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

action

acton

alban

alan

airman

alman

ambush

amman

apron

arson

asian

ashen

aspen

banyan

auction

austin

auden

baldwin

bagman

bacon

bargain

baron

bastion

belgian

barton

baston

barren

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

atman

begun

bellman

bellon

bison

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

boatman

bolden

bullion

bollen

bombast

bordman

bookman

boston

boughten

bowman

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

brighten

brethren

breton

briton

broaden

brogan

bombshell

broken

bombshells

brazen

bumpkin

button

cajun

bushman

cabin

caisson

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

calvin

canaan

campaigns

canyon

canton

cannon

canon

canvass

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caxton

caution

cayman

certain

chairman

christian

chosen

chapman

champagnes

chaplain

charon

cheapen

champaign

champagne

chasten

chessman

clinton

chevron

classman

claxon

churchman

coachman

chicken

chieftain

children

christen

colon

citron

combust

common

compacts

compact

composed

compose

composts

compost

confect

conveys

convex

convoys

convicts

convoke

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

craftsman

crimson

cotton

cowan

craven

cretin

crouton

cumin

cushion

curtain

delphian

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deepen

deacon

deaden

deafen

cuban

convict

demon

desman

diction

dian

devon

dolphin

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dozen

dungeon

drunken

dudgeon

draftsman

driven

dromon

dustman

eaten

eden

earthen

elan

dutchman

embossed

engine

emption

ensign

envoys

ermine

dragon

falcon

faustian

fashion

faulcon

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

faction

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fireman

flexion

fission

firman

flashgun

footman

fountain

function

fortune

foreman

fusion

fraction

flatten

friction

frighten

freshman

freeman

frozen

freedman

freshen

garden

gascon

gallon

gammon

garron

floren

gentian

georgian

german

grandson

gilden

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

goodman

gorgon

gibbon

gotten

gowan

golden

foreign

graven

gombos

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

hangman

haitian

hackman

harden

happen

harken

harten

hasten

hausen

headsman

heathen

headman

hearten

haven

heaven

henchman

hessian

heron

heighten

hetman

hempen

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

human

houseman

humbug

hoven

humpback

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

impact

impacts

impasse

impeach

grecian

impish

hoten

impose

imposed

campaign

impugn

impugns

crewman

infest

infects

infests

infuse

infect

mansion

invest

invests

ion

invokes

invoke

invoice

jason

kansan

jetson

jackman

jorden

jumbos

junction

jumpsuits

jumpsuit

jetton

jordan

kalan

kenyan

jargon

keelson

kelson

kelvin

jasmine

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

klansman

kremlin

laden

lagan

landsman

landman

lambaste

lampron

lambastes

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

legion

leven

ledden

lengthen

lesion

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

linden

leman

lineman

liman

linemen

linen

lion

lineups

liven

lisbon

lockman

listen

locken

london

logan

longan

loosen

lotion

lumen

loren

lopeman

luncheon

lynden

m1

madden

knapsack

mangan

mahone

maiden

lyden

marchman

pension

margin

martian

marlin

marten

martin

marron

mason

matron

melton

melon

minion

mention

million

minden

mignon

milken

mission

mitten

moisten

mormon

molten

muffin

mountain

mullen

motion

muslin

mutton

nation

morgan

newsman

nekton

ninon

notion

norman

marksman

often

ocean

odin

olden

onion

omen

open

option

organ

penguin

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

oxen

owen

packman

pagan

paean

panton

pardon

pampas

parson

passion

pathan

passman

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

penman

markman

peon

mayan

persian

perron

person

pinion

pigeon

pillion

plankton

piston

pitman

plantain

poison

platen

platten

oarsman

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

question

pumpkin

queenfish

quicken

pumpkins

rainbows

rampage

reason

ration

raven

rayon

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

pollan

runnion

rincon

riden

ripen

risen

ridden

riven

robin

roman

rosen

russian

rosin

rumen

ruin

rotten

rowan

rowen

sadden

saffron

section

salesman

sanction

santon

samson

satan

satin

scallion

scullion

season

scotsman

saxon

scion

seaman

salmon

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

ribbon

sermon

session

seton

seven

sexton

shaken

shampoos

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

shaman

shogun

showman

shrunken

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smarten

slacken

slogan

smitten

snobbish

soften

sodden

solon

soldan

sovereign

sovran

sportsman

spartan

spearman

squadron

spoken

spokesman

stallion

stallman

stillion

stiffen

station

stepson

stockman

statesman

steven

stolen

straighten

tension

strengthen

stricken

suasion

striven

suction

sunfish

sunken

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sturgeon

sylvan

syphon

tartan

tarpon

taken

talon

tappen

tempest

tempos

tendon

thousand

thicken

tighten

tillman

titan

token

toman

timepiece

tombstone

tombstones

torsion

toughen

tungsten

townsman

traction

trillion

tubman

treason

triton

trojan

trodden

turban

tuscan

undone

unbox

union

unpack

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

version

teston

villain

vision

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

weapon

whiten

wheaten

wizen

whitson

wiccan

widen

woodman

yachtsman

woolman

threaten

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

workman

yeoman

worsen

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abdomen

abduction

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

addiction

adoption

accretion

adsorption

addition

adhesion

admission

adrian

aegean

affection

affliction

aggression

african

aleutian

albumin

alaskan

albion

alderman

alien

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

ambushes

amoebas

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

artesian

arian

arkansan

ascension

aspersion

aryan

assertion

artisan

assumption

assassin

attraction

aversion

asuncion

attention

attrition

awaken

austrian

audition

australian

bedizen

bandwagon

avian

bedouin

backgammon

badminton

bedridden

backwoodsman

battalion

beethoven

beholden

abandon

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bonobos

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

campion

cambrian

campuses

campaigners

campaigner

campaigning

cartesian

canvassers

canvasses

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

canapes

carrion

castration

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

cation

chamberlain

cohesion

champion

chilean

charlatan

charwoman

collegian

collision

cistercian

cinnamon

citation

citizen

communion

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

cognition

collagen

collection

commotion

combustion

commission

compassion

civilian

companion

compacted

catalan

completion

composes

composing

composers

composer

compression

composite

compulsion

composites

compunction

conception

concoction

concession

composure

concussion

conduction

confection

confession

confections

confessions

confesses

conflation

configure

condition

confiscate

connexion

congestion

contrition

connection

conscription

conjunction

congressman

consumption

constriction

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

construction

contraption

convection

convective

convention

conversion

conviction

convictions

delusion

convulsion

corrosion

corruption

correction

corsican

countryman

crestfallen

creation

cremation

councilman

croatian

crustacean

damnation

cyprian

dalmatian

defection

decision

deflection

deception

deflation

deletion

declension

deduction

denizen

dentition

depletion

depiction

depression

description

derision

desertion

determine

detention

dictation

devotion

detection

diffraction

digestion

destruction

digression

dilation

dilution

dimension

direction

discipline

discussion

discretion

dispersion

dominion

donation

disruption

distortion

distraction

dissection

dissension

disunion

distinction

diversion

division

downtrodden

dorian

exclusion

complexion

duration

edition

elation

egyptian

ejection

election

excretion

emotion

embezzle

eleven

elison

embezzled

emission

emblazon

embassies

embolden

embezzles

emphasize

embassy

emphasized

enliven

englishman

encryption

emulsion

enlighten

equation

envisage

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

everyone

exception

eviction

exaction

excision

excursion

exemption

exertion

policeman

expansion

explosion

expression

extortion

extrusion

expulsion

extension

extraction

filtration

extinction

fenian

fabian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

fixation

genuine

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

foundation

forewoman

formation

forgotten

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fustian

fruition

freemason

ghanaian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gestation

foramen

gentleman

genovese

gillian

gordian

imposes

gradation

forbidden

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

honeybees

horatian

implosion

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

imagine

imbecile

imbeciles

impacted

impassion

impeaches

impassioned

impassive

impeachment

impeachments

housebroken

exhaustion

incision

imprison

inaction

impression

impostors

impostor

in-person

inception

imposing

incursion

indian

inhuman

infarction

induction

injection

infection

infections

infighting

infective

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

insertion

inspection

inscription

instruction

intention

intestine

invasion

invasions

inversion

invention

invasive

invective

investing

investor

investors

investments

irian

invoices

irishman

italian

jamaican

investment

kantian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

julian

jovian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

location

lumberman

logician

lumbago

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

manifest

phoenician

manifests

lutheran

margarine

pentathlon

marian

medallion

masculine

median

medicine

menhaden

menopause

melanin

midshipman

migration

mexican

negation

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

narration

mistaken

nebraskan

myosin

moroccan

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

objection

nubian

obsession

nutrition

obstruction

occasion

oppression

octillion

odeon

optation

opinion

optician

oration

omission

origin

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

parisian

patrician

parthian

partisan

partition

pavilion

pelican

orion

perfection

percussion

perception

plantation

petition

persuasion

physician

plebeian

perversion

phrygian

peterman

permian

permission

injunction

pollution

promotion

possession

position

porcelain

preclusion

predation

precision

precaution

prediction

precession

predestine

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

profession

production

procession

probation

progression

prevention

projection

privation

proportion

propulsion

protection

provision

prostration

protean

reflection

puritan

quotation

ramadan

rampages

rebellion

reaction

reception

recession

recision

proscription

reduction

redemption

regression

regimen

reinvest

reimpose

reinvests

rendition

rejection

religion

relation

remission

reopen

rescission

reptilian

repression

resection

resumption

restriction

reversion

retention

retraction

reunion

revision

sensation

revulsion

rifleman

sedation

rotation

selection

saccharin

salvation

samoan

seclusion

scorpion

secession

scythian

secretion

saleswoman

sedition

seduction

rhodopsin

simian

silicon

singleton

snapdragon

skeleton

solution

stagnation

starvation

solomon

specimen

temptation

submersion

submission

subtraction

subscription

suburban

stygian

subversion

succession

summation

suggestion

superman

sumatran

suppression

suspicion

suspension

syrian

taxation

talisman

tamarin

tactician

technician

unbroken

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

translation

transmission

transition

transgression

transcription

truncation

tuition

unbiased

unbeknown

uneven

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

venetian

unburden

unwritten

unison

vacation

uterine

vatican

venison

vibration

vermilion

veteran

vocation

vitamin

volition

wannabes

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

absolution

abrogation

abolition

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

abyssinian

adaptation

activation

acquisition

accordion

adoration

admiration

adulation

admonition

adrenaline

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

annexation

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

application

apprehension

apparition

approbation

arabian

arbitration

armenian

arizonan

armageddon

aspiration

assemblyman

arthurian

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

athenian

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

beneficence

beneficent

beneficial

benefactor

bifurcation

benefactors

bohemian

bolivian

canadian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

compensation

centurion

celebration

cogitation

coalition

chameleon

circumcision

coloration

circulation

circumspection

collocation

collodion

circumvention

coloradan

comedian

combination

commendation

committeeman

columbian

comparison

commutation

compassionate

competition

compilation

complication

comprehension

computation

composition

concentration

compositions

condensation

condemnation

confectioner

confectioners

confessional

confessionals

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

confiscated

connotation

conservation

consecration

consternation

consolation

conjugation

constellation

congregation

constipation

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

constitution

copenhagen

conversation

convolution

convocation

copernican

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

declaration

darwinian

decimation

decompression

defamation

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

definition

deformation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

demonstration

demolition

demarcation

depredation

depravation

deposition

deportation

desecration

deprivation

derivation

dereliction

designation

desiccation

desolation

destination

destitution

devastation

desperation

detonation

deviation

devolution

dietitian

devonian

dilatation

disaffection

disillusion

diminution

disputation

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

dislocation

disposition

dissolution

distribution

dissipation

dissertation

distillation

divination

domination

dominican

diocesan

draconian

execution

duplication

education

electrician

elocution

emanation

elevation

elongation

embarkation

emigration

embezzler

embezzlers

embezzlement

emulation

emphysema

englishwoman

envisages

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estimation

erudition

european

estonian

eustachian

evolution

excavation

evocation

emphasizing

excitation

exclamation

emphasizes

exhalation

exhumation

exhortation

expectation

explanation

exploration

fermentation

exploitation

expiration

expedition

exposition

explication

fascination

extradition

federation

fabrication

fallopian

extrication

figuration

fibrillation

exhibition

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

generation

formulation

fragmentation

floridian

fumigation

gargantuan

galilean

gastrulation

germination

gentlewoman

graduation

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

greco-roman

hungarian

hyperion

hydrocarbon

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

ideation

imitation

immigration

immolation

impassable

impeachable

imperfection

impeccable

implantation

implication

importation

imputation

impossible

imposition

impregnation

impossibly

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

indecision

indication

indentation

indexation

incrustation

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

inefficient

indiscretion

infeasible

infestation

infestations

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhalation

inhibition

institution

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

intermission

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

integration

interception

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intuition

interwoven

interurban

intimation

intonation

intervention

introduction

introspection

inundation

intersection

investigate

investigates

investiture

invisible

invigorate

invisibles

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberation

lilliputian

liberian

levitation

librarian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

lumpectomy

lumpectomies

machination

maccabean

macedonian

ineffective

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manifestly

manifesto

persecution

manufactures

manumission

maturation

melanesian

masturbation

medication

mediation

menstruation

meditation

minnesotan

meridian

minibuses

ministration

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

misperception

missourian

moderation

mitigation

mongolian

napoleon

modulation

molestation

moravian

motivation

mortification

mutilation

navigation

nomination

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nestorian

newtonian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

ohioan

octahedron

olympian

operation

opposition

ordination

orchestration

omnibuses

occupation

ostentation

oscillation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

perspiration

planarian

permutation

peruvian

pigmentation

perturbation

plutonian

manufacture

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

pomposity

population

preconception

precondition

predilection

predetermine

praetorian

preelection

preignition

presentation

preparation

preservation

profanation

premonition

procreation

proclamation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

punctuation

prostitution

publication

provocation

protestation

protozoan

radiation

realization

recantation

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

recreation

reclamation

reconstruction

recognition

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vaccination

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valerian

usurpation

validation

veneration

ventilation

violation

victorian

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

accumulation

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administration

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amelioration

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representation

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russification

sanctification

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theologian

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utilization

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vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

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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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