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2 syllable words
4 syllable words
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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

asian

apron

aspen

arches

arkose

arses

arson

argues

ashen

beaten

atman

auction

auden

austin

basin

bacon

bagman

baldwin

bargain

barges

baron

barren

banyan

beacon

barton

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

begun

billman

billon

belgian

billion

bellon

bellman

bison

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bordman

bollen

brazen

breezes

braces

boston

bookman

bourses

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

briton

breaches

breeches

brakeman

brethren

brasses

breakage

brackish

breton

boroughs

broaden

broaches

brighten

brogan

brushes

bruises

bushman

burgeon

bullion

calvin

burden

burdon

button

burman

burton

caisson

cajun

cabin

canton

caption

capstan

captain

canaan

cannon

canon

carbon

canyon

carman

broken

carjack

carjacks

cargoes

cargos

carmine

carton

carsick

cauldron

caution

cayman

caxton

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charges

charon

chasten

chieftain

christian

cheapen

chicken

chessman

children

chevron

christen

chosen

churches

churchman

citron

classman

clinton

coachman

claxon

colon

common

cousin

copeman

corban

cordon

corsage

cotton

courses

craftsman

cowan

crashes

creases

cretin

craven

cresses

crewman

crazies

crimson

crises

crosses

crushes

crouton

cruises

crosswise

cuban

cumin

cushion

curses

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

curtain

dampen

deacon

deaden

deafen

darken

deepen

demon

delphian

desman

elan

diction

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

driven

draftsman

dragon

dressage

dresses

dromon

druggist

dudgeon

eaten

drunken

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eden

druggists

engine

emption

ensign

ermine

faction

gumption

fasten

faustian

felon

fashion

faulcon

fallen

famine

fatten

fission

fielden

flashgun

fiction

fibrin

fireman

firman

falcon

flexion

footman

flatten

floren

forces

freedman

foreign

foreman

foresees

forges

foresight

forecasts

forgoes

forsake

fortune

fraction

fountain

freeman

freezes

freshman

freshen

frescoes

friction

friezes

frighten

frozen

fusion

function

garden

gallon

gammon

gascon

garron

gibbon

gilden

gentian

georgian

georges

german

given

glidden

glisten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gorges

gluten

gotten

gowan

graces

griffon

graven

gladden

grasses

guardsman

grosses

hearten

heathen

grandson

haitian

hackman

headsman

harden

hangman

happen

harken

hasten

hausen

haven

harten

headman

gudgeon

heaven

heighten

henchman

hempen

heron

hessian

hetman

herzog

hidden

houseman

homespun

hogan

horses

horseman

horseshit

huntsman

hyson

hoven

human

hymen

horseshoe

hoten

hyphen

ibsen

forecast

damson

lighten

lightman

ion

jackman

jasmine

jason

jargon

jetson

jerseys

jetton

klansman

jorden

junction

kalan

kitchen

kansan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitten

laden

leven

lessen

keelson

landsman

landman

largest

large-scale

largesse

latin

layman

legion

leman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lampron

lengthen

lagan

lesson

kremlin

jordan

lichen

linen

linden

lineman

linemen

liken

liman

lion

lisbon

listen

liven

lotion

loosen

lockman

london

lopeman

longan

locken

logan

loren

luncheon

lynden

lyden

m1

lurches

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marches

margin

marchman

markman

marron

martian

marksman

marlin

marten

martin

marshes

mason

matron

mayan

lumen

marquiss

marxists

marxist

mention

melon

melton

mercies

merges

moisten

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

molten

mission

mitten

morgan

motion

muffin

mullen

mountain

muslin

mutton

nation

mormon

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

nurses

ocean

odin

often

omen

onion

olden

open

option

orcas

othman

organ

orphan

outrun

oven

outdone

orgies

owen

paean

pagan

passion

panton

pardon

parson

passman

parsec

pathan

patron

penman

patten

pavon

pension

penguin

peon

pectin

perches

perron

persian

persist

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

phrases

plankton

poison

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

plantain

ponton

portion

porches

portman

packman

postman

potion

preaches

precise

praises

persists

person

oxen

pressman

presage

presses

silken

prices

prison

project

projects

proven

question

prussian

pullen

purchase

proxies

quicken

purses

purges

pursues

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

region

redden

rerun

resin

risen

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

riven

rosen

rosin

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

shearman

seedsman

salesman

runnion

saffron

sadden

salmon

samson

satan

semen

sanction

santon

saxon

satin

season

scotsman

screeches

scion

scullion

scourges

seaman

searches

section

sequin

scallion

seton

russian

session

seven

shaken

selden

sermon

sexton

shaman

sharpen

sicken

shipman

prizes

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

shogun

showman

process

siphon

smitten

siren

smarten

soldan

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

sovereign

spearman

sovran

spartan

sportsman

spoken

sources

spokesman

squadron

stallman

station

statesman

stepson

steven

stallion

stiffen

stricken

stillion

straighten

strengthen

stockman

stolen

striven

suasion

sturgeon

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

sultan

sunken

torsion

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

surcease

surges

syphon

taken

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

tendon

tension

toman

tarses

thicken

threaten

teston

tillman

thousand

tighten

titan

thrushes

token

torches

traction

treason

traces

townsman

trackage

tragic

tresses

trillion

trashes

triton

trusses

trojan

trodden

tubman

toughen

tungsten

turban

turkish

turkic

turkeys

turquoise

tuscan

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

urges

urine

zion

vegan

wanton

version

villain

verges

verses

waken

vulcan

warden

wagon

warren

whiten

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

whitson

watchman

weapon

widen

wizen

woman

women

written

wooden

woolen

worsen

yachtsman

woodman

woolman

workman

woven

yaupon

wreckage

zaman

yeoman

warsaws

zircon

torsos

3 syllable words

ablation

abdomen

ablution

abduction

abstention

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstraction

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

aegean

adhesion

adoption

adrian

affliction

allusion

affection

ambition

african

alaskan

aggression

albion

albumin

alderman

aleutian

alien

alsatian

adsorption

ambrosian

anchorman

anglican

archaic

aspersion

anyone

appian

apportion

bedridden

arkansan

arian

arises

ascension

artisan

artesian

aryan

argosy

assassin

asuncion

audition

assertion

assumption

attrition

attention

attraction

austrian

australian

aversion

badminton

backwoodsman

backgammon

awaken

bandwagon

barrages

avian

battalion

andean

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bouillon

beholden

bourgeoisie

brazilian

bosnian

cardigan

bulletin

infusion

cambrian

capsaicin

campion

carcasses

caresses

carjacking

carjackings

carnation

carriages

cartesian

catalan

caucasian

castration

cation

causation

cetacean

cessation

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

charlatan

champion

charwoman

chilean

choruses

cherishes

churchgoer

churchgoing

churchgoers

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

citation

circuses

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

clarion

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collegian

collection

collusion

commission

combustion

carrion

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

conception

concession

condition

completion

compression

compulsion

complexion

compunction

conclusion

concoction

concussion

conduction

conscription

confession

confusion

confection

conflation

confucian

congestion

connection

connexion

congressman

conjunction

constriction

consumption

construction

contagion

contention

conviction

contortion

contusion

contrition

convection

convention

contraption

conversion

contraction

convulsion

corsican

corsicas

corrosion

corruption

corsica

correction

councilman

countryman

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

crocuses

cyprian

abandon

dalmatian

damnation

deception

desertion

declension

deduction

deflation

deflection

defection

delusion

depiction

denizen

dentition

deletion

depletion

depression

derision

description

extrusion

destruction

detection

detention

egyptian

dictation

diffusion

digression

devotion

digestion

dilation

diffraction

determine

dilution

dimension

election

discipline

discussion

discretion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

elation

dominion

donation

direction

dorian

downtrodden

edition

duration

ejection

elison

eleven

extraction

englishman

encryption

emotion

emulsion

emblazon

equation

erosion

erases

eruption

erection

etruscan

enlighten

eviction

evasion

everyone

embolden

enliven

exception

exaction

exclusion

excursion

exertion

excretion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

fabian

farsighted

feminine

fenian

fijian

fisherman

filtration

ferryman

fixation

forbidden

flirtation

flotation

forages

foramen

formation

forgotten

forewoman

forecasting

forecasters

franciscan

foundation

freemason

freudian

fruition

garrison

fustian

frustration

galleon

garages

gaussian

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gentleman

gillian

gordian

graciously

gradation

grobian

gravamen

farcical

guardian

halcyon

harasses

guncotton

gyration

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

forecaster

heartbroken

heiresses

hawaiian

heroine

hydrogen

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

ignition

hyraxes

illusion

imagine

immersion

implosion

impassion

impression

imprison

inception

inaction

in-person

inclusion

infliction

incursion

heroin

indian

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

inflection

infraction

ingestion

ligation

inhuman

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

irishman

invasion

intrusion

invention

inversion

irian

iraqis

jacobin

intestine

italian

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

jurassic

keratin

keynesian

kantian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

injection

injunction

morasses

logician

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

mandarin

malayan

median

location

marxism

margarine

marriages

masculine

marian

medallion

medicine

lumberman

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

mirages

migration

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

musician

moroccan

munition

myosin

muskmelon

mutation

narcissist

narration

niacin

nitrogen

negation

nearsighted

nebraskan

nemean

nobleman

nevadan

oxygen

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nonhuman

nutrition

nourishes

nubian

objection

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

obsession

omission

octillion

odeon

opinion

optician

oration

optation

oppression

orchestral

orchestra

orchestras

orchestrate

orgasm

orgasms

orchestrates

origin

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

orion

overdone

overman

overrun

persisting

partition

parisian

parishes

parthian

partisan

patrician

pavilion

perception

permission

pelican

pentathlon

perfusion

percussion

perfection

percussive

permian

perquisites

perquisite

persecute

persecutes

persistent

peterman

persuasions

persico

persuasion

petition

persuasive

perversion

phrygian

physician

phoenician

porcelain

pharisees

plantation

policeman

plebeian

pollution

position

precaution

preclusion

possession

predation

predestine

preemption

preexist

preexists

presages

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

procession

processions

profusion

profession

production

progression

promotion

projection

projections

projectiles

projector

projectors

proscription

proportion

propulsion

projectile

prosecute

prostration

protean

protection

prosecutes

purchaser

purchasers

puritan

purchases

quotation

ramadan

reaction

reception

rebellion

rendition

regimen

reflection

reduction

regression

relation

rehearses

rejection

reopen

redemption

repression

processes

reptilian

restriction

retention

retraction

resumption

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

sarcasm

sargasso

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

secretion

sedation

seduction

sensation

selection

saccharin

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

succession

subversion

submission

stygian

subscription

submersion

suburban

subtraction

singleton

summation

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspicion

suspension

surgical

syrian

tactician

technician

syracuse

talisman

taxation

temptation

tamarin

thespian

terraces

timberman

toboggan

thoracic

tauruses

tradition

transcription

transfusion

transaction

transgression

transition

translation

tricycle

transmission

triassic

tricuspid

truncation

tuition

uncertain

unbutton

unwritten

unburden

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

unison

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

vermilion

vibration

veteran

venison

zambian

volition

vitamin

vocation

viruses

waterman

wesleyan

xeroxes

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abolition

abnegation

absolution

abrogation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

acquisition

accusation

activation

adaptation

admonition

adoration

admiration

adrenaline

algerian

adulation

advocation

affectation

aldebaran

affirmation

alabaman

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

albanian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

ammunition

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

amphibian

amputation

apparition

annotation

appellation

apprehension

annexation

appalachian

application

arbitration

approbation

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

animation

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

carcinogen

californian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

canadian

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

circulation

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

comedian

committeeman

coloration

coloradan

combination

commendation

columbian

commutation

comparison

compensation

competition

composition

comprehension

complication

concentration

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

conservation

conjugation

congregation

connotation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

consecration

consolation

constellation

consternation

constitution

constipation

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

corp.

corporation

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

coronation

correlation

cotyledon

courageously

criterion

crucifixion

crocodilian

cultivation

culmination

preignition

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

declaration

demolition

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

definition

dehydration

deformation

defamation

degradation

demarcation

delegation

deposition

deportation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

depravation

derivation

desecration

demonstration

desiccation

designation

desolation

destitution

desperation

detonation

diocesan

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

destination

diminution

devastation

deviation

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

devolution

disposition

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

dissertation

distillation

distribution

divination

dominican

dispensation

draconian

duplication

education

domination

electrician

elevation

extradition

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

embarkation

equestrian

eritrean

equitation

erudition

estimation

estonian

evocation

excitation

eustachian

excavation

evolution

european

exhibition

expedition

execution

exhalation

exclamation

exhortation

exhumation

expectation

exposition

expiration

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

extrication

fabrication

compilation

federation

fascination

fibrillation

figuration

fermentation

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

fallopian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

germination

gentlewoman

hemoglobin

glaciation

gorgonian

gravitation

granulation

gregorian

greco-roman

graduation

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

hyperion

historian

hypertension

iberian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

illustration

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

immolation

imposition

implication

importation

implantation

impregnation

imperfection

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

indecision

indignation

infiltration

indentation

indexation

incubation

incrustation

indiscretion

indigestion

indication

indonesian

infestation

inflammation

information

herculean

inhibition

inhalation

innovation

instigation

institution

intercession

inspiration

installation

insurrection

intermission

interception

insulation

interdiction

integration

interaction

interjection

intersection

intuition

interruption

intimation

irritation

isolation

intonation

interurban

intervention

introspection

inundation

introduction

invitation

invocation

iranian

interwoven

irrigation

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

jubilation

kindergarten

jordanian

levitation

liberian

lancastrian

legislation

limitation

leviathan

laceration

liberation

librarian

inquisition

lilliputian

litigation

liquefaction

liquidation

lubrication

masturbation

lyricism

macedonian

machination

maccabean

malnutrition

maharajahs

malformation

mammalian

manumission

mediation

locomotion

maturation

medication

meditation

meridian

menstruation

melanesian

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

misperception

miseration

misconception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

premonition

molestation

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

narcissism

narcissistic

nigerian

navigation

newtonian

nestorian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

oblivion

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

obsidian

obstetrician

preelection

observation

olympian

octahedron

ohioan

operation

opposition

occupation

mongolian

orchestration

ostentation

orchestrations

oscillation

ordination

overburden

ovulation

orchestrated

palpitation

paraguayan

penicillin

pelagian

persecution

pavlovian

penetration

perforation

percussionist

pedestrian

permutation

persecuted

persecutions

pagurian

perspiration

persecutor

persecutors

perturbation

peruvian

polyhedron

pigmentation

polynesian

planarian

politician

plutonian

population

persistently

precondition

preconception

praetorian

predetermine

predilection

pagination

oxidation

siberian

moravian

preservation

presentation

sicilian

repetition

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reputation

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resolution

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restoration

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resurrection

retribution

retrocession

rhododendron

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sarcastically

sectarian

separation

self-deception

segregation

segmentation

sequestration

shakespearean

preparation

simonian

replication

simulation

situation

smithsonian

suffocation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

subluxation

supervision

superstition

superhuman

supposition

toleration

surgically

surrogation

syndication

tamoxifen

syncopation

termination

tabulation

theorizes

tetrahedron

tasmanian

titillation

transformation

trajectory

trepidation

tribulation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

valerian

validation

variation

valuation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

vindication

violation

vegetation

visitation

watermelon

wagnerian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

academician

accumulation

affiliation

alleviation

agglomeration

alienation

adjudication

alliteration

administration

amortization

amazonian

amelioration

amalgamation

adulteration

amplification

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

augustinian

attenuation

authentication

authorization

babylonian

annihilation

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

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codification

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

conciliation

concatenation

configuration

consideration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

confederation

consolidation

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

degeneration

denunciation

denomination

depreciation

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

determination

discoloration

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dissemination

disembarkation

dramatization

domestication

ejaculation

edification

elaboration

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

exacerbation

equalization

enumeration

equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

exaggeration

examination

exfoliation

epicurean

expatriation

exasperation

exhilaration

excoriation

exoskeleton

exoneration

extermination

expropriation

dionysian

facilitation

caledonian

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

falsification

gratification

hanoverian

harmonization

hallucination

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

humiliation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

indoctrination

insinuation

insemination

instrumentation

interconnection

interpretation

interpolation

interrogation

intimidation

irradiation

irresistible

invalidation

intoxication

ionization

investigation

irresistibly

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

initiation

inoculation

lithuanian

localization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

magnetization

maximilian

maximization

mathematician

metropolitan

misapplication

misinformation

miscalculation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

misapprehension

mechanization

obliteration

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

neutralization

normalization

nonsectarian

nonintervention

notification

nullification

organization

orientation

origination

ossification

ornamentation

oregonian

predisposition

overproduction

pacification

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

pharisaism

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

presupposition

presbyterian

inhabitation

preoccupation

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

prosecutable

quantification

pythagorean

purification

qualification

reaffirmation

ratification

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

ramification

recuperation

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

remuneration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

prevarication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

sophistication

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

verification

vilification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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How to use the rhyming dictionary

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


Perfect Rhymes

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

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

Imperfect Rhymes

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

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

Using Rhymes

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

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

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

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

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

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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