Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word hogan.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 hogan.
2 syllable words

again

acton

action

acme

acne

airman

akin

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

argon

argonne

arson

ashame

ashen

asian

aspen

auden

austin

auction

assume

bagman

baldwin

atman

bacon

awesome

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

basin

bason

barton

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

baston

billion

bastion

bassoon

became

become

begun

bhutan

begin

bellon

bellman

belgian

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

boron

briton

blacken

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

bowman

boughten

broaden

bourbon

bracken

brazen

bordman

bookman

brakeman

bollen

breton

bobbin

brethren

brighten

boston

bosom

broken

cuban

burden

burdon

burman

burton

burgeon

bushman

certain

bygone

cabin

caisson

buxom

cajun

ceylon

button

canaan

cannon

calvin

canon

capon

canyon

captain

caption

capstan

casein

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cayman

charon

caxton

cauldron

caution

chasten

cheapen

chiffon

canton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chicken

chasm

chessman

chevron

chieftain

children

chosen

christen

citron

christian

churchman

claxon

coachman

cocaine

cochin

clinton

cockney

cocoon

classman

colon

bullion

common

copeman

crewman

corban

cowan

cordon

crayon

cousin

cotton

craven

cretin

crimson

craftsman

crouton

cumin

buckskin

cuisine

curtain

zircon

cushion

dagan

dagon

dacron

dalton

daikon

daman

dampen

delphian

damson

deacon

deaden

deafen

darken

deepen

demon

desman

ermine

devon

dian

diction

disown

dismay

doggone

dogma

dobson

doctrine

dungeon

dolman

dragon

dromon

drunken

dozen

driven

dudgeon

draftsman

dolphin

earthen

eaten

dutchman

dustman

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

equine

famine

exon

exhume

faction

falcon

fallen

fasten

fashion

faulcon

faustian

flashgun

fatten

felon

flatten

fibrin

floren

firman

fission

fielden

fireman

fiction

flexion

foreign

foreman

footman

fortune

fountain

fraction

freeman

frighten

freshen

freedman

freshman

friction

frozen

fusion

gallon

gammon

garron

function

garden

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gilden

glisten

gluten

golden

gorgon

gowan

graven

griffon

goodman

grandson

gotten

grecian

hausen

gudgeon

gumption

hackman

happen

haitian

hakim

hangman

harden

harken

hasten

harten

haven

hackney

heaven

heighten

heathen

guardsman

headman

headsman

hearten

hempen

henchman

heron

hessian

horseman

homespun

hidden

hetman

hexane

hoten

hoven

human

houseman

hymen

hygiene

huntsman

hyphen

icon

hyson

ibsen

ion

linen

jackman

ism

jargon

jason

jetton

jasmine

jetson

jejune

jordan

jorden

kalan

junction

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kansan

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

klansman

koran

krypton

lagan

lagoon

latin

layman

kremlin

laden

lampron

landman

leon

lakin

leaden

leaven

ledden

landsman

leman

lemon

legume

lessen

legion

lengthen

lesion

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

maidan

listen

lumen

liven

lisbon

locken

lockman

lotion

lopeman

loosen

loren

longan

london

luncheon

mangan

lynden

madden

lyden

m1

magma

machine

maiden

mahone

mansion

marron

marlin

marten

margin

martian

marchman

markman

marksman

mason

martin

matron

mayan

maxim

meson

memnon

micron

melon

melton

mignon

mention

milken

million

minden

iran

minion

mitten

mission

moron

motion

molten

morgan

moisten

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

mutton

muslin

nation

newcome

notion

neuron

nekton

ninon

norman

nylon

newsman

oarsman

ocean

ponton

odin

omen

open

olden

often

onion

organ

orphan

option

othman

outdone

outrun

owen

ozone

oven

oxen

packman

pagan

paean

pardon

panton

parson

passim

passion

passman

pecan

patten

pathan

patron

pectin

pavon

penguin

perron

penman

peon

poison

pension

persian

person

pinion

pigeon

pillion

piston

pitman

pigskin

pigmy

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

pompon

postman

portion

portman

possum

potion

pressman

prison

pylon

radon

pullen

prussian

python

proven

pygmy

quicken

question

raven

raccoon

raisin

ration

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

regain

region

regime

rejoin

rerun

resin

resume

rhizome

ribbon

ridden

roman

rosen

rowen

rincon

rumen

riden

ripen

risen

riven

rowan

robin

ruin

rosin

sadden

rotten

russian

runnion

saffron

salesman

salmon

salon

samson

sanction

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scion

schism

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

slip-on

section

shearman

seedsman

selden

sermon

semen

seton

shorten

sequin

seven

showman

session

shotgun

shaken

shaman

sexton

shrunken

shipman

slacken

sharpen

sicken

silken

sigma

siphon

siren

siskin

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

squadron

solon

spearman

smarten

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

stallion

sovereign

sovran

spartan

stallman

stolen

stiffen

straighten

station

steven

stepson

statesman

stillion

stockman

stricken

strengthen

striven

suasion

sturgeon

swollen

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

surgeon

tampon

sylvan

sweeten

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tendon

tarpon

tartan

techno

tension

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

token

toman

titan

tillman

trojan

torsion

toughen

traction

trillion

triton

turban

townsman

tungsten

treason

trodden

tubman

tuscan

tycoon

union

upon

urson

urchin

urine

urban

vision

vaccine

wagon

undone

vegan

villain

version

vishnu

vulcan

waken

vixen

wanton

warren

warden

weaken

weapon

watchman

wheaten

whiten

whitson

wiccan

wigwam

woven

widen

wizen

woman

women

woodman

wooden

woolen

xenon

woolman

worsen

written

zaman

workman

yaupon

yeoman

yachtsman

zion

vacuum

3 syllable words

abdomen

abidjan

ablution

abduction

abandon

ablation

absorption

abrasion

accretion

accession

abstraction

abstention

abortion

acumen

addition

addiction

adhesion

african

adoption

adrian

adsorption

admission

aegean

affection

affliction

ambrosian

agony

aileron

alaskan

aleutian

albumin

alderman

albion

alien

aggression

amazon

allusion

alsatian

ambition

anglican

anchorman

andean

antiphon

appian

apportion

anyone

arian

aryan

ascension

artisan

artesian

arkansan

assassin

aspersion

assertion

autobahn

astrakhan

assumption

attraction

asuncion

attrition

audition

awaken

australian

austrian

avian

aversion

backgammon

bandwagon

backwoodsman

badminton

axiom

attention

bedouin

battalion

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bedridden

bedizen

biogen

bitumen

biotin

bouillon

brazilian

bosnian

collusion

campion

cambrian

chamberlain

cardigan

carillon

capsaicin

carrion

carnation

cartesian

charlatan

cation

catalan

cephalon

caucasian

causation

castration

celadon

chairwoman

cetacean

chairperson

champion

cesium

charwoman

cessation

chilean

cinnamon

citation

citizen

cistercian

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

cassino

clarion

coercion

cohesion

cognition

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

casino

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

compassion

companion

completion

complexion

compulsion

compression

compunction

conclusion

concoction

conduction

concession

conception

concussion

condition

confession

confection

confucian

confusion

conjunction

conflation

congestion

congressman

connection

connexion

conviction

construction

constriction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contraption

contrition

contusion

contraction

convulsion

corrosion

corsican

convection

convention

councilman

correction

corruption

countryman

conversion

creation

conscription

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

bulletin

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

delusion

decision

deception

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

deism

denizen

dentition

denouement

depiction

depletion

erosion

derision

desertion

depression

description

destruction

detection

detention

dictation

determine

devotion

dilution

diffusion

digression

diffraction

dilation

digestion

dimension

direction

discipline

discussion

discretion

disruption

diversion

dispersion

dissection

disunion

distortion

distraction

dissension

distinction

division

elation

donation

dorian

downtrodden

duration

echelon

dominion

edition

egyptian

ejection

eczema

election

embolden

emotion

electron

eleven

elison

emblazon

emission

emulsion

englishman

encryption

enlighten

enliven

equation

eocene

erection

eruption

etruscan

eskimo

exaction

evasion

exertion

everyone

eviction

exemption

exclusion

excision

exception

excursion

excretion

exhaustion

explosion

expansion

expulsion

expression

extortion

fabian

extrusion

extraction

extinction

extension

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

fisherman

fixation

filtration

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

foramen

gaussian

forewoman

formation

foundation

freudian

freemason

franciscan

forgotten

fruition

galleon

frustration

ganglion

fustian

garrison

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

genuine

gestation

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guncotton

gyration

hawaiian

heroin

guardian

handwoven

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

harlequin

helicon

heartbroken

heroine

iguana

cyclotron

hexagon

horizon

horatian

housebroken

imagine

hydrogen

illusion

hydration

impassion

immersion

incursion

implosion

ignition

inaction

in-person

imprison

impression

inclusion

incision

inception

indian

induction

infarction

injunction

infection

insertion

inflation

infusion

inhuman

infraction

ingestion

injection

infliction

inflection

inscription

intrusion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

irian

irishman

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

korean

lanolin

laotian

liaison

lecithin

laurentian

lesbian

lexicon

ligation

libyan

libration

lactation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

mackinaw

magician

magnetron

malayan

mandarin

malaysian

marathon

medallion

marian

margarine

masculine

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

miasma

miocene

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

pentagon

moroccan

munition

musician

mutation

museum

myosin

narration

muskmelon

oberon

nevadan

negation

nemean

nebraskan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

occasion

occlusion

obsession

obstruction

objection

octagon

omission

opinion

orion

origin

oration

oppression

optation

optician

ottoman

overman

overrun

ovation

overdone

outspoken

oxygen

paragon

pantheon

parisian

octillion

parmesan

parthenon

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pelican

pavilion

percussion

perfusion

permian

pentathlon

permission

perception

perfection

polygon

persuasion

phrygian

peterman

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

plebeian

policeman

pollution

plantation

picayune

odeon

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

preclusion

precession

precision

predation

predestine

prediction

pretension

presumption

preemption

prescription

prevention

privation

probation

profession

projection

promotion

rapprochement

profusion

proportion

progression

propulsion

proscription

protean

provision

protection

prostration

puritan

quotation

procession

ramadan

production

reaction

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

regimen

relation

rejection

reassume

religion

remission

reopen

repression

reptilian

requiem

rescission

resection

resumption

revulsion

restriction

rhodopsin

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

rotation

rifleman

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

salvation

scorpion

saxony

scythian

secession

seclusion

rendition

secretion

sedation

skeleton

seduction

sensation

sesame

selection

silicon

simian

singleton

snapdragon

sedition

solution

specimen

stagnation

solomon

stygian

starvation

submersion

submission

suburban

subtraction

subversion

succession

suggestion

sumatran

superman

summation

suppression

suspension

syrian

taoism

suspicion

tamarin

talisman

tactician

taxation

technician

temptation

thereupon

thespian

theism

toboggan

timberman

transgression

transfusion

unbroken

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

tradition

transaction

uncommon

transcription

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unison

uterine

uneven

unwritten

vacation

subscription

vagina

vatican

venison

venetian

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vaccina

vocation

volition

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

whereupon

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

abdication

absolution

aberration

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admonition

admiration

adrenaline

adoration

adulation

advocation

affirmation

affectation

accusation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

alteration

agitation

american

allocation

alternation

altercation

animation

annotation

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

annexation

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

apparition

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

athenian

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

automaton

aviation

avocation

azerbaijan

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

canadian

cancellation

calculation

californian

celebration

centurion

carcinogen

collodion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

columbian

coloradan

comedian

coloration

committeeman

combination

commendation

comparison

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

compensation

complication

comprehension

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

concentration

confirmation

conjugation

confiscation

congregation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

consolation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

copenhagen

contrarian

contemplation

contradiction

contravention

contribution

contraception

conservation

conversation

convolution

copernican

cotyledon

coronation

correlation

corp.

corporation

corinthian

convocation

consecration

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

dandelion

decimation

declaration

darwinian

decompression

dedication

defamation

decoration

definition

deformation

delegation

degradation

deconstruction

demarcation

dehydration

demolition

deposition

deportation

depravation

demonstration

depredation

derivation

desiccation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

devonian

devolution

devastation

deviation

detonation

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

destitution

diocesan

disaffection

disputation

disillusion

disconnection

divination

dislocation

disposition

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

dissolution

distillation

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

dominican

draconian

duplication

domination

education

elongation

elevation

emanation

elocution

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

electrician

estonian

european

estimation

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excitation

excavation

execution

exclamation

exhalation

fallopian

exhortation

erudition

exhibition

exhumation

exposition

expedition

explication

exploitation

expiration

exploration

expectation

explanation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

foliation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

germination

cyclopean

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

guatemalan

herculean

hesitation

custodian

himalayan

historian

hibernation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ideation

imitation

immolation

immigration

illustration

imperfection

implication

imposition

importation

imputation

impregnation

inattention

implantation

incarnation

incantation

inclination

incubation

incrustation

indecision

interwoven

indication

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

innovation

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

inhalation

inhibition

information

inquisition

indexation

instigation

institution

integration

inspiration

interaction

installation

insulation

insurrection

intercession

interception

interdiction

intermission

interjection

interruption

intimation

interurban

introduction

intonation

intersection

intervention

introspection

intuition

inundation

indentation

relocation

oblivion

invitation

iranian

jacobean

isolation

iteration

irritation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberian

liberation

librarian

levitation

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

irrigation

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

invocation

maccabean

macedonian

machination

minnesotan

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

manumission

obsidian

misbegotten

miseration

misconception

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

motivation

molestation

mortification

moravian

mongolian

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

newtonian

nestorian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nigerian

nonpartisan

nomination

nonprescription

modulation

obligation

obfuscation

observation

ohioan

okinawa

olympian

operation

orchestration

ordination

opposition

ostentation

oscillation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

oxymoron

paraguayan

pagurian

palpitation

pagination

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

obstetrician

occupation

permutation

persecution

perforation

peruvian

phenomenon

perturbation

perspiration

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

octahedron

population

praetorian

precondition

preconception

predilection

predetermine

preignition

preparation

preelection

premonition

preservation

presentation

prohibition

procreation

profanation

proclamation

propagation

protozoan

protestation

provocation

prosecution

prostitution

publication

proposition

punctuation

radiation

realization

readmission

reassertion

recitation

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reexamine

reawaken

regulation

reelection

refutation

reformation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

indigestion

repercussion

repetition

reparation

reposition

replication

repossession

republican

reproduction

reputation

requisition

resignation

reservation

resolution

restitution

retardation

respiration

restoration

resurrection

retrocession

revelation

revocation

revolution

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rhododendron

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shakespearean

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situation

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speculation

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utopian

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valuation

valerian

variation

vegetation

ventilation

vindication

veneration

victorian

violation

vaccination

wagnerian

vacillation

watermelon

visitation

vaccinia

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

accommodation

accreditation

acceleration

accumulation

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

administration

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amazonian

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capitulation

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deification

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delineation

denomination

depopulation

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determination

dionysian

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discrimination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

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ejaculation

elizabethan

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

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equalization

equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

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exhilaration

exoskeleton

exoneration

expropriation

expatriation

facilitation

falsification

extermination

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hyperborean

hybridization

illumination

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

immunization

imagination

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incarceration

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interpretation

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gratification

investigation

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justification

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libertarian

localization

lithuanian

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magnification

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manipulation

irradiation

mathematician

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mechanization

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metropolitan

misapplication

ionization

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

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multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

negotiation

notification

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modernization

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oregonian

organization

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pacification

panamanian

participation

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pasteurization

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pennsylvanian

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polarization

pomeranian

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representation

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theologian

triangulation

substantiation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word hogan

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

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

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
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  • Bulb
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