Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word canton.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word canton.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

airman

alban

apron

arson

ashen

asian

auden

bacon

auction

banding

baldwin

bastion

bargain

basin

bayman

beaten

beacon

beckon

brethren

billion

begun

bellman

bellon

belgian

bending

bludgeon

bobbin

billman

bison

bitten

binding

bindings

billon

bisson

boatman

blowgun

bolden

bollen

brakeman

bourbon

brazen

bonding

bounding

bordman

bookman

bowman

briton

bunting

broaden

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

brogan

broken

bushman

cajun

bullion

caisson

craven

canteens

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

cauldron

caution

cayman

centime

centimes

centner

chairman

chevron

charon

chessman

chieftain

chasten

cheapen

chicken

chosen

children

churchman

christen

christian

citron

coachman

colon

common

comedown

condemn

condense

condensed

contain

contemn

contains

contempt

condemned

contend

contends

content

condone

contents

copeman

craftsman

corban

cordon

cousin

zircon

cowan

condemns

condones

cretin

crimson

crewman

crouton

glidden

gorgon

cuban

cushion

dagan

darken

dagon

daman

deaden

cumin

daunting

deacon

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

dentine

desman

devon

dian

diction

emption

doctrine

dolphin

dobson

dolman

dozen

drunken

draftsman

dudgeon

driven

dromon

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

endings

ending

faulcon

entomb

entwine

ermine

faustian

engine

fortune

faction

fainting

fallen

felon

fashion

fibrin

finding

findings

fielden

fiction

fireman

firman

flashgun

floren

flexion

foreman

footman

fission

foreign

founding

fraction

freedman

freeman

freshman

function

freshen

friction

frozen

fusion

gentian

garden

german

georgian

matron

gilden

gibbon

given

glisten

gluten

golden

funding

goodman

gowan

gudgeon

graven

gumption

griffon

grecian

guardsman

haitian

heaven

harden

harken

handmade

hasten

headman

hausen

haven

headsman

heathen

henchman

heron

hessian

hetman

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

houseman

hempen

hounding

hoven

human

hunting

huntsman

hoten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

indent

intend

intends

intense

intent

intents

intone

intones

ion

jargon

jason

kalan

jetson

jordan

jorden

junction

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kitten

kitchen

knitting

kremlin

landing

lampron

landings

laden

landmark

landmarks

landsman

keelson

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lending

lendings

legion

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

lesion

lightman

linden

lichen

liken

liman

lindane

linen

lion

lockman

liven

locken

listen

logan

longan

loosen

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lynden

m1

lyden

lumen

lotion

mahone

maiden

maintain

maintains

marchman

margin

marlin

marron

mason

martian

markman

lisbon

marksman

mayan

mention

mentions

melon

mignon

milken

million

minding

patron

minion

mission

mitten

molten

moisten

morgan

mormon

motion

mounting

muffin

mullen

mundane

muslin

nation

ninon

newsman

nineteen

nineteenth

pendant

oarsman

olden

notion

ointment

often

odin

ocean

omen

organ

option

oven

open

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

owen

oxen

painting

paintings

pagan

paean

passion

pardon

parson

pavon

perron

pending

penguin

pension

pentane

peon

person

persian

pinion

piston

pillion

pitman

pigeon

norman

pollan

pollen

pointing

poison

pontoon

portion

portman

pounding

pontoons

postman

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

ration

quintin

pullen

proven

question

quicken

rayon

reason

reckon

raven

redden

region

striven

suasion

rerun

resin

robin

rosin

riden

ribbon

ridden

ripen

rincon

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rounding

rowan

rowen

seaman

ruin

russian

salesman

sanction

rumen

sandman

season

scullion

scion

scotsman

selden

section

seedsman

semen

sexton

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

session

sequin

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shrunken

shunting

shotgun

shipman

shogun

showman

sicken

silken

siren

siphon

smitten

smoothen

smoothing

sodden

soften

slogan

soldan

solon

soundings

sovereign

sometime

sounding

sometimes

sovran

squadron

spearman

sportsman

spoken

spokesman

squinting

stallman

stepson

statesman

station

steven

stiffen

stillion

stockman

stolen

stricken

sturgeon

sudden

sullen

sweeten

suction

sylvan

sunken

summon

surgeon

sundown

swollen

syphon

taken

tarpon

taunting

tension

tendons

thousand

thicken

tillman

traction

toughen

townsman

torsion

token

toman

something

treason

trodden

tubman

tuscan

turban

trillion

trojan

union

undine

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

vintner

vintners

vulcan

wanting

warden

waken

warren

watchman

weaken

weapon

wheaten

widen

wizen

winding

whitson

wiccan

woman

women

windmill

windmills

workman

wooden

woodman

woolen

woolman

worsen

written

yaupon

zaman

yachtsman

woven

yeoman

zion

smoothens

somethings

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abstention

abduction

ablation

abortion

abrasion

abstraction

ablution

accession

accretion

absorption

adhesion

addition

addiction

admission

adrian

adsorption

adoption

african

affection

affliction

aggression

aegean

alaskan

acumen

albion

alsatian

aleutian

alien

allusion

alderman

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

antennas

anglican

arian

appian

anyone

anything

apportion

andante

arkansan

artesian

albumin

ascension

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

backgammon

audition

attrition

awaken

badminton

australian

avian

backwoodsman

austrian

bandanas

bandana

bandwagon

aversion

battalion

artisan

bedizen

bentonite

benjamin

beholden

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

bedouin

campion

bedridden

cambrian

beethoven

concession

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

carrion

cartesian

cation

catalan

castration

caucasian

causation

concussion

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

cetacean

champion

cinnamon

chilean

charwoman

citation

cistercian

citizen

civilian

charlatan

clarion

cognition

collagen

clergyman

coercion

collection

collegian

clarendon

cohesion

collision

collusion

combustion

commitment

commission

complexion

companion

communion

commotion

commuting

compassion

completion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

conclusion

concoction

commitments

condition

condensate

condiment

condensates

condenser

condiments

conduction

confession

confection

conflation

connection

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connexion

conscription

construction

constriction

consumption

contagion

container

containment

containers

contemplate

contemplates

contented

contender

contenders

continent

continue

continents

contentions

contingent

contentment

contingents

contortion

continued

continues

contraction

contraption

contrition

contusion

contention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

corrosion

correction

corruption

corsican

councilman

countenance

countryman

convection

convention

creation

croatian

cremation

crustacean

diffraction

damnation

dalmatian

digestion

cyprian

deception

declension

decision

deduction

defection

depression

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

deflation

desertion

description

detention

determine

destruction

detection

devotion

dimension

dictation

digression

dilation

diffusion

dilution

discretion

direction

discipline

dispersion

dissection

disruption

dissension

distraction

disunion

diversion

distortion

division

distinction

dorian

dominion

donation

donations

downtrodden

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

discussion

elation

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emitting

emotion

emotions

encryption

endemic

endanger

endangered

endangers

endowment

fandango

enlighten

enliven

entangle

entombment

emulsion

everyone

entangled

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

exemption

excursion

excretion

expansion

exhaustion

exertion

explosion

expression

endowments

extension

englishman

extraction

fabian

extrusion

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

fixation

foramen

forbidden

franciscan

forgotten

extortion

foundation

expulsion

forewoman

formation

freemason

freudian

frustration

fruition

galleon

fustian

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

extinction

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

gordian

crestfallen

gradation

medallion

guncotton

gravamen

guardian

grobian

halcyon

gyration

hammerman

halogen

hawaiian

handwoven

heartbroken

harlequin

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

imagine

illusion

immersion

impassion

implosion

imprison

impression

inaction

in-person

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

indenture

indentured

indentures

indian

indians

indium

induction

infraction

infection

inflation

infarction

infusion

ingestion

inflection

infliction

injection

inspection

inhuman

insertion

inscription

instruction

intended

injunction

intensive

intentioned

intentions

intensely

intention

intently

medicine

intestine

intimate

intimates

jacobin

invasion

inversion

invention

javelin

irian

italian

intrusion

irishman

jamaican

janthina

jettison

jovian

julian

keynesian

keratin

korean

lactation

landowner

landmasses

landowners

lanthanum

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

londoner

londoners

location

logician

lumberman

magician

lutheran

magdalen

maintenance

malaysian

malayan

margarine

masculine

marian

median

patrician

menhaden

migration

mexican

midshipman

minuteman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

monotone

moroccan

mountaineer

mountaineers

munition

munitions

muskmelon

musician

mutation

myosin

narration

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nobleman

melanin

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

objection

notation

nutrition

obsession

octillion

occasion

odeon

occlusion

obstruction

omission

overrun

opinion

optation

oppression

optician

oration

origin

ottoman

outspoken

orion

ovation

overdone

overman

pandemic

oxygen

pantheon

pantomime

parthian

parisian

partition

pavilion

pelican

perfection

permian

perfusion

pentathlon

perception

percussion

permission

perversion

persuasion

petition

peterman

partisan

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

position

possession

porcelain

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predestine

predation

preemption

prediction

prescription

pretension

prevention

privation

procession

presumption

probation

production

profession

promotion

proportion

profusion

propulsion

provision

prostration

protean

protection

proscription

puritan

progression

ramadan

quotation

randomize

projection

randomly

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

penitent

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

rejection

regimen

relation

remittance

rendition

remission

religion

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

reunion

rhodopsin

reversion

revision

rifleman

sentinel

revulsion

rotation

sentiments

saccharin

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

sedation

secretion

seduction

sedition

selection

secession

sentences

sentiment

sensation

sentinels

solomon

silicon

singleton

skeleton

reopen

simian

snapdragon

solution

stagnation

specimen

starvation

stygian

transaction

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

suggestion

subversion

succession

summation

sumatran

suspension

summations

suppression

suspicion

superman

tactician

tamarin

tantamount

talisman

syrian

technician

temptation

tendencies

tendency

taxation

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transition

translation

transmission

transfusion

transgression

unburden

truncation

unbroken

tuition

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

undaunted

uneven

unison

undoing

undying

untangle

unthinking

untimely

unwritten

uterine

unwitting

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

transcription

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

vomiting

wantonly

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abdication

abolition

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

accordion

activation

admiration

admonition

adaptation

adoration

adrenaline

agitation

adulation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

advocation

alabaman

affectation

albanian

algonquian

alternation

algerian

allocation

allegation

alteration

altercation

american

amphibian

amputation

anathema

ammunition

anatomy

annotation

animation

arabian

aldebaran

annexation

anatomist

apparition

appalachian

appellation

antinomy

apprehension

application

approbation

antimatter

arbitration

andantino

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

athenian

assyrian

assemblyman

augmentation

attribution

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

canadians

cancellation

carcinogen

centenary

centennial

centimetre

centimetres

centurion

chameleon

condemnation

celebration

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

collodion

coloration

coloradan

comedian

columbian

comedians

combination

collocation

condemnations

comparison

commutation

competition

compilation

compensation

composition

commendation

committeeman

complication

comprehension

computation

concentration

comedienne

condensation

condescension

contemptible

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

connotation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contaminate

contaminates

contemplation

containerized

contemplative

contribution

continental

contingency

continentals

contingencies

continual

contraception

contemptuously

continuance

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

correlation

coronation

countenances

criterion

dietitian

custodian

cultivation

dandelion

darwinian

cyclopean

decimation

declaration

culmination

disaffection

decoration

dedication

defamation

delegation

deformation

degradation

demarcation

dehydration

demolition

deportation

demonstration

deposition

depravation

depredation

dereliction

desiccation

desecration

designation

destination

desperation

devonian

desolation

destitution

devastation

devolution

deprivation

deviation

detonation

decompression

dilatation

derivation

diocesan

definition

diminution

disconnection

disposition

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

dispensation

dislocation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

education

elongation

electrician

elevation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emotional

deconstruction

endangerment

crucifixion

emulation

entanglement

entanglements

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

equitation

evolution

excitation

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhibition

evocation

exhumation

expectation

expiration

exploitation

expedition

explanation

explication

exploration

exposition

fabrication

extradition

extrication

federation

englishwoman

fallopian

fascination

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

fundamental

fumigation

fundamentals

galilean

generation

gastrulation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

germination

gondwanaland

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

habitation

guatemalan

graduation

crocodilian

granulation

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hegelian

hungarian

hyperion

hydrocarbon

hypertension

ianthina

iberian

ideation

illustration

imitation

immigration

ibuprofen

implantation

immolation

importation

imposition

impregnation

imperfection

implication

imputation

inattentive

inattention

incarnation

incantation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indemnify

indemnity

indemnities

indexation

indonesian

indication

infestation

indigestion

infiltration

indignation

inflammation

indiscretion

inhalation

integration

indecision

inhibition

instigation

inquisition

installation

institution

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

intangible

intangibles

intemperate

information

innovation

intentional

interaction

intensified

intensify

intensity

intensifies

intensities

intensively

intercession

interception

intermission

intonation

relaxation

interdiction

interurban

interwoven

interruption

intimacy

intersection

intervention

intimately

intimation

intimations

intonations

intimidate

intimidates

introduction

inundation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

iteration

introspection

intuition

invitation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

leviathan

interjection

librarian

liberian

liberation

limitation

lilliputian

levitation

hemoglobin

liquefaction

legislation

locomotion

litigation

maccabean

lubrication

macedonian

machination

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

malformation

masturbation

maturation

mediation

liquidation

medication

meditation

meridian

menstruation

melanesian

minnesotan

missourian

misbegotten

ministration

misconception

miseration

misperception

mitigation

moderation

molestation

modulation

monatomic

mongolian

monotony

moravian

mortification

motivation

mountaineering

navigation

napoleon

mutilation

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nomination

oblivion

obligation

obfuscation

observation

obsidian

octahedron

ohioan

obstetrician

occupation

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

palpitation

pagurian

oxidation

paraguayan

nonprescription

pavlovian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

pelagian

perforation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

pagination

planarian

pigmentation

politician

polynesian

plutonian

polyhedron

praetorian

population

preignition

predilection

predetermine

preelection

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

propagation

proposition

provocation

protozoan

protestation

precondition

publication

punctuation

prosecution

prostitution

prohibition

radiation

readmission

reassertion

realization

reawaken

recantation

recognition

recollection

recitation

reclamation

preconception

reexamine

recreation

reelection

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

reconstruction

remittances

renovation

repetition

reposition

repossession

replication

repercussion

reproduction

reservation

relocation

republican

restoration

resignation

restitution

resolution

reputation

respiration

requisition

resurrection

retardation

revelation

revocation

revolution

retribution

retrocession

rhetorician

rhododendron

samaritan

sanitation

rumination

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

sentimental

self-deception

separation

subdivision

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

termination

speculation

reparation

statistician

strangulation

stimulation

stipulation

substitution

suffocation

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validation

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vanadium

variation

veneration

ventilation

vegetation

violation

victorian

visitation

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

accreditation

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

agglomeration

affiliation

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alienation

alliteration

alleviation

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amazonian

amelioration

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amortization

anatomical

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appropriation

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argentinian

argumentation

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association

assemblywoman

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augustinian

authentication

authorization

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brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

articulation

carolinian

canonization

centenarians

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contemporary

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elizabethan

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discrimination

entomology

enumeration

entomologist

epicurean

entomologists

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ethiopian

equivocation

evaporation

exaggeration

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examination

excoriation

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exoskeleton

expatriation

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facilitation

falsification

extermination

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fundamentalist

fundamentalists

fundamentally

expropriation

gasification

gametangia

glorification

hanoverian

gratification

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hyperborean

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immunization

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incarceration

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indonesians

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ionization

jeffersonian

justification

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hallucination

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miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

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nickelodeon

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nonintervention

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nitroglycerine

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orientation

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pomeranian

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pythagorean

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representation

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scandinavians

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

undeniably

utilization

undeniable

vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word canton

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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
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