalination

utilization

civilization

brutalization

peloponnesian

academician

administration

certification

triangulation

colonization

miscalculation

ejaculation

legalization

coagulation

electrocution

mobilization

localization

accumulation

simplification

amazonian

beethovenian

articulation

multiplication

ornamentation

intoxication

disinclination

dissatisfaction

disintegration

metropolitan

mathematician

hybridization

immunization

neutralization

normalization

harmonization

equalization

organization

reforestation

argumentation

assemblywoman

christianization

hydrogenation

hanoverian

overproduction

patagonian

hyperborean

coordination

babylonian

carolinian

caledonian

panamanian

revaluation

improvisation

preoccupation

nonsectarian

synchronization

procrastinator

instrumentation

recombination

exoskeleton

delicatessen

maximilian

procrastinators

presbyterian

epicurean

scandinavian

prognostication

presupposition

theologian

oregonian

proletarian

brobdingnagian

mississippian

unitarian

nickelodeon

neapolitan

predisposition

decomposition

augustinian

philadelphian

yugoslavian

juxtaposition

veterinarian

misapprehension

ethiopian

nitroglycerine

choreography

vegetarian

centenarian

carthaginian

argentinian

lithuanian

pythagorean

washingtonian

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word preservation

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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