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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word allocation.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words

allocation

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

admiration

activation

adaptation

advocation

allocations

adulation

agitation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

allegations

allegation

animation

affirmation

alteration

altercation

annexation

amputation

application

annotation

appellation

appalachian

approbation

aspiration

avocation

calculation

cancellation

complication

calibration

connotation

convocation

collocation

celebration

circulation

coronation

combination

commendation

commutation

compilation

confiscation

correlation

consolation

consecration

consummation

culmination

cultivation

decimation

dedication

delegation

degradation

delegations

defamation

depravation

deprivation

derivation

desecration

desiccation

detonation

designation

desolation

destination

devastation

depredation

dilatation

domination

divination

education

duplication

elevation

elocutions

equitation

elocution

emanation

emigration

emulation

estimation

explication

fabrication

fascination

fermentation

fluoridation

fragmentation

galilean

gastrulation

germination

granulation

gravitation

graduation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

immolation

implication

invocation

indication

inhalation

innovation

isolation

irrigation

maturation

jubilation

litigation

machination

malformation

medication

meditation

melanesian

nomination

modulation

mortification

motivation

mutilation

navigation

obligation

obfuscation

occupation

palpitation

ordination

pagination

oscillation

oxidation

penetration

persecution

politician

population

presentation

provocation

profanation

proclamation

propagation

prosecution

publication

recantation

recitation

realization

realizations

reclamation

regulation

relaxation

renovation

relocation

replication

reputation

resignation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

saturation

segregation

speculation

strangulation

subluxation

suffocation

termination

surrogation

tabulation

vacillation

vaccination

ulceration

valuation

validation

violation

vegetation

ventilation

vindication

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word allocation.
2 syllable words

action

acton

alan

airman

alight

alban

alman

amman

apron

ashen

asian

arson

aspen

auction

atman

auden

belgian

ballasts

baldwin

bagman

ballast

bacon

banyan

bellman

austin

baron

basin

barren

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

barton

beckon

beacon

beaten

begun

bellon

bargain

billion

bison

bisson

billman

billon

blacken

blackouts

carmine

bitten

blackout

blasting

blasted

blaster

blacktop

blastoff

brogan

blockades

blockade

blisters

blockhead

bludgeon

blockheads

bobbin

boatman

blowgun

bluster

bluestone

bolden

bookman

bollen

bolstered

bolsters

bolster

bordman

boston

calvin

caisson

bushman

boughten

bourbon

brighten

broaden

bullshit

blister

bullion

broken

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

bowman

cabin

cajun

calcite

brazen

brethren

calloused

breton

canaan

briton

cannon

canon

caption

canyon

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

canton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

chessman

chevron

chicken

children

cheapen

chieftain

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

claxon

classman

citron

clinton

cliched

cloister

cloistered

cloisters

closedown

coachman

carton

closets

closet

closedowns

cluster

collect

clustered

clusters

collects

blackwood

bracken

common

colon

corban

copeman

cordon

brakeman

craven

bulkhead

craftsman

cousin

cotton

cowan

cretin

crimson

crewman

crouton

cuban

bulkheads

cumin

curtain

cushion

damson

dalton

dampen

darken

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

daylight

daylights

deacon

deepen

delphian

desman

devon

diction

dian

demon

dolman

dobson

dolphin

doctrine

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

dulcet

dungeon

elect

elects

emption

ensign

engine

delight

ermine

dudgeon

elan

faction

falcon

fallen

falsehood

falsehoods

gilden

delights

fashion

faulcon

fasten

faustian

fatten

felon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

given

flexion

flashgun

flatten

flagstone

floren

flagstaffs

flagstones

flaxseed

flighty

footman

foreman

foreign

fraction

fluster

fortune

fountain

flusters

friction

freshen

famine

flagstaff

freeman

freedman

freshman

frighten

function

gascon

gallon

gammon

garron

garden

gallstone

fusion

gallstones

gentian

georgian

gladden

german

gibbon

glisten

glidden

frozen

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gotten

grandson

grecian

graven

griffon

guardsman

gowan

gumption

haitian

hackman

hailstone

hailstones

hailstorm

hangman

hasten

headsman

harken

headman

happen

haven

harden

harten

hausen

heaven

hearten

heathen

heron

gudgeon

hempen

henchman

hessian

hetman

hidden

holstein

homespun

hillsides

hogan

hillside

holster

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

heighten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

falstaff

flaccid

ion

jackman

jetson

jason

jasmine

jargon

mason

jetton

junction

kalan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

klansman

kelvin

kirkman

kitchen

kremlin

kitten

landsman

laden

lampron

landman

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

lemon

lengthen

lesson

leman

liman

lesion

lessen

lichen

lighten

liken

lightman

leven

jordan

linden

lineman

lockman

locken

linemen

listen

liven

lisbon

linen

london

lotion

longan

loosen

loren

lopeman

lion

luncheon

m1

lyden

lynden

lumen

madden

maelstrom

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marksman

marchman

markman

margin

marron

marlin

marten

martian

martin

logan

matron

mayan

mention

melton

melon

mignon

milestone

milestones

milken

million

minden

milkweed

millstone

minion

mission

mitten

molests

molten

morgan

molest

mormon

moisten

muffin

mullen

muslin

motion

mountain

mutton

nation

nekton

ninon

newsman

notion

norman

oarsman

packman

often

odin

oilseed

onion

option

omen

open

organ

othman

oven

orphan

outdone

outrun

ocean

oxen

paean

pagan

owen

passion

parson

pardon

passman

pectin

pathan

patten

patron

pavon

panton

penguin

pension

peon

penman

perron

person

persian

pigeon

plankton

oilseeds

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

placate

placid

placoid

plantain

platen

olden

plaster

platten

plastics

poison

plasters

plastic

polecat

polished

sexton

pollan

pollen

zircon

policed

polecats

ponton

portman

potion

postman

pressman

portion

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

resin

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

rincon

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

russian

runnion

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

sanction

samson

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scion

scullion

rumen

section

seedsman

select

selects

selden

scotsman

semen

session

sequin

sermon

seven

seaman

seton

shaken

shaman

season

sharpen

shearman

ruin

shipman

shogun

shorten

shrunken

tension

teston

shotgun

slacken

silken

siphon

siren

skylight

skylights

showman

slaughters

smarten

soldan

smitten

sodden

soften

slogan

solon

solstice

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

stallion

station

stallman

sportsman

spokesman

statesman

squadron

spoken

stepson

stockman

strengthen

stillion

straighten

stricken

steven

stiffen

stolen

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sudden

sultan

sunken

sullen

summon

surgeon

sylvan

swollen

syphon

talon

taken

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tendon

sicken

sweeten

slighting

thicken

slaughter

tighten

thousand

threaten

tillman

titan

token

toman

slightly

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

trillion

tubman

triton

treason

trodden

trojan

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

union

twilight

urson

urchin

urine

ulster

version

villain

urban

vision

vulcan

vegan

watchman

waken

weapon

wanton

warden

warren

weaken

wheaten

widen

wagon

whiten

whitson

wiccan

wizen

woman

women

zaman

wooden

woodman

workman

worsen

yachtsman

woolman

written

yaupon

woven

yeoman

woolen

zion

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abstraction

abortion

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

adhesion

addition

acumen

addiction

admission

allocates

allocate

adoption

african

adsorption

aegean

affection

affliction

aggression

adrian

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

alderman

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

anchorman

andean

anyone

apportion

appian

arian

aspersion

ascension

artisan

arkansan

aryan

assumption

assertion

artesian

assassin

asuncion

attention

attrition

attraction

audition

australian

awaken

aversion

backgammon

avian

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

ballistics

ballistic

austrian

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

collision

benjamin

biotin

abandon

blastoderm

bitumen

blessedly

blockaded

blockaders

blockader

blistering

blustering

bosnian

brazilian

cambrian

capsaicin

bouillon

campion

carnation

cardigan

cartesian

collegian

carrion

caucasian

causation

cation

catalan

cetacean

celestial

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

champion

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

chamberlain

cistercian

citation

clarion

clergyman

citizen

civilian

clarendon

coalesced

coercion

collagen

cognition

cohesion

collections

collective

collected

collector

collectors

collegiate

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

complexion

compassion

companion

completion

compulsion

compunction

compression

conception

concession

confession

conduction

concussion

concoction

confection

condition

conclusion

conflation

confucian

conjunction

congestion

confusion

congressman

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

consumption

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

convection

contrition

convention

conversion

conviction

contusion

convulsion

correction

collusion

crustacean

corruption

corsican

corrosion

cremation

creation

councilman

countryman

crestfallen

croatian

bulletin

cyprian

etruscan

deception

declension

decision

deduction

eviction

deflection

deflation

defection

delegates

delicate

deletion

delighted

delighting

delegate

delightful

excision

depiction

denizen

dentition

depletion

dilution

delusion

desertion

depression

derision

description

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

digression

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

disruption

dialects

dialect

direction

discretion

discussion

dispersion

dimension

dissection

dissension

distraction

distinction

distortion

diversion

disunion

division

donation

dorian

dominion

downtrodden

discipline

ejection

dualist

duration

edition

egyptian

election

elation

elections

elective

elector

elastic

electors

electric

electro

electrics

electrode

electron

electrons

eleven

electrodes

elicit

elicits

emblazon

emission

emotion

embolden

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

englishman

equation

encryption

erection

evasion

everyone

eruption

erosion

exaction

exception

elison

exclusion

duelist

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expression

extraction

expulsion

extension

extortion

extinction

extrusion

fabian

falsity

feminine

fenian

filtration

ferryman

fijian

fixation

fisherman

falsetto

flirtation

flotation

fluctuate

fluctuates

formation

foundation

foramen

forgotten

forbidden

forewoman

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

flycatcher

frustration

garrison

fustian

galleon

galactose

gaussian

galactic

gestation

falsettos

gentleman

ghanaian

genuine

gillian

glaciate

glistening

gordian

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gradation

gyration

halcyon

guncotton

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

illustrates

illustrate

imagine

illicit

immersion

impression

impassion

imprison

implosion

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

incursion

induction

inclusion

infection

indian

inflation

infarction

inflection

infliction

infusion

injunction

ingestion

injection

inhuman

insertion

inscription

infraction

instruction

inspection

intention

intestine

intrusion

irishman

invasion

invention

inversion

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

javelin

julian

jovian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lecithin

laurentian

lanolin

laotian

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

loyalist

loyalists

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

logician

masculine

medallion

median

melanin

mexican

menhaden

midshipman

migration

mistaken

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

molested

molesters

molester

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

medicine

niacin

nebraskan

nemean

nitrogen

nevadan

nihilists

nobleman

notation

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

nutrition

objection

phoenician

obsession

obstruction

odeon

orion

oration

optation

omission

optician

opinion

oppression

origin

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

oxygen

overrun

palisades

palisade

petition

partition

partisan

parisian

parthian

pelican

patrician

pavilion

percussion

perfection

perception

perfusion

pentathlon

permian

permission

persuasion

perversion

peterman

philistine

octillion

philistines

physician

occlusion

phrygian

pilasters

pilaster

placidly

plebeian

plastering

pleistocene

plasterer

plasterwork

policeman

pollution

possession

position

precaution

precession

prediction

preclusion

precision

predestine

prescription

preemption

presumption

pretension

privation

procession

probation

profession

progression

projection

profusion

promotion

prevention

prostration

propulsion

protection

proportion

provision

proscription

protean

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reaction

recession

rebellion

realists

realist

reception

recision

redemption

reelect

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

relegate

religion

reluctant

rendition

remission

restriction

relocate

repression

reptilian

resumption

resection

rescission

retraction

retention

reopen

revulsion

reversion

rhodopsin

revision

rifleman

reunion

rotation

royalist

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scholastic

scorpion

seclusion

secretion

secession

scythian

seduction

sedition

selections

sensation

selective

porcelain

silicon

skeleton

silicate

silicates

simian

singleton

slaughterhouse

snapdragon

solicit

solomon

solution

soloists

solstices

soloist

solicits

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

suburban

subversion

subscription

subtraction

succession

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspension

talisman

tactician

tamarin

syrian

talkative

temptation

technician

suspicion

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transaction

transgression

transcription

tradition

transfusion

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

unison

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uterine

unbroken

uneven

vatican

venetian

unwritten

vibration

venison

veteran

vermilion

vocation

vitamin

violists

violist

volition

zambian

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

aberration

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

acquisition

admonition

adoration

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

alligator

alligators

adrenaline

alternation

american

ammunition

amphibian

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

assemblyman

assyrian

arthurian

attribution

athenian

benediction

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

carcinogen

bohemian

bolivian

californian

calisthenic

businesswoman

calisthenics

canadian

centurion

chameleon

chalcedony

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collectivist

collectivized

collectively

collectible

collectibles

collectivize

confrontation

coloration

columbian

coloradan

comedian

committeeman

compensation

competition

comparison

composition

computation

concentration

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

conflagration

collodion

conjugation

congregation

constellation

conservation

consternation

constipation

consultation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

contrarian

convolution

conversation

copernican

copenhagen

corp.

corinthian

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

dandelion

darwinian

custodian

cyclopean

declaration

decoration

decompression

deconstruction

definition

deformation

dehydration

delegating

delicately

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

dereliction

demarcation

destitution

desperation

devolution

deviation

disposition

dialectic

dietitian

execution

devonian

disaffection

diminution

disconnection

diocesan

dislocation

dispensation

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

disputation

dissipation

dielectric

distillation

dissolution

dissertation

distribution

dominican

draconian

electioneer

electioneers

dualistic

electorate

electorates

electrician

electricians

electrocute

electrifies

electrify

electricals

electronic

electroplate

electronics

electrolytes

electrolyte

elicited

electrical

exclamation

elongation

embarkation

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

delectable

erudition

evocation

evolution

estonian

european

eustachian

excavation

elucidate

excitation

exhalation

exhibition

expiration

explanation

exploitation

exploration

exhortation

expectation

exhumation

expedition

exposition

fallopian

extrication

extradition

federation

felicitate

felicity

figuration

fibrillation

floridian

formulation

fluctuation

fluctuations

fumigation

fluctuating

foliation

glaciation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

ideation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gregorian

hegelian

guatemalan

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

hydrocarbon

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

illustrations

illustrated

illustrative

illustrators

illustrator

immigration

imputation

implantation

importation

imperfection

impregnation

imposition

inflammation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

infiltration

inclination

indexation

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

inundation

indiscretion

indigestion

indignation

infestation

indonesian

integration

inquisition

insulation

installation

inspiration

instigation

institution

insurrection

intersection

interaction

interdiction

interjection

intermission

interruption

intuition

interception

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

intercession

intervention

interurban

interwoven

information

irritation

invitation

iranian

jacobean

iteration

inhibition

masturbation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

legislation

lancastrian

jordanian

lilliputian

liberation

liberian

levitation

leviathan

librarian

limitation

maccabean

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

macedonian

lubrication

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

mediation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

misbegotten

miseration

mitigation

misperception

moderation

missourian

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mollycoddle

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

oblivion

observation

pigmentation

octahedron

obsidian

ohioan

operation

olympian

opposition

orchestration

obstetrician

oleaster

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

perforation

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

penicillin

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predilection

predetermine

premonition

preparation

preelection

preignition

preservation

procreation

prohibition

proposition

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

radiation

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

realistic

recollection

recreation

punctuation

reconstruction

reelection

reformation

refutation

registration

reexamine

reinspection

recognition

relocations

reluctantly

repetition

repossession

reparation

reposition

reproduction

repercussion

republican

requisition

resolution

reservation

respiration

restoration

restitution

resurrection

retribution

retardation

retrocession

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

satisfaction

samaritan

sectarian

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

situation

simonian

tetrahedron

siberian

titillation

sicilian

smithsonian

solicitor

solicitors

solicitude

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

substitution

superhuman

supposition

superstition

supervision

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

toleration

variation

transformation

tribulation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

usurpation

utopian

valerian

veneration

velocity

velocities

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

argumentation

appropriation

argentinian

articulation

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

cohabitation

collaboration

collectivism

carthaginian

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

degeneration

defenestration

deliberation

delicatessen

delicatessens

delineation

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

discoloration

depreciation

dialectical

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

excoriation

dionysian

ejaculation

elaboration

elasticity

electrocutions

electrically

electricity

electrocution

electroplating

electrostatic

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

epicurean

enumeration

equalization

equivocation

elucidative

evacuation

examination

evaluation

evaporation

exacerbation

exaggeration

exasperation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

extermination

expropriation

ethiopian

fertilization

fortification

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

imagination

illumination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

indoctrination

inoculation

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

instrumentation

insinuation

interpolation

interrogation

interconnection

intoxication

intimidation

interpretation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

justification

juxtaposition

libertarian

lithuanian

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

mechanization

jeffersonian

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

metropolitan

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

mummification

multiplication

neutralization

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

neapolitan

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

obliteration

illegitimate

origination

organization

oregonian

orientation

ornamentation

overproduction

panamanian

philadelphian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

preoccupation

predisposition

presbyterian

presupposition

procrastination

proliferation

prognostication

pronunciation

proletarian

quantification

reaffirmation

pythagorean

realistically

rectification

recommendation

recombination

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

representation

repatriation

resuscitation

repudiation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

solicitations

specialization

specification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

vaporization

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word allocation

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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