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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

acton

action

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

anthem

anthems

apron

arson

aspen

ashen

asian

atman

austin

auction

baldwin

bagman

banding

bacon

bantam

bargain

barton

baron

barren

bantams

baston

bason

basin

bastion

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

cauldron

bending

binding

bonding

bellman

begun

bellon

belgian

billion

billman

bindings

billon

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

bounding

blowgun

bordman

bison

bolden

bookman

bobbin

bollen

boatman

boston

boughten

bracken

bourbon

bowman

brakeman

brazen

breton

brighten

briton

brethren

bullion

bunting

burden

burdon

brogan

broken

burman

burton

burgeon

cabin

bushman

calvin

caisson

cajun

captain

canaan

canteen

canteens

carbon

capstan

caption

carman

cantons

carmine

carton

caxton

centime

cayman

centimes

centner

caution

chessman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

certain

chanting

chasten

cheapen

chevron

chicken

children

citron

christen

christian

chieftain

chosen

churchman

classman

coachman

claxon

common

colon

jargon

condemned

condemns

condensed

condones

contain

contemn

contains

contend

contempt

contends

contents

content

copeman

corban

cotton

crimson

cowan

craftsman

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

dalton

cushion

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

dampen

daman

damson

darken

deafen

deacon

daunting

deepen

delphian

demon

dentine

desman

devon

diction

dian

driven

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dragon

draftsman

dromon

dudgeon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

earthen

eden

elan

emption

ending

endings

engine

entwine

entomb

ermine

plankton

falcon

fallen

faction

fainting

famine

fashion

faulcon

fasten

fatten

felon

faustian

fibrin

fiction

fielden

finding

findings

fireman

flatten

flashgun

flexion

fission

firman

floren

founding

foreman

foreign

fortune

footman

function

freshen

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

frozen

frighten

gallon

gentian

fraction

gascon

gammon

garron

gibbon

fusion

georgian

german

fountains

given

golden

goodman

gorgon

glisten

gotten

gowan

gluten

hackman

gudgeon

gumption

graven

griffon

guardsman

grecian

hetman

haitian

hangman

handmade

hausen

harken

harten

hasten

headman

happen

hearten

hempen

henchman

heaven

heighten

headsman

heathen

haven

heron

hessian

homespun

hyson

hounding

houseman

horseman

hoten

hoven

human

hunting

hymen

ibsen

huntsman

hyphen

hogan

indent

intense

intends

intend

intent

intents

intones

intone

jackman

ion

jasmine

jetson

jason

junction

jetton

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kalan

kitten

klansman

kitchen

mahone

landing

kremlin

landings

laden

lagan

lampron

landmark

landsman

latin

layman

landmarks

leaven

lending

lengthen

lendings

leman

lemon

legion

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

lindane

lisbon

lockman

liman

listen

lion

liven

locken

longan

loren

lopeman

logan

loosen

lumen

lotion

kirkman

m1

maiden

maintain

maintains

mangan

mansion

marchman

margin

marlin

marten

martin

marron

markman

marksman

martian

mason

mignon

matron

mayan

mention

melton

melon

mentions

milken

minding

million

mission

mitten

molten

morgan

moisten

mormon

motion

knitting

orphan

nation

nekton

newsman

nineteen

nineteenth

mountains

norman

oarsman

notion

organ

odin

often

ocean

olden

omen

ointment

open

option

outrun

othman

mounting

oxen

packman

pagan

owen

paean

parson

passman

passion

patten

paintings

pathan

patron

pending

pectin

penguin

pavon

pension

pentane

peon

perron

phantom

persian

phantoms

pigeon

person

pillion

piston

pitman

painting

panting

platen

platten

seven

pollan

pollen

pounding

portman

pontoon

portion

pontoons

postman

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

quantum

quintin

quicken

question

ration

raven

rayon

session

reason

reckon

region

rerun

resin

section

rincon

ribbon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

salmon

rosin

samson

roman

rotten

rounding

russian

saffron

rumen

rosen

salesman

rowan

rowen

ruin

sanction

sandman

satin

satan

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

seedsman

semen

sequin

sentence

sermon

sexton

sharpen

poison

shaken

shaman

shearman

shunting

shipman

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

sicken

silken

smarten

siphon

siren

slacken

soldan

smitten

slogan

soften

smoothens

smoothen

smoothing

something

somethings

solon

sometime

sometimes

sounding

soundings

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

stallion

sportsman

spoken

spokesman

squadron

squinting

stallman

stepson

strengthen

suction

stillion

stockman

stiffen

striven

stolen

straighten

stricken

sturgeon

suasion

statesman

tartan

station

syphon

talon

tarpon

surgeon

sylvan

swollen

sweeten

taken

tappen

steven

taunting

tension

teston

seton

thicken

tillman

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

token

townsman

toman

torsion

traction

union

trillion

triton

turban

trojan

treason

urban

urchin

urson

urine

vegan

villain

version

vision

winding

wagon

waken

watchman

vintner

warren

whitson

weapon

whiten

wiccan

wizen

windmill

woodman

weaken

wheaten

woman

wanting

windmills

vintners

women

woolman

woolen

written

workman

worsen

woven

yaupon

yachtsman

yeoman

zaman

zion

pointing

zircon

3 syllable words

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abortion

abduction

abrasion

accession

abstention

absorption

abstraction

accretion

acumen

addition

addiction

adhesion

adoption

admission

aegean

adrian

adsorption

affection

alaskan

aleutian

affliction

alderman

aggression

african

albion

albumin

alien

allusion

alsatian

andante

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

anyone

antennas

antenna

anything

appian

apportion

arian

ascension

aryan

arkansan

assassin

artesian

artisan

assertion

aspersion

assumption

asuncion

awaken

attention

attrition

attraction

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

badminton

bandana

bandwagon

bandanas

backgammon

battalion

backwoodsman

bedizen

anglican

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

bentonite

benjamin

biotin

bosnian

bitumen

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

campion

cambrian

cantonal

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

carnation

cartesian

castration

communion

catalan

caucasian

champion

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

chamberlain

charwoman

cation

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citation

citizen

civilian

clarion

clergyman

cognition

collegian

coercion

cohesion

collagen

collection

collision

collusion

combustion

companion

compassion

commission

commitments

commitment

commotion

commuting

completion

beethoven

complexion

causation

compression

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

compunction

conception

condition

condenser

condensate

condiment

condensates

condiments

conduction

delusion

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

exertion

connection

connexion

conjunction

conscription

congressman

construction

contagion

consumption

constriction

confection

container

containment

containers

corsican

contemplate

contrition

contention

contented

contentions

contentment

continent

contenders

contender

contraption

continents

contingent

continued

continues

contingents

continue

contortion

contraction

contusion

convection

conversion

convention

conviction

convulsion

corruption

countryman

councilman

countenance

correction

corrosion

crestfallen

creation

cremation

derision

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

crustacean

deception

declension

decision

deduction

deletion

deflation

deflection

jamaican

denizen

dentition

defection

depiction

depletion

depression

contemplates

desertion

determine

detention

detection

destruction

discipline

devotion

dictation

diffraction

dimension

diffusion

digression

dilation

dilution

digestion

direction

discretion

dissection

dissension

disruption

dispersion

division

disunion

dominion

diversion

distraction

distinction

dorian

distortion

donation

donations

downtrodden

discussion

duration

description

edition

elation

election

egyptian

ejection

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emulsion

emotion

endanger

encryption

emotions

emitting

endangered

endangers

endemic

enlighten

enliven

endowments

englishman

entangle

entangled

entombment

equation

evasion

everyone

eruption

etruscan

erosion

erection

eviction

excision

endowment

exception

exclusion

exhaustion

excursion

exemption

expansion

excretion

horizon

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

fabian

extortion

extrusion

extraction

fandango

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fisherman

fijian

fixation

filtration

flirtation

flotation

foundation

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

formation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fruition

fustian

frustration

galleon

genuine

gaussian

garrison

gentleman

gestation

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guncotton

grobian

guardian

heroin

halcyon

gyration

handwoven

hammerman

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroine

in-person

inaction

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

horatian

incision

inception

inclusion

plebeian

intended

incursion

indenture

indentures

indentured

indians

indium

induction

infarction

infection

inflation

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infusion

infraction

inhuman

injection

insertion

injunction

inspection

inscription

instruction

intensely

intention

intensive

intestine

intimate

intimates

intentioned

intentions

intrusion

intently

invasion

inversion

irian

invention

irishman

italian

jacobin

compulsion

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

exaction

kantian

keratin

keynesian

janthina

lactation

laurentian

landowner

lanolin

landmasses

landowners

lanthanum

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

location

lumberman

logician

lutheran

malayan

magician

korean

malaysian

magdalen

maintenance

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

minuteman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

monotone

moroccan

mountaineer

mountaineers

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

munitions

myosin

negation

nebraskan

narration

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nonhuman

nitrogen

nonunion

nubian

objection

obsession

nutrition

occasion

occlusion

obstruction

octillion

odeon

omission

opinion

oppression

optician

optation

oration

norwegian

origin

notation

orion

ottoman

overdone

overman

outspoken

ovation

overrun

oxygen

pandemic

pantheon

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

penitent

percussion

pentathlon

permian

perception

perfection

permission

perfusion

phoenician

pantomime

petition

peterman

perversion

persuasion

physician

phrygian

plantation

policeman

pollution

position

porcelain

possession

preclusion

precaution

precession

precision

predation

prediction

preemption

procession

prescription

pretension

prevention

production

presumption

privation

probation

profession

predestine

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

protection

protean

provision

proscription

puritan

reduction

ramadan

prostration

quotation

randomize

randomly

reaction

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

redemption

regimen

regression

religion

rendition

reopen

rejection

relation

remission

remittance

rescission

reflection

resection

reptilian

reunion

repression

resumption

retention

restriction

retraction

reversion

revision

sedation

revulsion

rifleman

saccharin

rhodopsin

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

scythian

scorpion

secession

seclusion

secretion

rotation

selection

sensation

sedition

seduction

sentences

sentinel

sentinels

sentiments

sentiment

silicon

simian

singleton

solution

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

sumatran

summation

suspension

syrian

superman

suppression

suspicion

tamarin

talisman

tantamount

tactician

tendency

summations

technician

taxation

temptation

tendencies

thespian

toboggan

timberman

tradition

transition

transaction

unwritten

translation

transmission

unison

transfusion

transgression

transcription

truncation

tuition

unbroken

undoing

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

undaunted

unwitting

untangle

untimely

unthinking

uterine

vacation

venetian

venison

veteran

vatican

vermilion

vibration

volition

vocation

vomiting

wesleyan

waterman

wantonly

vitamin

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abyssinian

accordion

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

adrenaline

admonition

adoration

accusation

admiration

adulation

advocation

affectation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

anathema

alternation

affirmation

alteration

altercation

anatomy

american

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

anatomist

allocation

andantino

annotation

annexation

antinomy

antimatter

appalachian

appellation

apparition

arizonan

application

approbation

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

assemblyman

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

animation

avocation

barbarian

backwardation

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

californian

calibration

calculation

canadian

canadians

cancellation

carcinogen

comedian

celebration

centennial

centenary

centimetre

centimetres

centurion

chameleon

collodion

circumvention

circulation

coalition

cogitation

circumcision

collocation

coloradan

comedienne

coloration

columbian

combination

committeeman

commendation

circumspection

comedians

commutation

compensation

comparison

competition

compilation

composition

complication

comprehension

planarian

condemnation

concentration

condemnations

condensation

condescension

computation

confirmation

confrontation

confiscation

connotation

conjugation

consecration

conservation

consolation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contaminate

contaminates

congregation

containerized

contemplative

contemplation

contingencies

contemptible

contemptuously

continental

continentals

contingency

continuance

continual

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

copernican

copenhagen

conversation

convocation

convolution

corinthian

cotyledon

coronation

corp.

countenances

corporation

correlation

criterion

crocodilian

custodian

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

delegation

degradation

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

crucifixion

derivation

designation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

desperation

destination

destitution

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

diminution

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

dissolution

disposition

disinflation

dispensation

dislocation

dissertation

disputation

dissipation

dominican

divination

disinfection

distillation

distribution

domination

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

emanation

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

emotional

conflagration

endangerment

englishwoman

entanglement

entanglements

equestrian

estonian

erudition

eritrean

european

estimation

eustachian

evolution

equitation

evocation

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhibition

execution

exhalation

exhortation

explanation

expedition

exposition

expiration

explication

exploration

exploitation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fallopian

fascination

fermentation

federation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

fundamental

foliation

fragmentation

fumigation

fundamentals

galilean

generation

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gondwanaland

granulation

gregorian

guatemalan

gravitation

greco-roman

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

himalayan

hypertension

hibernation

historian

expectation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ianthina

imitation

illustration

immigration

immolation

ideation

imposition

implication

implantation

impregnation

imperfection

importation

ibuprofen

imputation

inattention

inattentive

incantation

exhumation

inclination

incarnation

indecision

indemnify

indemnity

indemnities

indentation

indexation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

information

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inspiration

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

intensified

insulation

insurrection

integration

intemperate

intangible

intangibles

intervention

incubation

intensify

intensity

intensifies

intensities

intensively

intentional

intimation

interdiction

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

interception

intersection

interjection

interurban

intonation

intimacy

intimately

intuition

inundation

interwoven

intonations

introduction

introspection

intimidates

intimidate

iranian

jacobean

irrigation

isolation

iteration

invitation

invocation

irritation

intimations

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

monotony

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

leviathan

librarian

liberation

levitation

liberian

litigation

liquidation

limitation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

lilliputian

maccabean

macedonian

kindergarten

machination

mountaineering

mammalian

manumission

malnutrition

masturbation

maturation

medication

mediation

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

ministration

miseration

misperception

missourian

mongolian

modulation

moderation

moravian

mitigation

monatomic

molestation

mortification

motivation

malformation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nestorian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obsidian

obligation

oblivion

observation

octahedron

occupation

obstetrician

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

obfuscation

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

pagination

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

ovulation

penicillin

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

pavlovian

perforation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

polynesian

polyhedron

politician

population

praetorian

precondition

preconception

preignition

premonition

preparation

predetermine

preelection

predilection

presentation

proclamation

preservation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

provocation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

recreation

reelection

reexamine

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

remittances

renovation

repetition

reposition

reparation

repercussion

replication

repossession

republican

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tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

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vanadium

vaccination

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vegetation

ventilation

victorian

vindication

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violation

wagnerian

watermelon

visitation

incrustation

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abomination

abbreviation

accommodation

accreditation

academician

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administration

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amazonian

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amelioration

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anatomically

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appropriation

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assemblywoman

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authentication

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capitulation

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centenarians

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dionysian

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emancipation

entomology

entomologist

entomologists

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exhilaration

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exfoliation

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fertilization

fortification

fundamentalists

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fundamentally

gasification

gametangia

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

exoneration

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hybridization

exoskeleton

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imagination

immunization

inactivation

inadmissible

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incineration

incorporation

expatriation

indonesians

indomitable

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intimidation

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ionization

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nonintervention

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oregonian

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pandemonium

penitentiaries

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patagonian

pasteurization

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penitentiary

pennsylvanian

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examination

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presupposition

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representation

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russification

sanctification

scandinavians

scandinavian

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subordination

substantiation

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sterilization

theologian

undeniable

undeniably

unification

triangulation

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

veterinarian

vegetarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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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
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  • Orange

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