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

collocation

abdication

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

allocation

allegation

allocations

allegations

altercation

alteration

animation

annexation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

approbation

application

avocation

cancellation

calibration

calculation

culmination

celebration

combination

commendation

commutation

compensation

compilation

complication

computation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

conflagration

connotation

conjugation

congregation

consecration

consolation

constellation

constipation

consummation

consultation

convocation

correlation

coronation

cultivation

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

delegations

desecration

desiccation

dilatation

derivation

desolation

detonation

divination

domination

duplication

education

elocution

elevation

emanation

fabrication

fascination

fluoridation

germination

granulation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

implication

imitation

immolation

indication

inhalation

innovation

isolation

invocation

irrigation

jubilation

medication

population

meditation

machination

litigation

polynesian

opposition

motivation

modulation

mortification

navigation

mutilation

nomination

obfuscation

obligation

occupation

ordination

oscillation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

politician

proclamation

profanation

provocation

propagation

proposition

prosecution

publication

realization

realizations

recitation

reclamation

relocation

relaxation

renovation

replication

revelation

revocation

sanitation

subluxation

suffocation

tabulation

termination

toleration

validation

vacillation

violation

vaccination

ulceration

valuation

vindication

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

action

acton

alban

alan

airman

alman

alight

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

baldwin

ballasts

bacon

bagman

ballast

banyan

basin

bason

bastion

bargain

barton

baston

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

bracken

brazen

beacon

beaten

brighten

bison

billion

belgian

bisson

bellman

billman

bellon

billon

bitten

blacken

boston

blasting

blackwood

blasted

blaster

blastoff

blacktop

boughten

bookman

blackout

blackouts

blockades

bordman

bollen

bludgeon

blockade

blockheads

blockhead

bobbin

bolden

boatman

bolstered

bolsters

blowgun

bolster

blisters

bluestone

bluster

bourbon

bowman

blister

brakeman

brethren

breton

begun

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

bullshit

burden

burdon

caisson

bushman

burgeon

burman

burton

cajun

calvin

button

calloused

calcite

cabin

canaan

caption

carbon

capstan

captain

cannon

canon

carman

cauldron

carton

carmine

caution

caxton

cayman

canton

certain

canyon

chairman

classman

chaplain

chasten

chapman

christian

chicken

christen

children

chevron

chieftain

chosen

churchman

chessman

citron

claxon

cheapen

clinton

cloister

cloistered

cloisters

closedown

closedowns

closet

cliched

cluster

closets

clustered

clusters

coachman

collect

charon

collects

colon

common

corban

cordon

cotton

copeman

craftsman

cousin

craven

cowan

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

bulkhead

cumin

curtain

cushion

dalton

bulkheads

dagan

dagon

daman

darken

dampen

deaden

deafen

deepen

delights

delight

delphian

demon

diction

dian

devon

desman

dobson

doctrine

dolman

daylight

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dudgeon

drunken

driven

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

eden

elan

elects

earthen

eaten

dulcet

elect

dromon

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

deacon

damson

faction

falcon

fallen

falsehoods

falsehood

gascon

daylights

fashion

faulcon

fasten

faustian

falstaff

famine

fatten

gilden

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fireman

glidden

fission

flaccid

gorgon

flashgun

felon

flatten

gowan

firman

flexion

grandson

flagstaffs

floren

footman

flusters

fluster

foreign

foreman

fraction

fortune

fountain

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

freeman

freedman

frozen

function

garden

gallon

fusion

flaxseed

gallstone

gammon

garron

gallstones

gentian

georgian

glisten

flagstone

german

gibbon

given

gladden

flagstones

flagstaff

gluten

golden

goodman

gotten

heaven

flighty

haitian

guardsman

grecian

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

hackman

hailstone

hailstones

hailstorm

harten

graven

harken

hasten

harden

hearten

haven

headsman

headman

heathen

hangman

happen

hausen

heighten

hempen

hessian

henchman

hetman

heron

hidden

houseman

hillside

horseman

holstein

homespun

hogan

hoten

holster

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

hillsides

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

junction

jordan

jorden

kansan

jetton

kalan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

laden

klansman

lampron

kitchen

kelvin

kirkman

kitten

lagan

kremlin

landman

landsman

layman

lengthen

legion

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lesion

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

lightman

leven

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

lockman

locken

liven

logan

lisbon

listen

london

longan

lotion

loosen

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lyden

lynden

m1

lumen

madden

mahone

maiden

mansion

mangan

marchman

marksman

martian

markman

margin

mason

marlin

marten

martin

matron

marron

maelstrom

mayan

jetson

mention

onion

melton

million

minion

mignon

minden

milestone

mission

muffin

melon

moisten

molests

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mitten

mountain

milestones

milken

milkweed

mutton

nation

muslin

nekton

newsman

ninon

millstone

notion

norman

molest

oarsman

ocean

mullen

olden

oilseeds

pavon

odin

option

often

organ

oilseed

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

omen

packman

paean

pagan

pardon

panton

parson

open

oxen

passion

passman

pectin

pathan

patten

patron

penguin

penman

pension

person

perron

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

placate

placid

placoid

plankton

peon

plantain

persian

plaster

plasters

plastics

platen

platten

poison

owen

plastic

polecat

polecats

polished

pollan

pollen

ponton

sexton

policed

portman

potion

postman

shorten

pressman

prussian

proven

portion

pullen

ration

question

quicken

raven

rayon

soldan

prison

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

russian

samson

salesman

saffron

sadden

sanction

salmon

santon

satan

saxon

scallion

scotsman

satin

scullion

section

scion

seaman

season

seedsman

selden

select

shaken

selects

session

sequin

semen

seton

seven

sermon

rowan

shotgun

shaman

sharpen

shrunken

sicken

silken

shipman

shearman

shogun

showman

rumen

siphon

siren

summon

zircon

rowen

slacken

skylights

ruin

slaughters

tighten

runnion

smarten

sodden

smitten

slogan

slightly

soften

solon

solstice

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

stallion

squadron

stallman

sportsman

statesman

station

stockman

stepson

stillion

spokesman

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

suasion

stricken

strengthen

striven

sturgeon

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

slaughter

sunken

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

sylvan

syphon

tartan

taken

tension

tarpon

torsion

teston

traction

tillman

skylight

thousand

token

toman

toughen

townsman

thicken

tungsten

trillion

triton

trodden

treason

tuscan

trojan

turban

twilight

undone

union

urson

urchin

ulster

urine

urban

tubman

vegan

talon

tappen

tendon

version

threaten

vulcan

vision

watchman

villain

yachtsman

whitson

titan

waken

wanton

warden

wagon

warren

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

weaken

weapon

wheaten

worsen

woodman

woman

slighting

women

wooden

woolen

woolman

workman

written

woven

zaman

yaupon

yeoman

zion

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abstraction

abrasion

abortion

absorption

accession

accretion

abstention

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affection

affliction

adhesion

aggression

ascension

african

alaskan

albion

alderman

aleutian

albumin

alien

allocates

allocate

allusion

ambition

anchorman

ambrosian

arkansan

andean

anyone

apportion

appian

arian

anglican

artesian

artisan

aryan

assassin

backgammon

assumption

asuncion

assertion

attention

attraction

attrition

aspersion

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

backwoodsman

battalion

badminton

ballistics

ballistic

bandwagon

bedizen

bedridden

brazilian

bedouin

biotin

bitumen

benjamin

bosnian

beethoven

beholden

blastoderm

blockaders

blessedly

blockaded

blockader

blistering

blustering

bouillon

abandon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

castration

capsaicin

cardigan

caucasian

cartesian

cation

carrion

catalan

causation

celestial

cessation

cetacean

collections

chairperson

champion

clarion

charlatan

cinnamon

chilean

citation

cistercian

charwoman

citizen

civilian

chamberlain

clarendon

clergyman

coalesced

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collected

collective

chairwoman

collectors

collegian

collector

connection

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

complexion

compulsion

completion

compression

compunction

concession

concoction

conclusion

concussion

conception

condition

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

collision

confucian

congestion

confusion

connexion

conjunction

congressman

consumption

contagion

construction

contention

constriction

contortion

convection

convention

contraption

contrition

contusion

contraction

conversion

conviction

convulsion

conscription

collegiate

correction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

creation

croatian

councilman

countryman

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

cyprian

damnation

etruscan

declension

deception

decision

deduction

deflection

defection

deflation

delegate

delegates

deletion

delicate

delighted

delightful

depiction

dentition

denizen

delusion

depletion

delighting

desertion

description

detection

depression

destruction

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

dialects

dialect

digression

digestion

diffraction

dimension

diffusion

direction

dilution

discretion

discussion

discipline

dissection

dispersion

derision

disruption

dissension

distraction

diversion

distinction

distortion

disunion

division

donation

dominion

dorian

electron

duration

dualist

electrons

duelist

edition

ejection

egyptian

elation

elections

elective

electors

elector

electric

elison

downtrodden

elastic

election

electro

electrodes

electrics

eleven

elicits

elicit

emblazon

emulsion

emission

emotion

enlighten

enliven

encryption

englishman

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

embolden

electrode

eviction

exaction

exception

evasion

everyone

excision

exertion

excretion

excursion

exemption

exhaustion

exclusion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

extraction

extortion

extinction

extrusion

fabian

falsity

filtration

expansion

ferryman

fijian

fenian

falsetto

fixation

falsettos

feminine

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

fluctuate

fluctuates

foramen

forbidden

flycatcher

fruition

forewoman

formation

foundation

franciscan

forgotten

freemason

freudian

frustration

garrison

galleon

fustian

galactose

galactic

gaussian

gestation

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

genuine

glaciate

glistening

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

guncotton

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

housebroken

heroine

heroin

horatian

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

illustrates

illustrate

illicit

imagine

impassion

inaction

immersion

impression

imprison

implosion

in-person

inception

incision

incursion

inclusion

induction

infarction

infection

indian

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

injection

injunction

insertion

inspection

inscription

instruction

intention

inhuman

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

irishman

irian

infusion

italian

jamaican

jacobin

ingestion

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

lactation

keratin

korean

keynesian

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

lanolin

location

logician

loyalists

loyalist

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

malayan

margarine

magician

mandarin

magdalen

marian

masculine

median

jettison

medicine

melanin

mexican

menhaden

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

molested

molester

moroccan

molesters

mutation

myosin

munition

musician

narration

nevadan

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nihilists

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

nutrition

nobleman

obsession

obstruction

objection

occlusion

octillion

overman

odeon

muskmelon

oration

oppression

optician

opinion

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overrun

pelican

oxygen

palisades

palisade

parisian

parthian

omission

partition

partisan

patrician

pavilion

perfection

perception

percussion

permission

perfusion

permian

pentathlon

plantation

persuasion

petition

perversion

peterman

philistine

philistines

phoenician

physician

phrygian

pilaster

pilasters

plastering

plasterer

placidly

plebeian

pleistocene

plasterwork

pollution

policeman

medallion

possession

position

precaution

precession

preclusion

precision

prediction

preemption

predestine

presumption

pretension

prevention

porcelain

procession

profession

progression

probation

projection

profusion

promotion

propulsion

proportion

protection

provision

proscription

protean

skeleton

puritan

prescription

quotation

reaction

ramadan

recession

reception

recision

realists

rebellion

privation

redemption

reelect

reflection

regimen

regression

relation

rejection

religion

relegate

relocate

reluctant

remission

rendition

resumption

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

restriction

retraction

retention

reversion

reunion

revision

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

reopen

rotation

soloists

realist

sumatran

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

secretion

secession

seclusion

seduction

scorpion

scythian

scholastic

sedition

selections

sensation

silicon

silicate

selective

silicates

simian

singleton

royalist

slaughterhouse

snapdragon

submersion

solicit

solomon

solicits

soloist

solstices

solution

specimen

stagnation

stygian

succession

suggestion

submission

suburban

subversion

subscription

subtraction

suppression

suspension

suspicion

superman

syrian

talisman

tactician

taxation

temptation

venetian

technician

vocation

talkative

tradition

timberman

transaction

transcription

translation

transgression

transition

transfusion

transmission

thespian

tuition

truncation

unison

uneven

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

vacation

vibration

uterine

unwritten

vatican

tamarin

venison

veteran

vermilion

volition

vitamin

violists

waterman

violist

wesleyan

toboggan

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

aberration

abolition

absolution

accordion

acquisition

abyssinian

admiration

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

affirmation

alabaman

albanian

agrarian

aldebaran

algerian

alternation

alligators

alligator

amputation

ammunition

american

amphibian

armageddon

apparition

arbitration

apprehension

arabian

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

algonquian

aspiration

athenian

assyrian

augmentation

attribution

aviation

backwardation

bavarian

barbarian

assemblyman

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

californian

calisthenic

calisthenics

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

chalcedony

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collectible

collectibles

collectively

crucifixion

collectivist

collectivize

coloration

columbian

collodion

coloradan

comedian

committeeman

comparison

competition

composition

comprehension

concentration

condescension

confirmation

confrontation

collectivized

conservation

consternation

constitution

contemplation

conversation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

convolution

corp.

corporation

copernican

corinthian

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

copenhagen

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

degradation

deformation

definition

dehydration

delectable

delegating

delicately

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

depravation

deportation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

designation

destination

desperation

devastation

destitution

dislocation

deviation

devolution

dispensation

dereliction

dialectic

dielectric

dietitian

diminution

devonian

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disposition

disputation

distillation

dissertation

dissolution

dissipation

distribution

dominican

draconian

dualistic

electioneer

electioneers

electronic

electricians

electrocute

electrifies

electrolytes

electronics

electorates

electorate

electrician

electroplate

elicited

elocutions

elongation

electricals

electrify

embarkation

european

elucidate

emigration

emulation

estimation

erudition

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estonian

electrolyte

electrical

eustachian

evocation

excavation

evolution

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

explanation

explication

exploitation

expedition

expiration

exploration

exposition

expectation

fallopian

extrication

extradition

federation

felicitate

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

felicity

floridian

fluctuating

fluctuation

fluctuations

foliation

fumigation

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

glaciation

gentlewoman

graduation

gorgonian

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

hegelian

ideation

hemoglobin

hibernation

herculean

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

illustration

illustrations

implantation

illustrated

illustrative

illustrators

illustrator

immigration

imputation

importation

imposition

impregnation

imperfection

inattention

inclination

incantation

incarnation

inflammation

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indexation

indiscretion

indigestion

indentation

indignation

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

inhibition

information

installation

inquisition

inspiration

instigation

jacobean

insulation

integration

insurrection

interaction

interdiction

intercession

interjection

interception

intermission

institution

intimation

intonation

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

introduction

inundation

introspection

invitation

irritation

intuition

iranian

iteration

jurisdiction

jordanian

lancastrian

laceration

kindergarten

limitation

legislation

lilliputian

liberation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

librarian

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

liquefaction

macedonian

maccabean

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

maturation

manumission

masturbation

mediation

melanesian

polyhedron

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misconception

misperception

mitigation

misbegotten

missourian

moderation

molestation

mollycoddle

mongolian

moravian

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

noblewoman

nigerian

nonprescription

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

observation

obstetrician

oblivion

obsidian

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

oleaster

orchestration

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

permutation

persecution

perforation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

preconception

praetorian

precondition

predilection

preelection

premonition

preignition

predetermine

preparation

presentation

preservation

prohibition

procreation

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

punctuation

radiation

readmission

recantation

reassertion

reawaken

recollection

recreation

recognition

reconstruction

reelection

regulation

relocations

reformation

refutation

registration

reexamine

reinspection

reluctantly

repetition

reparation

repercussion

reposition

reputation

repossession

reproduction

requisition

restoration

republican

resignation

resolution

reservation

respiration

restitution

resurrection

retardation

retribution

retrocession

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

realistic

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

simulation

segmentation

self-deception

sequestration

separation

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

situation

simonian

smithsonian

titillation

solicitude

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

solicitors

substitution

surrogation

syndication

superhuman

superstition

supervision

supposition

syncopation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

vegetation

ventilation

velocity

solicitor

tetrahedron

transplantation

transformation

transportation

tribulation

trepidation

usurpation

utopian

valerian

variation

velocities

veneration

visitation

wagnerian

victorian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

adulteration

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amelioration

amortization

amazonian

annihilation

amplification

approximation

anticipation

argumentation

appreciation

appropriation

argentinian

articulation

babylonian

assimilation

association

attenuation

authorization

authentication

augustinian

assemblywoman

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

coagulation

collaboration

cohabitation

collectivism

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

evaporation

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

delicatessens

desalination

desegregation

determination

dialectical

discoloration

dionysian

disinclination

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

evacuation

dissociation

evaluation

domestication

electrocution

electrocutions

dramatization

elaboration

ejaculation

elasticity

emancipation

elimination

electricity

electrically

electroplating

electrostatic

elizabethan

elucidative

enumeration

equivocation

equalization

epicurean

examination

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

exhilaration

excoriation

exfoliation

exoneration

ethiopian

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

exoskeleton

fertilization

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hybridization

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

incarceration

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

interpolation

interconnection

instrumentation

initiation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

mechanization

interpretation

juxtaposition

libertarian

maximization

lithuanian

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

jeffersonian

metropolitan

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mummification

neutralization

neapolitan

negotiation

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

normalization

nonsectarian

nonintervention

obliteration

organization

oregonian

orientation

origination

ornamentation

overproduction

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

illegitimate

pennsylvanian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

premeditation

predestination

predisposition

presupposition

simplification

prognostication

procrastination

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

presbyterian

reaffirmation

rectification

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

regeneration

refrigeration

rejuvenation

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

revaluation

retaliation

reverberation

pythagorean

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

solicitation

solicitations

realistically

specialization

sophistication

specification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

vaporization

unitarian

vulgarization

vegetarian

veterinarian

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word collocation

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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