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2 syllable words
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2 syllable words

basin

caisson

chasten

hasten

jason

mason

moisten

torsion

portion

grecian

session

ration

cajun

fashion

suasion

hessian

ashen

asian

freshen

passion

trojan

homespun

postman

spokesman

boatman

bolden

copeman

dobson

golden

ibsen

lopeman

molten

olden

soldan

union

gumption

emption

action

auction

bacon

bason

bastion

bayman

bison

blowgun

bowman

brazen

brogan

broken

canaan

caption

cayman

chosen

coachman

colon

craven

cuban

dagan

dagon

daman

diction

dromon

faction

fasten

faustian

fiction

flashgun

flexion

fortune

fraction

freshman

friction

frozen

function

gentian

georgian

graven

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

hyson

junction

kalan

laden

layman

lessen

lesson

logan

loosen

maiden

mansion

martian

mention

odin

omen

open

option

pagan

pension

person

poison

probate

question

raven

roman

rosen

sanction

satan

section

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

sportsman

stolen

straighten

suction

swollen

taken

tension

token

toman

traction

urson

waken

worsen

woven

yeoman

zaman

prussian

region

bordman

mission

lesion

legion

townsman

horseman

oarsman

heathen

grandson

fusion

russian

cushion

portman

fission

statesman

caution

owen

rayon

rowan

rowen

apron

arson

aspen

austin

banyan

baston

billion

brakeman

bullion

canyon

chessman

classman

claxon

gorgon

houseman

foreman

fountain

gascon

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kenyan

matron

million

minion

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

parson

passman

patron

runnion

samson

shorten

stallion

stallman

stepson

saxon

scallion

scullion

stillion

teston

trillion

tubman

whitson

damson

ensign

faulcon

fibrin

wanton

pillion

pinion

pressman

cordon

dalton

warden

corban

craftsman

draftsman

huntsman

marksman

belgian

bushman

christian

dungeon

engine

margin

luncheon

bisson

leven

cabin

cheapen

deacon

gibbon

bourbon

brighten

christen

cretin

foreign

lichen

broaden

human

boughten

demon

auden

bobbin

crewman

beaten

beacon

crouton

gluten

cumin

floren

frighten

hymen

elan

glisten

deepen

heighten

eden

hyphen

freeman

hausen

eaten

leman

lighten

liman

listen

lyden

liven

loren

lumen

liken

often

ribbon

riden

semen

rerun

proven

reason

rumen

siphon

sweeten

treason

wizen

siren

steven

titan

triton

warren

widen

turban

ripen

robin

seaman

season

seton

syphon

thousand

tighten

weaken

urban

wheaten

whiten

yaupon

capstan

cauldron

caxton

children

delphian

doctrine

headsman

klansman

lampron

landman

lengthen

marchman

markman

salesman

scotsman

sexton

strengthen

yachtsman

burgeon

persian

sturgeon

earthen

bludgeon

pathan

dudgeon

gudgeon

pigeon

version

vision

urchin

surgeon

mahone

kitchen

henchman

plankton

tungsten

gowan

ion

lion

paean

peon

ruin

zion

scion

urine

cowan

dian

mayan

acton

atman

alban

barton

airman

alman

bagman

bargain

bellman

bookman

boston

calvin

captain

billman

canton

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chevron

chieftain

citron

clinton

crimson

dampen

darken

desman

dolman

dolphin

falcon

fielden

fireman

footman

freedman

garden

gilden

goodman

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

jackman

jargon

kelvin

kremlin

kirkman

jasmine

kansan

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lockman

london

lynden

marten

lisbon

marlin

martin

melton

mignon

nekton

milken

minden

morbid

orbit

muslin

packman

panton

pardon

piston

pitman

plantain

penman

pectin

ponton

guardsman

saffron

landsman

santon

sequin

sovran

spartan

sultan

sylvan

tuscan

vulcan

workman

tendon

torpid

selden

squadron

stockman

tillman

undone

woolman

sharpen

spearman

shearman

shipman

silken

sovereign

tartan

woodman

shotgun

smarten

tarpon

brethren

longan

rincon

sunken

othman

watchman

hangman

churchman

dutchman

drunken

mangan

shrunken

alan

amman

baldwin

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

blacken

bollen

bracken

breton

briton

browbeat

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cannon

canon

certain

charon

chicken

common

cotton

cousin

curtain

deaden

deafen

devon

dragon

driven

dustman

fallen

felon

dozen

ermine

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

forbade

gallon

gammon

garron

german

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

griffon

happen

heaven

heron

hidden

jetton

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

linen

locken

madden

marron

melon

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

orbits

oven

patten

pavon

perron

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

private

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

resin

ridden

risen

riven

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satin

seedsman

sermon

seven

sherbet

sicken

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

sorbet

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

talon

tappen

thicken

threaten

toughen

trodden

vegan

villain

wagon

weapon

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

zircon

farfetched

corvette

forefoot

barbette

carpet

forbids

forfeit

m1

pervades

privates

tribute

drafting

grafting

warpath

erupts

carpets

corvettes

tributes

fervid

forbid

pervade

tripod

turbid

bereft

profit

prophet

corrupt

surfeit

penguin

barefoot

krypton

tripods

carbide

corrupts

erupt

prophets

forfeits

bereaved

graphite

profits

triptych

scriptures

driftwood

triptychs

turbot

crafty

drafty

thrifty

provide

scripture

brevets

drip-dry

forebode

provides

3 syllable words

creation

horatian

cohesion

logician

alsatian

abrasion

carnation

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deflation

dictation

fixation

gestation

hydration

lactation

laurentian

migration

obsession

optation

plantation

salvation

sensation

starvation

taxation

privations

stagnation

temptation

freemason

overdone

overman

overrun

odeon

protean

orion

jovian

nubian

assertion

deletion

desertion

evasion

malaysian

munition

musician

occasion

possession

precession

procession

profession

phoenician

recession

secession

venetian

truncation

fruition

laotian

tuition

conflation

capsaicin

nobleman

filtration

frustration

rhodopsin

castration

inflation

prostration

translation

accession

dissection

dissension

defection

cistercian

exertion

ablution

accretion

affection

attention

contagion

deception

equation

erection

aggression

abortion

ambition

ascension

collection

compassion

concession

confession

connection

connexion

depletion

depression

detection

detention

digression

dimension

election

impassion

inaction

insertion

gravamen

invasion

objection

awaken

norwegian

superman

oppression

perception

perfection

suburban

persuasion

prevention

subversion

secretion

pretension

protection

jamaican

repression

selection

probative

succession

suppression

waterman

verbatim

progression

retention

regression

nutrition

reception

resection

submersion

submission

unison

addition

audition

aversion

collegian

commission

commotion

correction

corruption

devotion

digestion

direction

diversion

dorian

edition

ejection

emblazon

emission

emotion

fabian

foramen

freudian

gaussian

imagine

immersion

julian

korean

libyan

malayan

nebraskan

origin

percussion

permission

perversion

petition

physician

plebeian

position

projection

promotion

proscription

reaction

rejection

remission

reversion

sedition

subtraction

suggestion

tradition

uterine

magician

lumberman

rebellion

unburden

timberman

attraction

combustion

alderman

mistaken

abduction

completion

lutheran

compression

corrosion

contention

discretion

convection

convention

forbidden

transaction

chamberlain

conception

confection

genuine

inception

reflection

abandon

alaskan

declension

policeman

predestine

deflection

diffraction

exaction

exception

infection

suspension

porcelain

in-person

retraction

corsican

impression

invention

redemption

chairperson

abstraction

addiction

admission

adoption

apportion

cartesian

cognition

concussion

condition

eleven

conversion

elison

deduction

ignition

patrician

prediction

preemption

revulsion

bouillon

corruptions

ingestion

incursion

injection

dentition

eruption

eviction

partition

rendition

optician

seduction

congestion

albion

hammerman

anyone

bedizen

determine

ferryman

garrison

gordian

jettison

lesbian

medicine

nevadan

reunion

scorpion

specimen

toboggan

artesian

aspersion

asuncion

attrition

inversion

uneven

depiction

discussion

dispersion

zambian

emulsion

irishman

menhaden

production

propulsion

venison

misshapen

proportion

peterman

technician

australian

reduction

suspicion

tactician

transition

contraction

contraption

absorption

abstention

adsorption

inflection

infraction

inspection

complexion

transgression

excretion

distraction

exemption

expansion

expression

extension

aleutian

adhesion

clergyman

collision

masculine

dilution

division

erosion

halogen

albumin

egyptian

intestine

lecithin

precision

councilman

pervading

pollution

precaution

provision

religion

solution

alien

appian

arian

aryan

avian

biotin

carrion

cation

chilean

clarion

galleon

gillian

hawaiian

ghanaian

horizon

marian

myosin

niacin

syrian

tamarin

veteran

permian

saccharin

simian

probity

reopen

compulsion

forewoman

partisan

contrition

disruption

resumption

talisman

intention

transmission

contortion

unwritten

backgammon

medallion

pentathlon

battalion

italian

mexican

african

bedridden

enlighten

concoction

charlatan

affliction

conduction

artisan

cardigan

everyone

convulsion

eruptions

excursion

distortion

uncertain

unbutton

induction

cambrian

assumption

sumatran

enliven

conviction

magdalen

presumption

aegean

obstruction

derision

subscription

fijian

parisian

phrygian

scythian

stygian

extraction

beholden

incision

oxygen

anchorman

excision

description

adrian

andean

destruction

beethoven

bosnian

bulletin

infarction

infliction

restriction

campion

consumption

encryption

prescription

expulsion

extortion

catalan

champion

cinnamon

citizen

collagen

cyprian

denizen

forgotten

guardian

halcyon

indian

javelin

kantian

keynesian

mandarin

keratin

lanolin

ottoman

pelican

puritan

ramadan

silicon

skeleton

solomon

thespian

vatican

vitamin

wesleyan

arkansan

distinction

badminton

communion

companion

disunion

downtrodden

embolden

etruscan

franciscan

gentleman

compunction

snapdragon

englishman

countryman

imprison

muskmelon

nonunion

saleswoman

rescission

collusion

revision

recision

decision

prohibit

delusion

margarine

allusion

parthian

fisherman

forbidding

illusion

conscription

confucian

constriction

midshipman

implosion

conjunction

anglican

construction

injunction

exhaustion

singleton

inscription

instruction

transcription

dominion

heroin

heroine

brazilian

nemean

discipline

guncotton

moroccan

rifleman

opinion

providence

provident

vermilion

backwoodsman

extinction

bedouin

charwoman

irian

chairwoman

fenian

austrian

abdomen

median

civilian

samoan

pavilion

uncommon

benjamin

congressman

contusion

diffusion

explosion

hydrogen

nitrogen

occlusion

preclusion

profusion

prohibits

seclusion

assassin

troubadour

bandwagon

crestfallen

handwoven

ambrosian

housebroken

octillion

reptilian

outspoken

unbroken

fustian

jacobin

bitumen

craftsmanship

draftsmanship

conclusion

inclusion

confusion

infusion

intrusion

misfortune

misprision

regimen

forfeiture

scriptural

orbital

heartbroken

acumen

perfusion

morbidly

crabeater

exclusion

extrusion

transfusion

erupting

foreboding

carpeting

forfeitures

orbitals

arbiter

nonhuman

arbitrage

feminine

melanin

privately

inhuman

arbitrates

profiting

gravitates

arbiters

carpeted

clarendon

eruptive

brevity

perfidy

gravity

perpetrates

arbitrate

harlequin

curvature

corruptive

corruptly

gravitate

profiteer

parapet

servitude

ferryboats

perpetrate

profiteers

forefathers

forefather

bravado

graffiti

provider

ferryboat

hereafter

provided

providers

thereafter

torpedoes

torpedos

torpedo

turpitude

4 syllable words

aberration

liberation

prohibition

lubrication

dislocation

protestation

ovulation

molestation

coronation

alteration

corp.

corporation

correlation

fumigation

profanation

prohibitions

rumination

mutilation

perturbation

habitation

hibernation

usurpation

aviation

perforation

reparation

separation

deviation

federation

ideation

coalition

adoration

coloration

decoration

generation

iteration

laceration

mediation

miseration

moderation

operation

preparation

radiation

surrogation

toleration

variation

veneration

violation

equitation

combination

deformation

ordination

refutation

glaciation

deportation

tabulation

graduation

calibration

permutation

publication

observation

obligation

retrocession

incubation

approbation

celebration

fibrillation

ohioan

abrogation

fabrication

maturation

saturation

abdication

abnegation

alternation

backwardation

duplication

liquidation

tribulation

overburden

masturbation

situation

annotation

figuration

avocation

imitation

immolation

propagation

trepidation

valuation

reservation

revelation

vacillation

visitation

validation

respiration

restoration

collocation

connotation

divination

admiration

affirmation

appellation

dissertation

domination

dissipation

aspiration

fluoridation

germination

gravitation

hesitation

levitation

limitation

litigation

locomotion

machination

meditation

oscillation

perspiration

provocation

revocation

sanitation

ulceration

animation

declaration

delegation

allegation

decimation

dedication

defamation

dilatation

inhalation

derivation

detonation

allocation

bifurcation

emanation

fascination

desiccation

desolation

desperation

elevation

elongation

innovation

irritation

mitigation

navigation

realization

recitation

medication

irrigation

isolation

nomination

preservation

recreation

reformation

suffocation

titillation

termination

renovation

adulation

agitation

apparition

arbitration

bohemian

cogitation

disputation

education

embarkation

exhortation

fluctuation

formulation

importation

malformation

modulation

mortification

noblewoman

obfuscation

ostentation

pagination

pelagian

reassertion

rhetorician

subluxation

vegetation

distillation

emulation

inundation

invitation

recantation

insulation

invocation

superstition

albanian

demarcation

inspiration

proclamation

reclamation

altercation

desecration

columbian

designation

intonation

syndication

depravation

depredation

deprivation

destination

devastation

emigration

intimation

vindication

accusation

adaptation

cancellation

circulation

confirmation

commendation

activation

annexation

acclamation

advocation

affectation

aggregation

commutation

watermelon

acclimation

aggravation

application

compilation

conservation

convocation

excitation

immigration

indonesian

oxidation

regulation

resignation

information

reputation

degradation

estimation

granulation

fermentation

conversation

penetration

consolation

culmination

cultivation

expiration

indication

occupation

palpitation

relaxation

replication

consummation

population

presentation

retardation

simulation

stipulation

stimulation

ventilation

eustachian

jordanian

segregation

speculation

vaccination

exploitation

orchestration

legislation

dehydration

sequestration

arbitrations

conjugation

syncopation

arabian

canadian

collodion

fallopian

napoleon

newtonian

plutonian

supervision

appalachian

preelection

repercussion

repossession

resurrection

utopian

simonian

reelection

bolivian

devonian

draconian

abolition

mammalian

protozoan

manumission

reawaken

attribution

augmentation

calculation

compensation

complication

computation

consecration

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

gastrulation

fragmentation

illustration

implication

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indentation

indexation

indignation

infestation

inflammation

installation

instigation

integration

liquefaction

menstruation

ministration

punctuation

segmentation

transformation

transportation

amputation

excavation

pigmentation

retribution

dispensation

exploration

disinflation

exhumation

leviathan

congregation

exhalation

moravian

dietitian

peruvian

registration

strangulation

crucifixion

predilection

requisition

absolution

ammunition

disaffection

insurrection

superhuman

recollection

interruption

intermission

intercession

interaction

hypertension

exhibition

acquisition

samaritan

contribution

tasmanian

contemplation

librarian

pavlovian

custodian

extrication

barbarian

penicillin

american

expectation

cotyledon

olympian

greco-roman

incrustation

alabaman

estonian

exclamation

copernican

gorgonian

pagurian

implantation

impregnation

demonstration

explication

distribution

infiltration

concentration

conflagration

explanation

confrontation

rhododendron

definition

demolition

deposition

erudition

intuition

melanesian

mongolian

opposition

politician

polynesian

preignition

premonition

proposition

readmission

repetition

inhibition

reposition

smithsonian

supposition

decompression

imperfection

electrician

inquisition

condescension

disconnection

disinfection

interception

interdiction

intersection

intervention

comedian

planarian

misperception

floridian

jacobean

preconception

reinspection

satisfaction

gregorian

substitution

diocesan

bavarian

coloradan

himalayan

iberian

malnutrition

chameleon

maccabean

siberian

liberian

shakespearean

adrenaline

republican

indigestion

transplantation

macedonian

pedestrian

tamoxifen

apprehension

interjection

comparison

competition

composition

athenian

disposition

perpetual

admonition

benediction

circumcision

dereliction

indecision

inattention

imposition

polyhedron

precondition

providential

statistician

subdivision

recognition

circumspection

contraception

self-deception

meridian

misconception

indiscretion

obstetrician

dominican

sectarian

committeeman

comprehension

wagnerian

assemblyman

morbidity

agrarian

aldebaran

equestrian

amphibian

predetermine

victorian

armenian

accordion

obsidian

abyssinian

darwinian

herculean

nicaraguan

oblivion

diminution

resolution

revolution

dissolution

circumvention

hungarian

evolution

expedition

exposition

perpetuals

perpetuate

lancastrian

reproduction

devolution

introspection

jurisdiction

arizonan

armageddon

assyrian

contrarian

criterion

european

galilean

hemoglobin

hyperion

iranian

misbegotten

missourian

sicilian

turbidity

valerian

lilliputian

perpetuates

persecution

extradition

corinthian

hegelian

contravention

carcinogen

neuropathy

nigerian

convolution

contradiction

prostitution

destitution

elocution

restitution

introduction

prosecution

californian

tributary

hydrocarbon

kindergarten

centurion

cyclopean

guatemalan

nonpartisan

dandelion

eritrean

englishwoman

nestorian

reexamine

minnesotan

paraguayan

reconstruction

deconstruction

execution

constitution

institution

octahedron

tetrahedron

algerian

disillusion

prohibitive

arthurian

crocodilian

interwoven

nonprescription

tributaries

arbitrager

praetorian

algonquian

arbitrageur

copenhagen

arbitrators

businesswoman

gentlewoman

ibuprofen

historian

arbitragers

interurban

carbohydrates

forfeitable

arbitrator

perpetrators

derivative

carbohydrate

perpetrator

arbitrary

carpetbagger

gargantuan

carpetbaggers

arbitrageurs

corruptible

profitable

therapeutic

therapeutics

5 syllable words

probationary

cooperation

corroboration

mobilization

cohabitation

dissociation

proliferation

polarization

association

negotiation

coagulation

coordination

notification

pronunciation

localization

reverberation

cauterization

collaboration

humiliation

enumeration

deliberation

elaboration

recuperation

appropriation

authorization

exfoliation

reiteration

abbreviation

abomination

brutalization

denomination

glorification

hallucination

illumination

inauguration

obliteration

orientation

remuneration

repudiation

unification

utilization

adjudication

alienation

alleviation

evaporation

alliteration

ionization

irradiation

affiliation

annihilation

commemoration

deceleration

rejuvenation

deification

delineation

reaffirmation

retaliation

vaporization

initiation

origination

communication

recombination

excoriation

immunization

reforestation

normalization

degeneration

exacerbation

incorporation

neutralization

equalization

equivocation

regeneration

hybridization

fortification

organization

subordination

acceleration

accommodation

adulteration

agglomeration

amelioration

amortization

assassination

assimilation

attenuation

canonization

certification

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

colonization

conciliation

inhabitation

confederation

authentication

triangulation

consideration

decapitation

denunciation

desalination

determination

discoloration

dissemination

dramatization

edification

elimination

eradication

evaluation

exhilaration

exoneration

facilitation

fertilization

gasification

gratification

gravitational

mechanization

pacification

incineration

interpolation

modernization

modification

legalization

nullification

ossification

ejaculation

mummification

expropriation

premeditation

precipitation

preoccupation

prevarication

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

renunciation

repatriation

resuscitation

revaluation

russification

solicitation

specification

sterilization

stratification

verification

vilification

vulgarization

accumulation

confabulation

beethovenian

proletarian

disembarkation

ornamentation

overproduction

appreciation

depreciation

pasteurization

capitulation

exaggeration

imagination

specialization

infatuation

perpetuation

refrigeration

amalgamation

anticipation

accreditation

concatenation

configuration

continuation

decomposition

conglomeration

consolidation

contamination

domestication

substantiation

depopulation

desegregation

emancipation

evacuation

examination

exasperation

falsification

harmonization

hyperinflation

inactivation

incarceration

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

interrogation

intimidation

invalidation

justification

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximization

misapplication

misinformation

participation

pomeranian

predestination

quantification

recommendation

recrimination

reintegration

rectification

sedimentation

sophistication

hydrogenation

christianization

elizabethan

exoskeleton

ethiopian

theologian

amplification

approximation

hanoverian

articulation

centralization

amazonian

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

expatriation

extermination

investigation

procrastination

prognostication

babylonian

carolinian

simplification

caledonian

libertarian

jeffersonian

nickelodeon

oregonian

panamanian

unitarian

defenestration

patagonian

improvisation

incrimination

interpretation

intoxication

multiplication

representation

congratulation

sanctification

synchronization

brobdingnagian

administration

electrocution

miscalculation

argumentation

indoctrination

augustinian

delicatessen

assemblywoman

yugoslavian

brobdingnagians

epicurean

scandinavian

academician

dissatisfaction

instrumentation

interconnection

nonintervention

peloponnesian

perpetually

presupposition

mathematician

nitroglycerine

hyperborean

pennsylvanian

misapprehension

washingtonian

predisposition

maximilian

philadelphian

presbyterian

juxtaposition

arbitrarily

metropolitan

mississippian

neapolitan

nonsectarian

prohibitory

carthaginian

argentinian

lithuanian

vegetarian

pythagorean

centenarian

veterinarian

dionysian

perpetuity

peripatetic

irrefutable

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word probation

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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