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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

ambush

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

auden

austin

bacon

basin

banyan

baldwin

bagman

bargain

barton

baron

barren

bason

baston

bookman

baton

beckon

beaten

bordman

batten

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bison

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

batton

boatman

bayman

beacon

bolden

bombast

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bracken

boston

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bombshell

brakeman

brazen

brethren

breton

briton

broken

brighten

broaden

brogan

bullion

bombshells

caisson

button

burgeon

bushman

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cajun

calvin

bumpkin

campaigns

campaign

canyon

caption

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

capstan

canvass

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

cayman

caxton

certain

chairman

churchman

charon

chaplain

chapman

chasten

cheapen

chicken

children

chessman

chevron

chieftain

christen

chosen

christian

champagnes

claxon

citron

classman

clinton

coachman

champagne

champaign

bastion

colon

combust

common

compacts

compact

composts

compost

confect

confuse

confused

convex

conveys

convict

convicts

convoke

convoys

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

cousin

cotton

cowan

crimson

crewman

craven

crouton

cushion

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

darken

deepen

delphian

demon

damson

dampen

desman

diction

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolphin

dozen

dolman

draftsman

driven

dustman

drunken

dungeon

dudgeon

dutchman

fiction

eaten

eden

elan

earthen

dragon

embossed

emption

ensign

engine

envoys

ermine

faction

falcon

dromon

fashion

fasten

faulcon

famine

fatten

faustian

felon

fibrin

fielden

flexion

fission

flashgun

fireman

firman

flatten

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

fraction

friction

freshen

freshman

freedman

freeman

frighten

frozen

function

fountain

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

gentian

gilden

gibbon

georgian

german

given

glisten

glidden

goodman

golden

gorgon

gladden

gluten

gombos

gotten

gowan

griffon

gumption

grandson

guardsman

graven

grecian

gudgeon

haitian

hackman

hangman

harken

happen

headman

heaven

harden

headsman

heathen

ibsen

harten

hasten

hessian

henchman

hempen

hetman

heron

hidden

homespun

hausen

haven

horseman

hearten

houseman

heighten

composed

huntsman

hogan

humbug

hyphen

hyson

hoten

hoven

human

humpback

impacts

impact

impasse

hymen

impish

imposed

impose

impeach

impugn

impugns

infects

infest

infect

infests

infuse

invest

invests

invokes

invoke

ion

junction

invoice

jackman

jason

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jetton

jordan

keelson

jorden

jumbos

jumpsuit

jumpsuits

kelson

kelvin

kansan

kalan

kenyan

kitchen

kirkman

kitten

klansman

kremlin

lampron

lambastes

lambaste

laden

lagan

landman

landsman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

latin

layman

lemon

leman

lengthen

lessen

lesson

leven

listen

lichen

liken

lighten

lightman

liman

linden

linen

lineman

linemen

lineups

lion

lisbon

lesion

knapsack

liven

london

locken

lockman

logan

longan

loosen

lopeman

loren

fallen

lotion

compose

lynden

luncheon

m1

lumen

lyden

mahone

maiden

madden

mangan

mansion

marchman

marksman

martian

marron

markman

margin

marlin

marten

martin

mason

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mention

milken

million

minion

minden

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

mignon

muslin

mutton

nekton

ninon

newsman

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

option

often

olden

odin

onion

omen

open

organ

orphan

pension

othman

outrun

oven

oxen

outdone

owen

pagan

packman

panton

paean

pardon

pampas

parson

passion

pectin

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

penguin

penman

peon

perron

person

pigeon

persian

pinion

pillion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

shaken

cretin

portion

ponton

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pumpkins

pullen

pumpkin

question

quicken

rainbows

ration

reason

rayon

raven

rampage

queenfish

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

rincon

ridden

risen

riven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosin

rumen

runnion

russian

rosen

rotten

saffron

sadden

salesman

rowan

salmon

rowen

ruin

samson

sanction

saxon

santon

scullion

scotsman

scallion

satan

satin

scion

section

selden

seedsman

seaman

season

semen

session

sequin

seton

sermon

sexton

seven

shrunken

shearman

shipman

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

shaman

shogun

showman

shampoos

sicken

silken

slacken

siphon

siren

slogan

smitten

smarten

soldan

sodden

soften

stepson

solon

spearman

spokesman

sportsman

spoken

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

stallman

station

statesman

snobbish

stiffen

steven

stillion

strengthen

stricken

stockman

sturgeon

suasion

stolen

straighten

striven

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

sunfish

sweeten

surgeon

tension

swollen

sylvan

taken

syphon

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

sunken

tempest

tempos

tendon

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tillman

tighten

titan

timepiece

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

token

toman

tombstones

tombstone

trillion

treason

trojan

triton

trodden

tubman

unbox

tuscan

turban

tungsten

undone

union

unpack

urchin

urban

urine

urson

vegan

version

villain

vulcan

pollen

vision

waken

wanton

warden

wagon

warren

worsen

watchman

whitson

wiccan

weaken

weapon

women

woodman

wheaten

woman

wooden

whiten

widen

wizen

woolen

woolman

workman

written

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

pollan

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

accession

addiction

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accretion

acumen

addition

adhesion

affliction

adoption

adsorption

aegean

adrian

aggression

african

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

albumin

alien

albion

alsatian

admission

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

ambushes

amoebas

apportion

anglican

anyone

anchorman

andean

appian

arian

arkansan

ascension

artesian

artisan

aryan

aspersion

attention

assumption

attraction

assassin

assertion

asuncion

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

backgammon

backwoodsman

avian

bandwagon

badminton

cognition

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bouillon

beethoven

bosnian

brazilian

bonobos

bulletin

cambrian

campaigner

campaigners

campaigning

campion

capsaicin

canapes

canvasses

canvassers

cardigan

cetacean

carnation

carrion

causation

chairperson

cartesian

castration

caucasian

cation

catalan

cessation

chairwoman

chamberlain

campuses

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

champion

cistercian

citizen

citation

clarion

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

battalion

cohesion

collagen

commission

collegian

collusion

collision

combustion

commotion

communion

compassion

exertion

completion

companion

compacted

compulsion

compression

composites

composing

composite

composer

composers

composes

compunction

composure

concoction

concussion

condition

confesses

conclusion

configure

confiscate

conflation

confucian

construction

congestion

confusion

conscription

confusions

congressman

conjunction

consumption

contagion

confusing

constriction

contraption

contortion

contrition

contusion

convective

conversion

confuses

convulsion

creation

correction

cremation

councilman

countryman

corsican

corruption

croatian

corrosion

crestfallen

dentition

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

incision

damnation

declension

decision

deflation

deletion

delusion

denizen

depletion

expression

expulsion

derision

description

desertion

egyptian

determine

elation

dictation

devotion

diffusion

digression

digestion

dilation

dilution

direction

discussion

discretion

disruption

dispersion

dissection

discipline

distortion

division

distinction

diversion

disunion

donation

downtrodden

dominion

dorian

duration

edition

eleven

embezzle

embezzles

elison

embezzled

embassies

embassy

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

envisage

equation

emphasize

emphasized

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

everyone

excision

excretion

exhaustion

excursion

exclusion

expansion

explosion

incursion

extraction

abandon

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fenian

ferryman

feminine

hydration

fixation

filtration

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forewoman

forbidden

formation

forgotten

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

garrison

galleon

handwoven

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gyration

guncotton

gravamen

grobian

guardian

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

genovese

gaussian

fabian

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

housebroken

horizon

immersion

hydrogen

impacted

honeybees

horatian

impassive

ignition

impassion

illusion

imagine

imbecile

imbeciles

impassioned

impeachments

implosion

impeaches

impeachment

imposes

impression

imposing

imprison

impostors

impostor

inclusion

fijian

indian

infective

infighting

infusion

infusions

inhuman

inscription

invasion

intrusion

invasions

invective

invasive

inversion

investing

investment

investments

investors

investor

irishman

invoices

irian

jamaican

italian

jacobin

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

location

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

laotian

ligation

lesbian

libration

libyan

logician

lutheran

malaysian

malayan

magician

magdalen

mandarin

manifest

manifests

marian

masculine

margarine

medallion

median

migration

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

munition

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

menopause

negation

muskmelon

mutation

narration

musician

myosin

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

lumberman

nonunion

nonhuman

obsession

notation

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

oppression

obstruction

oration

plantation

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

optation

omission

opinion

optician

orion

ottoman

nobleman

overrun

perception

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pelican

pavilion

origin

pentathlon

outspoken

phoenician

ovation

percussion

persuasion

permission

perfusion

permian

phrygian

peterman

perversion

petition

physician

overdone

overman

plebeian

lumbago

policeman

possession

pollution

position

porcelain

prediction

precession

predestine

precaution

preclusion

precision

predation

preemption

procession

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

prescription

production

progression

profusion

proportion

propulsion

promotion

prostration

provision

protean

puritan

rebellion

proscription

quotation

reaction

ramadan

rampages

recision

redemption

reduction

regression

reinvest

regimen

reimpose

reinvests

rendition

relation

religion

remission

reopen

repression

retraction

reptilian

rescission

restriction

resumption

retention

revulsion

reversion

rhodopsin

reunion

revision

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scythian

sensation

sedition

sedation

seclusion

secretion

silicon

singleton

skeleton

simian

snapdragon

starvation

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

stygian

submersion

suggestion

submission

subtraction

succession

subversion

suburban

subscription

summation

sumatran

suspension

superman

suppression

suspicion

taxation

syrian

tactician

talisman

tamarin

technician

temptation

thespian

timberman

transgression

toboggan

transaction

tradition

transcription

transition

transfusion

translation

transmission

truncation

unburden

tuition

unbroken

unbiased

unbutton

unbeknown

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

unison

vacation

uterine

vatican

venison

venetian

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vocation

volition

wannabes

waterman

wesleyan

vitamin

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

aberration

abdication

abolition

acclamation

adaptation

abrogation

absolution

acclimation

abyssinian

accusation

activation

acquisition

accordion

advocation

admiration

adulation

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

affectation

agrarian

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

aldebaran

algonquian

alabaman

algerian

albanian

allocation

allegation

alteration

altercation

american

annexation

ammunition

application

approbation

amphibian

apprehension

animation

annotation

appellation

appalachian

apparition

amputation

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

alternation

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

backwardation

aviation

cogitation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

benefactors

beneficent

beneficence

beneficial

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

canadian

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circumspection

circulation

circumvention

circumcision

coalition

benefactor

collodion

coloradan

coloration

complication

collocation

commendation

combination

comedian

commutation

committeeman

columbian

comparison

compensation

compassionate

competition

compilation

concentration

composition

compositions

comprehension

computation

confessional

confessionals

condemnation

conflagration

condensation

confiscation

confirmation

confiscated

condescension

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consolation

consternation

constellation

constitution

consummation

constipation

contemplation

conversation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contribution

contravention

consultation

convocation

convolution

corporation

corp.

coronation

corinthian

copernican

correlation

copenhagen

cotyledon

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

decimation

deconstruction

defamation

decompression

decoration

declaration

dedication

definition

dehydration

deformation

degradation

delegation

dandelion

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

desiccation

desecration

derivation

detonation

destination

desolation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

disinflation

disposition

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

divination

distillation

distribution

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

desperation

destitution

education

electrician

elevation

deviation

emanation

elongation

elocution

embarkation

embezzlement

embezzler

embezzlers

emigration

emphysema

emphasizing

emulation

englishwoman

envisages

equestrian

equitation

emphasizes

eritrean

eustachian

european

estimation

estonian

expectation

erudition

evocation

evolution

excavation

exhibition

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

excitation

expiration

exclamation

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

devastation

figuration

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fascination

fermentation

fibrillation

federation

incarnation

fluoridation

foliation

fluctuation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

generation

fumigation

gargantuan

galilean

inattention

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

granulation

gregorian

guatemalan

greco-roman

habitation

hypertension

iberian

hegelian

historian

hibernation

himalayan

hesitation

herculean

hemoglobin

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

impassable

impeccable

implication

implantation

importation

ideation

imposition

ibuprofen

impossible

impossibly

impeachable

impregnation

imputation

fallopian

incantation

inclination

incubation

indentation

indecision

incrustation

indigestion

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

ineffective

inefficient

infeasible

infiltration

inflammation

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

installation

institution

insulation

instigation

integration

interception

intervention

inspiration

intercession

intermission

interurban

introduction

introspection

intuition

intimation

intonation

inundation

interwoven

invisibles

invitation

investiture

investigate

investigates

irrigation

invisible

invigorate

iteration

iranian

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

litigation

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liquefaction

liberation

levitation

liquidation

lilliputian

leviathan

librarian

liberian

limitation

locomotion

lubrication

noblewoman

lumpectomy

lumpectomies

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manifestly

manifesto

manufacture

manufactured

manufactures

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

misconception

menstruation

meridian

miseration

misperception

ministration

minnesotan

minibuses

misbegotten

motivation

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nicaraguan

nigerian

nestorian

newtonian

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obstetrician

occupation

ohioan

octahedron

olympian

operation

opposition

omnibuses

obsidian

ordination

orchestration

ostentation

oscillation

ovulation

overburden

planarian

perforation

oxidation

penetration

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

perspiration

persecution

permutation

perturbation

pigmentation

peruvian

plutonian

polynesian

population

polyhedron

pomposity

predilection

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predetermine

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

proclamation

preservation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

reassertion

protestation

prostitution

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

realization

radiation

readmission

reawaken

recantation

recollection

reconstruction

reclamation

recognition

recitation

recreation

reemphasize

reexamine

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

reinvestment

renovation

relocation

relaxation

reparation

repercussion

repossession

reproduction

republican

replication

requisition

repetition

reputation

reposition

resignation

restitution

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

retardation

retrocession

revocation

rhetorician

revelation

revolution

retribution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

sanitation

saturation

segmentation

self-deception

sectarian

segregation

separation

sequestration

politician

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

situation

simulation

simonian

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subluxation

suffocation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

surrogation

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

symposium

syncopation

tamoxifen

symposiums

tabulation

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

toleration

ulceration

tribulation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

unaffected

unbecoming

usurpation

vacillation

validation

valuation

valerian

utopian

vaccination

variation

veneration

ventilation

vegetation

victorian

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

academician

adjudication

affiliation

adulteration

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

administration

amalgamation

amazonian

ambassadorship

ambassadorships

ambiguity

ambiguities

amortization

amplification

annihilation

authentication

anticipation

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appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assimilation

association

assassination

assemblywoman

attenuation

augustinian

codification

amelioration

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

beneficially

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

carthaginian

christianization

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classification

civilization

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colonization

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compassionately

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confectionaries

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configurations

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coordination

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denomination

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

degeneration

defenestration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dionysian

discoloration

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disinclination

disintegration

discrimination

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

electrocution

domestication

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dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

equivocation

epicurean

equalization

eradication

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

evaporation

exoneration

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

examination

exhilaration

excoriation

exfoliation

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

facilitation

inactivation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

extermination

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

inauguration

illumination

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

imagination

immunization

improvisation

incineration

harmonization

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

ineffectual

inefficiency

inefficiencies

inefficiently

initiation

inhabitation

insemination

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interrogation

interpretation

interpolation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

investigations

investigating

investigative

investigators

investigator

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

localization

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

polarization

magnification

manifestation

magnetization

manifestations

manipulation

manufacturer

manufacturers

manufacturing

mathematician

mechanization

maximilian

maximization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

mummification

multiplication

miscalculation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

oregonian

orientation

ossification

origination

ornamentation

pacification

organization

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

overproduction

pomeranian

precipitation

predisposition

predestination

premeditation

preoccupation

prevarication

presbyterian

presupposition

proliferation

prognostication

proletarian

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pronunciation

purification

pythagorean

qualification

quantification

reaffirmation

ramification

ramifications

ratification

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

recrimination

rectification

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

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reiteration

remuneration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

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specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vilification

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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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.


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  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
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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
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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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