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

action

affirms

affirm

affront

affronts

acton

airman

alban

alan

amman

apron

aprons

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auburn

auction

auden

alman

bacon

bagman

banyan

basin

baldwin

bastion

baston

bayman

beacon

baron

baton

batten

batton

beaten

bargain

beckon

bason

befriend

befriends

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

billion

billman

bisson

bison

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

blacken

bobbin

blowgun

bollen

bookman

bordman

brethren

breton

brakeman

brazen

briton

brighten

boston

boughten

bracken

broaden

brogan

broken

bushman

burdon

burgeon

burman

austin

burden

billon

burton

caisson

cajun

button

calvin

cabin

canaan

bourbon

canyon

canton

caption

cannon

capstan

carbon

carman

carmine

captain

caxton

caution

carton

cauldron

caverns

cavern

cayman

canon

bowman

certain

cheapen

chairman

chapman

chessman

charon

chasten

children

christen

christian

chevron

chieftain

chosen

churchman

chicken

chaplain

bullion

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

barren

colon

common

coachman

barton

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

craftsman

crimson

craven

crewman

cowan

crouton

cretin

cuban

dagan

daman

dagon

damson

dalton

dampen

darken

deacon

deaden

cumin

deafen

curtain

cushion

deepen

deform

delphian

deformed

demon

cousin

diction

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dungeon

dutchman

drunken

dudgeon

dragon

driven

dromon

dustman

earthen

eaten

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ephraim

ermine

dozen

desman

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

faustian

fiction

felon

fibrin

fielden

fasten

fireman

firman

fission

flexion

fatten

flashgun

flatten

floren

faulcon

german

footman

foreman

foreign

freedman

fortune

fraction

freeman

fountain

freshen

function

freshman

friction

frighten

fusion

frozen

gallon

gammon

garden

gentian

gascon

georgian

gibbon

gilden

glisten

given

glidden

goodman

gorgon

govern

golden

gladden

gluten

gotten

garron

grandson

grecian

gowan

graven

griffon

guardsman

gumption

gudgeon

hackman

haitian

hangman

governs

happen

harden

harken

harten

henchman

hasten

headman

headsman

hempen

haven

hearten

hausen

heathen

heaven

heighten

heron

hessian

hetman

hidden

homespun

horseman

hogan

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

hyson

ion

jason

jargon

jackman

jasmine

jetson

junction

kansan

kalan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kenyan

klansman

kitchen

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

kitten

jordan

landsman

landman

laden

lampron

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

jetton

lengthen

leman

lemon

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

eden

linden

lightman

lineman

linemen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

lion

listen

lisbon

liven

lockman

logan

locken

lynden

luncheon

m1

loosen

lotion

loren

lyden

lopeman

lumen

lowborn

longan

london

mahone

madden

maiden

mansion

mangan

margin

marchman

markman

marksman

martian

mason

marron

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melon

melton

mention

mignon

million

milken

minden

mayan

minion

mission

mitten

morgan

mormon

moisten

motion

muffin

mullen

mountain

muslin

mutton

molten

nation

nekton

newborn

newsman

newborns

ninon

notion

oarsman

norman

lichen

ocean

olden

onion

odin

option

organ

often

outrun

oven

outdone

othman

oxen

paean

packman

pagan

panton

pardon

omen

parson

open

passion

passman

patron

orphan

penguin

pathan

penman

patten

peon

pension

pinion

person

persian

pillion

pigeon

piston

pitman

plankton

perron

plantain

pavon

pectin

poison

platen

platten

portion

postman

potion

ponton

portman

pollan

pressman

owen

prison

pollen

proven

prussian

question

quicken

pullen

ration

raven

reason

reckon

reborn

rayon

redden

reform

refrain

refrains

reformed

reforms

region

reprints

reprint

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

salesman

robin

roman

rosen

russian

saffron

rosin

rotten

rumen

runnion

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

sanction

santon

satan

samson

salmon

satin

saxon

seton

scallion

section

scullion

scotsman

seaman

season

selden

sequin

seedsman

semen

sermon

session

seven

sexton

shearman

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shipman

shogun

shotgun

showman

sicken

shopworn

silken

shorten

shrunken

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

scion

smitten

soldan

zion

sodden

teston

sovereign

sovran

sovrans

solon

spearman

thicken

sportsman

spokesman

sprinter

springboard

springer

springing

sprinkle

sprinkles

sprinkling

springtime

sprinklers

sprinkler

sprinters

tillman

sparing

squadron

stallion

stallman

statesman

station

stepson

stillion

stiffen

steven

stockman

straighten

stolen

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

stricken

striven

suction

sudden

sullen

surgeon

sunken

supreme

supremes

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

taken

syphon

tarpon

talon

tappen

tartan

tavern

taverns

sultan

tension

tendon

summon

spartan

toughen

spoken

threaten

tighten

titan

token

toman

traction

townsman

torsion

treason

trillion

tungsten

turban

tubman

tuscan

triton

trojan

trodden

undone

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

thousand

version

vibrant

villain

vision

waken

vulcan

wanton

whitson

worsen

wagon

watchman

weaken

weapon

warden

wheaten

wiccan

warren

whiten

women

widen

wizen

woman

woodman

wooden

woolen

woolman

workman

written

yachtsman

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zircon

soften

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

aberrant

abduction

abdomen

abhorrent

abrasion

abortion

abhorrence

abstention

accretion

accession

abstraction

absorption

acumen

adhesion

addiction

addition

adoption

adsorption

affliction

adrian

affection

aegean

afferent

aggression

african

admission

alaskan

aleutian

albion

albumin

alderman

alien

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

apparent

alsatian

apportion

appian

apprehend

appearance

apprentice

allusion

arian

arkansan

aryan

artesian

artisan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

attention

attraction

asuncion

assumption

attrition

audition

aversion

awaken

australian

austrian

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

bedizen

battalion

bedouin

beethoven

bedridden

beforehand

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

cessation

cambrian

campion

biotin

bouillon

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

carrion

castration

cartesian

causation

caucasian

cation

catalan

cetacean

bufferin

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

bulletin

chilean

cinnamon

charlatan

charwoman

cistercian

citation

citizen

civilian

clergyman

clarion

cognition

cohesion

coercion

collagen

collection

collegian

combustion

collusion

clarendon

collision

communion

companion

commotion

commission

compassion

completion

compression

compunction

compulsion

conception

concession

condition

concoction

conduction

concussion

conclusion

confection

conflation

confucian

confession

confusion

congestion

connection

connexion

conjunction

conscription

congressman

contention

contagion

contraction

constriction

construction

contortion

consumption

contraption

convection

convention

conviction

correction

convulsion

contusion

conversion

contrition

corrosion

corruption

corsican

deception

councilman

creation

croatian

crustacean

cremation

coverings

covering

crestfallen

damnation

dalmatian

cyprian

declension

deflection

decision

defection

deduction

deferment

deference

deferments

deflation

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depletion

depiction

countryman

depression

derision

description

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

diapering

difference

different

diffraction

diffusion

digression

digestion

differently

dilation

dimension

discretion

direction

discussion

discipline

disruption

dispersion

dissection

dissension

dilution

disunion

distinction

distraction

distortion

division

diversion

exemption

donation

downtrodden

duration

election

egyptian

elation

efferent

edition

ejection

eleven

dominion

dorian

emulsion

emblazon

embolden

encryption

englishman

erection

elison

equation

enlighten

enliven

erosion

eruption

emission

etruscan

emotion

eviction

evasion

exaction

everyone

evermore

exception

excision

exclusion

excretion

exhaustion

exertion

expansion

excursion

expression

extension

extinction

extortion

expulsion

explosion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

fixation

favoring

flirtation

fenian

fijian

feminine

filtration

fisherman

flotation

formation

foramen

forgotten

forewoman

forbidden

foundation

franciscan

freemason

frustration

fustian

fruition

freudian

galleon

gentleman

gaussian

genuine

gillian

gestation

ghanaian

governance

government

gordian

governing

governments

garrison

governor

governors

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

guncotton

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

halogen

harlequin

heartbroken

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

hibernate

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

in-person

imprison

inaction

imagine

inception

incision

inclusion

indian

incursion

inflation

abandon

infection

induction

inflection

infarction

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

injection

insertion

inscription

instruction

inspection

injunction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irian

irishman

laurentian

italian

jacobin

kantian

jamaican

jovian

julian

keynesian

keratin

korean

laboring

labyrinth

lactation

laotian

lanolin

javelin

lecithin

jettison

lesbian

progression

complexion

libration

libyan

location

logician

lutheran

lumberman

magician

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

marian

mandarin

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

migration

mexican

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

misprision

moroccan

mutation

munition

muskmelon

musician

myosin

narration

negation

nemean

nevadan

nevermore

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

nebraskan

norwegian

notation

nubian

nutrition

oberon

objection

obsession

obstruction

ligation

debarment

occasion

occlusion

odeon

octillion

peppering

offerings

omission

percussion

opinion

offering

oration

oppression

optation

optician

orion

permian

overruns

ovation

overhung

overhang

outspoken

overdone

overhangs

overman

overnight

overmatch

overrun

oxygen

papering

parisian

ottoman

parthian

persuasion

origin

operant

pavilion

patrician

pelican

perception

pentathlon

peppermint

perfection

perfusion

permission

partition

peterman

perversion

phoenician

phrygian

petition

physician

plantation

partisan

policeman

predestine

possession

precession

plebeian

precaution

position

precision

preclusion

predation

preemption

pollution

prediction

prescription

pretension

prevention

presumption

procession

privation

probation

production

profession

profusion

porcelain

promotion

proportion

zambian

protection

prostration

proscription

protean

provision

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

reaffirms

reception

recession

recision

reaffirm

redemption

reduction

reflection

reformists

reformist

reformers

reformer

regimen

regression

rendition

relation

religion

reopen

remission

rejection

repression

reptilian

reprimand

reprimands

rescission

resection

reference

resumption

retention

propulsion

reunion

retraction

reverence

reverend

reverent

restriction

reversion

rhodopsin

revision

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scythian

secretion

secession

sedation

seclusion

scuppernong

sedition

seduction

sensation

selection

scorpion

severance

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

projection

solomon

sopranos

soprano

specimen

solution

starvation

stagnation

stygian

subtraction

submission

subscription

succession

submersion

suburban

subversion

suffering

sufferings

suggestion

summation

suppression

superman

tamarin

suspension

suspicion

sumatran

syrian

tactician

talisman

tapering

temptation

taxation

technician

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transaction

tradition

translation

transmission

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uneven

unison

uncommon

unwritten

uppermost

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

vibrancy

veteran

vermilion

wesleyan

vocation

volition

waterman

vitamin

4 syllable words

abnegation

aberration

abdication

abolition

abrogation

accordion

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

absolution

activation

adrenaline

agrarian

augmentation

adaptation

adoration

admiration

adulation

aforementioned

acquisition

affectation

affirmation

affirmations

advocation

affirmative

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

albanian

alabaman

allegation

admonition

apprenticeships

allocation

alternation

altercation

ammunition

alteration

american

amphibian

animation

amputation

annexation

annotation

appalachian

apparently

apparition

appearances

appellation

application

apprehension

apprehensions

apprehensive

apprentices

apprenticeship

approbation

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

attribution

aviation

backwardation

avocation

bavarian

barbarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

calculation

celebration

carcinogen

centurion

circulation

chameleon

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

compensation

collocation

cogitation

coalition

coloration

combination

collodion

comedian

columbian

commendation

comparison

coloradan

committeeman

commutation

competition

compilation

concentration

comprehension

computation

composition

condensation

condemnation

condescension

consecration

confirmation

confrontation

conflagration

confiscation

connotation

conjugation

congregation

conservation

consolation

constellation

corinthian

consternation

constipation

consultation

contemplation

constitution

consummation

contraception

contradiction

conversation

convocation

coronation

contrarian

contribution

convolution

contravention

copernican

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

depravation

criterion

culmination

crocodilian

crucifixion

darwinian

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

covariance

dandelion

demonstration

decimation

dedication

deferential

declaration

decoration

deconstruction

defamation

definition

deformation

decompression

degradation

dehydration

deformities

deformity

delegation

demarcation

demolition

deportation

deposition

desecration

dispensation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

deprivation

designation

dereliction

destination

desperation

destitution

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

differences

differential

differentials

dilatation

depredation

dissertation

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

diocesan

disillusion

disinflation

divination

disputation

dislocation

disposition

disinfection

dissolution

distillation

excitation

dissipation

distribution

expectation

domination

emigration

dominican

draconian

duplication

elevation

electrician

education

effrontery

elocution

emanation

elongation

embarkation

emulation

estimation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

european

estonian

eustachian

excavation

evolution

evocation

exclamation

exhumation

exhalation

infestation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

explanation

expiration

expedition

explication

exploitation

exposition

extrication

extradition

fibrillation

exploration

fabrication

fallopian

fermentation

figuration

federation

fascination

fluctuation

fluoridation

floridian

germination

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

governmental

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

hungarian

glaciation

gorgonian

governorship

governorships

gravitation

granulation

graduation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

complication

hyperion

hypertension

illustration

ideation

iberian

ibuprofen

impregnation

immigration

imitation

immolation

implication

importation

imperfection

inhalation

implantation

imposition

imputation

inattention

incantation

indentation

inclination

incarnation

indexation

information

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indication

inflammation

indignation

infiltration

indiscretion

indonesian

indigestion

inhibition

insulation

instigation

inspiration

installation

innovation

institution

inquisition

insurrection

integration

interaction

interception

intercession

interjection

intermission

interdiction

intervention

intimation

intonation

intersection

interurban

interwoven

intuition

introspection

iteration

interruption

introduction

inundation

irrigation

irritation

invitation

invocation

iranian

isolation

laceration

jacobean

labyrinthine

hydrocarbon

legislation

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

leviathan

levitation

liberation

liberian

librarian

liberians

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

machination

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

manumission

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

miseration

misbegotten

mitigation

misperception

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

observation

nicaraguan

nestorian

never-ending

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

navigation

occupation

oblivion

obsidian

pepperoni

obstetrician

octahedron

olympian

operation

ordination

orchestration

opposition

ostentation

ohioan

overburden

ovulation

pagination

oxidation

pagurian

papier-mache

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

plutonian

perforation

pelagian

penetration

pedestrian

penicillin

oscillation

permutation

perturbation

persecution

perspiration

planarian

peruvian

pigmentation

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

premonition

presentation

preelection

preparation

preignition

predilection

preservation

procreation

predetermine

profanation

proclamation

propagation

prohibition

radiation

protestation

provocation

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

publication

punctuation

reawaken

readmission

recreation

reassertion

realization

reappearance

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

reconstruction

reelection

reformation

referendum

referendums

references

reexamine

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

renovation

reparation

relocation

reservation

replication

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

reputation

resignation

republican

reproduction

requisition

respiration

restoration

resolution

restitution

resurrection

revelation

retardation

retribution

retrocession

reverential

revocation

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

reverently

satisfaction

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

smithsonian

sectarian

segmentation

separation

segregation

sequestration

self-deception

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

simulation

simonian

situation

proposition

tetrahedron

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

statistician

strangulation

suffocation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

surrogation

termination

superhuman

superimpose

superstition

supervision

supposition

supremacy

supremely

syncopation

syndication

tabernacle

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

vaccination

utopian

vacillation

variation

ventilation

veneration

valuation

vegetation

validation

valerian

vindication

victorian

visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accreditation

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

academician

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

affirmatively

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amortization

amalgamation

amelioration

amplification

amazonian

annihilation

anticipation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

civilization

communication

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

cauterization

christianization

canonization

caledonian

carolinian

capitulation

centralization

carthaginian

centenarian

certification

clarification

classification

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

coagulation

expropriation

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

consideration

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

continuation

contamination

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delicatessen

decomposition

denomination

depopulation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dissemination

dissociation

discrimination

discoloration

dionysian

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

domestication

exfoliation

dramatization

examination

ejaculation

elimination

elaboration

edification

electrocution

evaluation

emancipation

evacuation

elizabethan

equivocation

eradication

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

ethiopian

evaporation

exacerbation

exaggeration

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

humiliation

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

prognostication

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

incorporation

insinuation

incrimination

instrumentation

insemination

inoculation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

libertarian

manifestation

manipulation

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misinformation

misapprehension

miscalculation

misapplication

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

obliteration

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

normalization

neapolitan

organization

orientation

origination

ornamentation

oregonian

ossification

overproduction

pacification

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

precipitation

predestination

pomeranian

predisposition

premeditation

presbyterian

preoccupation

prevarication

procrastination

presupposition

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

ramification

quantification

purification

qualification

pythagorean

ratification

recrimination

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

rectification

recuperation

reforestation

repudiation

regeneration

reformatories

refrigeration

reformatory

reiteration

reintegration

representation

repatriation

rejuvenation

remuneration

reprehensible

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

scandinavian

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sophistication

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

superintendent

superintendents

supernatural

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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.

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