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2 syllable words
5 syllable words
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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

arrant

arrants

around

auction

atman

auden

austin

bacon

baldwin

bagman

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

barton

basin

bason

bastion

baston

bayman

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

bordman

belgian

bellman

billion

begun

bellon

billman

billon

bison

boatman

bludgeon

bolden

bisson

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bitten

bookman

boughten

boston

bowman

bourbon

brakeman

bracken

brandle

brandish

brander

brandy

brand-new

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

bromides

brethren

breton

briton

bromide

brindle

brownout

burman

brownouts

bullion

burgeon

burdon

brunette

brunettes

burton

coachman

caisson

cajun

canaan

cabin

calvin

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

carman

carmine

caption

carbon

capstan

carton

captain

cauldron

caution

cayman

chairman

caxton

certain

chapman

chaplain

charon

chasten

chessman

cheapen

chosen

christen

chevron

chieftain

chicken

children

christian

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

button

colon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

corinth

cornet

burden

crimson

cotton

damson

craven

craftsman

cousin

cretin

crewman

courant

cowan

crandall

cremate

crouton

cuban

dalton

cushion

dampen

dagan

dagon

daman

cumin

curtain

current

currents

darken

burnet

deacon

deaden

deafen

fasten

famine

bushman

delphian

demon

desman

diction

dian

devon

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

doormat

doormats

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

dudgeon

drumhead

drunken

dromon

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

durant

ermine

errand

errant

errands

faction

falcon

fallen

farrand

fashion

fatten

faulcon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flashgun

flexion

firman

fission

floren

flatten

foreman

foreign

forehand

forehands

footman

format

fortune

formats

fountain

fraction

felon

freeman

gentian

freshman

freedman

freshen

friction

frighten

friendship

friendships

frontage

frontal

function

frozen

fronted

frontier

frontiers

fusion

garden

gascon

gammon

garron

garand

gallon

garnet

friendly

georgian

german

gerund

gilden

gerunds

gladden

given

glidden

glisten

gibbon

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gourmets

gotten

gourmet

gowan

grandchild

grandeur

grandly

griffon

grandson

grandsons

frantic

harten

granted

hasten

grecian

graven

greenwood

greyhound

grenades

grinding

grenade

grindle

grinder

grinders

grindstone

gumption

groundnut

groundling

groundnuts

grounding

groundswell

grounder

groundwork

guardsman

gudgeon

hackman

haitian

hangman

happen

harden

harken

grantors

haven

headman

headsman

hearten

heathen

heighten

hempen

henchman

hermit

hermits

hessian

hetman

heron

hidden

heaven

hogan

homespun

horseman

houseman

hornets

hornet

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

granite

horehound

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

hausen

grantor

faustian

deepen

jason

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jetton

jorden

junction

kalan

kansan

keelson

klansman

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

kitchen

kitten

lampron

laden

lagan

kelson

landman

landsman

latin

lemon

kelvin

layman

legion

leaven

ledden

leman

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lesion

leven

leaden

lichen

linemen

ion

lightman

liken

liman

lineman

lighten

lion

listen

linden

lisbon

liven

linen

lockman

locken

logan

loren

lotion

lopeman

longan

loosen

lumen

luncheon

lyden

m1

lynden

madden

mahone

maiden

mansion

margin

marchman

mangan

marksman

markman

london

marlin

martian

mason

marten

martin

matron

marron

mayan

mention

mermaid

melton

melon

mermaids

minden

minion

mignon

mormon

mission

mitten

morgan

moisten

motion

molten

mountain

muslin

muffin

mullen

mutton

nation

million

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

notion

ocean

often

omen

olden

odin

onion

open

nekton

option

milken

organ

orphan

ornate

othman

outdone

outrun

oxen

oven

owen

packman

pagan

panton

paean

pardon

parents

parson

passion

passman

pathan

patron

patten

parent

pavon

pectin

penguin

permit

peon

permute

person

persian

perron

permits

poison

pillion

pinion

pigeon

piston

pitman

portman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

penman

ponton

pension

potion

postman

prentice

pressman

primate

primates

prison

printer

printers

printing

printings

promote

promotes

prussian

pullen

ration

question

quicken

raven

rayon

reason

proven

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

rincon

ribbon

risen

ridden

riven

roman

rosen

sermon

rosin

session

sharpen

robin

rotten

rumen

scion

rowen

russian

salmon

saffron

sadden

salesman

samson

sanction

runnion

saxon

scallion

satan

santon

satin

ruin

scotsman

scullion

section

seaman

season

seedsman

semen

selden

sequin

shearman

shaken

rowan

shaman

shipman

seton

sexton

seven

shogun

shorten

shotgun

showman

shrunken

zion

sicken

siphon

siren

silken

smarten

soldan

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

smitten

sportsman

spartan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

squadron

spoken

station

spokesman

stallman

stallion

statesman

stepson

stockman

straighten

stillion

steven

stolen

strengthen

suasion

sturgeon

stricken

striven

stiffen

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

slacken

suction

surgeon

sunken

syphon

sweeten

sylvan

taken

swollen

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

tendon

tension

teston

termite

termites

thousand

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

tillman

token

toman

surround

torrent

torrents

townsman

toughen

traction

surrounds

treason

trillion

trojan

trodden

union

tranter

tubman

tungsten

turban

trundle

turndown

turn-out

tyrants

tuscan

undone

tyrant

urchin

urson

urban

urine

vegan

truant

triton

version

vision

villain

vulcan

warden

warren

wanton

warrant

waken

warrants

wagon

watchman

weaken

whiten

widen

worsen

whitson

woodman

woolman

wheaten

woman

women

weapon

wiccan

wizen

woolen

workman

wormwood

yaupon

wooden

yachtsman

woven

written

yeoman

zaman

zircon

3 syllable words

ablution

abortion

abduction

abdomen

abrasion

accession

abstraction

accretion

absorption

abstention

admission

addiction

adoption

addition

adhesion

adrian

affection

adsorption

affliction

african

acumen

aegean

aggression

alaskan

alderman

albion

albumin

aleutian

allusion

alien

ambition

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

ambrosian

arian

arkansan

armada

artesian

ascension

aryan

artisan

aspersion

assertion

assassin

audition

assumption

attraction

attention

attrition

asuncion

australian

awaken

austrian

aversion

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

baronet

baronets

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

bermudas

bosnian

bermuda

beholden

benjamin

biotin

beethoven

bitumen

bouillon

brandywine

brandishes

brandenburg

brazilian

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

castration

carrion

cation

catalan

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

champion

chamberlain

charwoman

cistercian

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

cognition

collegian

coherent

collection

cohesion

collagen

collision

collusion

commission

combustion

commotion

compassion

completion

complexion

communion

companion

compression

concession

conception

concussion

compulsion

concoction

compunction

conclusion

confection

condition

conduction

confession

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

congressman

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

conjunction

construction

consumption

contagion

contention

contraction

contraption

contortion

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

conversion

coronet

coronets

corruption

corrosion

corsican

correction

countryman

councilman

creation

crestfallen

cyprian

curmudgeon

curmudgeons

currently

corundum

declension

abandon

deduction

deception

digestion

defection

deletion

deflection

digression

deflation

dentition

depiction

delusion

denizen

depletion

depression

derision

description

desertion

detection

detention

determine

dictation

destruction

diffraction

dimension

devotion

dilution

diffusion

direction

distinction

discretion

discussion

dissection

disruption

dispersion

dissension

distortion

division

diversion

disunion

discipline

dorian

dominion

distraction

downtrodden

dramatist

dramatize

elation

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

durante

equation

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

erection

eruption

erosion

etruscan

evasion

eviction

everyone

exaction

exception

exertion

excretion

exemption

exhaustion

excision

excursion

exclusion

expansion

explosion

expression

extension

extortion

extraction

fabian

extinction

extrusion

expulsion

fahrenheit

imagine

decision

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fixation

fisherman

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

formative

franciscan

fenian

freemason

feminine

frustration

freudian

fruition

garrison

galleon

fustian

gaussian

furniture

gentleman

genuine

gestation

gillian

ghanaian

gordian

gradation

granado

granados

granddaughter

granddaughters

grandfather

grandfathers

grandmother

grandiose

frenetic

grandmothers

granduncle

harlequin

grandnephews

granduncles

gravamen

grandnephew

grobian

groundbreaking

guarantee

guaranteed

guarantees

guaranties

guarantor

guardian

guaranty

guarantors

guncotton

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

hawaiian

harmattan

halcyon

heartbroken

hermitage

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

granitic

immersion

impassion

porcelain

illusion

impression

inception

inaction

in-person

imprison

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

infarction

induction

inflation

infection

inflection

infliction

invasion

ingestion

infraction

infusion

insertion

inspection

injection

injunction

instruction

inhuman

inscription

intention

intestine

intrusion

invention

irishman

irian

ironwood

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

italian

jettison

jovian

kantian

julian

inversion

korean

keratin

keynesian

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

logician

lumberman

implosion

magdalen

lutheran

magician

malaysian

malayan

margarine

mandarin

marian

marinades

marinade

masculine

marinate

medallion

medicine

median

marinates

menhaden

melanin

maronite

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

mutation

muskmelon

munition

myosin

musician

myrmidon

myrmidons

nebraskan

niacin

nevadan

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

normative

occasion

oppression

obsession

objection

obstruction

nutrition

occlusion

odeon

octillion

omission

nubian

opinion

optician

nemean

origin

orient

orion

ornately

ottoman

pavilion

overman

overdone

overrun

oxygen

paranoid

parisian

parenthood

parthian

partition

patrician

partisan

parentage

permission

parental

phoenician

pelican

peterman

perception

perfection

percussion

perfusion

pentathlon

permian

perversion

petition

permeates

permeate

persuasion

physician

phrygian

policeman

plebeian

pollution

possession

outspoken

position

mexican

precession

preclusion

precision

predestine

midshipman

preemption

prenatal

premature

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

primitive

procession

prostration

production

profession

progression

promotion

promotions

projection

profusion

proportion

promoter

propulsion

proscription

protean

promoters

protection

provision

puritan

pyramid

pyramids

ramadan

quarantine

regression

quarantines

reaction

recession

reception

rebellion

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

precaution

rejection

relation

prediction

remission

rendition

reopen

repression

resection

reptilian

rescission

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

restriction

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

secretion

secession

seclusion

scythian

sedition

seduction

sensation

selection

serenade

zambian

religion

simian

silicon

solomon

snapdragon

solution

skeleton

specimen

submersion

submission

subtraction

subscription

stygian

suburban

succession

subversion

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

superman

temptation

singleton

surrounding

surroundings

surrender

suspension

suspicion

tactician

syrian

tamarin

technician

talisman

thespian

surrenders

toboggan

timberman

tornado

transaction

tornadoes

tornados

transcription

translation

tradition

transition

transfusion

transgression

transmission

traumatic

venetian

tuition

turntable

turntables

unbutton

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unison

uterine

urinate

vacation

unwritten

variant

variants

vatican

veranda

vermilion

verandas

veteran

warranty

trinity

volition

vitamin

venison

warranties

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

absolution

accordion

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

albanian

agrarian

aldebaran

alabaman

allegation

allocation

algonquian

algerian

altercation

approbation

amputation

american

ammunition

amphibian

annotation

appellation

annexation

application

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

backwardation

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

aromatic

arthurian

aspiration

avocation

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

assyrian

aviation

athenian

barbarian

barometer

barometers

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

armadillo

armadillos

calibration

cancellation

calculation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

chromatogram

chromatograms

centurion

collocation

cogitation

coalition

coherently

collodion

coloradan

combination

commendation

comedian

columbian

committeeman

commutation

compilation

compensation

complication

competition

comparison

composition

comprehension

condemnation

computation

condensation

concentration

condescension

conservation

congregation

confrontation

confiscation

conflagration

connotation

consternation

conjugation

consolation

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

constitution

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

coriander

corinthian

corinthians

fascination

cotyledon

culmination

criterion

cultivation

crocodilian

crucifixion

cyclopean

custodian

decimation

darwinian

dandelion

declaration

decoration

dedication

decompression

implication

deconstruction

imperfection

defamation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

definition

demarcation

demonstration

demolition

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

deposition

desecration

designation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

destination

dilatation

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

dietitian

destitution

devonian

diminution

disaffection

dissertation

disconnection

disinfection

disillusion

dissipation

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

disposition

dissolution

distillation

divination

diocesan

domination

dominican

dormitory

dormitories

dramatically

draconian

federation

distribution

estimation

dramaturgy

duplication

embarkation

education

elongation

elevation

elocution

electrician

emanation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

erudition

eritrean

equestrian

estonian

european

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhalation

execution

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

expiration

exploration

expectation

explanation

explication

exploitation

expedition

exposition

fabrication

extrication

eustachian

extradition

fallopian

dromedary

imitation

dramatizes

immigration

fluoridation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fermentation

formidable

formidably

fragmentation

fumigation

grandiloquent

gastrulation

generation

galilean

gargantuan

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

grammatical

grandfatherly

gentlewoman

grandmotherly

gravitation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

historian

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitation

hegelian

himalayan

hydrocarbon

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

immolation

implantation

businesswoman

incantation

impregnation

imputation

imposition

incarnation

inattention

inclination

incrustation

indentation

incubation

indecision

information

indexation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indonesian

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

intimation

inhalation

inspiration

installation

instigation

integration

inhibition

innovation

insulation

institution

inquisition

insurrection

intercession

interception

interaction

interjection

interdiction

intermission

intersection

intervention

interruption

interwoven

interurban

intonation

inundation

intuition

introspection

introduction

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

liberation

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

importation

lubrication

machination

maccabean

macedonian

manumission

mammalian

malnutrition

masturbation

maturation

mediation

meditation

melanesian

medication

menstruation

meridian

ministration

miseration

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

mitigation

minnesotan

missourian

mortification

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

nigerian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

noblewoman

observation

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

olympian

octahedron

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

oscillation

oriental

oriented

orientals

ostentation

oxidation

overburden

ovulation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

paramedic

paramedics

parameter

parameters

parentheses

penetration

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

perforation

permutation

permutations

politician

permeated

perspiration

perturbation

perimeter

persecution

peruvian

perimeters

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

penicillin

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

preelection

preignition

predilection

premonition

premeditate

preservation

preparation

presentation

proclamation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

pyramidal

radiation

readmission

realization

reassertion

recantation

reclamation

reawaken

recognition

recollection

recitation

recreation

reelection

reexamine

refutation

reconstruction

registration

regulation

reinspection

reparation

relaxation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

reorient

repetition

replication

reposition

reservation

reputation

repossession

reproduction

republican

resignation

requisition

resolution

respiration

restitution

restoration

retardation

revelation

retrocession

resurrection

retribution

revocation

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sequestration

sectarian

separation

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

serenity

shakespearean

predetermine

siberian

sicilian

simulation

simonian

situation

transplantation

supervision

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

surrogation

termination

smithsonian

supposition

superstition

superhuman

transportation

tasmanian

tabulation

syndication

syncopation

tamoxifen

tarantulas

tarantula

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

vegetation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

veneration

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

validation

valuation

vaccination

valerian

ventilation

visitation

vindication

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

agglomeration

adjudication

administration

affiliation

adulteration

aeronautical

alleviation

alliteration

alienation

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

amelioration

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

association

authorization

assimilation

attenuation

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

argentinian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

clarification

certification

centralization

civilization

christianization

chromatography

centenarian

classification

coagulation

collaboration

codification

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

conciliation

concatenation

confabulation

confederation

conglomeration

configuration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

deification

degeneration

deliberation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

dermatology

dermatologist

dermatologists

delineation

desegregation

determination

defenestration

decomposition

delicatessen

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dionysian

dramatization

dramatizations

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evaporation

exacerbation

evaluation

exaggeration

evacuation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

imagination

gasification

glorification

gratification

harmonization

hallucination

hanoverian

hermetically

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

immunization

inauguration

incarceration

improvisation

inactivation

incineration

incorporation

infatuation

indoctrination

incrimination

inoculation

inhabitation

insinuation

initiation

insemination

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

invalidation

intoxication

ionization

irradiation

investigation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

mobilization

misapplication

misinformation

misapprehension

miscalculation

mississippian

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

normalization

neutralization

neapolitan

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

nickelodeon

negotiation

notification

nullification

obliteration

orientation

organization

orientations

ornamentation

origination

ossification

ornithology

metropolitan

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

oregonian

parimutuel

parenthetical

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

polarization

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

pomeranian

pennsylvanian

precipitation

predestination

reintegration

premeditation

predisposition

preoccupation

prevarication

presupposition

presbyterian

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

purification

pythagorean

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

recombination

recommendation

reforestation

recrimination

recuperation

rectification

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

remuneration

representation

repudiation

retaliation

reverberation

resuscitation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

sophistication

synchronization

thermodynamics

thermodynamic

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

veterinarian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word formation

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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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