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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

anguished

anguish

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

auction

atman

austin

bangkok

auden

baldwin

bagman

banyan

bargain

bacon

barton

baron

barren

bastion

basin

bason

baston

baton

bunches

batton

bayman

beckon

belgian

bison

bellman

begun

billion

billman

benches

bellon

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

bookman

bobbin

bollen

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bongos

bordman

boston

bracken

brakeman

brethren

batten

boughten

breton

brighten

briton

bounces

bourbon

bowman

brazen

broaden

brogan

broken

bushman

beacon

bullion

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

beaten

caisson

cajun

canton

cannon

canon

canyon

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

capstan

captain

calvin

caution

caxton

cauldron

carton

chances

chaplain

changes

chapman

charon

chicken

children

chessman

chevron

chasten

cheapen

chieftain

claxon

christian

christen

citron

churchman

chosen

classman

clinton

coachman

chairman

cayman

common

colon

concise

concoct

certain

chainsaws

conquest

conquests

congest

consign

consist

consists

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craftsman

cousin

cowan

craven

cretin

crewman

crimson

crouton

cuban

cushion

dalton

dampen

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

damson

darken

canaan

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

diction

dances

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

downcast

engine

donkeys

dozen

dungeon

drunken

dudgeon

draftsman

dragon

driven

dromon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eden

elan

eaten

emption

encased

encase

engaged

engage

ensign

ensues

enjoys

ermine

deafen

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

faulcon

faustian

fasten

gudgeon

famine

fiction

fatten

fences

fibrin

felon

fission

flashgun

fireman

finches

firman

flatten

flexion

footman

foreign

foreman

floren

fraction

freshen

fountain

fortune

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

frighten

fusion

frozen

gamecocks

gallon

gamecock

gammon

gentian

garden

gascon

garron

georgian

german

grandson

gilden

given

gladden

ganges

gotten

goodman

gorgon

golden

gowan

gibbon

gluten

glidden

graven

gumption

fielden

glisten

guardsman

fancies

grecian

griffon

harden

harken

hangman

harten

haitian

happen

hasten

hausen

hearten

headsman

headman

hempen

heaven

heighten

heathen

henchman

hessian

hetman

hinges

heron

hidden

hogan

hackman

horseman

houseman

haven

huntsman

hoten

hunches

ibsen

hymen

hyson

hyphen

homespun

human

incas

incase

inches

incest

incised

incise

homesick

hoven

deacon

deaden

inject

injects

inquest

insect

insects

insights

insist

insists

martian

insight

ion

jackman

jargon

jetson

jasmine

jason

jetton

jorden

jordan

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

markman

kirkman

klansman

marksman

kitchen

landman

lampron

languish

lagan

laden

landsman

launches

language

latin

layman

lichen

leaden

leaven

lengthen

lessen

ledden

lesson

lesion

leven

legion

linden

leman

liken

lightman

lighten

liman

lineman

linemen

linen

linguist

lemon

linguists

linkage

kremlin

lunges

marchman

lisbon

london

lockman

locken

longan

listen

liven

longish

logan

loosen

loren

luncheon

margin

lunches

lotion

lounges

lopeman

lumen

lynden

lynxes

m1

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

manges

mansion

mangoes

lion

kitten

marlin

marten

martin

marron

mason

matron

mention

ingest

melon

menges

oarsman

milken

minden

mignon

million

minces

minges

minion

mission

mormon

mitten

morgan

monkeys

moisten

molten

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

namesakes

namesake

nation

nekton

newsman

nonesuch

ninon

notion

norman

ocean

olden

odin

omen

option

onion

often

open

oxen

organ

othman

orphan

ounces

outdone

outrun

oven

owen

pension

packman

parson

pancakes

panton

pardon

pansies

passion

pectin

pavon

pathan

penguin

pancake

patten

patron

passman

penman

paean

perron

pagan

person

persian

peon

plankton

pinion

pinkish

pigeon

pillion

piston

pitman

plantain

ponton

portion

platten

pollan

platen

mayan

pollen

poison

portman

melton

potion

shipman

zircon

ponchos

pressman

prison

prussian

punches

pullen

quenches

question

quicken

postman

ranches

ransack

ranges

ration

soldan

proven

reckon

redden

region

spoken

raven

rerun

resin

rincon

robin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

reason

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

showman

remakes

russian

rayon

rowan

runnion

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

rumen

sanction

saxon

samson

santon

satin

satan

scallion

scion

sconces

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

seedsman

section

selden

senses

semen

session

sequin

sexton

sermon

sharpen

shotgun

seven

shaken

shearman

seton

shaman

shogun

shorten

rowen

shrunken

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smarten

sodden

soften

smitten

smashes

smokestack

smokestacks

slogan

smooches

sneezes

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spokesman

spearman

stockman

sportsman

statesman

squadron

station

stallion

stepson

stallman

strengthen

tension

stricken

stillion

steven

stiffen

suasion

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

sunken

surgeon

ruin

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

striven

taken

sturgeon

talon

stolen

straighten

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tangos

tendon

teston

thicken

tillman

thousand

threaten

tighten

token

toman

titan

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

treason

tungsten

tuscan

tubman

trodden

trojan

turban

undone

unjust

union

triton

trillion

urson

urchin

urban

urine

vanquish

vegan

version

vision

villain

vulcan

wanton

warden

waken

warren

watchman

yachtsman

whitson

wiccan

wenches

weaken

weapon

whiten

woodman

widen

wheaten

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woolman

workman

worsen

woven

written

wagon

yankees

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abortion

accession

accretion

absorption

abstraction

abrasion

abstention

addiction

acumen

addition

adhesion

adsorption

admission

adrian

affection

aegean

affliction

aggression

african

alaskan

aleutian

albumin

alderman

alien

alsatian

allusion

amasses

ambition

amazes

ambrosian

amigos

apportion

anchorman

albion

ancestral

ancestor

ancestors

ancestry

andean

annexes

anglican

anxiously

anyone

appian

arian

arkansan

ascension

aspersion

aryan

artesian

artisan

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attrition

audition

austrian

australian

aversion

awaken

bandwagon

avian

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

bedouin

beethoven

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bonuses

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

compunction

cambrian

campion

carnation

cardigan

capsaicin

dalmatian

cartesian

carrion

castration

caucasian

causation

cation

catalan

cessation

cetacean

censuses

chairperson

chairwoman

charwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

citation

chilean

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clarion

coercion

compulsion

clergyman

commission

cognition

collegian

collision

collagen

collusion

combustion

commotion

communion

compassion

complexion

completion

compression

companion

conception

cohesion

conclusion

collection

concession

concessions

concisely

condition

crustacean

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

constriction

congested

congestion

conjectures

congestive

conjugates

congressman

conjecture

conjugal

conjugate

conscription

consciously

consignment

consecrate

consistent

consequence

consequent

contention

contagion

contrition

convention

contusion

conversion

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

countryman

crestfallen

cremation

creation

councilman

croatian

damnation

pollution

cyprian

abandon

declension

deception

decision

deduction

defection

deflection

deflation

deletion

delusion

dentition

depiction

description

denizen

depletion

depression

derision

desertion

demagogues

demagogue

detection

dictation

devotion

detention

destruction

determine

diffraction

distraction

distortion

dilation

dilution

direction

diffusion

dimension

digestion

digression

discretion

discussion

dissection

dispersion

dissension

disruption

distinction

discipline

disunion

diversion

division

engaging

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

election

ejection

duration

elation

edition

egyptian

exaction

emission

emotion

elison

emblazon

embolden

eleven

emulsion

downsizing

encryption

excretion

engages

englishman

enlighten

enliven

enmeshes

equation

erection

eviction

eruption

erosion

evasion

everyone

etruscan

expansion

exception

excision

exclusion

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

exemption

downsizings

engagement

engagements

inclusion

explosion

extortion

extraction

extinction

extension

extrusion

incisive

ferryman

fenian

fixation

finishes

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

formation

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

frustration

fustian

fruition

fungicide

fungicides

galleon

gentleman

genuine

garrison

gaussian

geniuses

ghanaian

gestation

feminine

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

filtration

guardian

fabian

incursion

gyration

hammerman

handwoven

halcyon

halogen

hanukkahs

harlequin

incisor

fijian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

homages

horatian

horizon

housebroken

imagine

hawaiian

hydration

ignition

hydrogen

illusion

images

immersion

impression

impassion

in-person

implosion

imprison

inception

incision

incessant

incisions

incisors

grobian

expression

indian

expulsion

damages

infection

inflection

infliction

inflation

infusion

inexact

injections

injection

ingestion

inhuman

injector

injectors

injunction

inscription

injustice

insecure

insertion

insouciant

inspection

insightful

insistence

insistent

instruction

intention

intrusion

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

javelin

julian

kantian

jovian

keynesian

kinshasa

keratin

lactation

laurentian

libration

languishing

lancaster

languishes

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

languages

ligation

lesbian

libyan

linkages

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malaysian

mandarin

malayan

manages

margarine

korean

marian

masculine

melanin

objection

medallion

medicine

median

menaces

obstruction

menhaden

phoenician

migration

mexican

midshipman

minuses

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

munition

narration

negation

mutation

myosin

obsession

nevadan

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

musician

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nuances

nubian

nutrition

plantation

muskmelon

physician

occlusion

occasion

percussion

octillion

omission

oppression

odeon

opinion

optation

optician

oration

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

patrician

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

pavilion

pelican

petition

pentathlon

perfection

perception

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

perversion

peterman

possession

phrygian

plebeian

policeman

position

precaution

predation

preclusion

ingested

precession

precision

prediction

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

protection

privation

porcelain

probation

procession

profession

profusion

progression

proportion

projection

promotion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

silicon

predestine

punishes

quotation

protean

puritan

ramshackle

ramadan

reaction

reception

provision

rebellion

recession

recision

reflection

regression

redemption

regimen

rejection

relation

religion

rendition

remission

reopen

reptilian

rescission

repression

resection

restriction

resumption

retraction

retention

reversion

reunion

revision

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

rummages

saccharin

salvation

samoan

sciences

scorpion

secession

secretion

seclusion

selection

sensation

sedation

seduction

sedition

scythian

suspicion

remisses

simian

skeleton

singleton

sinuses

saleswoman

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

taxation

talisman

tamarin

submission

submersion

subscription

succession

subversion

suggestion

suburban

sumatran

summation

stygian

superman

suppression

suspension

synagogue

synagogues

tactician

syrian

technician

temptation

timberman

toboggan

tonnages

thespian

translation

transmission

transition

transcription

tradition

transgression

transfusion

unwritten

unbroken

unburden

tuition

unbutton

unquestioned

uncertain

uneven

unison

unshackle

uterine

vacation

vanishes

vatican

venetian

venison

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

whimsically

whimsical

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

aberration

abdication

abolition

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

abyssinian

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

adoration

adaptation

admonition

admiration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

algonquian

algerian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

annexation

ammunition

american

amnesiac

amphibian

animation

angiogram

appellation

amputation

annotation

application

arabian

approbation

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

armageddon

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

culmination

calculation

cancellation

cultivation

canadian

calibration

carcinogen

computation

californian

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

combination

comedian

columbian

commendation

committeeman

commutation

concentration

comparison

compensation

complication

competition

compilation

composition

comprehension

condensation

condemnation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

conjugations

connotation

conjugated

consecration

consecutive

consistency

conservation

consecrations

consequences

consequently

consternation

consistently

consolation

consequential

constellation

constipation

constitution

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

conversation

convocation

contrarian

contribution

convolution

contravention

copenhagen

copernican

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

conflagration

corinthian

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

consultation

cenozoic

custodian

cynicism

cyclopean

indiscretion

dandelion

darwinian

exposition

deconstruction

declaration

decimation

decompression

decoration

dedication

definition

defamation

dehydration

deformation

degradation

delegation

desecration

demarcation

demonstration

demolition

dereliction

deposition

derivation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

demagogy

desiccation

designation

desolation

desperation

detonation

destitution

devastation

devolution

deviation

devonian

dietitian

diocesan

diminution

dilatation

inclination

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disillusion

dispensation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

disputation

disposition

distillation

distribution

divination

destination

expectation

dominican

domination

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

embarkation

emanation

emigration

elongation

emulation

draconian

encyclical

encyclicals

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

englishwoman

exclamation

execution

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

exhalation

expedition

expiration

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

incrustation

gravitation

greco-roman

fabrication

fallopian

extradition

extrication

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

habitation

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

generation

gastrulation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gregorian

guatemalan

hemoglobin

hegelian

historian

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

hypertension

honeysuckle

honeysuckles

hydrocarbon

hungarian

illustration

ideation

ibuprofen

iberian

hyperion

imitation

immigration

immolation

incantation

incarnation

imperfection

importation

implication

implantation

imputation

imposition

impregnation

inattention

incessantly

incognito

indexation

incubation

indentation

indecision

indication

indigestion

indignation

inflammation

information

infestation

indonesian

infiltration

inhalation

inhibition

injectable

inquisition

innovation

inquisitor

inquisitors

insecticide

inquisitive

injustices

insecticides

insistently

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

interaction

insulation

insurrection

insouciance

integration

intercession

interception

interjection

interdiction

intermission

introduction

interruption

intimation

intuition

intersection

introspection

inundation

intervention

interurban

intonation

interwoven

invitation

invocation

iranian

irritation

irrigation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

jingoism

jingoistic

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

lilliputian

legislation

limitation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

liberian

librarian

lineages

linguistically

manumission

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

litigation

lubrication

maccabean

machination

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

macedonian

masturbation

maturation

medication

melanesian

menstruation

mediation

meditation

misconception

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

missourian

mitigation

mortification

moderation

modulation

molestation

obfuscation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nigerian

nonexistent

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

olympian

operation

opposition

ohioan

orchestration

ostentation

ordination

oscillation

ovulation

penetration

meridian

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

overburden

oxidation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

persecution

perspiration

perforation

perturbation

permutation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

polynesian

politician

polyhedron

plutonian

population

precondition

preconception

praetorian

predilection

preelection

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

proclamation

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

punctuation

predetermine

publication

provocation

radiation

recantation

reassertion

realization

readmission

reawaken

recollection

reconstruction

recognition

recreation

recitation

reclamation

relaxation

reelection

reformation

reexamine

refutation

registration

reinspection

regulation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

reparation

repetition

replication

reposition

reproduction

reputation

requisition

republican

reservation

respiration

restoration

resignation

repossession

resolution

restitution

resurrection

retardation

retrocession

revelation

retribution

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

sanitation

saturation

segmentation

sectarian

segregation

separation

sequestration

self-deception

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

simulation

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

tamoxifen

stimulation

stipulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

supposition

superhuman

superstition

supervision

syncopation

surrogation

syndication

tabulation

tasmanian

termination

strangulation

tetrahedron

unsuccessful

titillation

toleration

transportation

transformation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

unaccustomed

unshakable

usurpation

utopian

valuation

variation

vaccination

vacillation

valerian

validation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

vindication

violation

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amelioration

annihilation

amplification

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

anticipation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assimilation

attenuation

association

assassination

assemblywoman

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

brutalization

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

cauterization

carthaginian

certification

centralization

centenarian

cohabitation

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

coagulation

concatenation

carolinian

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

conciliation

concessionary

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consecutively

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

deification

degeneration

defenestration

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

denomination

denunciation

demagoguery

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

discrimination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dissemination

domestication

electrocution

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

emancipation

elizabethan

encyclopedist

enumeration

equalization

eradication

equivocation

epicurean

evaporation

evaluation

ethiopian

evacuation

exacerbation

excoriation

exaggeration

exasperation

examination

exoneration

exhilaration

exfoliation

expatriation

exoskeleton

facilitation

extermination

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

harmonization

hallucination

hanoverian

hybridization

hyperinflation

hyperborean

humiliation

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

inactivation

inaccessible

inauguration

incarceration

improvisation

incineration

immunization

incorporation

incrimination

expropriation

indoctrination

infatuation

inexhaustible

maximilian

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insecurity

insecurities

insinuation

insignificance

insignificant

instrumentation

insemination

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

ionization

investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

localization

magnetization

magnification

lithuanian

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

metropolitan

miscalculation

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

mobilization

modification

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nullification

nonintervention

notification

nonsectarian

normalization

obliteration

maximization

organization

orientation

ossification

origination

oregonian

overproduction

ornamentation

pacification

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

panamanian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

inexcusable

inexcusably

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

preoccupation

premeditation

predisposition

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

prognostication

pronunciation

procrastination

proliferation

proletarian

purification

qualification

ratification

quantification

ramification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

renunciation

remuneration

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

pythagorean

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

triangulation

utilization

unquestionable

unification

unnecessary

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

theologian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word concoction

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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