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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

auden

austin

bagman

bacon

baldwin

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bason

basin

bastion

bayman

beacon

beaten

baston

belfry

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

billion

billboards

billon

bisson

bitten

billman

bison

blabbers

blabber

blacken

blowgun

billboard

blubber

bludgeon

bobbin

blueprints

boatman

bluffer

blueprint

bluebeard

bluebirds

bluebird

bolden

bollen

bookman

bordman

brethren

boughten

bracken

boston

brakeman

brazen

bourbon

bowman

breton

briton

brighten

broaden

bullfrogs

bullfrog

broken

bullion

burden

burman

burgeon

burton

button

bushman

cabin

brogan

caisson

cajun

calvin

cannon

canon

canaan

canton

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

caption

captain

carton

cauldron

capstan

caution

caxton

cayman

beckon

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chevron

children

chessman

chieftain

christian

chicken

christen

clapboards

churchman

cheapen

citron

clapboard

chosen

classman

claxon

clinton

chasten

clapper

clipboard

coachman

clippers

clever

clipper

cleaver

clobber

clover

colon

common

craftsman

corban

cordon

cotton

copeman

cousin

craven

cowan

cretin

crewman

cuban

culprit

culprits

cushion

culvert

curtain

cumin

dagan

culver

dagon

dalton

darken

dampen

damson

daman

deafen

deacon

deaden

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

crimson

devon

diction

dian

dolphin

doctrine

dolman

dobson

draftsman

dungeon

drunken

dozen

dragon

driven

dudgeon

dromon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

ensign

elan

elvers

emption

engine

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

faulcon

faustian

fasten

fatten

felon

fibrin

fiction

fielden

filbert

filberts

fireman

firman

flashgun

garden

fission

flappers

flapper

flatten

floren

flexion

footman

flippers

flipper

foreign

foreman

fortune

fraction

fountain

freshen

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

gallon

function

gammon

fusion

georgian

garron

gentian

german

gascon

gibbon

gilden

gilbert

given

glidden

gladden

glisten

flavor

golden

golfers

goodman

golfer

gorgon

gotten

grandson

gowan

graven

grecian

flavored

heaven

guardsman

griffon

gudgeon

gumption

flavors

harden

hackman

hangman

happen

haitian

harken

harten

gluten

hasten

headsman

headman

haven

hearten

heighten

heathen

helpers

helper

henchman

hempen

hausen

heron

hetman

hessian

horseman

hidden

homespun

hogan

houseman

hoten

huntsman

hoven

human

ibsen

hyphen

hymen

hyson

glover

burdon

zircon

ion

jargon

jackman

jasmine

jailbreak

jason

jetson

jordan

jetton

jorden

junction

kansan

kenyan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

klansman

kirkman

kitten

kitchen

kremlin

lampron

laden

lagan

landman

latin

leaden

layman

leaven

ledden

lemon

lengthen

legion

lesion

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

landsman

listen

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lineman

kalan

linen

linemen

lisbon

lockman

lion

liven

locken

logan

london

longan

luncheon

loren

lyden

lotion

lopeman

loosen

lumen

lynden

mahone

madden

maiden

markman

m1

marchman

margin

mansion

marron

mangan

marlin

marten

martin

marksman

martian

matron

mayan

mason

melon

melton

mignon

million

mention

milken

minden

minion

mission

mitten

molten

moisten

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

motion

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

oarsman

norman

notion

ocean

odin

often

olden

onion

omen

open

organ

option

orphan

outrun

othman

outdone

oven

palfrey

packman

oxen

paean

pagan

owen

panton

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pectin

pavon

penman

pension

penguin

peon

perron

persian

person

portman

plantain

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

pigeon

pilfers

pilfer

plankton

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

poison

plover

plovers

ponton

portion

postman

potion

crouton

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

question

quicken

ration

rayon

raven

reason

reckon

redden

region

santon

rerun

resin

ribbon

rincon

risen

riven

ripen

robin

runnion

ridden

riden

rowan

rowen

saffron

roman

rosin

rotten

rosen

salesman

sadden

rumen

ruin

samson

sanction

russian

salmon

scallion

scullion

saxon

scotsman

scalpers

scion

scalper

selden

section

seedsman

satan

satin

seaman

sharpen

sexton

shearman

sermon

seven

session

shaken

shaman

sequin

season

shipman

semen

seton

shorten

shrunken

shotgun

shogun

showman

sicken

siphon

siren

silken

silvers

silver

slacken

slippers

slipper

sliver

slivers

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

solvers

solver

spartan

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

stallion

sportsman

stallman

stepson

statesman

station

spokesman

spoken

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

striven

suasion

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sulphur

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

stricken

syphon

sturgeon

taken

tarpon

talon

tappen

tartan

tendon

tension

teston

thicken

threaten

telford

thousand

tillman

tighten

titan

toman

sleeper

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

slogan

token

trillion

triton

treason

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

undone

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

wanton

vulcan

wagon

waken

warden

warren

watchman

weapon

welfare

weaken

wheaten

whiten

whitson

wiccan

widen

wizen

slobber

women

woodman

woman

wooden

woolen

woolman

workman

worsen

written

yachtsman

yaupon

zaman

woven

yeoman

zion

sleepers

wolfram

3 syllable words

abortion

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abrasion

absorption

abstraction

abstention

accession

accretion

addiction

addition

adhesion

acumen

affliction

admission

adsorption

african

adoption

adrian

aegean

affection

aggression

albion

alien

alderman

albumin

all-purpose

aleutian

alaskan

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

arian

arkansan

aryan

artesian

ascension

artisan

aspersion

assertion

assassin

assumption

attention

attrition

allusion

attraction

asuncion

audition

australian

austrian

badminton

backgammon

backwoodsman

aversion

avian

awaken

bandwagon

bedouin

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

beethoven

believers

believer

beholden

belabors

belabor

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

blueberries

blueberry

brazilian

bouillon

boulevard

boulevards

civilian

bulletin

calibrate

cambrian

campion

calvaries

calvary

carnation

cardigan

celebrant

carrion

cation

castration

capsaicin

cartesian

catalan

caucasian

causation

celebrants

bosnian

celebrate

celebrates

cinnamon

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

chamberlain

chilean

cistercian

citizen

citation

clarion

coercion

clarendon

clergyman

cloverleaf

cleverly

collection

collagen

collegian

commission

communion

cohesion

collision

combustion

collusion

commotion

confusion

crestfallen

complexion

companion

compassion

compression

completion

compulsion

compunction

condition

confection

conception

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confession

countryman

confucian

connection

connexion

conflation

congestion

conjunction

conscription

congressman

constriction

construction

consumption

contortion

contagion

contention

contraction

contraption

conviction

contrition

convection

conversion

contusion

convention

convulsion

corsican

correction

corrosion

corruption

councilman

creation

cremation

deflection

crustacean

croatian

cyprian

culverhouse

dalmatian

damnation

declension

deception

decision

deduction

cognition

defection

deflation

deletion

delivers

dentition

delusion

denizen

depression

deliver

depiction

derision

depletion

detention

destruction

desertion

detection

determine

description

devotion

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

dimension

digression

digestion

dilation

dilution

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

dominion

dissension

disruption

dissection

distinction

distortion

disunion

dispersion

division

diversion

distraction

donation

dorian

downtrodden

duration

edition

ejection

elaborate

egyptian

elation

election

elbowroom

elison

eleven

emotion

emission

emulsion

embolden

encryption

englishman

emblazon

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

everyone

erosion

etruscan

evasion

eruption

immersion

eviction

exception

excision

exaction

exclusion

exertion

excretion

excursion

exemption

expression

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

extortion

extension

extrusion

fabian

expulsion

extraction

fenian

fijian

filtration

feminine

ferryman

fisherman

extinction

fixation

flabbergast

flavorful

flavoring

forbidden

flirtation

foramen

flotation

forewoman

franciscan

formation

forgotten

foundation

freemason

freudian

frustration

galleon

fustian

garrison

gaussian

genuine

fruition

ghanaian

gentleman

gestation

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

flavorings

guardian

grobian

heroine

halcyon

hammerman

gyration

handwoven

half-hearted

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

housebroken

hydration

guncotton

horizon

horatian

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

abandon

impassion

implosion

impression

in-person

inaction

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

indian

infarction

induction

infection

insertion

inhuman

infusion

infliction

inflection

ingestion

infraction

inflation

inscription

injection

injunction

inspection

jettison

instruction

intention

intrusion

intestine

invention

inversion

irishman

invasion

irian

jacobin

italian

jamaican

javelin

julian

jovian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laurentian

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

location

lumberman

logician

lutheran

malayan

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malpractice

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

kantian

medicine

melanin

mexican

menhaden

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

mulberry

muskmelon

mutation

narration

myosin

negation

nemean

nebraskan

nevadan

nitrogen

nobleman

niacin

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

notation

objection

octillion

obstruction

obsession

occasion

odeon

occlusion

oliver

omission

opinion

oppression

oration

optician

optation

outspoken

origin

orion

ottoman

overdone

ovation

overman

pavilion

patrician

overrun

oxygen

parthian

partisan

parisian

partition

pelican

pentathlon

perception

perfection

permian

permission

perfusion

percussion

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

physician

phrygian

plantation

pilfering

policeman

plebeian

pollution

phoenician

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

imprison

precision

preclusion

precession

prediction

preemption

predestine

presumption

production

proportion

pretension

prescription

procession

prevention

privation

probation

profession

predation

profusion

progression

promotion

prostration

protection

projection

propulsion

proscription

protean

provision

puritan

pulverize

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

religion

rendition

remission

relation

relievers

reliever

quotation

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

reversion

reunion

revision

retention

revulsion

retraction

rhodopsin

saccharin

rifleman

saleswoman

rotation

samoan

salvation

scorpion

scythian

secretion

seduction

secession

sedation

sedition

seclusion

selection

self-respect

sensation

simian

silicon

singleton

silvery

silverware

skeleton

slavery

slippery

snapdragon

solomon

solution

stagnation

starvation

specimen

talisman

stygian

syrian

submersion

subversion

suburban

submission

subscription

succession

suggestion

summation

sumatran

suspension

suppression

superman

suspicion

tactician

subtraction

tamarin

timberman

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

tilbury

transaction

tradition

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

transmission

translation

truncation

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

tuition

unwritten

uterine

unison

vacation

vatican

vermilion

toboggan

veteran

venetian

vibration

venison

vitamin

volition

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

wheelbarrows

wheelbarrow

zambian

wolverine

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

aberration

abnegation

accordion

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

abrogation

absolution

adaptation

activation

acquisition

accusation

admiration

alabaman

affirmation

affectation

adrenaline

adoration

adulation

advocation

admonition

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

algerian

albanian

algonquian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

altercation

alternation

alteration

amphibian

american

ammunition

amputation

annexation

animation

annotation

application

apparition

appalachian

appellation

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

avocation

aviation

bavarian

barbarian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

celebration

calculation

businesswoman

calibration

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebrated

celebrations

centurion

chameleon

crucifixion

celebrities

celebrity

estonian

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

circulation

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collaborate

committeeman

collodion

columbian

coloradan

comedian

coloration

combination

commendation

comparison

complication

comprehension

competition

composition

compilation

compensation

computation

concentration

confiscation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

conflagration

connotation

conjugation

confrontation

congregation

consecration

conservation

consolation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

contemplation

contravention

commutation

contribution

conversation

cotyledon

convocation

coronation

convolution

corinthian

copernican

corp.

corporation

correlation

copenhagen

constellation

deformation

criterion

definition

importation

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dedication

decoration

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

defamation

deconstruction

devonian

immigration

degradation

dehydration

delegation

devastation

deliberate

deliberates

deliverance

demarcation

deliveries

delivery

deliverers

deliverer

demolition

demonstration

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

deposition

desecration

designation

desiccation

desperation

destitution

desolation

destination

detonation

equestrian

devolution

deviation

dilatation

diocesan

diminution

disaffection

disinfection

disinflation

disillusion

disconnection

dislocation

dispensation

dissertation

dissipation

disposition

disputation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

elaborates

elevation

elongation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

electrician

dietitian

eritrean

equitation

european

imitation

estimation

erudition

eustachian

excavation

exclamation

excitation

execution

exploration

exhortation

expectation

exhibition

exhumation

expedition

expiration

exhalation

explication

exploitation

explanation

exposition

fabrication

extrication

fallopian

extradition

figuration

federation

fascination

fibrillation

fermentation

gravitation

evocation

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

evolution

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

greco-roman

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

guatemalan

gregorian

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

illustration

hungarian

iberian

hyperion

ibuprofen

hypertension

ideation

hydrocarbon

impregnation

imperfection

implication

immolation

implantation

imposition

incarnation

inattention

imputation

incantation

inclination

indiscretion

indentation

indecision

indexation

incubation

indication

indonesian

information

indignation

incrustation

indigestion

infiltration

innovation

infestation

inflammation

inspiration

inhalation

inhibition

instigation

inquisition

iranian

installation

institution

integration

insurrection

intercession

interception

interjection

interdiction

intermission

interaction

insulation

interurban

intervention

interwoven

intimation

intersection

interruption

introduction

intonation

introspection

invocation

invitation

irrigation

iteration

irritation

jacobean

isolation

inundation

jordanian

intuition

jubilation

jurisdiction

liberian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

liberation

legislation

levitation

leviathan

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

litigation

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

malformations

lubrication

macedonian

maccabean

machination

mammalian

malnutrition

masturbation

maturation

manumission

medication

mediation

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

ministration

misbegotten

miseration

minnesotan

misconception

misperception

missourian

molestation

mitigation

moravian

mongolian

moderation

modulation

mortification

motivation

napoleon

mutilation

nestorian

navigation

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

octahedron

observation

obstetrician

occupation

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

palpitation

pagurian

oxidation

pagination

paraguayan

ovulation

pavlovian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

polyhedron

polynesian

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

population

pelagian

praetorian

siberian

predetermine

preelection

predilection

preignition

preservation

preparation

premonition

proclamation

procreation

presentation

profanation

propagation

qualifier

prohibition

prosecution

prostitution

proposition

publication

provocation

punctuation

protozoan

protestation

qualifiers

readmission

recitation

recreation

realization

reawaken

reassertion

recantation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

reconstruction

reparation

registration

reformation

refutation

reelection

reexamine

regulation

repetition

reinspection

renovation

relaxation

relocation

replication

reposition

radiation

repossession

sicilian

resignation

republican

requisition

reputation

reservation

respiration

restoration

restitution

resurrection

resolution

retardation

revocation

retribution

retrocession

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

revelation

reproduction

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

repercussion

sectarian

separation

self-deception

segmentation

segregation

sequestration

shakespearean

preconception

situation

simulation

simonian

titillation

precondition

smithsonian

statistician

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

subluxation

tasmanian

substitution

syncopation

suffocation

supervision

supposition

superhuman

superstition

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tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

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transportation

trepidation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

validation

valerian

vacillation

utopian

vaccination

victorian

vegetation

variation

veneration

vindication

ventilation

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

valuation

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

alliteration

accommodation

academician

acceleration

adjudication

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

amortization

amelioration

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assimilation

assemblywoman

assassination

association

attenuation

augustinian

babylonian

authorization

classification

beethovenian

authentication

brobdingnagian

brutalization

carolinian

capitulation

canonization

carthaginian

cauterization

codification

centenarian

certification

centralization

civilization

christianization

clarification

coagulation

collaborations

cohabitation

collaboration

collaborator

collaborators

commemoration

colonization

communication

concatenation

configuration

confederation

confabulation

conciliation

consideration

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

deliberation

deification

defenestration

deliberations

deliberately

equivocation

delineation

desalination

deliberative

delicatessen

deliverable

denomination

depreciation

depopulation

denunciation

desegregation

determination

equalization

dionysian

disembarkation

discoloration

disinclination

discrimination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dissemination

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

elizabethan

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

degeneration

eradication

collaborative

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

excoriation

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

examination

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

extermination

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

hallucination

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

incorporation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

inactivation

incrimination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insinuation

insemination

indoctrination

jeffersonian

justification

interconnection

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

interpolation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

instrumentation

juxtaposition

legalization

lithuanian

libertarian

localization

manifestation

magnification

magnetization

maximization

manipulation

maximilian

mathematician

mechanization

metropolitan

misinformation

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

mississippian

modification

mobilization

modernization

multiplication

mummification

negotiation

neutralization

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nullification

notification

normalization

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

ossification

ornamentation

origination

patagonian

pacification

overproduction

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

pennsylvanian

improvisation

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predisposition

predestination

premeditation

presbyterian

prevarication

preoccupation

presupposition

procrastination

qualification

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

pythagorean

quantification

purification

precipitation

prognostication

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recrimination

recombination

rectification

recommendation

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vilification

vegetarian

verification

vaporization

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word californian

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

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