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2 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

gumption

martian

torsion

portion

sanction

suction

prussian

russian

fashion

freshen

passion

session

ration

ashen

hessian

arson

parson

tungsten

emption

lesson

bason

fasten

lessen

marksman

auction

caption

action

bastion

huntsman

diction

drunken

freshman

fortune

backrests

dungeon

dutchman

gentian

question

shrunken

mansion

georgian

margin

mention

flexion

section

fraction

friction

sunken

faction

fiction

traction

sportsman

option

tension

luncheon

pension

backrest

bludgeon

bordman

caution

cushion

dudgeon

dustman

fission

grandson

gudgeon

haitian

horseman

marchman

markman

mission

nation

oarsman

portman

station

ibsen

mormon

organ

passman

pressman

whitson

mignon

morgan

onion

marten

martin

muslin

harden

pardon

harken

harten

hearten

outrun

warden

marlin

plankton

norman

orphan

vulcan

oxen

jargon

kelson

london

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

runnion

saffron

samson

saxon

scullion

squadron

sharpen

shorten

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

stepson

sultan

tarpon

tartan

teston

tubman

tuscan

undone

airman

aspen

bagman

bargain

barton

baston

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chessman

citron

classman

claxon

corban

cordon

damson

darken

dobson

ensign

fibrin

foreman

fireman

garden

gascon

gorgon

faustian

bushman

hangman

christian

engine

disgraced

belgian

landsman

brethren

rincon

craftsman

draftsman

flashgun

guardsman

baron

barren

bellon

button

caisson

bisson

basin

bison

breton

begun

beckon

charon

christen

dozen

chasten

cousin

deaden

deafen

devon

dragon

felon

floren

foreign

garron

glisten

hasten

heaven

heron

hyson

jason

jetton

lagan

leaden

ledden

listen

marron

mason

leaven

lemon

loren

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

perron

person

reckon

redden

resin

seven

siren

sudden

sullen

summon

threaten

toughen

urson

wagon

vegan

warren

weapon

worsen

disgrace

sexton

baldwin

doctrine

scotsman

strengthen

capstan

cauldron

caxton

children

klansman

townsman

lampron

landman

lengthen

yachtsman

sturgeon

urchin

vision

kitchen

persian

version

ocean

notion

earthen

burgeon

lotion

grecian

mahone

motion

pathan

pigeon

potion

surgeon

henchman

penguin

austin

alban

alman

agrees

atman

apron

acton

banyan

billion

bellman

billman

bookman

boston

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chaplain

chapman

chevron

clinton

crimson

dalton

dampen

desman

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

footman

goodman

hackman

jasmine

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

melton

milken

million

minden

mountain

muckrake

fountain

gilden

headman

hetman

houseman

jackman

kremlin

lacrosse

lisbon

lockman

lynden

m1

matron

minion

hempen

nekton

outdone

packman

panton

patron

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

ponton

santon

scallion

plantain

selden

shearman

shotgun

stallion

stillion

stockman

shipman

silken

stallman

sylvan

tendon

tillman

trillion

wanton

woodman

woolman

workman

assures

cashiers

mangan

longan

othman

watchman

alan

amman

auden

baton

batten

batton

billon

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

buggers

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cannon

canon

certain

chicken

common

cotton

curtain

dagan

dagon

driven

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

frighten

gallon

gammon

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

griffon

happen

hausen

salesman

heighten

statesman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

madden

mitten

seedsman

hogan

hidden

kitten

logan

lyden

spokesman

hymen

hyphen

latin

liven

locken

loosen

moisten

muggers

ninon

often

pagan

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

quicken

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satin

sermon

shogun

sicken

siphon

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

stiffen

stricken

striven

syphon

talon

tappen

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

triton

trodden

turban

urban

villain

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

yaupon

zircon

delphian

headsman

decreased

homespun

trojan

legion

suasion

asian

ushers

gushers

heathen

fusion

region

cajun

lesion

accrues

boatman

bolden

brakeman

chieftain

copeman

decrease

degrees

dian

cowan

fielden

freedman

golden

gowan

ion

lion

lopeman

mayan

molten

newsman

olden

rayon

scion

sequin

soldan

union

urine

zion

churchman

coachman

beacon

bayman

augers

augurs

bacon

beaten

beggars

biggers

bowman

brazen

broken

canaan

cayman

cheapen

chiggers

chosen

colon

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

daggers

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

diggers

dromon

eaten

eden

eggers

elan

freeman

frozen

fuckers

gluten

graven

guessers

haven

hoten

hoven

human

jaegers

jaggers

joggers

kalan

laden

layman

leman

lessors

leven

loggers

lumen

maiden

niggers

occurs

odin

omen

open

poison

raven

rigors

proven

reason

roman

rosen

rumen

satan

seaman

season

segars

semen

seton

shaken

shaman

showman

siggers

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

suckers

sugars

postman

sweeten

swollen

taken

tigers

token

toman

treason

waken

weaken

wheaten

woven

yeoman

zaman

disgorge

fishers

fissures

measures

pushers

washers

wishers

cigars

decrees

decries

negroes

negros

sucrose

housewright

dossiers

figures

guesswork

rockrose

cockroach

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

discourse

jaguars

magyars

recharge

backers

checkers

beckers

bickers

bookers

cookers

cougars

dickers

dockers

hookers

geysers

hawkers

kickers

liqueurs

hackers

leaguers

liquors

lockers

lookers

lugers

misers

mousers

packers

pickers

rackers

rickers

passers

rockers

saucers

scissors

vicars

visors

wickers

discharge

mischarge

koshers

research

rogers

vouchers

askers

boxers

housework

mixers

recourse

whiskers

resource

taxers

secures

acres

bakers

caesars

chasers

fakers

jokers

lakers

lasers

losers

makers

pacers

quakers

racers

raisers

rakers

razors

seekers

shakers

squeakers

takers

users

majors

pagers

poachers

teachers

seizures

wagers

hoosiers

piecework

3 syllable words

magician

complexion

contraction

prescription

unwritten

expression

regressive

contraption

aggressors

exemption

subtraction

aggressive

castration

combustion

assassin

garrison

affliction

compulsion

conflation

conviction

exaction

aggressor

conduction

convulsion

deflection

diffraction

exception

filtration

inception

infection

invention

prostration

reflection

ablution

abortion

adoption

admission

alsatian

addiction

ambition

apportion

formation

cistercian

dalmatian

damnation

defection

detection

detention

dictation

foundation

impassion

irishman

nutrition

optician

partition

reception

sensation

starvation

tactician

insertion

plantation

propulsion

reduction

rendition

asuncion

contagion

proportion

dissection

dissension

lactation

optation

production

taxation

technician

temptation

election

dentition

carnation

deception

deflation

dimension

discussion

fixation

gestation

salvation

transition

aleutian

audition

aversion

causation

cessation

cetacean

conscription

citation

commotion

ingestion

collision

constriction

construction

correction

dilation

desertion

direction

elation

occasion

privation

emission

malaysian

obstruction

phoenician

pollution

precession

promotion

provision

sedition

solution

subscription

venetian

injection

digestion

ejection

intestine

muskmelon

rejection

absorption

abstention

adsorption

consumption

horatian

congressman

encryption

description

distraction

extension

inflection

inspection

infraction

assumption

confucian

contortion

inflation

chairperson

completion

concoction

exhaustion

intention

digresses

bedridden

capsaicin

misprision

retraction

transaction

transmission

alaskan

translation

unbutton

redemption

englishman

disgraceful

abstraction

inscription

awaken

inaction

incision

perception

perfection

subversion

occlusion

determine

aspersion

transcription

conversion

contusion

depiction

depletion

suburban

profusion

resection

retention

eviction

excision

jamaican

prevention

eleven

equation

pretension

extraction

submersion

invasion

emotion

margarine

munition

musician

location

egyptian

omission

excretion

gradation

imprison

franciscan

devotion

notation

expansion

infarction

evasion

mutation

erosion

infliction

dilution

diversion

division

flirtation

flotation

immersion

donation

cremation

ovation

religion

parthian

snapdragon

percussion

corruption

countryman

permission

companion

allusion

collegian

deletion

collusion

caucasian

probation

proscription

restriction

unbroken

relation

quotation

remission

malayan

reversion

vocation

vacation

rotation

volition

abandon

acumen

battalion

brazilian

chairwoman

charwoman

civilian

coercion

compunction

conclusion

confusion

creation

croatian

decreases

distortion

dominion

everyone

forbidden

fruition

guncotton

in-person

intrusion

logician

lumberman

medallion

opinion

pavilion

policeman

predestine

presumption

rebellion

resumption

talisman

tuition

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

conjunction

disgorgement

injunction

gravamen

hammerman

mazurkas

anchorman

artesian

guardian

nevadan

cartesian

waterman

mandarin

decreasing

deduction

diffusion

specimen

incursion

inversion

norwegian

uneven

emulsion

eruption

miscarriage

scorpion

preclusion

australian

ferryman

preemption

bulletin

cyprian

freemason

seclusion

fustian

seduction

revulsion

gordian

extrusion

extortion

heroin

heroine

marian

plebeian

dorian

ambrosian

ghanaian

arkansan

communion

arian

aryan

downtrodden

carrion

clarion

hawaiian

korean

tamarin

syrian

niacin

lecithin

myosin

housebroken

foramen

irian

saccharin

samoan

delusion

illusion

imagine

perversion

reaction

excursion

disruption

misfortune

distinction

induction

abduction

infusion

implosion

inclusion

picaresque

phrygian

aegean

austrian

backgammon

forewoman

alderman

scythian

stygian

abdomen

timberman

italian

licorice

laotian

corrosion

cambrian

bitumen

prediction

adrian

albion

andean

bedizen

champion

forgotten

jettison

muckraker

venison

persuasion

resurgence

zambian

bucharest

campion

extinction

bosnian

elison

collagen

halcyon

indian

kantian

medicine

overdone

overman

peterman

resurrect

superman

thespian

toboggan

unison

adhesion

albumin

sacrosanct

destruction

expulsion

handwoven

excursions

nonunion

decision

halogen

rescission

precaution

recision

origin

fisherman

regimen

appian

biotin

bedouin

chilean

galleon

cation

gaussian

gillian

horizon

midshipman

libyan

instruction

moroccan

orion

permian

simian

uterine

veteran

inhuman

nonhuman

cardigan

chamberlain

heartbroken

cohesion

discipline

nobleman

rhodopsin

rifleman

segregate

sumatran

backwoodsman

discharges

lutheran

parisian

derision

cockroaches

menhaden

misshapen

nitrogen

exclusion

transfusion

beholden

benjamin

hydrogen

explosion

oxygen

dispersion

resurgent

jacobin

javelin

keratin

denizen

feminine

anyone

keynesian

lanolin

ottoman

reunion

badminton

melanin

overrun

pelican

councilman

beethoven

etruscan

gentleman

outspoken

harlequin

catalan

resourceful

cinnamon

citizen

crestfallen

reptilian

octillion

lesbian

puritan

ramadan

silicon

skeleton

solomon

vatican

vitamin

wesleyan

clergyman

luxuries

pentathlon

precision

reassures

revision

singleton

charlatan

disrespect

mexican

mistaken

freudian

nemean

mischarges

african

aggregate

clarendon

corsican

porcelain

vermilion

avian

artisan

enliven

fenian

enlighten

partisan

fabian

alien

magdalen

grobian

protean

odeon

perfusion

median

genuine

jovian

julian

nubian

reopen

fijian

disrespects

bouillon

emblazon

embolden

dichroic

eucharist

secrecy

disunion

aggregates

bandwagon

exorcist

masculine

microscope

anglican

microscopes

exercise

miseries

vagaries

hickories

discourses

fisheries

issuers

saleswoman

acquires

disregards

discourage

exorcists

rescuers

resources

bakeries

desires

kayakers

disregard

rosaries

voyagers

discursive

requires

researchers

researches

acreage

researcher

4 syllable words

adrenaline

decompression

integration

maturation

saturation

degradation

intercession

insurrection

recognition

segregation

aggravation

calibration

desecration

celebration

designation

hypertension

resignation

penetration

retrocession

bifurcation

declaration

irrigation

litigation

reformation

delegation

propagation

repossession

dissertation

recreation

reservation

respiration

restoration

supposition

aspiration

navigation

affirmation

allegation

alteration

desperation

hibernation

hungarian

admiration

preservation

suffocation

ideation

coalition

dietitian

leviathan

perforation

prohibition

variation

conflagration

reassertion

violation

cogitation

comparison

imperfection

ministration

augmentation

intersection

intervention

exhortation

illustration

fluctuation

consecration

preconception

arbitration

interception

misperception

punctuation

american

graduation

copernican

librarian

samaritan

situation

wagnerian

watermelon

aggregation

alternation

backwardation

commendation

confirmation

conversation

culmination

cultivation

devastation

interaction

fabrication

inspiration

masturbation

obligation

observation

precondition

apprehension

abnegation

abrogation

adaptation

altercation

conservation

disaffection

expiration

fermentation

fibrillation

information

intermission

predilection

publication

interjection

inundation

recantation

presentation

recollection

regulation

statistician

decimation

dedication

definition

deposition

derivation

domination

defamation

abolition

allocation

conjugation

connotation

dehydration

elevation

avocation

demolition

emanation

arabian

animation

collocation

corp.

corporation

correlation

annotation

coronation

planarian

appellation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

dilatation

erudition

gregorian

dissipation

divination

fascination

fumigation

legislation

fluoridation

germination

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

innovation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

intuition

irritation

isolation

levitation

machination

jubilation

limitation

manumission

medication

meditation

mitigation

motivation

nomination

mutilation

opposition

oscillation

perspiration

politician

preelection

premonition

procreation

profanation

proposition

provocation

readmission

realization

recitation

reelection

renovation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

revelation

revocation

sanitation

termination

titillation

usurpation

bavarian

trepidation

vacillation

validation

valuation

visitation

concentration

impregnation

misconception

sequestration

orchestration

obstetrician

demonstration

circumspection

indiscretion

education

disconnection

malnutrition

malformation

embarkation

indexation

interdiction

electrician

exploration

obfuscation

disinfection

deviation

fragmentation

infestation

menstruation

mortification

mediation

indentation

incarnation

dispensation

jurisdiction

importation

modulation

foliation

condemnation

compensation

contrarian

vegetation

circumvention

condensation

condescension

pigmentation

adulation

agitation

confiscation

consternation

consultation

transformation

transportation

satisfaction

segmentation

comprehension

attribution

aviation

pagination

armageddon

radiation

ostentation

substitution

reinspection

subluxation

pedestrian

indignation

abdication

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

admonition

advocation

affectation

aldebaran

ammunition

annexation

application

approbation

barbarian

benediction

cancellation

circulation

circumcision

combination

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

congregation

consolation

consummation

convocation

deconstruction

deformation

demarcation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

destination

dislocation

disposition

distillation

dominican

duplication

elocution

emulation

equitation

estimation

excitation

exhibition

glaciation

granulation

imposition

inattention

incubation

indecision

indication

indigestion

insulation

interurban

intimation

intonation

introspection

invitation

invocation

lilliputian

liquidation

lubrication

oblivion

obsidian

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

persecution

population

proclamation

prosecution

reclamation

reconstruction

reexamine

refutation

registration

relaxation

replication

reputation

requisition

restitution

retardation

sectarian

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

superstition

syndication

tabulation

tribulation

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

businesswoman

infiltration

incrustation

elongation

equestrian

syncopation

confrontation

contemplation

contraception

self-deception

inhibition

expectation

assyrian

canadian

chameleon

revolution

fallopian

floridian

mammalian

napoleon

rumination

collodion

locomotion

relocation

resolution

coloradan

missourian

comedian

valerian

diminution

dissolution

devolution

appalachian

evocation

evolution

arthurian

reawaken

amputation

constipation

disinflation

noblewoman

disputation

excavation

expedition

formulation

gastrulation

implication

inclination

imputation

incantation

englishwoman

exposition

institution

constellation

inquisition

installation

instigation

computation

inflammation

calculation

complication

execution

liquefaction

nonprescription

retribution

hemoglobin

republican

reproduction

pelagian

nigerian

committeeman

jordanian

tasmanian

agriculture

eritrean

absolution

custodian

paraguayan

darwinian

overburden

penicillin

strangulation

destitution

egregiously

convolution

crucifixion

gargantuan

molestation

albanian

prostitution

protestation

gorgonian

greco-roman

exhalation

assemblyman

distribution

gentlewoman

rhododendron

implantation

contravention

exclamation

contradiction

contribution

californian

explanation

extrication

introduction

explication

exploitation

extradition

regurgitate

polynesian

perturbation

melanesian

mongolian

exhumation

algerian

devonian

iberian

criterion

himalayan

hyperion

iranian

liberian

siberian

constitution

simonian

crocodilian

athenian

interwoven

corinthian

macedonian

misbegotten

transplantation

permutation

miscarriages

interruption

algonquian

moravian

indonesian

pavlovian

centurion

historian

guatemalan

predetermine

ibuprofen

armenian

hydrocarbon

alabaman

cotyledon

columbian

eustachian

minnesotan

victorian

kindergarten

disrespectful

smithsonian

lancastrian

galilean

jacobean

newtonian

praetorian

diocesan

draconian

maccabean

plutonian

disorganize

utopian

accuracy

arizonan

european

sicilian

protozoan

bohemian

hegelian

polyhedron

accuracies

abyssinian

amphibian

dandelion

cyclopean

estonian

meridian

nestorian

nicaraguan

olympian

peruvian

octahedron

tetrahedron

disillusion

ohioan

nicaraguans

micrographics

bolivian

exorcism

theocracy

shakespearean

carcinogen

superhuman

exorcisms

micrographic

herculean

discouragement

supervision

discouraging

microcosm

exercises

microscopy

tamoxifen

nonpartisan

exerciser

discourages

exercisers

copenhagen

5 syllable words

vulgarization

agglomeration

alliteration

collaboration

commemoration

cooperation

corroboration

reiteration

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

accreditation

reintegration

amelioration

confederation

prevarication

consideration

discoloration

exhilaration

exoneration

abbreviation

acceleration

adulteration

inauguration

obliteration

alleviation

association

recuperation

deification

deliberation

deceleration

annihilation

affiliation

proliferation

evaporation

reaffirmation

elaboration

enumeration

ionization

disintegration

nonintervention

exaggeration

procrastination

appreciation

desegregation

negotiation

exacerbation

amalgamation

appropriation

subordination

degeneration

regeneration

abomination

academician

accommodation

assassination

assimilation

attenuation

brutalization

canonization

certification

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

colonization

conciliation

denunciation

dramatization

edification

facilitation

fertilization

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

incineration

legalization

libertarian

localization

mechanization

mobilization

modification

mummification

notification

nullification

orientation

ossification

pacification

presupposition

pronunciation

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

remuneration

renunciation

resuscitation

russification

solicitation

sterilization

stratification

unification

utilization

verification

vilification

alienation

cauterization

delineation

dissociation

approximation

adjudication

refrigeration

vaporization

capitulation

mathematician

retaliation

reverberation

humiliation

irradiation

polarization

depreciation

pomeranian

delicatessen

domestication

misapprehension

theologian

equalization

examination

excoriation

authorization

initiation

falsification

exasperation

fortification

incarceration

interrogation

magnification

manifestation

justification

incorporation

magnetization

manipulation

maximization

neutralization

sedimentation

misinformation

sophistication

concatenation

consolidation

origination

communication

contamination

continuation

harmonization

hyperinflation

normalization

organization

recrimination

decomposition

hybridization

recommendation

rectification

reforestation

christianization

triangulation

administration

amortization

coagulation

denomination

determination

evaluation

eradication

coordination

decapitation

dissemination

elimination

modernization

premeditation

preoccupation

repatriation

revaluation

precipitation

repudiation

specification

interpolation

neapolitan

patagonian

oregonian

proletarian

unitarian

illumination

accumulation

amplification

pasteurization

perpetuation

centralization

interconnection

infatuation

expatriation

nonsectarian

improvisation

nitroglycerine

interpretation

imagination

confabulation

disembarkation

defenestration

brobdingnagian

investigation

juxtaposition

ornamentation

pythagorean

multiplication

simplification

cohabitation

rejuvenation

representation

sanctification

synchronization

anticipation

insemination

equivocation

emancipation

evacuation

immunization

inoculation

insinuation

misapplication

exfoliation

depopulation

invalidation

predisposition

substantiation

intimidation

predestination

quantification

inactivation

participation

recombination

expropriation

philadelphian

argumentation

augustinian

hydrogenation

ejaculation

exoskeleton

authentication

inhabitation

desalination

assemblywoman

peloponnesian

amazonian

articulation

discrimination

prognostication

babylonian

caledonian

panamanian

disinclination

extermination

intoxication

overproduction

incrimination

instrumentation

dissatisfaction

carolinian

metropolitan

agricultural

electrocution

indoctrination

miscalculation

scandinavian

epicurean

maximilian

ethiopian

elizabethan

excruciating

hanoverian

hyperborean

vicariously

nickelodeon

presbyterian

yugoslavian

specialization

beethovenian

jeffersonian

mississippian

pennsylvanian

carthaginian

argentinian

vegetarian

microcomputer

microcomputers

washingtonian

lithuanian

centenarian

veterinarian

exercisable

microscopically

dionysian

mischaracterize

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word regression

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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