Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word fascination.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words

fascination

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

activation

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

agitation

aggregation

allegation

allocation

approbation

ammunition

amputation

animation

annexation

annotation

appellation

appalachian

application

aspiration

avocation

calculation

circulation

cancellation

calibration

celebration

collocation

combination

compensation

compilation

commendation

commutation

connotation

consolation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

consummation

consecration

dedication

constellation

constipation

consultation

coronation

convocation

correlation

culmination

decimation

defamation

emanation

elevation

estimation

degradation

delegation

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

destination

designation

definition

desperation

detonation

devastation

dilatation

dispensation

dissipation

distillation

education

domination

divination

excavation

explanation

emigration

emulation

equitation

immolation

excitation

exhalation

fascinated

fascinating

fabrication

fermentation

fragmentation

fluoridation

imitation

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

graduation

gravitation

granulation

habitation

hesitation

inhalation

innovation

insulation

intonation

inundation

irrigation

isolation

laceration

jubilation

machination

litigation

machinations

medication

masturbation

maturation

meditation

melanesian

population

modulation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

obligation

occupation

oscillation

ordination

ostentation

palpitation

pagination

oxidation

penetration

persecution

perspiration

premonition

presentation

profanation

proclamation

propagation

recitation

provocation

prosecution

reclamation

realization

recantation

regulation

renovation

replication

reputation

resignation

respiration

restoration

revelation

revocation

rumination

sanitation

saturation

segmentation

segregation

speculation

strangulation

suffocation

surrogation

tabulation

termination

vegetation

vaccination

vaccinations

vacillation

validation

valuation

ventilation

violation

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word fascination.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

accents

account

accounts

accent

acquaint

action

acton

agents

agent

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ascend

ascends

ascent

ashen

aspen

asian

assumed

assent

atman

ashamed

auction

auden

austin

breton

backhand

bagman

baron

banyan

bacon

bargain

baldwin

barren

basin

barton

bason

bastion

baston

belgian

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellon

begun

bellman

besant

brighten

bison

bisson

billon

billion

billman

bismuth

bollen

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

bobbin

blowgun

boatman

bolden

boston

bracken

boughten

bourbon

brazen

brakeman

brethren

bordman

bowman

bookman

bookends

bookend

briton

burgeon

burman

burton

button

broken

bullion

caption

bushman

cabin

burdon

cajun

caisson

cannon

canon

calvin

canton

canyon

canaan

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

chasten

caxton

cayman

certain

checkmates

chairman

checkmate

chaplain

chapman

charon

cheapen

chessman

chevron

christian

chicken

chosen

chieftain

children

christen

brogan

churchman

burden

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

cogent

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cowan

cousin

craftsman

craven

cretin

crewman

crimson

crouton

cushion

cushioned

curtain

dagan

dagon

dalton

cuban

cumin

damson

daman

dampen

cotton

darken

decent

deaden

deafen

decant

deepen

delphian

demon

descends

descend

descents

descent

desman

devon

diction

dian

discounts

discount

disjoint

dissents

dissent

disowned

docents

dobson

docent

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dragon

dudgeon

draftsman

dozen

drunken

driven

dromon

doughnut

dungeon

doughnuts

earthen

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

broaden

deacon

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

faction

fashioned

fashion

falcon

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

felon

faustian

fibrin

fiction

fission

flashgun

flatten

firman

fireman

flexion

foreign

foreman

floren

fortune

fountain

fraction

foxhound

footman

freeman

freedman

fielden

freshen

friction

freshman

gentian

frighten

function

gascon

fusion

gallon

gammon

garron

hangman

garden

glisten

georgian

gladden

german

gibbon

given

glidden

gilden

gluten

golden

gorgon

goodman

gotten

grecian

grandson

graven

gowan

griffon

guardsman

gumption

haitian

gudgeon

hackman

harden

harken

frozen

hasten

hausen

haven

harten

headman

headsman

happen

heathen

heaven

heighten

human

hearten

hessian

heron

horseman

homespun

henchman

hetman

hidden

hogan

houseman

hoten

hoven

hempen

huntsman

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

ignites

ignite

ion

jacinth

jason

jackman

jasmine

jetton

jetson

jargon

kitchen

junction

kansan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kalan

kelvin

kenyan

legion

klansman

kirkman

latin

laden

landsman

kremlin

layman

kismet

leaden

leaven

kismets

ledden

legend

kitten

legends

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lesion

lemon

leman

leven

lagan

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

lignite

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

listen

jordan

lisbon

loosened

lampron

liven

lotion

locken

lockman

loosen

london

longan

locksmith

logan

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lyden

lucent

m1

lumen

lynden

madden

magnate

magnates

magnet

mahone

magnets

maiden

landman

mansion

margin

marchman

markman

martian

mason

mangan

marron

marksman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mayan

melon

mention

mignon

milken

minion

million

minden

miscount

mismatched

mission

mitten

mismatch

moisten

morgan

mormon

molten

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

nascent

mutton

muslin

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

melton

onion

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

packman

othman

owen

pageant

paean

pagan

pageants

passion

oven

panton

parson

pardon

passman

pathan

patten

patron

olden

peasants

peasant

pavon

pectin

pension

penman

penguin

peon

persian

perron

person

pheasants

pheasant

platen

pigeon

plantain

plankton

pillion

piquant

pinion

pitman

platten

piston

pollan

pollen

poison

ponton

portion

portman

potion

postman

pressman

prison

prussian

proven

question

quicksands

pullen

quicksand

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

recent

reckon

reason

recant

redden

recounts

recount

region

regents

regent

rescinds

rescind

rerun

resend

resent

riden

resound

resents

ribbon

ridden

resin

ripen

robin

rosin

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rotten

russian

sadden

saffron

runnion

rumen

ruin

salesman

salmon

sanction

samson

santon

satan

satin

saxon

rowen

scallion

second

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

section

seconds

seedsman

selden

scion

semen

rowan

rincon

sequent

session

seven

sexton

shaken

shaman

seton

sharpen

zircon

sequin

sermon

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

shogun

showman

thousandth

shearman

shipman

sicken

signet

silken

tillman

slacken

siphon

siren

slogan

smarten

token

sodden

soften

solon

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

sportsman

spoken

spokesman

toughen

station

stallion

stepson

statesman

stallman

smitten

straighten

stockman

stolen

stillion

strengthen

suasion

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

sultan

sunken

squadron

stiffen

surgeon

syphon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

taken

tension

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tendon

teston

thousandths

thousands

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

thicken

toman

torsion

steven

traction

tuscan

triton

trodden

turban

tungsten

trojan

tubman

treason

trillion

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

urine

townsman

vegan

vacant

version

vignettes

vision

vignette

viscounts

vulcan

viscount

villain

wagon

waken

wizened

warren

weapon

wanton

warden

whiten

watchman

weaken

wheaten

widen

wizen

whitson

yachtsman

wiccan

workman

worsen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

woodman

woolman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abstraction

abstention

abortion

absorption

acantha

accession

accented

accountant

accountants

accretion

accenting

acquaintance

adhesion

acquainted

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

affection

affliction

african

alaskan

agenda

aggression

agendas

albion

aegean

albumin

alderman

aleutian

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

artesian

arian

arkansan

ascending

ascendance

ascendant

aryan

artisan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

attention

asunder

attraction

attrition

audition

abandon

beethoven

australian

aversion

awaken

backgammon

avian

backhanded

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

battalion

austrian

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

benjamin

biotin

beholden

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

byzantine

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cartesian

cation

catalan

causation

cardigan

caucasian

carrion

cetacean

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citation

clarendon

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarion

clergyman

cognition

collection

collegian

cohesion

cognitive

collagen

cocoanuts

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

compunction

compassion

completion

complexion

companion

compression

compulsion

concession

conception

concussion

condition

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

confucian

confusion

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contention

convection

convention

contraction

contraption

contortion

contrition

contusion

conversion

conviction

corruption

correction

convulsion

corrosion

corsican

cremation

countryman

councilman

creation

croatian

crestfallen

cosmetic

cyprian

cosmetics

deception

decimate

declension

decision

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

delusion

deletion

denizen

dentition

depletion

depression

depiction

derision

descending

descendants

descendents

descendant

descendent

description

desertion

destruction

detection

dictation

detention

discipline

devotion

determine

digestion

dilation

diffraction

diffusion

dimension

digression

direction

dilution

dignity

discontent

discontents

discretion

discussion

discounters

disjointed

dissection

discounter

disruption

dispersion

dissension

distinction

dissenting

dissenters

dissenter

distortion

distraction

diversion

division

dogmatic

dominion

donation

duration

dorian

eccentric

eccentrics

downtrodden

edition

disunion

egyptian

ejection

election

elation

coercion

elison

eleven

fustian

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

equation

eruption

essential

encryption

emission

englishman

erection

erosion

essentials

etruscan

emotion

emblazon

exception

exertion

eviction

excretion

excursion

exaction

excision

exclusion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

evasion

explosion

everyone

fascinate

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fascinates

fabian

extraction

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fixation

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

formation

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

foramen

franciscan

freemason

fruition

freudian

garrison

gaussian

ghanaian

genuine

gillian

gigantic

gentleman

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

halogen

hackmatack

halcyon

guncotton

hammerman

hawaiian

housebroken

harlequin

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

huguenots

heartbroken

huguenot

hyacinth

hyacinths

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

ignited

imagine

handwoven

immersion

galleon

impassion

implosion

impression

embolden

inaction

position

inception

in-person

imprison

incision

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

injunction

infection

injection

inhuman

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intrusion

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

irian

irishman

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

laotian

lecithin

lanolin

ligation

laurentian

korean

libration

lesbian

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

macintosh

mackintosh

magdalen

magician

malaysian

magnetic

magnetron

magnetics

magnetite

magnitudes

magnitude

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masonite

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

mexican

misanthrope

migration

midshipman

misconduct

mishandles

mismatches

mishandle

misprision

misshapen

misfortune

mistaken

moroccan

munition

mutation

musician

myosin

muskmelon

nebraskan

niacin

nevadan

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

notation

norwegian

nubian

nonunion

nonhuman

nutrition

occasion

obsession

obstruction

objection

occlusion

octillion

odeon

optation

oppression

optician

omission

opinion

oration

origin

orion

osmotic

ovation

outspoken

ottoman

oxygen

overrun

pageantry

partition

parisian

passionate

parthian

partisan

patrician

overdone

overman

peasantry

pegmatite

persuasion

pavilion

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permission

permian

perfusion

peterman

pelican

petition

perversion

phrygian

physician

plebeian

pollution

policeman

menhaden

porcelain

possession

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

prediction

preemption

predestine

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

procession

production

profession

progression

projection

profusion

promotion

proportion

propulsion

protection

quotation

proscription

provision

protean

puritan

quiescent

reaction

raconteur

ramadan

reagent

reagents

reception

recession

recision

recently

rebellion

recondite

reduction

recommits

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

recommit

reignite

rejection

remission

religion

rendition

reopen

resection

repression

rescission

reptilian

resentful

rejoinder

relation

resentment

resentments

resumption

retention

restriction

retraction

revulsion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

reunion

rotation

rifleman

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

secession

seclusion

secondhand

scorpion

scythian

secretion

seduction

sedition

secondly

selection

rekindle

sequential

inclusion

signatures

silicon

signature

skeleton

simian

snapdragon

solomon

solution

singleton

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subversion

subtraction

suburban

succession

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suspension

suspicion

suppression

syrian

tactician

temptation

technician

talisman

tamarin

sigmoidal

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transaction

transition

transcription

tradition

transfusion

transgression

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unison

unburden

uncertain

uneven

unbutton

uncommon

unwritten

uterine

vermilion

vacation

vaccinate

volition

vatican

venison

vibration

veteran

vocation

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abyssinian

accentuates

accentuate

accommodate

accommodates

accountable

accountancy

accordion

acquisition

acquaintanceship

adoration

adrenaline

acquaintances

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

alternation

altercation

alteration

american

apparition

amphibian

apprehension

arbitration

algerian

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

attribution

arthurian

ascendency

arabian

assemblyman

assyrian

asymmetries

asymmetry

athenian

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

byzantium

canadian

californian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

columbian

coloration

coloradan

comedian

collodion

committeeman

complication

competition

comparison

composition

comprehension

computation

condescension

conjugation

confrontation

confiscation

congregation

confirmation

conflagration

conservation

consternation

constitution

contemplation

conversation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

convolution

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

copernican

corinthian

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

decoration

decentralize

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

deformation

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

deportation

dereliction

destitution

disconnection

devolution

deviation

devonian

diaconate

dietitian

disaffection

diminution

dignitaries

dignitary

diocesan

discontented

disillusion

discontinue

disentangle

disinfection

discountable

disinflation

disintegrate

disintegrates

disinterested

disinterest

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissolution

dissymmetry

distribution

duplication

dogmatism

dogmatically

dominican

dosimeters

draconian

dysentery

disunity

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

exploration

englishwoman

equestrian

essentially

erudition

estonian

eritrean

explication

european

eustachian

evolution

execution

exclamation

evocation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expiration

expectation

expedition

exploitation

exposition

extradition

extrication

federation

fecundity

fibrillation

fallopian

figuration

foliation

formulation

floridian

fluctuation

immigration

illustration

fumigation

generation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

gregorian

greco-roman

gorgonian

hacienda

guatemalan

hibernation

himalayan

historian

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

hydrocarbon

ideation

ibuprofen

inclination

implication

importation

imposition

implantation

impregnation

imperfection

imputation

incarnation

incantation

inattention

indication

indignation

incrustation

indentation

incubation

indecision

indexation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

infestation

inflammation

information

infiltration

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

insurrection

institution

integration

interaction

intercession

intermission

interception

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intimation

introspection

introduction

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intuition

intersection

invocation

invitation

iranian

irritation

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

kindergarten

legendary

lilliputian

lancastrian

legislation

jordanian

levitation

liberation

isentropic

leviathan

librarian

liberian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

macedonian

locomotion

locomotive

locomotor

lubrication

maccabean

macintoshes

malformation

magnetism

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

mediation

menstruation

ministration

mesenteric

meridian

misconception

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

misinterprets

mitigation

misunderstand

misunderstands

missourian

moderation

misinterpret

mortification

molestation

moravian

mongolian

napoleon

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obstetrician

polynesian

oblivion

observation

obsidian

octahedron

ohioan

opposition

operation

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ovulation

pagurian

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pelagian

pigmentation

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polyhedron

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predetermine

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procreation

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protozoan

publication

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radiation

readmission

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recognition

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recreation

reexamine

registration

reelection

reformation

refutation

sequestration

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

repetition

reparation

reposition

repercussion

repossession

requisition

reproduction

republican

reservation

resolution

retribution

restitution

retardation

resurrection

retrocession

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

separation

samaritan

satisfaction

secondaries

secondary

self-deception

sectarian

shakespearean

signatory

signatories

siberian

situation

sicilian

simulation

smithsonian

statistician

supervision

stimulation

stipulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

superstition

superhuman

syncopation

syndication

supposition

tamoxifen

toleration

tasmanian

simonian

titillation

tetrahedron

transplantation

transformation

tribulation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

transportation

variation

veneration

vicinity

vindication

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

valerian

watermelon

utopian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

academician

accommodation

accommodations

accommodating

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argumentation

articulation

assemblywoman

association

asymmetrical

attenuation

argentinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

bicentenary

beethovenian

bicentennial

capitulation

brutalization

christianization

caledonian

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centralization

certification

centenarian

brobdingnagian

clarification

civilization

augustinian

cohabitation

collaboration

codification

commemoration

communication

conciliation

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confederation

configuration

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conglomeration

consolidation

consideration

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decentralizing

decomposition

decontaminate

elaboration

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

dionysian

discoloration

discontinuance

disinclination

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissociation

edification

eccentricity

eccentricities

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

equalization

enumeration

epicurean

equivocation

evacuation

evaluation

ethiopian

evaporation

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exaggeration

exfoliation

exoneration

expatriation

exhilaration

exoskeleton

extermination

expropriation

fertilization

fortification

glorification

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

hydrogenation

humiliation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

incineration

inactivation

immunization

improvisation

incarceration

inauguration

incrimination

indoctrination

incorporation

infatuation

insemination

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

interpolation

interconnection

interrogation

interpretation

intoxication

intimidation

ionization

invalidation

investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnetically

magnetometer

magnetometers

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

mobilization

misunderstanding

misunderstandings

mississippian

modification

multiplication

mummification

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

neapolitan

nitroglycerine

normalization

notification

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nullification

obliteration

organization

ornamentation

orientation

oregonian

participation

overproduction

panamanian

patagonian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

pennsylvanian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

premeditation

predisposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

qualification

purification

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reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

pythagorean

rectification

recrimination

recuperation

reforestation

regeneration

refrigeration

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sanctification

scandinavian

secondarily

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

utilization

unification

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

vilification

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word fascination

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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

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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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Different Types of Rhymes
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