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

action

acton

banyan

alan

airman

affront

affronts

affirms

alban

alman

affirm

bargain

barren

boatman

apron

bolden

baron

aprons

arson

aspen

amman

ashen

asian

austin

atman

auden

auction

auburn

bagman

bacon

baldwin

blowgun

barton

baston

bastion

bowman

basin

bourbon

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

befriend

belgian

bellman

billion

begun

befriends

billman

bellon

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

bordman

bookman

bobbin

bollen

boughten

boston

brogan

brethren

curtain

broaden

brakeman

bracken

broken

crewman

crouton

brazen

burden

burdon

burgeon

breton

burman

burton

certain

button

chevron

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canon

carman

canaan

carbon

capstan

canton

canyon

captain

caption

carmine

cannon

carton

cauldron

cavern

caxton

caverns

bushman

cayman

caution

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chosen

chasten

cheapen

chessman

children

coachman

chicken

chieftain

colon

citron

churchman

christian

classman

claxon

clinton

christen

dalton

common

cordon

corban

copeman

cotton

cousin

craven

cowan

craftsman

cretin

crimson

cuban

brighten

cumin

briton

cushion

darken

bullion

dampen

damson

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

zircon

deepen

deform

delphian

demon

deformed

desman

devon

diction

dian

doctrine

dobson

dromon

dolman

dolphin

driven

earthen

draftsman

dozen

dragon

drunken

dudgeon

dustman

dungeon

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

emption

graven

engine

ensign

ephraim

fibrin

ermine

fireman

firman

faction

falcon

faulcon

fallen

famine

fasten

fashion

faustian

fatten

felon

fielden

fiction

floren

foreman

foreign

footman

flexion

fountain

fortune

frozen

fraction

freedman

freshman

friction

freeman

frighten

freshen

function

fusion

garron

gascon

gallon

gammon

garden

georgian

gilden

gentian

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

golden

gorgon

gluten

govern

goodman

gotten

fission

gowan

governs

flashgun

grandson

flatten

griffon

motion

guardsman

gumption

hackman

gudgeon

haitian

harden

harken

harten

happen

hasten

hearten

heron

hausen

headsman

homespun

headman

hangman

hoven

haven

hogan

horseman

heaven

henchman

hempen

hetman

hidden

hessian

hoten

houseman

heathen

human

heighten

huntsman

ibsen

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jordan

jackman

jargon

ion

jasmine

jason

jorden

jetson

jetton

lampron

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

junction

kalan

kenyan

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

landman

kitten

laden

kitchen

lagan

leaven

landsman

latin

layman

leaden

leven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lengthen

legion

lesion

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

liven

lineman

linemen

lisbon

linen

listen

locken

lion

logan

lockman

loosen

lopeman

loren

lotion

lowborn

lumen

london

longan

luncheon

molten

marchman

lyden

lynden

madden

m1

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

morgan

margin

marron

marten

martian

martin

markman

marksman

marlin

matron

million

mayan

moisten

mason

melton

mention

melon

milken

minden

minion

mission

mitten

mignon

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

rerun

muslin

mutton

grecian

nation

nekton

newborn

newborns

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

open

organ

orphan

outrun

outdone

othman

oven

owen

onion

option

pardon

oxen

packman

panton

pagan

paean

person

parson

passman

passion

pathan

patron

pavon

pectin

patten

penman

pension

peon

perron

portion

penguin

persian

pinion

pigeon

pillion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

poison

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

ponton

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

proven

question

pullen

quicken

prussian

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

reborn

redden

reformed

reform

region

refrains

refrain

reforms

samson

reprint

resin

reprints

riven

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

robin

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

rumen

ruin

runnion

russian

rosin

saffron

rotten

sadden

salesman

salmon

santon

sanction

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

scullion

section

seaman

season

seedsman

selden

semen

sylvan

sermon

seven

sexton

seton

shaken

session

sequin

shaman

sharpen

shogun

shorten

showman

shearman

shipman

shotgun

shrunken

sicken

shopworn

silken

soldan

sovereign

sovran

smarten

siphon

siren

slogan

spartan

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

sovrans

spearman

sparing

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

tillman

token

squadron

sprinkles

sprinters

sprinklers

sprinter

sprinkler

stallman

stallion

steven

statesman

stepson

station

stillion

stiffen

stockman

stolen

sturgeon

striven

straighten

stricken

strengthen

suasion

surgeon

swollen

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

supreme

supremes

sweeten

toman

springboard

tarpon

springer

syphon

talon

taken

tappen

tartan

tavern

springing

taverns

tendon

tension

teston

thousand

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

torsion

toughen

sprinkle

townsman

traction

trojan

turban

treason

tungsten

tuscan

urban

trillion

trodden

union

undone

triton

urson

urchin

urine

tubman

woven

vegan

yeoman

version

vibrant

villain

vision

vulcan

warden

warren

wanton

watchman

wagon

waken

wheaten

workman

whitson

worsen

weaken

weapon

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woodman

woolman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

yaupon

yachtsman

zaman

zion

springtime

sprinkling

3 syllable words

aberrant

ablation

abdomen

abduction

abhorrence

abhorrent

ablution

adrian

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

addition

addiction

admission

adhesion

acumen

adoption

adsorption

afferent

affection

aegean

african

aggression

affliction

alaskan

alderman

albion

aleutian

albumin

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

apparent

arian

anyone

anglican

appearance

apprehend

arkansan

aspersion

assassin

artisan

aryan

aversion

ascension

assertion

attention

austrian

assumption

attraction

attrition

australian

audition

avian

asuncion

backgammon

awaken

artesian

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

beethoven

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beforehand

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

appian

bosnian

bouillon

apportion

apprentice

croatian

abandon

bufferin

bulletin

carnation

cambrian

campion

cardigan

capsaicin

carrion

cartesian

causation

catalan

caucasian

castration

cation

chairperson

cessation

cetacean

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

citation

cinnamon

citizen

clarion

civilian

clarendon

cohesion

clergyman

collection

cyprian

collagen

collegian

collision

cognition

collusion

commission

combustion

commotion

compassion

companion

communion

complexion

completion

compression

concession

conception

compulsion

conclusion

compunction

concoction

concussion

condition

confession

confection

conduction

conflation

congestion

congressman

confucian

confusion

conjunction

connection

connexion

contention

constriction

construction

contagion

consumption

contortion

convention

contraction

contraption

conversion

convection

contrition

conviction

convulsion

contusion

corrosion

covering

coverings

corsican

councilman

countryman

correction

corruption

conscription

creation

cremation

crestfallen

brazilian

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

debarment

deception

decision

declension

deflation

defection

deferment

deference

deferments

deduction

deflection

denizen

gravamen

deletion

dentition

delusion

depiction

depletion

digestion

depression

determine

desertion

derision

description

diffusion

detection

detention

diapering

destruction

difference

different

dictation

devotion

diffraction

differently

digression

dilation

dimension

direction

discipline

discretion

dispersion

discussion

dissection

disruption

dissension

diversion

downtrodden

distortion

distraction

distinction

disunion

division

dorian

efferent

elation

donation

duration

election

ejection

edition

elison

egyptian

emblazon

embolden

eleven

emission

emotion

dominion

encryption

dilution

grobian

emulsion

enlighten

equation

enliven

erosion

etruscan

erection

evasion

everyone

evermore

eviction

excretion

exertion

exaction

excursion

exemption

exception

excision

exclusion

expansion

exhaustion

eruption

expression

extension

fijian

explosion

expulsion

fabian

extraction

extortion

favoring

extinction

flotation

ferryman

filtration

extrusion

fenian

feminine

governance

fisherman

foramen

forbidden

governing

fixation

flirtation

formation

foundation

government

forewoman

fruition

forgotten

franciscan

freemason

freudian

frustration

gradation

governments

fustian

gestation

galleon

garrison

ghanaian

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gillian

gordian

governors

governor

englishman

guardian

gyration

halcyon

guncotton

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

handwoven

horizon

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

hibernate

horatian

heartbroken

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

imagine

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incursion

indian

incision

inclusion

infarction

induction

jacobin

infection

inflation

inflection

infraction

infliction

infusion

ingestion

injection

inhuman

injunction

insertion

inscription

intention

intestine

inspection

instruction

intrusion

inversion

jovian

korean

invention

irian

italian

jamaican

javelin

irishman

jettison

invasion

julian

laurentian

kantian

keratin

laboring

lactation

labyrinth

keynesian

laotian

lanolin

lesbian

lecithin

ligation

libration

libyan

lutheran

location

logician

lumberman

malayan

magdalen

magician

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

migration

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

munition

mutation

musician

narration

muskmelon

myosin

negation

nevadan

nevermore

nebraskan

nemean

nobleman

niacin

nitrogen

nonhuman

oberon

notation

nutrition

nubian

norwegian

nonunion

objection

odeon

obsession

offering

occasion

obstruction

octillion

occlusion

offerings

operant

oration

oppression

optation

opinion

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overhangs

omission

overnight

overmatch

papering

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

peppering

peppermint

pentathlon

perception

percussion

permian

permission

perfusion

perfection

perversion

peterman

petition

physician

persuasion

phrygian

phoenician

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

quotation

protean

precession

predation

precision

preclusion

predestine

prevention

prediction

preemption

pretension

prescription

presumption

probation

privation

procession

profession

provision

progression

projection

promotion

profusion

proportion

proscription

protection

prostration

propulsion

ramadan

production

puritan

precaution

reaction

reaffirms

reaffirm

recession

rebellion

reception

recision

salvation

redemption

reference

reflection

reduction

reformer

repression

reformers

reformist

regression

regimen

relation

rejection

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

reformists

reprimand

reprimands

rescission

resection

reunion

restriction

retention

retraction

resumption

reversion

reverence

reverend

reverent

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

reptilian

scorpion

scuppernong

secession

sedation

secretion

sedition

scythian

seduction

seclusion

selection

sensation

severance

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

soprano

solution

sopranos

singleton

specimen

syrian

stagnation

starvation

superman

sumatran

submersion

subversion

suffering

succession

submission

suburban

subtraction

subscription

sufferings

suggestion

stygian

summation

suppression

suspension

suspicion

tamarin

tapering

talisman

tactician

timberman

taxation

temptation

technician

thespian

translation

transaction

transgression

transition

transcription

transfusion

tradition

transmission

unburden

tuition

unbroken

uterine

waterman

uncertain

unbutton

unison

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

uppermost

truncation

vacation

vocation

toboggan

vatican

venison

venetian

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vitamin

vibrancy

volition

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

adoration

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

american

accusation

acquisition

activation

admiration

accordion

adaptation

admonition

adrenaline

acclamation

acclimation

alabaman

advocation

affectation

affirmations

affirmative

affirmation

agrarian

agitation

aforementioned

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

alteration

alternation

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allocation

altercation

allegation

adulation

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

annexation

annotation

apparition

appalachian

bavarian

animation

appearances

appellation

apprehension

apprehensions

apprehensive

approbation

apprentices

apprenticeships

arabian

arbitration

apprenticeship

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

armageddon

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

attribution

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

apparently

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

application

criterion

calculation

businesswoman

californian

canadian

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

coloradan

collodion

collocation

cogitation

coloration

columbian

comedian

combination

commendation

committeeman

comparison

commutation

compilation

competition

compensation

complication

composition

comprehension

confirmation

computation

copernican

condemnation

condescension

condensation

confiscation

conflagration

concentration

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

conservation

consternation

consolation

consecration

constellation

constipation

consummation

consultation

contemplation

constitution

contraception

contrarian

conversation

contradiction

contravention

convocation

convolution

contribution

copenhagen

covariance

connotation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

corinthian

coronation

correlation

crucifixion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

declaration

decimation

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

defamation

deferential

definition

deformation

delegation

deformity

dehydration

deformities

degradation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

desperation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

designation

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

deviation

destination

devastation

detonation

devolution

devonian

differences

differential

dietitian

differentials

destitution

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

diminution

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disputation

dispensation

disposition

disillusion

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

distribution

dissolution

motivation

draconian

duplication

elevation

education

effrontery

electrician

divination

domination

elongation

embarkation

elocution

emanation

emigration

dominican

emulation

equitation

equestrian

figuration

eritrean

estonian

estimation

erudition

evocation

evolution

excavation

exploration

excitation

exclamation

expiration

exhalation

exhortation

execution

exhumation

expectation

explication

exhibition

expedition

explanation

exploitation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

exposition

fallopian

federation

fascination

fibrillation

fermentation

foliation

eustachian

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

fragmentation

fumigation

formulation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gastrulation

germination

gorgonian

governorship

governmental

governorships

graduation

granulation

european

greco-roman

gravitation

gregorian

englishwoman

habitation

hibernation

herculean

hemoglobin

historian

hesitation

himalayan

hegelian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

indonesian

hyperion

iberian

ideation

hypertension

ibuprofen

importation

imitation

immolation

imperfection

immigration

illustration

implication

implantation

impregnation

imposition

inattention

imputation

incantation

incarnation

incubation

indentation

indexation

indication

incrustation

indecision

indignation

indigestion

inclination

indiscretion

information

inflammation

innovation

inhalation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

insurrection

interaction

interurban

instigation

integration

institution

interception

intercession

intermission

insulation

interdiction

interjection

intersection

installation

interruption

intervention

interwoven

intimation

intuition

introduction

introspection

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

iteration

isolation

iranian

jacobean

irrigation

irritation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

labyrinthine

lancastrian

levitation

legislation

leviathan

liberation

librarian

liberians

infiltration

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

liquidation

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

moderation

missourian

mitigation

misconception

molestation

mongolian

moravian

liberian

mortification

infestation

guatemalan

modulation

mutilation

napoleon

proclamation

nestorian

never-ending

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nigerian

nonpartisan

retardation

obfuscation

obligation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

operation

olympian

orchestration

opposition

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

ovulation

navigation

papier-mache

pagurian

oxidation

palpitation

paraguayan

revocation

nonprescription

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

pepperoni

perforation

penicillin

permutation

persecution

perspiration

peruvian

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

population

praetorian

predetermine

preelection

preconception

predilection

preignition

precondition

preparation

preservation

premonition

presentation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

protozoan

protestation

provocation

reassertion

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

radiation

publication

punctuation

profanation

reappearance

realization

readmission

reawaken

recitation

recantation

reclamation

recreation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

references

referendum

reelection

reexamine

referendums

reformation

refutation

regulation

registration

reinspection

relocation

renovation

repossession

relaxation

reparation

repercussion

replication

repetition

reposition

samaritan

saturation

reservation

reputation

requisition

resignation

restoration

nomination

retrocession

resurrection

pagination

retribution

revelation

reverently

reverential

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

respiration

rumination

resolution

reproduction

sanitation

satisfaction

republican

sectarian

restitution

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shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

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smithsonian

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termination

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vaccination

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variation

vegetation

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violation

victorian

visitation

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valerian

watermelon

wagnerian

valuation

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abbreviation

acceleration

abomination

academician

accumulation

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administration

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affiliation

affirmatively

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alliteration

alienation

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amazonian

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brobdingnagian

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electrocution

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elizabethan

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epicurean

ethiopian

eradication

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evacuation

evaluation

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exfoliation

exacerbation

examination

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exoskeleton

exhilaration

exoneration

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facilitation

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fertilization

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hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

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immunization

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lithuanian

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magnification

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mathematician

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misinformation

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mobilization

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mississippian

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nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

notification

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obliteration

orientation

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organization

origination

oregonian

overproduction

panamanian

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pennsylvanian

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representation

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russification

sanctification

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solicitation

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sterilization

stratification

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supernatural

superintendent

superintendents

theologian

unitarian

triangulation

unification

synchronization

utilization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

washingtonian

vulgarization

vaporization

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

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

Imperfect Rhymes

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

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

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

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
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  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

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