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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

emption

flexion

gentian

mention

pension

section

tension

grecian

hessian

session

haitian

nation

freshen

station

airman

ensign

keelson

kelson

jetson

kenyan

stepson

gumption

chairman

action

basin

belgian

caisson

caption

charon

chasten

diction

engine

faction

fiction

fraction

freshman

friction

function

hasten

heron

jason

junction

lessen

lesson

mansion

marron

martian

mason

perron

person

portion

question

sanction

suction

torsion

traction

urson

worsen

version

lengthen

heathen

lesion

legion

headsman

grandson

mission

region

fashion

persian

prussian

urchin

sexton

burgeon

earthen

delphian

cushion

surgeon

strengthen

sturgeon

russian

ashen

cajun

passion

fission

asian

ration

suasion

chessman

chevron

chieftain

damson

canyon

arson

claxon

bellman

henchman

banyan

bullion

martians

billion

desman

scullion

onion

kelvin

workman

sequin

headman

pillion

freedman

fielden

ibsen

m1

pectin

penman

stillion

whitson

spearman

penguin

teston

stallion

tendon

hetman

kirkman

hempen

kremlin

melton

minion

million

nekton

parson

pinion

portions

pressman

samson

scallion

selden

trillion

runnion

saxon

sportsman

auction

bastion

landsman

brethren

bushman

christian

marksman

dungeon

flashgun

fortune

georgian

craftsman

margin

guardsman

luncheon

option

draftsman

huntsman

bacon

baron

barren

bason

beaten

beckon

beacon

bayman

bellon

bison

bisson

bourbon

dagan

demon

devon

garron

german

hyson

brazen

breton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

canaan

cayman

certain

deacon

cheapen

christen

craven

cretin

curtain

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

deepen

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

fasten

felon

firman

freeman

glisten

graven

haven

heaven

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

leman

ledden

lemon

leven

listen

maiden

melon

moisten

pertain

reason

pagan

raven

reckon

rerun

resin

seaman

season

redden

satan

semen

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

steven

straighten

sweeten

taken

threaten

treason

turban

urban

vegan

waken

weaken

weapon

wheaten

zaman

zircon

oarsman

klansman

caxton

landman

bordman

dustman

horseman

marchman

markman

capstan

portman

statesman

seedsman

treatment

bludgeon

caution

dudgeon

gudgeon

notion

kitchen

ocean

pathan

motion

lotion

mahone

pigeon

potion

shredding

vision

fortunes

paean

peon

urine

plankton

tungsten

rayon

apron

aspen

bagman

bargain

barton

atman

baston

alman

billman

acton

birdman

bookman

breathing

chaplain

brakeman

chapman

citron

corban

cordon

garden

classman

clinton

fireman

captain

crimson

burdened

burdens

calvin

canton

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

credence

curtains

dampen

darken

dobson

falcon

footman

foreman

gascon

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

london

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mignon

milken

minden

morgan

mormon

muslin

norman

ordain

organ

orphan

oxen

packman

panton

pardon

pertains

piston

pitman

plantain

saffron

sharpen

passman

patron

santon

shearman

shorten

shipman

silken

smarten

spartan

sultan

tarpon

tartan

threatens

sylvan

tillman

tuscan

undone

verdant

warden

woodman

woolman

tubman

union

vulcan

ordnance

treatments

churchman

drunken

faustian

hangman

dutchman

mangan

prudhomme

rincon

shrunken

sunken

thirteenth

shorthand

amman

batten

brighten

alan

blacken

baton

ardent

cartons

briton

hardens

jordans

martens

mordant

button

children

hardened

homespun

baldwin

lampron

salesman

spokesman

batton

bracken

townsman

treadmills

wardens

begun

billon

shortens

yachtsman

bitten

scotsman

cabin

farthing

pardons

cousin

cannon

canon

chicken

gardens

dozen

dragon

driven

famine

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

freedom

freetown

frighten

gallon

gammon

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

griffon

happen

heighten

hidden

hymen

hyphen

kitten

lagan

latin

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

liven

loosen

loren

lyden

madden

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

oven

patten

platen

platten

poison

prison

pullen

quicken

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satin

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

talon

tappen

thicken

thirteen

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

verdin

villain

wagon

warren

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

braiding

breeding

fourteenth

fusion

girding

grading

grating

greeting

hurting

shirting

skirting

thirteenths

trading

trojan

wording

alban

austin

birthing

boatman

bolden

boredom

boston

britons

copeman

dalton

dolman

dreadnought

lion

dolphin

faulcon

mayan

ion

fibrin

fortin

fountain

freedoms

fourteen

golden

houseman

lockman

lopeman

molten

mountain

newsman

olden

outdone

outrun

ponton

sardine

shotgun

zion

squadron

dian

sovereign

sovran

stallman

soldan

stockman

trident

wanton

scion

treadmill

coachman

greetings

othman

tradings

boarding

hoarding

parting

longan

watchman

fourteens

postman

doctrine

sardines

cauldron

martins

auden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

broaden

brogan

broken

chosen

colon

common

cotton

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dromon

fallen

frozen

gluten

gotten

hausen

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

locken

logan

lumen

odin

often

omen

open

pavon

pollan

pollen

protein

proven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

shogun

showman

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

thousand

token

toman

trodden

woven

yaupon

yeoman

boardings

brooding

bruting

fruiting

shrouding

fortnights

grouting

writing

prudent

broadens

cardoon

birthmarks

cartoon

proteins

croutons

prudence

cowan

gowan

owen

rowen

ruin

rowan

writings

cartoons

partners

portents

partner

part-time

fortnight

pretends

birthmark

portends

pretend

portend

portent

3 syllable words

deletion

elation

gradation

negation

phoenician

cetacean

creations

cremation

relation

gyration

predation

vacation

oration

sedation

summation

venetian

truncation

encryption

capsaicin

everyone

translation

castration

conflation

inflation

anyone

elison

frustration

freemason

garrison

jettison

filtration

abrasion

addiction

aggression

attrition

contagion

depiction

depletion

depression

erection

eviction

gyrations

menhaden

migration

hydration

impassion

invasion

compassion

dentition

oppression

cistercian

exertion

libration

equation

foundation

insertion

optation

orations

patrician

persuasion

regression

rendition

suppression

progression

technician

vibration

arian

foramen

syrian

egyptian

addition

commission

desertion

assertion

causation

citation

collegian

dilation

emission

evasion

flotation

ligation

donation

edition

location

malaysian

ovation

percussion

perversion

mutation

permission

position

precession

emblazon

notation

occasion

petition

physician

privation

probation

quotation

reaction

rotation

sedition

tradition

vocation

description

prescription

excretion

contrition

discretion

laotian

disruption

bedridden

chairwoman

impression

confucian

transaction

conviction

attraction

prostration

croatian

derision

pentathlon

mistaken

diffraction

parisian

policeman

magician

affliction

completion

exaction

genuine

clarendon

compression

assassin

asuncion

deduction

venison

partition

nutrition

jamaican

production

discussion

eruption

ambition

irishman

preemption

norwegian

adrian

extraction

ablution

adoption

artesian

uneven

admission

diffusion

digression

emulsion

keratin

misshapen

seduction

submission

constriction

reduction

bedizen

ignition

suspicion

inscription

awaken

conscription

cartesian

condition

inaction

repression

concussion

thespian

revulsion

wesleyan

tactician

subscription

lesbian

medicine

propulsion

cyprian

transition

transcription

profusion

adhesion

aleutian

alien

appian

aryan

audition

avian

caucasian

chilean

clergyman

collision

commotion

contraction

contraption

correction

corruption

countryman

croatians

decision

destruction

devotion

direction

distraction

division

dorian

emotion

erosion

expansion

expression

fabian

galleon

gillian

heroin

heroine

horizon

infliction

infraction

irian

korean

lecithin

libyan

malayan

marathon

munition

musician

nebraskan

omission

permian

plebeian

pollution

precaution

promotion

proscription

provision

recision

religion

remission

rescission

restriction

simian

solution

subtraction

transgression

veteran

volition

distinction

assumption

acumen

alaskan

logician

combustion

compulsion

mexican

concoction

fruition

conduction

confusion

convulsion

exhaustion

induction

infusion

misprision

presumption

redemption

resumption

aegean

retraction

backgammon

cambrian

cohesion

corrosion

enlighten

phrygian

coercion

tuition

transmission

enliven

perfusion

unwritten

scythian

stygian

instruction

obstruction

construction

abstraction

attention

cognition

collection

contusion

proportion

resection

deception

defection

incision

protection

indian

scorpion

mandarin

connection

connexion

marathons

campion

champion

puritan

reception

retention

abortion

dimension

dissension

fustian

dissection

andean

kantian

peterman

skeleton

affection

keynesian

apportion

zambian

detection

albion

forgotten

pelican

ascension

specimen

detention

election

laurentian

gordian

guardian

pretension

seclusion

optician

perception

perfection

halcyon

excision

denizen

prevention

selection

bulletin

gradient

occlusion

preclusion

prediction

gravamen

communion

absorption

albumin

arkansan

bandwagon

crestfallen

adsorption

embolden

consumption

disunion

ejection

etruscan

gardenias

gentleman

projection

exemption

expulsion

extinction

extortion

infarction

imprison

reptilian

rejection

transfusion

bedouin

origin

precision

recession

possession

parthian

cation

compunction

cortina

freudian

margarine

revision

englishman

fenian

gaussian

grobian

procession

profession

ghanaian

reversion

secession

hawaiian

moroccan

illusion

collusion

median

allusion

nubian

orion

protean

saccharin

tamarin

tritium

aversion

delusion

dilution

imagine

nemean

odeon

immersion

jovian

julian

reopen

contention

conception

conclusion

confection

contortion

convection

declension

deflection

convention

suspension

reflection

pretensions

exception

implosion

infection

inhuman

intrusion

invention

partnership

abduction

inception

inclusion

distortion

abdomen

charlatan

charwoman

conjunction

african

civilian

fijian

gradients

cortinas

corsican

irritant

rebellion

vermilion

forbidden

rhodopsin

guardians

austrian

dominion

partisan

porcelain

abandon

discipline

brazilian

forewoman

in-person

artisan

injunction

cardigan

guncotton

opinion

puritans

unbutton

uncommon

pavilion

aspersion

accession

beholden

benjamin

dispersion

concession

confession

conversion

credential

objection

inversion

australian

hydrogen

incursion

obsession

injection

nitrogen

prudential

submersion

subversion

succession

extension

nevadan

bosnian

determine

reunion

silicon

baritone

citizen

inflection

cinnamon

hammerman

inspection

partnerships

aerodyne

bitumen

suburban

complexion

court-martial

extrusion

toboggan

ambrosian

unbroken

snapdragon

suggestion

digestion

harlequin

handwoven

nonunion

irritants

credentialed

credentials

intention

singleton

diversion

midshipman

nonhuman

fisherman

halogen

excursion

misfortune

regimen

myosin

niacin

samoan

uterine

heartbroken

congestion

baritones

italian

lumberman

backwoodsman

predestine

ingestion

timberman

unburden

uncertain

battalion

medallion

talisman

boardinghouse

abstention

anchorman

explosion

lutheran

urethane

earthenware

fortunate

parthenon

exclusion

congressman

badminton

beethoven

breadwinner

cartoonist

catalan

certainly

certainty

companion

downtrodden

eleven

feminine

fortuna

franciscan

gardener

hardener

housebroken

intestine

jacobin

javelin

lanolin

maritime

melanin

octillion

overdone

overman

overrun

ramadan

saleswoman

superman

unison

vatican

waterman

threatening

alderman

breadwinners

burdensome

cardinal

certainties

chamberlain

freethinker

gardeners

hardeners

magdalen

maritimes

nobleman

rifleman

biotin

gardening

hardening

pardoning

oxygen

shortening

ardently

cardinals

councilman

freethinkers

masculine

muskmelon

ordinance

outspoken

portmanteau

bouillon

anglican

collagen

credenza

ottoman

solomon

vitamin

firedamp

cartoonists

farthingale

chardonnays

pertinent

pretended

sumatran

scrutiny

chardonnay

pretender

prudency

scrutinize

short-winded

bartender

prudently

sardonic

pretenders

bartenders

fortnightly

4 syllable words

desiccation

desolation

affirmation

bifurcation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

desperation

detonation

dissertation

dissipation

elevation

emanation

fluoridation

hesitation

irrigation

limitation

medication

meditation

mitigation

recitation

renovation

respiration

restoration

revelation

revocation

titillation

valuation

visitation

aberration

adoration

coloration

iteration

laceration

liberation

miseration

perforation

rhetorician

surrogation

adulation

agitation

education

pagination

embarkation

vegetation

exhortation

menstruation

situation

abrogation

adaptation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

annexation

approbation

calibration

celebration

dereliction

emigration

cultivation

graduation

backwardation

desecration

designation

destination

devastation

equitation

estimation

expiration

fermentation

information

invitation

liquidation

lubrication

masturbation

molestation

penetration

permutation

presentation

protestation

publication

recantation

reclamation

replication

resignation

retrocession

simulation

syndication

tribulation

ventilation

stimulation

stipulation

registration

avocation

coronation

corporation

correlation

hibernation

corp.

aspiration

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

machination

termination

litigation

resurrection

perturbation

ulceration

allegation

figuration

allocation

fascination

erudition

perspiration

vacillation

validation

admiration

animation

annotation

appellation

dilatation

divination

germination

gravitation

habitation

navigation

sanitation

suffocation

usurpation

legislation

violation

extrication

toleration

exploitation

apparition

moderation

operation

attribution

augmentation

gastrulation

segmentation

transportation

fluctuation

indentation

indexation

indignation

arbitration

disinflation

malformation

importation

imputation

modulation

incarnation

transformation

disputation

cogitation

formulation

fragmentation

infestation

instigation

ostentation

excavation

exploration

retribution

exhumation

acclamation

abnegation

abdication

acclimation

accusation

activation

advocation

alternation

confirmation

application

cancellation

conservation

culmination

conversation

benediction

circulation

altercation

commendation

deformation

demarcation

deportation

dislocation

distillation

elocution

granulation

immigration

indication

inspiration

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

observation

ordination

persecution

predilection

palpitation

recollection

restitution

retardation

tabulation

vaccination

vindication

apprehension

exhalation

incubation

collocation

abolition

deposition

oscillation

profanation

isolation

melanesian

planarian

definition

jubilation

demonstration

dehydration

demolition

nomination

domination

explanation

arabian

alteration

appalachian

connotation

devolution

exclamation

expectation

evocation

explication

mutilation

fumigation

sequestration

premonition

irrational

evolution

motivation

propagation

chameleon

resolution

impregnation

realization

revolution

conjugation

infiltration

relocation

bavarian

comedian

incrustation

repetition

rumination

syncopation

provocation

amputation

athenian

calculation

coalition

compensation

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

consecration

consternation

consultation

dietitian

dispensation

electrician

execution

illustration

implication

incantation

inclination

inflammation

installation

integration

interdiction

jurisdiction

leviathan

ministration

moravian

mortification

obfuscation

pelagian

pigmentation

prohibition

punctuation

reassertion

satisfaction

subluxation

tetrahedron

convocation

admonition

recognition

congregation

destitution

proclamation

statistician

acquisition

ovulation

oxidation

prosecution

crucifixion

interaction

intermission

combination

commutation

consummation

ammunition

compilation

consolation

strangulation

lilliputian

obligation

duplication

exhibition

interruption

occupation

population

relaxation

requisition

albanian

centurion

barbarian

agrarian

armenian

dominican

eritrean

jordanian

librarian

nestorian

samaritan

sectarian

tasmanian

wagnerian

politician

polynesian

readmission

supposition

distribution

proposition

contemplation

diminution

concentration

disillusion

extradition

implantation

hungarian

intuition

conflagration

dissolution

confrontation

algerian

opposition

repercussion

repossession

orchestration

self-deception

elongation

assyrian

canadian

himalayan

maccabean

criterion

mammalian

iberian

liberian

hyperion

reawaken

arizonan

jacobean

missourian

gregorian

galilean

iranian

european

siberian

valerian

institution

substitution

jordanians

bohemian

shakespearean

liquefaction

decompression

expedition

nigerian

exposition

comparison

hegelian

contrarian

computation

complication

constellation

pedestrian

constipation

malnutrition

peruvian

arithmetic

absolution

circumcision

composition

carcinogen

competition

disposition

gargantuan

meridian

imposition

transplantation

indecision

indonesian

superstition

polyhedron

subdivision

committeeman

greco-roman

copernican

cotyledon

contradiction

contribution

historian

nicaraguan

obstetrician

overburden

accordion

american

amphibian

estonian

eustachian

penicillin

victorian

introduction

indiscretion

paraguayan

abyssinian

pagurian

nonprescription

assemblyman

gentlewoman

businesswoman

equestrian

inhibition

preignition

preelection

bolivian

collodion

devonian

draconian

fallopian

floridian

inquisition

napoleon

octahedron

arthurian

locomotion

iridium

manumission

sicilian

reelection

praetorian

simonian

reposition

reproduction

interwoven

reconstruction

deconstruction

corinthian

convolution

prostitution

precondition

superhuman

disaffection

insurrection

hypertension

alabaman

aldebaran

columbian

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

gorgonian

interurban

obsidian

pavlovian

predetermine

reexamine

herculean

olympian

minnesotan

oblivion

californian

englishwoman

constitution

ohioan

condescension

disconnection

disinfection

imperfection

smithsonian

misperception

preconception

interception

intersection

intervention

lancastrian

reinspection

hemoglobin

utopian

adrenaline

macedonian

republican

interjection

newtonian

coloradan

misbegotten

noblewoman

crocodilian

plutonian

algonquian

circumspection

contraception

guardianship

inattention

intercession

misconception

guatemalan

hydrocarbon

predominate

nonpartisan

supervision

mongolian

circumvention

introspection

predominates

indigestion

predominance

predominant

contravention

diocesan

protozoan

fortunately

coordinate

watermelon

rhododendron

ibuprofen

kindergarten

tamoxifen

ordinaries

armageddon

coordinates

ordinances

ordinary

scrutinizes

copenhagen

5 syllable words

abbreviation

repatriation

dissociation

humiliation

association

delineation

retaliation

alienation

alleviation

affiliation

depreciation

appreciation

expatriation

initiation

negotiation

exfoliation

appropriation

orientation

fertilization

specification

clarification

conciliation

prevarication

renunciation

repudiation

denunciation

pronunciation

sterilization

vulgarization

amelioration

stratification

attenuation

verification

cauterization

commemoration

reaffirmation

deceleration

deliberation

alliteration

expropriation

annihilation

pasteurization

refrigeration

centralization

authorization

degeneration

configuration

desegregation

continuation

manipulation

regeneration

maximization

recrimination

corroboration

reiteration

origination

insinuation

interrogation

acceleration

assimilation

canonization

certification

civilization

classification

colonization

confederation

consideration

decapitation

determination

dissemination

dramatization

edification

elimination

eradication

evaluation

exhilaration

facilitation

gasification

incineration

mummification

purification

glorification

gratification

interpolation

mechanization

obliteration

pacification

precipitation

premeditation

ramification

ratification

resuscitation

solicitation

specialization

vaporization

enumeration

deification

articulation

discrimination

disembarkation

ionization

evaporation

elaboration

polarization

perpetuation

improvisation

recuperation

incrimination

reverberation

interpretation

collaboration

proliferation

representation

capitulation

accreditation

anticipation

communication

cooperation

delicatessen

depopulation

domestication

equalization

equivocation

evacuation

exacerbation

exasperation

falsification

harmonization

hyperinflation

immunization

inactivation

incarceration

incorporation

inoculation

insemination

intimidation

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

misapprehension

misinformation

normalization

participation

predestination

recommendation

rectification

sedimentation

sophistication

subordination

substantiation

abomination

brutalization

peritoneal

amortization

accommodation

adulteration

agglomeration

coordination

discoloration

inauguration

mobilization

administration

hallucination

codification

localization

coagulation

authentication

assassination

denomination

desalination

illumination

legalization

triangulation

exoneration

modernization

ossification

nullification

qualification

ejaculation

notification

utilization

russification

modification

remuneration

unification

vilification

approximation

investigation

adjudication

accumulation

cohabitation

defenestration

disinclination

disintegration

procrastination

creationism

exaggeration

imagination

infatuation

irrationally

pennsylvanian

extermination

amplification

confabulation

ornamentation

simplification

rejuvenation

concatenation

reintegration

reforestation

contamination

consolidation

conglomeration

congratulation

sanctification

quantification

hybridization

synchronization

amalgamation

examination

emancipation

fortification

justification

neutralization

organization

misapplication

invalidation

argumentation

miscalculation

electrocution

periodontal

indoctrination

peloponnesian

preoccupation

beethovenian

carolinian

hanoverian

revaluation

assemblywoman

elizabethan

libertarian

inhabitation

hydrogenation

panamanian

proletarian

unitarian

jeffersonian

academician

christianization

mathematician

dissatisfaction

multiplication

metropolitan

intoxication

instrumentation

vegetarian

recombination

centenarian

pomeranian

epicurean

scandinavian

presbyterian

veterinarian

exoskeleton

ethiopian

amazonian

caledonian

prognostication

babylonian

overproduction

patagonian

hyperborean

irredentism

nonsectarian

pythagorean

philadelphian

maximilian

theologian

juxtaposition

presupposition

mississippian

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

oregonian

predisposition

decomposition

augustinian

puritanical

puritanism

interconnection

nonintervention

brobdingnagian

puritanisms

washingtonian

yugoslavian

argentinian

carthaginian

predominantly

lithuanian

coordinated

ordinarily

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word variation

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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