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

acton

action

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

ashen

arson

aspen

asian

atman

auction

auden

austin

bason

bastion

bagman

banyan

barton

bacon

bargain

baron

barren

barbette

barefoot

basin

baldwin

baston

baton

burgeon

batten

batton

bayman

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

bereaved

bereft

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bludgeon

bison

bitten

blowgun

blacken

boatman

bobbin

beckon

beacon

bolden

bordman

bookman

boston

boughten

bowman

bourbon

beaten

bollen

bracken

brethren

briton

breton

broaden

brakeman

brevets

brighten

brogan

broken

bullion

brazen

browbeat

burden

burdon

burman

burton

bushman

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

canton

canyon

capstan

caption

captain

carbon

carbide

carman

carmine

carpet

carpets

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

charon

chasten

cheapen

christen

chessman

christian

chevron

chicken

chosen

children

chieftain

churchman

chapman

citron

coachman

classman

claxon

clinton

chaplain

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

corrupt

corrupts

cousin

corvettes

cowan

craftsman

craven

crafty

crimson

cretin

crewman

corvette

cotton

crouton

canaan

cushion

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

dampen

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

damson

deepen

calvin

delphian

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

drafting

canon

draftsman

drafty

dragon

driven

dromon

drip-dry

driftwood

drunken

dudgeon

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

emption

ensign

engine

elan

ermine

erupt

erupts

fission

faction

fasten

falcon

flexion

fallen

fashion

famine

faustian

felon

fatten

farfetched

fiction

faulcon

fervid

fibrin

fielden

fireman

firman

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

foreman

forbid

forbade

forefoot

foreign

forbids

forfeit

forebode

forfeits

function

fortune

fraction

fountain

friction

freshen

freshman

frozen

fusion

freedman

freeman

frighten

garden

gascon

gammon

garron

gentian

georgian

german

gibbon

glisten

given

glidden

gallon

gladden

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gowan

gotten

grafting

grandson

gilden

graphite

graven

gudgeon

gumption

grecian

griffon

guardsman

hackman

haitian

heighten

hempen

harden

harken

harten

hangman

happen

hasten

ibsen

headsman

headman

hausen

heaven

heathen

hearten

haven

henchman

hessian

homespun

hogan

hoten

hetman

hidden

horseman

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

heron

cannon

jackman

ion

jargon

jasmine

jason

junction

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

kansan

keelson

kitchen

kitten

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

kirkman

kremlin

krypton

lampron

landsman

landman

kalan

lessen

laden

lengthen

lagan

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

layman

lesson

lesion

latin

leman

martian

lemon

listen

linen

linden

lisbon

lineman

linemen

lion

leven

lichen

martin

lighten

lotion

lopeman

london

logan

loosen

loren

lightman

lockman

longan

luncheon

lumen

liken

liman

mahone

liven

mangan

mansion

marksman

markman

marron

marlin

mason

marten

locken

marchman

margin

matron

mention

lyden

lynden

mayan

madden

melton

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

melon

mission

m1

mitten

moisten

molten

maiden

motion

muffin

mormon

mountain

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

omen

often

onion

open

option

orbit

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

owen

oxen

packman

paean

panton

pardon

passion

parson

passman

pathan

pagan

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

pension

penman

peon

penguin

orbits

perron

person

persian

pervades

pervade

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

potion

postman

morbid

pressman

prison

privates

private

probate

profit

profits

prophets

prophet

prussian

proven

provide

provides

question

quicken

pullen

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

rincon

ripen

riven

robin

roman

sanction

rosen

runnion

rowan

rowen

rumen

ruin

rotten

russian

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

scullion

samson

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scotsman

scion

scripture

scriptures

seaman

season

rosin

section

selden

seedsman

semen

session

seven

sermon

seton

sequin

sexton

shrunken

shogun

showman

shorten

shipman

shaman

sicken

shotgun

silken

shaken

sharpen

shearman

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

sherbet

smarten

soldan

solon

soften

sovereign

spearman

sovran

spartan

spokesman

sorbet

spoken

sportsman

squadron

stepson

station

stallman

statesman

sodden

steven

stiffen

stolen

stillion

stockman

straighten

stricken

strengthen

striven

sturgeon

stallion

suasion

smitten

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

swollen

surgeon

sweeten

sylvan

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

surfeit

tension

tendon

thicken

thousand

threaten

tillman

tighten

titan

thrifty

token

torsion

traction

toman

toughen

townsman

torpid

teston

treason

tubman

trojan

morgan

trillion

triptychs

triton

trodden

tribute

tributes

tungsten

tuscan

undone

turban

turbid

turbot

union

urson

urine

vegan

version

villain

urban

vision

urchin

vulcan

whitson

wiccan

wanton

wagon

waken

warden

woman

women

watchman

weapon

woven

warren

weaken

wheaten

whiten

widen

warpath

wizen

tripod

written

tripods

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

worsen

yachtsman

workman

yeoman

yaupon

triptych

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

absorption

accretion

abstention

abstraction

affection

affliction

acumen

adoption

aggression

adhesion

admission

adrian

adsorption

aegean

african

aleutian

abduction

alaskan

albion

alderman

albumin

allusion

alsatian

abdomen

apportion

alien

ambrosian

andean

appian

anglican

anchorman

arbitrage

arbiter

anyone

arbiters

arian

arbitrates

arbitrate

ascension

artesian

aspersion

assassin

aryan

artisan

attention

assertion

assumption

attraction

audition

asuncion

austrian

aversion

awaken

avian

badminton

backgammon

backwoodsman

battalion

bandwagon

australian

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

bedouin

beholden

benjamin

bouillon

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

brevity

bulletin

bravado

arkansan

distinction

cambrian

campion

distraction

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

causation

cartesian

carrion

caucasian

castration

catalan

cation

carpeted

cessation

carpeting

cetacean

chairperson

cognition

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citation

citizen

civilian

collision

coercion

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

cohesion

chamberlain

collagen

collection

collegian

commotion

collusion

combustion

communion

companion

compassion

concussion

completion

compression

complexion

compulsion

compunction

concession

conception

concoction

conclusion

conduction

confection

confession

connection

contrition

conviction

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

congressman

conjunction

connexion

contention

conscription

contortion

constriction

consumption

contagion

construction

contraction

contraption

convection

contusion

convention

conversion

convulsion

correction

corruptions

corruption

corrosion

corruptive

corruptly

corsican

councilman

countryman

croatian

cremation

crabeater

creation

craftsmanship

crestfallen

crustacean

curvature

cyprian

decision

declension

dalmatian

damnation

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

depiction

deletion

dentition

delusion

denizen

depletion

desertion

depression

description

derision

detection

detention

disruption

destruction

determine

dimension

digression

dictation

digestion

devotion

dilation

diffraction

diffusion

dilution

direction

discretion

discussion

discipline

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distortion

dominion

division

donation

dorian

downtrodden

draftsmanship

duration

egyptian

eruption

ejection

erupting

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

emission

embolden

emulsion

elation

encryption

englishman

emotion

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

eruptions

eruptive

eviction

etruscan

evasion

everyone

exception

excision

exaction

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

exclusion

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

fabian

extortion

extraction

extrusion

explosion

fixation

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisherman

feminine

ferryboat

ferryboats

flirtation

flotation

fruition

forbidding

forewoman

foramen

foreboding

forefathers

forefather

forbidden

forfeiture

forfeitures

foundation

franciscan

freemason

forgotten

formation

frustration

freudian

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

graffiti

gravamen

gravitate

gravitates

gyration

gravity

grobian

guardian

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

hammerman

ignition

horatian

horizon

disunion

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

heroin

hereafter

illusion

heroine

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

incision

impression

imprison

diversion

inception

inaction

in-person

inclusion

infliction

induction

infarction

infection

inflection

inflation

infraction

irian

incursion

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

indian

jovian

infusion

invasion

intestine

intrusion

invention

inversion

ingestion

irishman

italian

jacobin

jamaican

ligation

javelin

jettison

julian

korean

laotian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

inhuman

lanolin

intention

laurentian

lesbian

lecithin

libration

libyan

location

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

malaysian

mandarin

marian

masculine

margarine

medicine

medallion

median

malayan

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

misprision

misshapen

misfortune

mistaken

melanin

musician

moroccan

munition

mutation

muskmelon

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

nevadan

nitrogen

nobleman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nonhuman

objection

obstruction

nubian

occasion

odeon

occlusion

octillion

oppression

optician

opinion

oration

optation

orbital

origin

orion

ottoman

permission

permian

orbitals

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

partition

outspoken

ovation

parapet

parisian

partisan

parthian

pavilion

pelican

percussion

perception

perfection

pentathlon

perfusion

perfidy

perpetrate

perpetrates

persuasion

pervading

peterman

prohibit

phoenician

plantation

phrygian

plebeian

pollution

policeman

possession

porcelain

precession

predation

precision

precaution

preclusion

prediction

predestine

preemption

prescription

probation

procession

presumption

pretension

prevention

privately

profession

privation

privations

progression

proscription

production

probity

probative

profiteer

profiteers

projection

promotion

perversion

provision

protection

profusion

profiting

prohibits

propulsion

proportion

protean

prostration

regression

provident

quotation

providence

provided

reaction

provider

puritan

providers

ramadan

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

redemption

reduction

reflection

regimen

rejection

remission

religion

relation

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resumption

restriction

resection

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

secretion

rotation

salvation

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

scorpion

scriptural

scythian

seclusion

secession

sedation

sedition

selection

seduction

sensation

servitude

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

submersion

solution

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

snapdragon

subscription

summation

succession

suburban

subversion

subtraction

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspension

technician

tactician

talisman

syrian

tamarin

taxation

transition

temptation

thespian

thereafter

toboggan

transgression

timberman

vocation

transcription

transaction

translation

transfusion

torpedoes

torpedos

torpedo

transmission

truncation

troubadour

tuition

uneven

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbutton

unbroken

turpitude

unison

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vibration

venetian

vatican

venison

vermilion

veteran

verbatim

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

morbidly

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

affectation

activation

admonition

advocation

adaptation

adoration

adulation

adrenaline

admiration

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

businesswoman

agrarian

albanian

algerian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

alteration

alternation

altercation

algonquian

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

animation

annexation

annotation

american

apparition

appellation

application

appalachian

approbation

arabian

apprehension

arbitragers

arbitrager

arbitrageur

arbitrageurs

arbitration

arbitrations

arbitrator

arbitrators

arbitrary

armageddon

aspiration

armenian

arthurian

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

bavarian

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bolivian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

arizonan

premonition

calibration

calculation

canadian

cancellation

californian

carcinogen

carbohydrate

carbohydrates

celebration

carpetbaggers

carpetbagger

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

collocation

coloration

combination

commendation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

committeeman

comedian

commutation

comparison

competition

composition

compilation

compensation

complication

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

conflagration

confirmation

conjugation

confrontation

congregation

connotation

consolation

constellation

consternation

contradiction

constipation

consummation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

consecration

conservation

contrarian

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

correlation

corp.

corinthian

copernican

copenhagen

coronation

corruptible

corporation

cotyledon

crocodilian

criterion

definition

cultivation

culmination

custodian

crucifixion

dedication

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

defamation

dandelion

deformation

delegation

degradation

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

desiccation

desolation

deposition

dereliction

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

deportation

derivative

designation

disposition

destination

destitution

desperation

detonation

devolution

deviation

dilatation

devonian

diminution

disaffection

devastation

disillusion

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

dislocation

diocesan

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

imposition

duplication

education

elevation

emanation

elocution

emigration

electrician

elongation

embarkation

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

erudition

eritrean

equestrian

estimation

evolution

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exposition

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

expectation

explanation

expiration

explication

exploitation

exploration

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

forfeitable

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

habitation

guatemalan

gregorian

greco-roman

iberian

hemoglobin

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

imitation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

herculean

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

immolation

immigration

imperfection

implantation

implication

importation

imputation

inattention

impregnation

inclination

incantation

incarnation

legislation

cyclopean

incrustation

indentation

indexation

indignation

indonesian

indiscretion

inflammation

infiltration

infestation

incubation

information

indecision

inhibition

inhalation

innovation

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

inspiration

insulation

integration

insurrection

jacobean

indication

intermission

interdiction

intercession

interruption

interception

interjection

intersection

intuition

intimation

intonation

inundation

introspection

interwoven

introduction

invitation

invocation

intervention

irritation

isolation

iteration

iranian

irrigation

jubilation

jurisdiction

interaction

jordanian

indigestion

laceration

lancastrian

morbidity

interurban

levitation

liberian

liberation

librarian

leviathan

kindergarten

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

lilliputian

maccabean

machination

macedonian

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

manumission

maturation

masturbation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

minnesotan

meridian

menstruation

ministration

misbegotten

misconception

mitigation

miseration

misperception

molestation

modulation

missourian

moderation

mongolian

moravian

mutilation

motivation

mortification

napoleon

navigation

newtonian

nestorian

neuropathy

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

oblivion

obsidian

obligation

obstetrician

obfuscation

observation

occupation

olympian

octahedron

ohioan

opposition

operation

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

persecution

ovulation

oxidation

overburden

palpitation

paraguayan

pagurian

pagination

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

perturbation

permutation

perpetrator

perpetuate

perpetrators

perpetuals

perpetual

perpetuates

perspiration

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polyhedron

population

plutonian

polynesian

praetorian

preignition

precondition

predilection

preconception

predetermine

preelection

presentation

preservation

proposition

procreation

profanation

probationer

probationers

proclamation

profitable

publication

recognition

propagation

prosecution

preparation

prostitution

provocation

punctuation

providential

protestation

protozoan

readmission

radiation

realization

reassertion

recollection

recantation

reawaken

recitation

renovation

reclamation

regulation

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

reformation

reexamine

registration

refutation

reinspection

relaxation

prohibitive

relocation

reparation

repercussion

repetition

replication

reposition

repossession

republican

reproduction

reputation

resolution

resignation

restitution

resurrection

reservation

respiration

restoration

revelation

retribution

retrocession

retardation

rhetorician

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

sanitation

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

segmentation

separation

sequestration

sicilian

shakespearean

siberian

subdivision

simulation

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

superstition

supposition

superhuman

supervision

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

titillation

toleration

tetrahedron

therapeutics

therapeutic

trepidation

transformation

transplantation

transportation

tribulation

violation

tributary

ulceration

turbidity

vacillation

vaccination

usurpation

valerian

utopian

validation

variation

visitation

vindication

valuation

vegetation

ventilation

veneration

victorian

wagnerian

tributaries

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

acceleration

adulteration

administration

affiliation

adjudication

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

appreciation

annihilation

amelioration

approximation

anticipation

appropriation

arbitrarily

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

association

assimilation

attenuation

augustinian

assemblywoman

authorization

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brobdingnagians

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

cauterization

carolinian

carthaginian

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

coagulation

cohabitation

clarification

classification

codification

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

conciliation

concatenation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

confabulation

consideration

consolidation

continuation

contamination

confederation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deification

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

desalination

depreciation

desegregation

depopulation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

degeneration

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

elizabethan

elimination

emancipation

electrocution

equalization

enumeration

epicurean

equivocation

eradication

evaporation

evacuation

ethiopian

evaluation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

facilitation

expropriation

extermination

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gratification

gasification

glorification

gravitational

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incineration

inauguration

incarceration

preoccupation

ionization

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

initiation

inoculation

inhabitation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interpolation

interconnection

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

invalidation

intoxication

investigation

irradiation

irrefutable

justification

juxtaposition

infatuation

jeffersonian

legalization

libertarian

maximilian

magnetization

magnification

localization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

mobilization

lithuanian

misinformation

mississippian

modification

modernization

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neapolitan

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

neutralization

notification

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

obliteration

nullification

oregonian

organization

ossification

ornamentation

origination

orientation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

peripatetic

perpetuation

perpetually

perpetuity

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

probationary

prognostication

purification

qualification

ramification

pythagorean

quantification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

renunciation

prohibitory

remuneration

philadelphian

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vulgarization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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
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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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