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2 syllable words

aboard

abrade

aborts

abort

abrades

abridge

abridged

abroad

action

acton

afraid

afford

affords

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apart

apron

ashen

arson

asian

aspen

auction

atman

austin

auden

averts

avert

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

basin

bason

bastion

barton

baston

bison

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellman

billion

bellon

billman

begun

billon

bisson

bitten

bordman

blacken

bobbin

bludgeon

boston

bollen

boughten

boatman

bolden

bookman

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brethren

brazen

brighten

brakeman

breton

broaden

briton

brogan

broken

buffered

bullion

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

bushman

canyon

canton

cannon

canon

capstan

caption

captain

carman

carmine

carbon

caution

cauldron

cavort

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

carton

chaplain

chapman

chasten

charon

cheapen

chessman

chevrette

children

churchman

christian

chieftain

chipboard

classman

claxon

citron

clinton

coachman

chevron

colon

chicken

common

chosen

christen

button

cordon

corban

copeman

cotton

craftsman

craven

cousin

cowan

covered

covert

canaan

cretin

cuban

crimson

crewman

crouton

curtain

cushion

cupboards

cupboard

cumin

dagan

dagon

dampen

dalton

daman

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

defraud

delphian

demon

departs

depart

deport

desman

diction

dian

devon

dobson

diverts

divert

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

drunken

dozen

dragon

dudgeon

dungeon

efforts

dustman

eden

effort

dutchman

earthen

elan

eaten

driven

dromon

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

everts

evert

faction

fashion

fasten

falcon

faustian

famine

fatten

faulcon

fallen

favored

fibrin

fiction

fibroids

fibroid

felon

fielden

fevered

fireman

flashgun

flexion

flatten

floren

foreman

foreign

footman

fortune

fountain

fraction

freshen

freshman

freeman

freedman

friction

frighten

function

fusion

gabert

frozen

gallon

gammon

garden

garron

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

fission

gladden

gibbon

glisten

gilden

golden

given

glidden

gluten

goodman

grandson

gowan

graven

gumption

grecian

guardsman

gudgeon

gotten

griffon

gorgon

hackman

haitian

firman

hangman

hasten

harden

harken

harten

hearten

haven

headsman

heathen

headman

hausen

heaven

heighten

hessian

henchman

hempen

hetman

hidden

heron

hogan

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hybrid

happen

hymen

hybrids

hoten

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

ion

jackman

jason

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jetton

jorden

junction

kansan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kalan

kelvin

klansman

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

laden

landsman

lampron

landman

lagan

labored

latin

layman

legion

leaden

leaven

ledden

lengthen

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lesion

leven

leopards

leopard

keyboards

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lion

lightman

lineman

linemen

listen

linden

lisbon

linen

keyboard

luncheon

liven

lockman

locken

logan

liveried

london

loren

lotion

longan

loosen

lopeman

lumen

lyden

mansion

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

marchman

margin

martian

marksman

mason

markman

marlin

marten

martin

marron

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mention

m1

million

minden

mignon

milken

minion

moisten

mission

morgan

mormon

molten

mopboard

motion

mitten

mountain

muffin

mullen

lynden

nation

mutton

nekton

nephrite

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

onion

ocean

olden

odin

omen

often

open

oarsman

option

organ

orphan

outrun

outdone

oven

othman

overt

oxen

parson

packman

panton

pardon

pagan

paean

pension

passion

passman

pathan

patten

patron

pectin

pavon

penguin

penman

owen

peon

person

persian

perron

portion

plankton

plantain

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

ponton

portman

poison

potion

postman

pressman

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

question

quicken

rapport

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

report

reports

muslin

rerun

resin

zircon

riden

ripen

ribbon

reverts

ridden

rincon

risen

robert

riven

roberts

robin

runnion

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

rumen

russian

rowan

ruin

rowen

saffron

section

sadden

salmon

sanction

samson

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scullion

scabbard

scotsman

scion

seaman

seaboard

seaport

seaports

season

salesman

selden

seedsman

semen

sequin

session

shorten

sermon

shotgun

seton

seven

sharpen

shaken

shaman

sexton

shearman

shepherds

shipman

shepherd

shogun

shrunken

showman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smarten

slacken

soften

slogan

smitten

soldan

sodden

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spartans

spearman

solon

spearhead

spirit

spheroid

spirits

revert

shipboard

sportsman

spokesman

sporting

spoken

spreader

stepson

shipyard

stolen

stallion

squadron

stallman

statesman

station

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

straighten

shipyards

sturgeon

strengthen

stricken

striven

suasion

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

subvert

subverts

surgeon

sunken

sweeten

syphon

taken

talon

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tendon

tapered

tension

tighten

titan

teston

thousand

threaten

tillman

thicken

token

torsion

toughen

toman

townsman

traction

support

tubman

triton

turban

tungsten

trillion

tuscan

treason

trodden

trojan

upbraid

undone

union

sylvan

swollen

urchin

urson

urban

urine

upwards

version

vegan

vibrate

vibrates

villain

warden

wagon

waken

warren

vulcan

wanton

upward

watchman

weaken

whiten

widen

wizen

whitson

weapon

wheaten

vision

wiccan

woman

women

woodman

wooden

worsen

workman

zaman

yachtsman

zion

yaupon

woolman

woolen

woven

written

yeoman

supports

uproot

3 syllable words

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abortions

abortion

abortive

abridges

aborted

abridgement

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

admission

adhesion

addiction

addition

acumen

adoption

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affection

african

aforethought

albion

albumin

aleutian

alderman

alien

alaskan

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

affliction

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

aperture

apartment

apartments

apartheid

appian

ascension

arian

apportion

artesian

aryan

artisan

assertion

aspersion

arkansan

assassin

assumption

attention

attrition

asuncion

audition

attraction

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

averted

avian

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

beethoven

biotin

bedouin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

compulsion

cambrian

cabarets

cabaret

campion

compression

cardigan

causation

carrion

cessation

caucasian

chairperson

chamberlain

cartesian

cation

catalan

cetacean

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

cistercian

chilean

cinnamon

citation

collection

clarion

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

citizen

collegian

combustion

commission

commotion

collision

collusion

communion

completion

complexion

compassion

companion

conception

convention

confection

concession

concussion

condition

concoction

conduction

conclusion

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

contagion

convection

constriction

construction

consumption

contention

contrition

contortion

contusion

contraction

contraption

conversion

conviction

convulsion

copartner

copartners

copperheads

correction

corruption

copperhead

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countryman

creation

covertly

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

cyprian

compunction

deception

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deletion

deflection

denizen

dentition

department

departments

departures

departure

depletion

depiction

departed

departing

deportee

deportees

deportment

delusion

depression

desertion

description

derision

detection

detention

determine

destruction

dictation

digestion

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

dilation

dilution

direction

discretion

dimension

discussion

discipline

dissection

disruption

dispersion

dissension

diversion

diverting

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

division

dominion

donation

duration

downtrodden

ejection

egyptian

edition

elation

election

eleven

elison

dorian

emblazon

embolden

encryption

emission

emotion

emulsion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

eruption

erosion

everyone

evasion

everything

everythings

eviction

etruscan

exaction

everyday

exertion

excretion

exception

exemption

excursion

excision

exclusion

exhaustion

expansion

extrusion

expression

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

expulsion

fabian

favorite

favorites

explosion

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fijian

filtration

hammerman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

freemason

franciscan

freudian

garrison

galleon

fustian

fruition

genuine

gaussian

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

halcyon

fisherman

halogen

handwoven

heartbroken

harlequin

hawaiian

heroine

horizon

heroin

abandon

hydrogen

housebroken

hybridize

ignition

illusion

immersion

impassion

imagine

impression

in-person

imprison

inaction

inception

implosion

incursion

inclusion

incision

inflation

indian

infection

infarction

inscription

induction

infliction

injection

infusion

ingestion

infraction

inhuman

injunction

inflection

insertion

inspection

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

irishman

decision

irian

inversion

instruction

italian

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jacobin

jeopardize

jeopardy

jovian

invention

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

labrador

labradors

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

liberate

libertine

libertines

librettist

liberties

liberty

libretto

libyan

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

magdalen

magician

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

mutation

myosin

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

objection

notation

norwegian

nonhuman

nonunion

nubian

nutrition

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

odeon

operates

omission

opinion

opportune

octillion

operate

optician

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overdo

overdoes

overdraft

overdose

overdraw

overman

overrun

overhead

overrates

overheads

overeat

overheats

override

overheat

overdrive

overdue

overrides

overtakes

overrate

overtake

overtax

overthrow

overdrafts

overthrows

overtures

overturn

overturns

overture

parisian

overtime

oxygen

overtones

parthian

partition

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perfection

overtly

overtone

pentathlon

perception

pepperidge

percussion

persuasion

permission

permian

perfusion

perversion

peterman

phoenician

physician

plebeian

policeman

possession

pollution

porcelain

position

poverty

precession

prediction

predation

predestine

preclusion

preemption

precaution

prescription

probation

pretension

prevention

presumption

privation

procession

production

profession

profusion

projection

precision

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protean

protection

provision

puberty

puritan

quotation

relation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

reduction

recession

recision

redemption

reflection

rejection

regimen

reception

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

petition

repertoire

repartee

repression

reporters

reporter

reportage

reproduce

retention

resection

restriction

reptilian

rescission

resumption

phrygian

retraction

reversion

suburban

muskmelon

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

revision

saccharin

rotation

samoan

saleswoman

scorpion

scythian

secession

sedation

seclusion

selection

sedition

seduction

separates

separate

sephardim

sephardic

reverted

subversion

simian

silicon

singleton

snapdragon

solution

skeleton

solomon

specimen

spirited

sportsmanship

sportingly

sporadic

submission

submersion

subscription

subtraction

stygian

summation

succession

suggestion

sumatran

typewriting

reunion

uncommon

superman

suspension

suspicion

tactician

syrian

talisman

tamarin

technician

timberman

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transgression

transaction

transition

transcription

transfusion

transmission

truncation

tuition

typewriters

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

unbutton

supporter

unwritten

supporters

uneven

unison

vacation

uterine

venetian

vatican

venison

veteran

vermilion

typewriter

vibrators

vitamin

vocation

vibrator

volition

waterman

zambian

wesleyan

4 syllable words

abolition

abortionist

abortionists

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

activation

abyssinian

adaptation

acquisition

admonition

adulation

adrenaline

advocation

agitation

affordable

agrarian

allegation

albanian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allocation

american

animation

amputation

amphibian

annotation

ammunition

apparitions

appalachian

aphrodite

aphrodites

appellation

application

approbation

arbitration

arabian

apprehension

apportionment

arthurian

arizonan

armageddon

assemblyman

armenian

augmentation

attribution

athenian

assyrian

avocation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

combination

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

collocation

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

commendation

coloradan

collodion

comedian

columbian

commutation

compilation

committeeman

comparison

compensation

competition

complication

composition

computation

comprehension

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

congregation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

confiscation

connotation

consecration

consternation

consolation

consummation

constellation

constipation

consultation

constitution

contemplation

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contravention

convocation

convolution

cooperates

cooperate

coronation

copernican

corinthian

copyreaders

copenhagen

copyreader

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

crocodilian

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

businesswoman

decimation

dedication

defamation

decompression

deconstruction

dehydration

deformation

delegation

degradation

definition

demarcation

demonstration

demolition

departmental

deportation

deportations

deposition

depravation

deviation

depredation

deprivation

depredations

desecration

derivation

desiccation

designation

dereliction

devastation

desolation

detonation

destination

destitution

devolution

dilatation

dietitian

disaffection

disconnection

diminution

diocesan

devonian

dispensation

dissertation

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disposition

disputation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

domination

divination

distribution

dominican

emigration

draconian

embarkation

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

elongation

elocution

emanation

emulation

englishwoman

disillusion

equitation

erudition

eritrean

estimation

evolution

equestrian

eustachian

european

evocation

excitation

expectation

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

estonian

exhortation

exhumation

exhibition

exploitation

explanation

explication

exploration

expedition

extradition

extrication

fascination

fallopian

exposition

figuration

fibrillation

fermentation

floridian

foliation

fluctuation

fluoridation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

gorgonian

hegelian

hesitation

himalayan

herculean

hemoglobin

historian

ideation

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

hypertensive

hypertonic

hydrocarbon

iberian

ibuprofen

hypertrophy

illustration

immigration

immolation

implantation

imperfection

implication

incantation

imitation

impregnation

imputation

imposition

inattention

importation

incarnation

incrustation

inclination

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

indication

indigestion

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

information

indignation

inflammation

indonesian

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

insurrection

integration

insulation

interaction

intercession

inundation

interception

interjection

intermission

interdiction

interruption

intersection

intervention

intimation

intonation

interurban

interwoven

introspection

introduction

intuition

isolation

irrigation

irritation

invitation

invocation

iranian

jordanian

jacobean

jeopardizes

jubilation

institution

kindergarten

laboratory

laboratories

lancastrian

levitation

leviathan

legislation

liberators

liberated

liberator

liberating

librarian

liberian

liquidation

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

malformation

maccabean

macedonian

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

misconception

misbegotten

minnesotan

motivation

misperception

mitigation

missourian

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

jurisdiction

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nephridium

nestorian

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nicaraguan

obfuscation

nigerian

obligation

opposition

oblivion

occupation

obsidian

obstetrician

octahedron

olympian

operettas

operators

operating

operator

ohioan

operative

opportunists

opportunist

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

pagination

overdoses

overrating

palpitation

penetration

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

paraguayan

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

permutation

persecution

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polynesian

population

polyhedron

praetorian

preignition

predilection

preconception

precondition

predetermine

procreation

preelection

presentation

premonition

profanation

proclamation

prohibition

propagation

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

provocation

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

relaxation

reassertion

recantation

recitation

recreation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relocation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

repertory

replication

repossession

reposition

reportable

reproduction

reproductions

resurrection

reproduces

resignation

retardation

reputation

republican

requisition

reproductive

retribution

restitution

retrocession

resolution

revelation

rhetorician

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

satisfaction

sanitation

samaritan

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separating

sequestration

separatist

separators

separator

separatists

shakespearean

severity

siberian

sicilian

simulation

simonian

situation

sobriety

smithsonian

speculation

spiritual

spirituals

sporadically

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subordinate

subordinates

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

superstition

supervision

supportable

surrogation

supposition

superheated

syndication

syncopation

tasmanian

termination

tamoxifen

titillation

tetrahedron

transplantation

trepidation

superhuman

tribulation

victorian

usurpation

vacillation

vaccination

utopian

valerian

validation

valuation

variation

vegetation

ventilation

violation

vindication

wagnerian

visitation

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

abortifacient

abortifacients

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

academician

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

apparatuses

aphrodisiac

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

prevarication

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

carthaginian

christianization

classification

civilization

clarification

cohabitation

coagulation

codification

colonization

communication

concatenation

confabulation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

deceleration

cooperations

coordination

cooperative

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

deliberation

degeneration

deification

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

disembarkation

depopulation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

discoloration

equalization

discrimination

dionysian

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

diverticulum

divertimento

disinclination

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

equivocation

evacuation

evaluation

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

ethiopian

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

favoritism

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

expatriation

fertilization

hallucination

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

haberdashery

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

humiliation

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

illumination

hyperborean

imagination

immunization

inactivation

improvisation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

inoculation

initiation

insemination

invalidation

insinuation

interpolation

interpretation

instrumentation

interconnection

interrogation

intoxication

intimidation

irradiation

ionization

investigation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

libertarians

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

misinformation

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

modification

mobilization

mississippian

modernization

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nitroglycerine

obliteration

nonintervention

normalization

nonsectarian

notification

nickelodeon

nullification

operational

opportunism

opportunistic

opportunity

opportunities

orientation

organization

origination

pasteurization

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

oregonian

ornamentation

perpetuation

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

predisposition

preoccupation

precipitation

presupposition

premeditation

proliferation

presbyterian

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

pronunciation

purification

pythagorean

qualification

ramification

quantification

ratification

reapportionment

recuperation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

reiteration

regeneration

refrigeration

reintegration

reforestation

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

reportorial

representation

retaliation

repudiation

philadelphian

resuscitation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

revaluation

separatism

simplification

solicitation

specification

sophistication

specialization

spiritualism

spiritualist

spiritualists

spiritually

sterilization

subordination

stratification

substantiation

unification

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word aberration

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


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

Rhyming Dictionary


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