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

acton

action

airman

alan

alban

alman

ambush

amman

belgian

apron

asian

ashen

arson

aspen

auction

atman

auden

austin

bastion

banyan

baldwin

bacon

basin

bagman

bargain

barton

baron

barren

bason

baston

baton

beacon

bayman

batten

batton

beaten

beckon

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bison

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

brazen

bolden

bordman

brethren

bombast

bombshells

bombshell

bushman

boston

briton

brakeman

bowman

boughten

bourbon

bracken

breton

brighten

brogan

bollen

broaden

broken

bullion

bookman

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cajun

caisson

calvin

cabin

bumpkin

button

canaan

campaigns

canton

cannon

capstan

canyon

caption

canon

canvass

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

campaign

carton

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

charon

cheapen

children

chasten

chaplain

chicken

champagnes

champagne

champaign

chessman

chapman

chevron

chieftain

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

clinton

classman

coachman

claxon

colon

citron

combust

common

compact

compacts

composed

compose

composts

compost

confect

confused

confuse

convex

convict

convoys

copeman

convoke

convicts

corban

cordon

cousin

conveys

craftsman

cowan

craven

cotton

crimson

crewman

crouton

cuban

cushion

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

dampen

damson

deacon

deafen

deaden

darken

delphian

deepen

cumin

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

dobson

doctrine

dozen

draftsman

dolman

drunken

dolphin

driven

dromon

dudgeon

dragon

eaten

eden

dustman

dutchman

earthen

elan

embossed

dungeon

engine

emption

ensign

envoys

ermine

cretin

fashion

falcon

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

fiction

fielden

fibrin

faction

felon

fireman

firman

fission

flexion

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

foreman

fusion

foreign

freedman

freeman

freshen

friction

fortune

freshman

function

fountain

frozen

frighten

fraction

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

georgian

gentian

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

goodman

german

grecian

griffon

gumption

grandson

gowan

guardsman

graven

gladden

gudgeon

haven

hangman

gorgon

gombos

headsman

haitian

hackman

hausen

hasten

heathen

harden

harken

harten

headman

gotten

hearten

heaven

heighten

hempen

henchman

hessian

hetman

heron

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

hoten

happen

human

huntsman

hoven

houseman

humbug

humpback

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

impasse

impact

impacts

impeach

imposed

impose

impish

impugn

impugns

infect

infest

infects

infests

invest

invoice

invests

invokes

invoke

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jumpsuit

jordan

jorden

jumbos

kenyan

jumpsuits

junction

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kalan

kitchen

kitten

klansman

knapsack

kremlin

laden

landman

lampron

lagan

lambaste

lambastes

landsman

kirkman

layman

latin

leaden

leaven

legion

leman

leven

ledden

lesion

lemon

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lichen

linemen

lighten

lightman

linen

liken

liman

linden

lisbon

listen

lineman

liven

lion

lineups

locken

lockman

logan

london

loosen

lopeman

loren

minion

lynden

luncheon

lumen

jetton

m1

lyden

maiden

mahone

madden

mangan

mansion

margin

marksman

martian

marchman

markman

marron

marlin

marten

martin

million

mason

matron

mayan

melton

melon

mention

mignon

milken

minden

longan

lotion

mission

mitten

poison

moisten

molten

muffin

motion

mountain

mullen

morgan

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

onion

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

omen

olden

open

norman

option

oven

mormon

pillion

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

paean

pagan

owen

oxen

packman

pampas

panton

parson

passion

patron

pathan

passman

patten

pavon

penguin

penman

pectin

pension

peon

pardon

perron

pinion

persian

person

organ

pigeon

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

pollan

ponton

shaman

pollen

potion

portman

postman

portion

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

queenfish

question

quicken

pumpkins

rainbows

reason

ration

raven

rayon

rampage

reckon

pumpkin

region

redden

pullen

rerun

resin

ribbon

rincon

risen

ridden

riven

rosen

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosin

rumen

ruin

rowan

runnion

salesman

russian

saffron

sadden

salmon

sanction

santon

rowen

satan

samson

satin

saxon

semen

scallion

season

seaman

section

seedsman

scullion

selden

scotsman

sequin

sermon

seton

sexton

session

seven

rotten

shaken

scion

shampoos

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shogun

silken

shrunken

sicken

showman

shotgun

siphon

siren

smitten

slogan

smarten

slacken

snobbish

solon

sodden

soften

stillion

strengthen

soldan

spearman

sovereign

spoken

sportsman

stallion

sovran

station

statesman

spartan

spokesman

squadron

stepson

stallman

stiffen

tension

steven

stockman

stricken

stolen

striven

straighten

suasion

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sunfish

sunken

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

sturgeon

surgeon

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tempest

tempos

tendon

teston

thicken

tillman

thousand

threaten

tighten

timepiece

titan

treason

toman

tombstones

toughen

torsion

townsman

traction

token

tombstone

trillion

trojan

tubman

triton

trodden

tungsten

turban

tuscan

unbox

undone

union

unpack

shorten

yeoman

urchin

urban

urson

urine

vulcan

vegan

version

wheaten

vision

villain

whitson

waken

wiccan

whiten

weaken

weapon

warden

watchman

wagon

warren

wizen

widen

woman

women

written

wanton

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

woven

workman

worsen

yachtsman

yaupon

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablution

ablation

abdomen

abduction

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstraction

absorption

abstention

acumen

accretion

adhesion

addiction

addition

admission

adoption

adsorption

bedizen

adrian

aegean

affection

aggression

african

alaskan

albumin

aleutian

alderman

alien

albion

allusion

ambrosian

alsatian

ambition

ambushes

affliction

amoebas

anchorman

andean

beholden

bedouin

anyone

apportion

appian

aspersion

arian

arkansan

artesian

ascension

artisan

aryan

assumption

assertion

assassin

battalion

aversion

attraction

attention

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

avian

bandwagon

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

asuncion

anglican

beethoven

bedridden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

brazilian

bonobos

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

carnation

cambrian

canapes

campion

campuses

campaigners

campaigning

capsaicin

campaigner

canvassers

canvasses

cardigan

carrion

cartesian

castration

caucasian

causation

cetacean

cessation

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

chilean

champion

charwoman

charlatan

communion

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

citation

cation

clarendon

clarion

collegian

cohesion

collusion

clergyman

collection

coercion

cognition

collagen

collision

commotion

combustion

commission

compassion

civilian

companion

compacted

catalan

completion

composers

composer

composes

composing

composite

compression

composites

conception

composure

compulsion

compunction

concession

concoction

conduction

confection

concussion

condition

confession

confections

confessions

confesses

conversion

configure

confiscate

convention

confuses

conflation

congestion

congressman

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

connection

contention

contortion

consumption

contraction

contrition

convection

contraption

convective

conjunction

conviction

corruption

incision

convictions

convulsion

cyprian

councilman

countryman

corrosion

correction

corsican

creation

crestfallen

cremation

decision

defection

depletion

crustacean

deflation

deletion

croatian

deception

dalmatian

damnation

deflection

deduction

declension

denizen

depiction

excursion

complexion

excretion

depression

description

desertion

derision

devotion

detection

destruction

detention

determine

diffraction

dilution

dimension

digestion

dilation

egyptian

dictation

discretion

discussion

discipline

direction

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

disunion

division

distortion

distraction

donation

dominion

distinction

digression

diversion

downtrodden

dorian

duration

edition

elation

election

ejection

eleven

elison

embezzle

embezzled

emblazon

embassy

embassies

emotion

embezzles

emission

embolden

emphasize

emphasized

enlighten

englishman

emulsion

encryption

enliven

equation

envisage

erection

erosion

etruscan

eruption

evasion

everyone

exception

eviction

exaction

excision

dentition

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

filtration

abandon

explosion

expression

expulsion

extortion

extraction

extension

extinction

fabian

fenian

ferryman

feminine

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

forewoman

expansion

foramen

forbidden

forgotten

formation

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fruition

fustian

galleon

garrison

halogen

genuine

gentleman

handwoven

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

genovese

gradation

gravamen

grobian

gordian

gyration

guardian

guncotton

hawaiian

hammerman

halcyon

heartbroken

harlequin

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

honeybees

housebroken

hydration

ignition

imagine

immersion

impassion

impeaches

impassioned

impacted

imbecile

imbeciles

impassive

impeachment

impeachments

implosion

imposes

imposing

imprison

incursion

impostor

impression

inaction

inception

infection

in-person

infarction

indian

induction

infections

impostors

infective

infighting

inflation

inflection

infliction

ingestion

infraction

injection

insertion

injunction

inscription

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

invasions

invasive

invective

inversion

invention

investing

investment

investments

investor

investors

invoices

italian

irian

irishman

jacobin

jamaican

hydrogen

julian

jovian

kantian

laotian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

location

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

ligation

libyan

libration

logician

misfortune

misprision

lumbago

malaysian

lutheran

malayan

magician

magdalen

mandarin

manifest

manifests

menhaden

marian

margarine

masculine

median

medallion

medicine

melanin

menopause

midshipman

mexican

migration

misshapen

mistaken

lumberman

jettison

muskmelon

musician

munition

mutation

myosin

narration

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nonhuman

nonunion

opinion

nobleman

nitrogen

norwegian

notation

nubian

objection

obsession

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

nutrition

odeon

omission

oppression

optation

optician

oration

phoenician

persuasion

origin

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

oxygen

overman

overrun

parthian

partisan

partition

pavilion

patrician

parisian

pelican

pentathlon

perfection

perception

percussion

permian

permission

perversion

peterman

petition

moroccan

phrygian

physician

orion

plantation

plebeian

javelin

policeman

pollution

predation

possession

precaution

position

precession

precision

prediction

predestine

preemption

presumption

prescription

pretension

profession

prevention

production

progression

probation

procession

privation

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

prostration

proscription

protection

protean

provision

quotation

puritan

ramadan

rebellion

reaction

rampages

reception

recision

recession

redemption

reduction

reflection

regimen

regression

reimpose

rejection

relation

resection

reinvests

rendition

reopen

remission

rescission

religion

reptilian

repression

resumption

restriction

retention

reversion

reunion

revision

retraction

revulsion

reinvest

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

sensation

secretion

secession

scythian

sedation

seduction

sedition

selection

scorpion

singleton

simian

silicon

solution

snapdragon

skeleton

temptation

stagnation

specimen

starvation

solomon

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succession

summation

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

taxation

technician

thespian

timberman

transaction

toboggan

tradition

transcription

translation

transgression

transition

transmission

unbroken

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uneven

unbiased

unbeknown

uncommon

unwritten

unison

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vocation

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

waterman

wannabes

zambian

porcelain

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

adaptation

acquisition

activation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

accordion

advocation

affirmation

affectation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

allegation

algerian

algonquian

albanian

aldebaran

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

annotation

annexation

appalachian

appellation

application

apparition

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arizonan

arbitration

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

animation

amphibian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

athenian

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

amputation

benediction

beneficent

bifurcation

beneficial

beneficence

benefactors

bolivian

bohemian

benefactor

businesswoman

canadian

calibration

calculation

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

compensation

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

cogitation

coalition

coloration

collocation

collodion

circumvention

coloradan

comedian

combination

commendation

committeeman

columbian

comparison

commutation

compassionate

competition

compilation

complication

comprehension

compositions

concentration

computation

composition

condensation

condemnation

condescension

confectioner

confectioners

confessional

confessionals

confirmation

confiscated

confiscation

confrontation

conflagration

conjugation

consultation

constitution

connotation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

congregation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contrarian

contradiction

contravention

conversation

convolution

convocation

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

coronation

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

corp.

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

dandelion

decimation

darwinian

dedication

culmination

decoration

declaration

defamation

decompression

deconstruction

deformation

definition

cultivation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

custodian

cyclopean

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

derivation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

dereliction

desiccation

designation

devolution

destitution

desolation

desperation

destination

detonation

devastation

deviation

devonian

deportation

deposition

depravation

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

dispensation

dislocation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

divination

distillation

domination

dominican

draconian

electrician

duplication

education

emulation

diocesan

elocution

elevation

elongation

emanation

embezzler

embarkation

embezzlers

embezzlement

emigration

emphasizes

englishwoman

envisages

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estimation

european

estonian

erudition

eustachian

evolution

evocation

excavation

emphysema

excitation

exclamation

emphasizing

execution

exhalation

exhumation

exhortation

fabrication

expiration

exploitation

exploration

expectation

explanation

explication

extradition

extrication

expedition

exposition

fascination

fallopian

figuration

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gargantuan

galilean

gastrulation

generation

exhibition

gentlewoman

glaciation

germination

gravitation

granulation

graduation

gorgonian

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

himalayan

hibernation

historian

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

ibuprofen

iberian

ideation

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

impassable

impeachable

impeccable

imperfection

implantation

implication

importation

imposition

impregnation

impossibly

incubation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

inattention

hydrocarbon

incrustation

indecision

indonesian

infeasible

indication

indigestion

inefficient

indentation

indexation

indignation

indiscretion

ineffective

impossible

infestation

infestations

information

inflammation

infiltration

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

institution

insulation

insurrection

installation

instigation

integration

interwoven

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

interurban

interception

interdiction

intersection

interjection

intervention

intimation

intuition

intonation

inundation

introduction

introspection

investigate

investigates

investiture

iteration

invocation

invitation

invisible

invisibles

invigorate

irritation

irrigation

iranian

isolation

jacobean

lubrication

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

miseration

lumpectomy

lumpectomies

machination

mammalian

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

melanesian

manifesto

manifestly

masturbation

manufacture

minnesotan

manufactures

medication

meditation

maturation

mediation

menstruation

manufactured

meridian

ministration

misconception

manumission

minibuses

misbegotten

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

ordination

molestation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

operation

newtonian

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

ohioan

olympian

occupation

octahedron

omnibuses

opposition

orchestration

persecution

ostentation

paraguayan

oscillation

permutation

overburden

pagurian

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

pigmentation

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

pedestrian

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

shakespearean

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

preconception

praetorian

precondition

preelection

predilection

predetermine

preparation

presentation

preservation

premonition

preignition

profanation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

prostitution

propagation

proposition

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

realization

reassertion

readmission

reawaken

recantation

recreation

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

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tamoxifen

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supposition

tetrahedron

titillation

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trepidation

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ulceration

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unbecoming

usurpation

vaccination

vacillation

valuation

variation

validation

wagnerian

veneration

ventilation

utopian

vindication

violation

victorian

visitation

valerian

vegetation

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

accreditation

affiliation

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agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

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amazonian

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assemblywoman

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electrocution

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elizabethan

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ethiopian

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evaporation

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examination

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extermination

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imagination

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inefficiencies

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indoctrination

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instrumentation

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investigating

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hydrogenation

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jeffersonian

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localization

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nitroglycerine

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refrigeration

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rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

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repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

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reverberation

scandinavian

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

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sterilization

substantiation

subordination

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stratification

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vilification

vulgarization

veterinarian

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word infusion

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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.


Perfect Rhymes

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

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

Imperfect Rhymes

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

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

Using Rhymes

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

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

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

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

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