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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

aspen

arson

ashen

asian

apron

asper

aspirin

aspire

atman

austin

auction

auden

backboards

backboard

bacon

bagman

baldwin

bargain

barton

baron

banyan

bastion

baston

belgian

barren

bason

basin

baton

batton

beckon

beaten

begun

bellman

bellon

baseboard

bayman

billion

beacon

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bludgeon

bordman

bitten

blacken

boatman

bobbin

bollen

bolden

blowgun

bookman

boston

brethren

bourbon

brazen

boughten

bracken

breton

brakeman

bowman

brighten

briton

bullion

broaden

brogan

burgeon

bushman

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

caption

capstan

cannon

canon

captain

broken

canaan

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

cauldron

caution

caxton

carton

cayman

certain

button

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chevron

chessman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chicken

chessboard

chessboards

christian

children

churchman

christen

chosen

chieftain

citron

classman

canton

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

baseboards

common

batten

cushion

corban

cordon

copeman

cousin

craftsman

cotton

cowan

craven

cretin

crewman

crimson

curtain

crouton

cuban

cumin

dampen

darken

damson

dagan

dalton

dagon

deaden

deafen

deepen

daman

delphian

deacon

demon

dashboard

dashboards

despairs

despair

desman

desperate

devon

diction

dian

disburse

dispair

dispersed

disperse

disbar

disprove

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dudgeon

dozen

dungeon

drunken

dragon

driven

dromon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ermine

ensign

esprit

fashion

experts

expert

expired

export

expressed

expire

exports

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fatten

faustian

faulcon

felon

gumption

fibrin

fiction

fission

fireman

firman

flashgun

flexion

flatten

floren

fielden

foreign

foreman

fraction

fortune

fasten

footman

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshen

freshman

friction

function

frighten

frozen

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

georgian

gentian

german

gibbon

gilden

given

glisten

goodman

gladden

glidden

gorgon

gotten

gowan

golden

grecian

grandson

griffon

gudgeon

guardsman

gluten

haitian

hackman

happen

graven

hangman

harden

harken

harten

hausen

headsman

headman

hearten

hasten

haven

heaven

hessian

hempen

heron

hesper

henchman

hetman

hidden

highbrow

houseman

homespun

horseman

hogan

hoten

hoven

highbrows

human

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

icebergs

iceberg

heighten

ibsen

junction

ion

jackman

jaspers

jargon

jasmine

jasper

jason

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

kansan

kalan

draftsman

kelvin

kenyan

heathen

nation

keelson

kelson

klansman

kirkman

lampron

kitten

kitchen

landsman

landman

kremlin

lakefront

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lessen

lengthen

lesion

lesson

linemen

linden

lichen

lightman

lighten

liman

lineman

liken

lopeman

listen

lisbon

loren

legion

linen

london

longan

layman

lockman

liven

locken

loosen

lotion

lion

nekton

laden

leman

lynden

m1

mahone

lemon

lyden

madden

margin

mansion

marchman

mangan

logan

marlin

markman

marksman

marten

marron

leven

martian

martin

mason

norman

lumen

luncheon

mayan

maiden

melon

mention

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

misprint

mission

misprints

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

muffin

mullen

mountain

muslin

motion

mutton

matron

newsprint

newsman

neighbors

ninon

oarsman

notion

ocean

odin

onion

passion

often

olden

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

oxfords

oxford

packman

pagan

owen

paean

panton

pardon

patron

neighbor

passman

pathan

passports

passport

pectin

patten

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

persian

person

parson

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

plankton

phosphors

pitman

plantain

phosphor

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

question

pullen

quicken

ration

rayon

raven

proven

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ripen

rincon

risen

ribbon

ridden

riden

riven

robin

season

rosin

rotten

roman

russian

runnion

saffron

sadden

salesman

rumen

ruin

sagebrush

salmon

saxon

rosen

samson

sanction

satin

satan

rowen

santon

scallion

scion

scullion

scotsman

seaman

rowan

section

selden

seedsman

semen

session

sharpen

sermon

sexton

shearman

seven

sequin

seton

shaken

shaman

shipman

shogun

shorten

shrunken

silken

sicken

shotgun

siren

siphon

showman

slacken

smarten

slogan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

spearman

ponton

squadron

station

stallion

stallman

sportsman

spokesman

statesman

spoken

stepson

steven

stiffen

stillion

tension

stockman

sturgeon

strengthen

stricken

striven

suasion

suction

sultan

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

stolen

sylvan

syphon

sweeten

tarpon

tartan

tappen

talon

swollen

taken

tendon

straighten

teston

thousand

tillman

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

token

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

toman

treason

tuscan

tubman

tungsten

turban

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

urchin

undone

union

urban

urson

urine

vegan

version

vesper

villain

vision

vulcan

whispers

warden

warren

watchman

washboard

weaken

weapon

wanton

whisper

wheaten

wizen

worsen

wagon

whitson

woodman

woolman

workman

whiten

wiccan

widen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

yachtsman

written

waken

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abdomen

ablution

abduction

abortion

abstention

accession

abstraction

absorption

accretion

achievers

achiever

acumen

adoption

addiction

adhesion

admission

adsorption

abandon

addition

adrian

affection

affliction

aleutian

aegean

aggression

alderman

alaskan

albion

albumin

african

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

alien

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

aquifer

aquifers

ascension

arian

artesian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

aspartame

aspirant

aspirants

aspires

aspirates

aspirate

aspiring

asuncion

assassin

assumption

attention

attraction

attrition

australian

audition

austrian

backgammon

awaken

avian

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

collision

bedridden

cessation

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

beethoven

benjamin

bookkeepers

biotin

bitumen

bookkeeper

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

bishoprics

bulletin

chairperson

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carrion

carnation

cartesian

castration

caucasian

causation

cardigan

cation

catalan

cetacean

chamberlain

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

cheeseburger

cheeseburgers

chilean

cinnamon

collusion

civilian

clarion

citizen

citation

clergyman

clarendon

collection

collegian

coercion

cohesion

cognition

collagen

companion

commission

commotion

communion

combustion

compression

battalion

complexion

completion

compulsion

expansion

compunction

conception

conclusion

depletion

concession

confession

confection

conflation

condition

concoction

confusion

connection

connexion

conscription

congestion

congressman

conjunction

constriction

contagion

construction

consumption

contention

contortion

contusion

convection

convention

contraction

contrition

contraption

conduction

concussion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

corrosion

confucian

cyprian

countryman

crestfallen

creation

councilman

cremation

croatian

corsican

damnation

decision

deception

dalmatian

decipher

declension

deflation

defection

deduction

deflection

denizen

delusion

deletion

depiction

dentition

desertion

derision

description

depression

determine

despairing

destruction

detection

detention

eleven

devotion

dispersive

dictation

diffusion

dimension

digestion

diffraction

digression

dilation

dilution

direction

disappears

disappear

disbursement

disbursements

discipline

disbarment

discretion

discover

dispersal

discovers

disparage

disparate

discussion

dissection

dissension

disruption

disapprove

distortion

distraction

division

disunion

distinction

dominion

donation

dogberry

duration

dorian

downtrodden

elation

election

edition

egyptian

ejection

embolden

emission

emotion

erosion

elison

emblazon

erection

emulsion

encryption

equation

enlighten

enliven

englishman

eruption

evasion

everyone

etruscan

eviction

exception

exaction

exertion

excision

exclusion

excretion

exemption

exhaustion

expertly

expiring

expires

expiry

explosion

expression

expresses

extrusion

expressions

expulsion

extension

extortion

expressive

extraction

expressly

extinction

exporter

exporters

fabian

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fisherman

filtration

fixation

fijian

flirtation

flotation

gestation

franciscan

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

forbidden

formation

foundation

freemason

fustian

frustration

fruition

freudian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

impassion

ghanaian

gillian

guardian

gordian

gossipers

gradation

guncotton

gravamen

gooseberries

gossiper

handwoven

grobian

halcyon

gyration

halogen

hammerman

hawaiian

gooseberry

harlequin

heartbroken

hackberry

heroin

heroine

high-powered

housebroken

horizon

horatian

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

ignition

icebreakers

icebreaker

imagine

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

impression

inception

incision

inclusion

indian

infarction

infection

inflation

inflection

induction

infliction

infraction

infusion

insertion

ingestion

injection

inscription

inhuman

injunction

inspection

instruction

intention

invention

intrusion

intestine

invasion

irian

italian

irishman

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

korean

keynesian

laurentian

laotian

lecithin

nebraskan

lactation

lesbian

keratin

libyan

ligation

libration

lanolin

lumberman

logician

location

lutheran

magician

macabre

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

lucifer

medallion

medicine

median

menhaden

midshipman

migration

mexican

misfortune

misfortunes

misshapen

mispronounce

mistaken

masculine

munition

muskmelon

moroccan

musician

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

neighborhood

neighboring

nevadan

niacin

neighborhoods

neighborly

neighbourly

melanin

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

obstruction

nonhuman

objection

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nutrition

obsession

nubian

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

optation

optician

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

parisian

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

ovation

opinion

partition

partisan

parthian

passover

patrician

pavilion

pentathlon

pelican

perception

percussion

perfection

perfusion

persuasion

permission

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

phosphoric

physician

phosphorites

phosphorite

permian

phrygian

plebeian

plantation

pollution

policeman

position

porcelain

possession

preclusion

predation

precision

precaution

precession

prescription

preemption

predestine

prediction

procession

presumption

profusion

privation

pretension

prevention

probation

profession

prostration

propulsion

production

progression

proportion

projection

promotion

proscription

protean

protection

raspberry

provision

puritan

recession

ramadan

quotation

raspberries

reaction

receivers

rebellion

receiver

recision

reception

recovers

recovery

redemption

recover

reduction

reexports

reexport

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

religion

remission

rendition

reptilian

reopen

repression

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

seclusion

revulsion

sedation

secretion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

reunion

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

scorpion

samoan

scythian

secession

selection

seduction

sedition

sensation

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

superman

subtraction

stygian

subscription

submission

suburban

succession

suppression

suggestion

sumatran

summation

temptation

syrian

tactician

technician

tamarin

taxation

talisman

taxpayers

taxpayer

takeovers

takeover

timberman

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transcription

transaction

transfusion

transition

transmission

transgression

translation

unburden

unbroken

tuition

truncation

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

uneven

unison

uterine

vacation

veteran

vermilion

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

whispering

waterman

volition

vitamin

vocation

wesleyan

whisperer

whisperers

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

accordion

abrogation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

absolution

admiration

accusation

activation

acquisition

adaptation

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affirmation

affectation

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

ammunition

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

animation

annexation

amputation

annotation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

asperity

approbation

arthurian

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

aspirations

assyrian

aspirated

assemblyman

athenian

augmentation

attribution

avocation

aviation

backwardation

coloradan

amphibian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

centurion

bohemian

bolivian

calibration

calculation

businesswoman

californian

celebration

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

circumspection

chameleon

circumcision

circumvention

circulation

coalition

coloration

cogitation

collocation

collodion

barbarian

commendation

comedian

combination

committeeman

commutation

columbian

comparison

compilation

comprehension

compensation

complication

competition

composition

cultivation

confiscation

confirmation

condemnation

condescension

conflagration

condensation

confrontation

connotation

consecration

conjugation

congregation

conservation

consternation

constipation

consultation

consolation

consummation

constellation

constitution

contemplation

contravention

contrarian

contradiction

contribution

conversation

copernican

contraception

corp.

corporation

coronation

convocation

correlation

convolution

cotyledon

criterion

custodian

copenhagen

corinthian

culmination

crocodilian

crucifixion

cyclopean

devolution

dandelion

darwinian

demolition

decimation

declaration

decompression

decoration

dedication

defamation

deconstruction

definition

delegation

degradation

dehydration

demonstration

demarcation

dereliction

desiccation

derivation

desecration

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deportation

deposition

designation

desolation

desperado

desperately

devastation

destination

detonation

destitution

desperadoes

elevation

deformation

dilatation

disaffection

devonian

dietitian

diminution

diocesan

dispirited

deviation

diaspora

disapproval

disconnection

discovery

discoveries

discoverer

discoverers

disillusion

disparaging

dislocation

disparages

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

disparities

disparity

dissipation

disposition

disappearance

dissertation

disputation

dispiriting

dissolution

distillation

disappearing

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

disapproving

duplication

draconian

education

electrician

emanation

emigration

emulation

embarkation

elocution

elongation

equitation

equestrian

englishwoman

eritrean

erudition

esperanto

estimation

estonian

eustachian

european

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

exhortation

expectation

experience

expedition

experienced

experiment

expiration

experiments

expirations

explanation

exploration

exposition

exploitation

exportable

expressionist

explication

extrication

expropriate

extradition

fallopian

fabrication

exuberance

exuberant

fascination

federation

fermentation

fluoridation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

foliation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

germination

generation

gentlewoman

concentration

gastrulation

glaciation

guatemalan

gorgonian

graduation

gregorian

gravitation

granulation

greco-roman

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

hemoglobin

herculean

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

hydrocarbon

illustration

iberian

ideation

immigration

imitation

ibuprofen

immolation

imperfection

hegelian

implantation

implication

importation

inattention

impregnation

imputation

incantation

imposition

incarnation

computation

indecision

inclination

indentation

incubation

indexation

incrustation

indication

indigestion

instigation

indignation

indiscretion

information

infestation

indonesian

inflammation

infiltration

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

institution

insurrection

interaction

intercession

integration

interception

interdiction

insulation

interjection

intermission

interruption

interurban

intersection

intervention

interwoven

introspection

intonation

introduction

intuition

intimation

inundation

iteration

irritation

isolation

irrigation

jubilation

invitation

invocation

iranian

jacobean

jordanian

jurisdiction

napoleon

kindergarten

laceration

legislation

lancastrian

liberation

levitation

limitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

litigation

leviathan

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

low-spirited

liquefaction

machination

macedonian

maccabean

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

malnutrition

maturation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

ministration

meridian

minnesotan

occupation

miseration

misgovernment

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

misperceptions

mispronounces

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

malformation

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

obstetrician

nonprescription

mediation

obfuscation

observation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

nonpartisan

operation

octahedron

occupiers

olympian

ohioan

orchestration

opposition

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pacifiers

pacifier

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

occupier

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

pavlovian

penicillin

perforation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

permutation

phosphorescence

planarian

pigmentation

persecution

politician

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

population

preconception

praetorian

precondition

preparation

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preignition

premonition

presentation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

propagation

prohibition

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

publication

provocation

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

recantation

receivership

receiverships

reciprocal

reciprocate

reciprocates

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

reconstruction

recreation

recoveries

recuperates

recuperate

reelection

protozoan

reexamine

reinspection

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

relaxation

renovation

repossession

relocation

reparation

repercussion

replication

repetition

reposition

reproduction

republican

reputation

reservation

resignation

restoration

respirator

restitution

resurrection

respirators

resolution

rhetorician

retribution

retardation

revelation

separation

rhododendron

requisition

retrocession

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sectarian

revocation

segmentation

revolution

segregation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

sicilian

simulation

siberian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

statistician

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

substitution

subluxation

suffocation

supervision

superhuman

supposition

strangulation

surrogation

superstition

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

vacillation

utopian

vaccination

valerian

variation

veneration

validation

vegetation

ventilation

valuation

victorian

vindication

violation

visitation

vociferates

vociferate

watermelon

wagnerian

whosoever

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

academician

accreditation

adjudication

administration

accumulation

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alleviation

amelioration

alienation

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

approximation

assassination

assemblywoman

association

assimilation

attenuation

amplification

authorization

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

centralization

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centenarian

brobdingnagian

certification

canonization

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

collaboration

codification

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denunciation

denomination

degeneration

desalination

depreciation

desegregation

depopulation

determination

disappearances

dissemination

discoloration

discoverable

disembarkation

discrimination

disparagingly

disinclination

disintegration

disproportionate

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dionysian

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

emancipation

elizabethan

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

eradication

equivocation

evaporation

elimination

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

exacerbation

exaggeration

exasperation

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

experiential

experiences

experimental

experimenter

experimenters

expiratory

expressionism

expressionistic

extermination

expropriation

expropriations

expropriated

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

exoskeleton

gasification

glorification

gratification

juxtaposition

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hyperborean

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

inauguration

improvisation

incarceration

inactivation

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

indoctrination

insinuation

inhabitation

interconnection

instrumentation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

ionization

interpolation

investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

manifestation

legalization

libertarian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

mathematician

miscalculation

misappropriates

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modification

mummification

multiplication

modernization

lithuanian

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

notification

nonsectarian

normalization

nullification

obliteration

misappropriate

oregonian

orientation

organization

ornamentation

origination

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

precipitation

predisposition

preoccupation

predestination

premeditation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

pronunciation

proletarian

proliferation

prognostication

purification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

reciprocity

recuperation

recommendation

recombination

recoverable

recrimination

rectification

reforestation

regeneration

reiteration

refrigeration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

respiratory

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

revaluation

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

pomeranian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word aspersion

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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