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5 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

torsion

portion

grecian

haitian

lotion

motion

nation

notion

ocean

potion

spokesman

station

friction

broken

georgian

basin

suction

jason

auction

fraction

section

hasten

fortune

faction

sportsman

action

token

chasten

mason

diction

fiction

flexion

martian

caisson

moisten

spoken

traction

fashion

freshen

legion

lesion

passion

session

fission

mission

heathen

ration

horseman

portman

hessian

oarsman

postman

region

homespun

ashen

asian

cajun

bordman

suasion

trojan

morgan

saxon

mormon

molten

cordon

jordan

jorden

lopeman

copeman

claxon

corban

chieftain

boatman

arson

fielden

oxen

freedman

organ

bolden

orphan

gorgon

olden

outrun

parson

gumption

warden

emption

golden

procure

shorten

norman

foreman

soldan

union

function

sanction

guardsman

junction

proscribes

bastion

caption

christian

coachman

faustian

flashgun

gentian

freshman

mansion

margin

mention

option

pension

question

tension

colon

hoten

omen

blowgun

floren

cayman

graven

dromon

brogan

cheapen

deepen

demon

eaten

listen

logan

raven

frozen

loosen

loren

open

steven

warren

worsen

chosen

christen

foreign

hogan

rerun

semen

person

toman

weaken

urson

wheaten

bowman

hyson

seaman

slogan

woven

odin

season

seton

brazen

hoven

maiden

bason

bayman

beacon

bacon

beaten

bison

bisson

canaan

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

eden

fasten

freeman

elan

glisten

haven

kalan

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

pagan

poison

satan

shaken

reason

laden

layman

roman

rosen

shaman

shogun

showman

solon

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

taken

treason

waken

yeoman

zaman

seedsman

doctrine

caxton

townsman

sexton

delphian

grandson

proscribe

statesman

brochure

burgeon

caution

cushion

earthen

fusion

surgeon

urchin

persian

russian

sturgeon

prussian

version

acton

apron

aspen

banyan

airman

austin

bargain

barton

canyon

chessman

baston

billion

bookman

brakeman

bullion

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chevron

citron

classman

corsair

dalton

damson

darken

dobson

ensign

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

fountain

garden

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

ibsen

keelson

forsworn

kelson

jargon

jetson

jackman

kirkman

rayon

kenyan

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

marlin

marten

million

martin

matron

minden

minion

mountain

nekton

newsman

onion

outdone

packman

pardon

passman

patron

pectin

pillion

foreground

runnion

peon

piston

pressman

pinion

saffron

draftsman

samson

scallion

smarten

sovereign

stillion

tarpon

scullion

sequin

stockman

tartan

wanton

trillion

landsman

rowan

rowen

stallion

workman

craftsman

sharpen

spearman

paean

shearman

owen

squadron

whitson

huntsman

stallman

marksman

sovran

spartan

stepson

teston

belgian

brethren

brochures

bushman

churchman

dungeon

engine

luncheon

yorkshire

salesman

scotsman

auden

yachtsman

baron

barren

beckon

blacken

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brighten

broaden

brokers

burden

burdon

burman

burton

certain

charon

chicken

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

ermine

firman

frighten

garron

german

gluten

hausen

heighten

heron

human

hymen

hyphen

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

lumen

lyden

often

proven

reckon

riden

ripen

rumen

sermon

siphon

marron

perron

quicken

sicken

siren

slacken

stricken

triton

turban

urban

yaupon

strengthen

syphon

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

zircon

programs

children

capstan

cauldron

forswear

fragrant

markman

marchman

headsman

landman

lengthen

klansman

lampron

orchards

tungsten

henchman

plankton

bludgeon

dudgeon

mahone

pathan

vision

gudgeon

kitchen

pigeon

alban

alman

atman

fairground

chapman

desman

dolman

dolphin

falcon

gilden

goodman

headman

hempen

hetman

jasmine

kansan

kelvin

linden

lisbon

london

lynden

program

shipman

shotgun

bagman

bellman

billman

boston

calvin

canton

captain

chaplain

clinton

crimson

dampen

footman

gascon

kremlin

melton

foursquare

mignon

milken

muslin

panton

penman

pitman

plantain

ponton

programme

santon

selden

silken

sultan

sylvan

tillman

tendon

vulcan

woodman

woolman

prescribes

tubman

tuscan

undone

broker

cowan

croaker

croker

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

ruin

scion

urine

zion

aircrafts

drunken

dutchman

othman

longan

mangan

forgers

rincon

fairgrounds

shrunken

hangman

orchard

sunken

watchman

baldwin

dustman

margrave

prescribe

alan

amman

baton

batten

batton

begun

bellon

billon

bobbin

bollen

breton

briton

bitten

button

cabin

cannon

canon

common

cotton

courser

cousin

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

dragon

driven

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

gallon

gammon

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

griffon

grocers

gotten

happen

heaven

hidden

kitten

latin

leaden

leaven

lemon

linen

ledden

lagan

jetton

melon

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

madden

ninon

ribbon

oven

patten

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

resin

pavon

pullen

redden

ridden

risen

riven

robin

rosin

sadden

rotten

salmon

satin

seven

smitten

sodden

soften

stiffen

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

talon

tappen

threaten

toughen

tracers

trodden

vegan

villain

women

woolen

wagon

weapon

woman

wooden

written

aircraft

braziers

forger

preachers

pressures

scorcher

m1

parsers

porkers

workroom

yorkers

bracer

grocer

archers

chargers

marchers

tracer

scarecrows

crozier

fresher

preacher

thresher

penguin

pressure

corkscrew

breakers

cruisers

freezers

porker

workers

browsers

crackers

parser

trackers

truckers

yorker

archer

barger

charger

crushers

marcher

mergers

perjured

perjures

searchers

aircrew

barkers

markers

parkers

scarecrow

brushwork

brickyard

surcharge

breaker

browser

burgher

cracker

craker

crocker

cruiser

cursor

freezer

grazer

greaser

kercher

mercer

purser

tracker

trucker

verser

worker

wrecker

crusher

merger

perjure

searcher

barker

braggers

brassard

dressers

marker

parker

triggers

treasures

marcor

crossroads

churchyard

bragger

dresser

presser

trigger

treasure

preserve

crossroad

berserk

3 syllable words

creation

croatian

procreates

procreate

carnation

dictation

hydration

nutrition

vibration

fixation

starvation

foundation

lactation

libration

migration

taxation

gyration

mutation

duration

caucasian

causation

cremation

flirtation

narration

omission

relation

vacation

volition

description

excretion

prescription

encryption

cohesion

coercion

horatian

logician

conflation

castration

discretion

inflation

frustration

filtration

translation

prostration

accession

attrition

damnation

optation

tactician

depletion

oppression

salvation

succession

suppression

technician

crustacean

abrasion

laurentian

progression

dalmatian

deflation

digression

norwegian

regression

temptation

ablation

equation

stagnation

alsatian

freemason

depression

repression

sensation

gestation

aggression

patrician

plantation

prescriptions

conscription

subscription

transcription

inscription

privation

citation

elation

dorian

truncation

gradation

grobian

jovian

protean

deletion

reaction

precession

phoenician

summation

expansion

ligation

expression

korean

odeon

occasion

restriction

cessation

cetacean

munition

musician

dilation

negation

predation

venetian

extension

sedation

orion

attraction

austrian

brokerage

capsaicin

chairperson

completion

compression

confucian

contrition

declension

diffraction

disruption

everyone

exception

fruition

impression

retraction

rhodopsin

tuition

australian

extraction

constriction

cyprian

ferryman

gordian

garrison

scorpion

admission

ambition

artesian

cartesian

cistercian

overdone

overman

cognition

compassion

dentition

ignition

insertion

concession

condition

confession

contagion

erection

eruption

excision

exertion

adrian

impassion

invasion

irishman

obsession

optician

partition

perception

persuasion

preemption

pretension

prevention

rendition

resection

retention

submission

suspicion

transition

destruction

egyptian

emblazon

nebraskan

distraction

transgression

extinction

subtraction

infraction

contraption

contraction

countryman

expulsion

adhesion

permission

edition

origin

emission

julian

malaysian

assertion

syrian

corruption

perversion

irian

petition

aryan

physician

recession

secession

nubian

sedition

freudian

collegian

audition

commission

addition

arian

carrion

desertion

evasion

clarion

profession

position

possession

percussion

remission

gaussian

foramen

precaution

marian

procession

tradition

assumption

forewoman

porcelain

forbidden

policeman

presumption

predestine

acumen

compulsion

progresses

conception

concoction

inception

resumption

magician

mistaken

contention

convention

convulsion

invention

corsican

suspension

misprision

bedridden

nobleman

unwritten

cambrian

transmission

laotian

ingestion

instruction

procurement

parisian

obstruction

congestion

derision

construction

abstraction

ascension

apportion

abortion

asuncion

attention

adoption

concussion

deception

detention

dimension

discussion

dissension

emulsion

hydrogen

incision

incursion

menhaden

misshapen

occlusion

nitrogen

oxygen

prediction

reception

preclusion

proportion

propulsion

revulsion

seclusion

consumption

campion

extortion

champion

indian

jettison

jamaican

exclusion

kantian

absorption

keynesian

exemption

lesbian

thespian

abstention

adsorption

superman

uneven

extrusion

infarction

anyone

andean

bosnian

gravamen

elison

albion

awaken

guardian

fustian

bedizen

bouillon

halcyon

waterman

zambian

overrun

unison

peterman

wesleyan

commotion

decision

aversion

emotion

englishman

provision

recision

precision

reversion

revision

badminton

digestion

octillion

clergyman

collision

correction

dilution

direction

devotion

diversion

division

immersion

margarine

downtrodden

etruscan

intestine

muskmelon

suggestion

parthian

procurements

religion

imprison

promotion

rescission

masculine

combustion

conclusion

contortion

intrusion

chilean

redemption

alien

avian

fabian

appian

fenian

galleon

excursion

gillian

groceries

horizon

libyan

malayan

median

distortion

myosin

niacin

inclusion

nemean

intention

permian

plebeian

saccharin

simian

uterine

alderman

charwoman

enliven

in-person

chairwoman

charlatan

backwoodsman

mexican

backgammon

crosscurrent

enlighten

talisman

genuine

partisan

african

artisan

cardigan

anchorman

collection

deduction

defection

dissection

election

eviction

protection

selection

inversion

reduction

addiction

affection

aspersion

connection

connexion

conversion

depiction

detection

dispersion

inaction

perfection

phrygian

production

seduction

submersion

subversion

aegean

corrosion

fijian

lutheran

scythian

stygian

grocery

congressman

ejection

erasers

rejection

bulletin

gentleman

determine

eleven

arkansan

forgotten

reptilian

vitamin

jacobin

crosscurrents

snapdragon

keratin

medicine

puritan

reunion

specimen

suburban

venison

hammerman

councilman

projection

mandarin

exaction

solution

affliction

fisherman

abduction

pollution

singleton

aleutian

erosion

pentathlon

halogen

confection

conduction

convection

conviction

lecithin

deflection

induction

infection

misfortune

transaction

reflection

crackerjack

imagine

abandon

battalion

biotin

brazilian

cation

civilian

discipline

dominion

eraser

ghanaian

guncotton

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

injection

italian

lumberman

magdalen

medallion

objection

opinion

pavilion

progressive

rebellion

reopen

rifleman

sumatran

tamarin

timberman

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

vermilion

veteran

infliction

inflection

complexion

inspection

beholden

ablution

cinnamon

communion

skeleton

ottoman

companion

nonunion

collagen

disunion

catalan

citizen

nevadan

outspoken

unbroken

lanolin

procurer

compunction

beethoven

prescribers

denizen

javelin

housebroken

precursors

embolden

ramadan

saleswoman

distinction

solomon

sorcerers

toboggan

midshipman

crockery

conjunction

exhaustion

injunction

implosion

trickery

heartbroken

forgeries

illusion

collusion

allusion

delusion

abdomen

chamberlain

prescriber

mercuric

peregrine

bedouin

benjamin

explosion

mercury

samoan

contusion

moroccan

nurseries

diffusion

precursor

sorcerer

profusion

sorcery

marjoram

bandwagon

forgery

peregrines

bureaucrats

surcharges

pressurize

three-quarters

surgeries

crestfallen

treasuries

treasurys

handwoven

ambrosian

harlequin

sharecroppers

coworkers

marguerite

confusion

assassin

bitumen

pelican

vatican

preservers

infusion

sauerkraut

silicon

brasserie

brazier

cursory

grazier

gregory

nursery

regimen

transfusion

alaskan

perfusion

sharecropper

clarendon

perjury

surgery

treachery

treasury

coworker

preserver

archery

albumin

franciscan

anglican

nonhuman

feminine

melanin

inhuman

praiseworthy

bureaucrat

paragraph

perjurer

treasurer

paragraphs

harassers

treasurers

harasser

pursuers

pursuer

4 syllable words

aviation

radiation

decoration

deviation

ideation

mediation

glaciation

backwardation

excitation

alternation

fabrication

fibrillation

liquidation

molestation

ovulation

protestation

alteration

dissertation

hibernation

preservation

reformation

mutilation

relocation

fumigation

evocation

coronation

affirmation

corp.

corporation

correlation

declaration

irritation

jubilation

locomotion

machination

profanation

reservation

rumination

aberration

adoration

coalition

coloration

federation

miseration

reparation

toleration

veneration

separation

fluctuation

generation

liberation

moderation

prohibition

iteration

laceration

operation

preparation

formulation

incarnation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

conservation

conversation

cultivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

dislocation

expiration

information

masturbation

observation

occupation

ordination

segregation

vaccination

oxidation

speculation

aggravation

approbation

overburden

saturation

aggregation

circulation

deformation

degradation

deportation

retardation

demarcation

equitation

confirmation

invitation

proclamation

recantation

reclamation

maturation

admiration

allegation

animation

appellation

annotation

aspiration

connotation

decimation

defamation

derivation

desolation

desperation

delegation

detonation

domination

imitation

hesitation

elevation

figuration

habitation

immolation

dilatation

dissipation

divination

emanation

fluoridation

gravitation

inhalation

fascination

innovation

irrigation

isolation

levitation

limitation

litigation

meditation

mitigation

navigation

nomination

oscillation

propagation

recitation

renovation

respiration

restoration

revelation

sanitation

titillation

trepidation

ulceration

vacillation

validation

visitation

exploitation

incrustation

syncopation

orchestration

extrication

attribution

exhortation

imputation

incantation

instigation

menstruation

perforation

gastrulation

transformation

adulation

violation

exhumation

amputation

computation

comprehension

excavation

indignation

surrogation

exploration

apparition

arbitration

inclination

agitation

malformation

cogitation

embarkation

mortification

ostentation

punctuation

modulation

consecration

rhetorician

importation

transportation

calculation

consternation

bohemian

vegetation

pagination

abnegation

adaptation

affectation

annexation

apprehension

calibration

cancellation

celebration

combination

commendation

commutation

compilation

congregation

consolation

consummation

culmination

designation

destination

devastation

distillation

duplication

emigration

emulation

estimation

exhalation

granulation

hypertension

immigration

incubation

inspiration

insulation

intercession

intimation

intonation

inundation

jordanian

obligation

palpitation

penetration

population

presentation

recollection

regulation

relaxation

reputation

resignation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

superstition

tabulation

tribulation

ventilation

watermelon

allocation

impregnation

avocation

germination

appalachian

perspiration

perturbation

realization

supervision

termination

exclamation

dedication

desiccation

legislation

conjugation

medication

revocation

confrontation

provocation

explanation

suffocation

bifurcation

explication

collocation

expectation

dehydration

sequestration

bolivian

education

noblewoman

reassertion

augmentation

constellation

condemnation

condensation

compensation

constipation

dietitian

brokerages

consultation

disconnection

dispensation

decompression

disinflation

electrician

illustration

execution

fragmentation

indentation

indexation

infestation

inflammation

installation

integration

intervention

liquefaction

malnutrition

interception

ministration

preconception

retribution

subluxation

misperception

pigmentation

segmentation

registration

indigestion

abdication

advocation

altercation

application

elocution

exhibition

fermentation

permutation

persecution

precondition

eustachian

armenian

prosecution

publication

situation

convocation

columbian

crucifixion

dereliction

indication

indonesian

lilliputian

syndication

interruption

recognition

replication

requisition

restitution

cotyledon

intermission

invocation

superhuman

retrocession

accordion

acquisition

graduation

nicaraguan

olympian

sectarian

victorian

ohioan

vindication

refutation

preelection

premonition

reelection

proposition

readmission

melanesian

opposition

politician

polynesian

repetition

repossession

circumspection

manumission

nonprescription

procrastinate

concentration

conflagration

contemplation

deposition

contraception

demonstration

contribution

demolition

contradiction

abolition

definition

elongation

implantation

infiltration

indiscretion

erudition

distribution

extradition

misconception

supposition

valuation

circumvention

complication

condescension

collodion

confiscation

disputation

obfuscation

reproduction

arabian

comedian

implication

octahedron

assyrian

bavarian

chameleon

substitution

tetrahedron

criterion

devonian

draconian

fallopian

floridian

gregorian

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

jacobean

liberian

maccabean

missourian

expedition

exposition

napoleon

newtonian

nurseryman

planarian

plutonian

inquisition

reawaken

praetorian

protozoan

valerian

institution

jurisdiction

siberian

utopian

simonian

adrenaline

introspection

deconstruction

transplantation

cross-reference

shakespearean

reconstruction

admonition

ammunition

competition

composition

athenian

imposition

inattention

peruvian

polyhedron

gargantuan

indecision

procrastinates

leviathan

carcinogen

circumcision

disposition

moravian

hegelian

nigerian

subdivision

statistician

pelagian

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

barbarian

centurion

committeeman

librarian

nestorian

mercurial

pagurian

pavlovian

contravention

obstetrician

wagnerian

tasmanian

introduction

self-deception

custodian

eritrean

greco-roman

historian

cyclopean

herculean

estonian

gorgonian

samaritan

preignition

intuition

mongolian

algerian

hydrocarbon

arthurian

hungarian

repercussion

equestrian

reposition

smithsonian

inhibition

european

iranian

sicilian

canadian

coloradan

diocesan

galilean

mammalian

reinspection

lancastrian

contrarian

crocodilian

pedestrian

merry-go-round

armageddon

comparison

ayrshire

abyssinian

amphibian

penicillin

assemblyman

englishwoman

american

aldebaran

predetermine

meridian

nonpartisan

darwinian

guatemalan

interurban

oblivion

obsidian

reexamine

resurrection

tamoxifen

macedonian

algonquian

benediction

disaffection

predilection

insurrection

interaction

corinthian

dandelion

rhododendron

preservative

paraguayan

californian

imperfection

interdiction

evolution

intersection

satisfaction

devolution

dissolution

resolution

revolution

disinfection

diminution

interjection

arizonan

misbegotten

convolution

absolution

destitution

prostitution

pressurizes

bureaucracy

minnesotan

kindergarten

firecrackers

disillusion

constitution

bureaucracies

bureaucratese

hemoglobin

interwoven

copenhagen

firecracker

businesswoman

hara-kiri

gentlewoman

ibuprofen

dominican

copernican

republican

caracara

5 syllable words

association

cauterization

dissociation

humiliation

polarization

cooperation

negotiation

excoriation

coagulation

coordination

abbreviation

localization

repatriation

orientation

delineation

irradiation

retaliation

proliferation

affiliation

alleviation

expropriation

appreciation

depreciation

expatriation

authorization

initiation

exfoliation

recrimination

glorification

mobilization

renunciation

amortization

conciliation

decapitation

denunciation

vulgarization

repudiation

incrimination

cohabitation

reverberation

refrigeration

enumeration

reaffirmation

discrimination

alienation

recuperation

vaporization

inactivation

maximization

recombination

incarceration

incorporation

configuration

equalization

equivocation

hyperinflation

neutralization

continuation

accreditation

normalization

insinuation

acceleration

accommodation

amelioration

brutalization

civilization

colonization

consideration

denomination

desalination

determination

discoloration

exhilaration

hallucination

illumination

inauguration

incineration

interpolation

mechanization

modernization

notification

obliteration

preoccupation

prevarication

remuneration

resuscitation

utilization

procrastination

pasteurization

collaboration

extermination

interpretation

annihilation

alliteration

commemoration

centralization

improvisation

evaporation

ionization

elaboration

deceleration

deliberation

accumulation

rejuvenation

substantiation

misapprehension

synchronization

desegregation

evacuation

exacerbation

subordination

misinformation

anticipation

depopulation

exasperation

fortification

intimidation

manipulation

participation

rectification

reiteration

harmonization

recommendation

immunization

organization

degeneration

hybridization

reforestation

inoculation

interrogation

corroboration

concatenation

origination

hydrogenation

indoctrination

abomination

adulteration

verification

eradication

solicitation

agglomeration

assassination

clarification

sterilization

assimilation

dramatization

fertilization

ejaculation

miscalculation

exoneration

facilitation

canonization

precipitation

confederation

elimination

unification

dissemination

purification

approximation

articulation

confabulation

disinclination

disembarkation

intoxication

overproduction

ornamentation

representation

beethovenian

hanoverian

proletarian

sanctification

pomeranian

capitulation

adjudication

exaggeration

deification

imagination

congratulation

specialization

manifestation

reintegration

sedimentation

delicatessen

regeneration

scandinavian

emancipation

magnetization

communication

invalidation

examination

consolidation

insemination

contamination

amalgamation

conglomeration

inhabitation

christianization

argumentation

electrocution

authentication

academician

gasification

defenestration

nonintervention

premeditation

qualification

interconnection

ramification

legalization

ratification

russification

revaluation

modification

carolinian

choreography

certification

disintegration

investigation

specification

nullification

panamanian

mummification

gratification

edification

pacification

codification

classification

vilification

ossification

stratification

unitarian

procrastinator

nitroglycerine

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

instrumentation

magnification

misapplication

quantification

predestination

domestication

justification

sophistication

falsification

decomposition

triangulation

epicurean

assemblywoman

administration

procrastinators

yugoslavian

exoskeleton

attenuation

elizabethan

evaluation

juxtaposition

multiplication

prognostication

peloponnesian

amplification

theologian

ethiopian

simplification

nonsectarian

babylonian

nickelodeon

oregonian

patagonian

hyperborean

metropolitan

jeffersonian

mathematician

caledonian

amazonian

libertarian

infatuation

pythagorean

vegetarian

centenarian

maximilian

presbyterian

veterinarian

presupposition

brobdingnagian

washingtonian

neapolitan

mississippian

predisposition

augustinian

philadelphian

dissatisfaction

carthaginian

argentinian

lithuanian

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word procreation

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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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