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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

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alan

alman

amman

alban

apron

ardent

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

austin

auden

auction

banyan

bagman

bacon

bargain

baldwin

baron

barren

basin

bason

bayman

bastion

beaten

beacon

beckon

bellon

bellman

birdman

begun

belgian

billon

billion

billman

birthmark

bitten

blacken

boatman

bison

bisson

blowgun

bobbin

bludgeon

boarding

birthmarks

boardings

bolden

bollen

bookman

boughten

boston

bowman

boredom

bracken

braiding

brazen

brakeman

brethren

bordman

breeding

brighten

briton

britons

broaden

broadens

bruting

breathing

brogan

broken

brooding

bullion

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

bushman

cannon

canon

calvin

canaan

canyon

capstan

carbon

caption

cardoon

carman

carmine

cartons

cartoon

cauldron

cayman

caxton

caution

charon

chasten

chaplain

chapman

chessman

cartoons

cheapen

chevron

chieftain

chicken

chosen

christen

christian

children

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

cotton

cordon

cousin

craftsman

corban

craven

cretin

cowan

crouton

croutons

crewman

copeman

credence

crimson

dagan

cuban

cumin

cushion

dagon

daman

dalton

deaden

deafen

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dragon

draftsman

driven

dromon

dudgeon

drunken

dungeon

dreadnought

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

dozen

felon

faction

famine

falcon

fallen

fasten

farthing

fashion

faulcon

faustian

fibrin

fielden

fiction

hardened

flashgun

flexion

floren

fission

hardens

footman

foreman

foreign

fortin

fortnight

fortnights

fortune

fortunes

frighten

fireman

fountain

fraction

freeman

fourteen

freedman

freedom

fourteens

fourteenth

freedoms

freshen

girding

freetown

freshman

frozen

gladden

friction

fruiting

gammon

garden

gallon

fusion

gardens

function

garron

gentian

gascon

georgian

happen

gibbon

gilden

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

gotten

graven

gorgon

gowan

golden

goodman

grading

grating

grandson

grecian

haitian

guardsman

greeting

griffon

grouting

greetings

hackman

gudgeon

gumption

hangman

harden

harken

hasten

haven

human

headman

hausen

heaven

heighten

heathen

hempen

heron

hessian

hidden

henchman

hogan

hoten

hoven

houseman

hymen

hyphen

hoarding

homespun

horseman

huntsman

hyson

headsman

ibsen

ion

kalan

kansan

jargon

jasmine

jackman

jason

jordan

jorden

jordans

junction

keelson

kelson

kitten

laden

lagan

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

klansman

kremlin

layman

lampron

landman

landsman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lengthen

legion

lessen

lesson

lesion

leven

lighten

lichen

lightman

liken

liman

linen

listen

linden

lion

lineman

linemen

lisbon

liven

logan

locken

loosen

lockman

london

longan

lopeman

loren

lotion

lumen

m1

lyden

lynden

luncheon

madden

maiden

mangan

mansion

marchman

margin

marlin

marron

markman

marksman

martens

martian

martins

martians

mason

mahone

melon

mention

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mayan

muffin

mitten

mission

mutton

molten

mormon

moisten

mordant

morgan

mullen

motion

mountain

nation

muslin

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

omen

olden

onion

open

option

ordain

ordnance

organ

orphan

outrun

outdone

othman

oven

owen

pagan

parson

pardon

pardons

passion

packman

paean

parting

oxen

part-time

partner

partners

passman

pavon

penman

penguin

pension

peon

perron

pertain

pertains

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

ponton

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

portend

portends

portman

portent

portions

potion

portents

postman

pressman

pretend

proven

prison

protein

proteins

prudence

prudent

question

prussian

pullen

prudhomme

quicken

rayon

raven

ration

reckon

reason

redden

region

rerun

rotten

resin

ribbon

ridden

sadden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

rincon

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

salmon

rumen

saffron

russian

salesman

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

samson

sanction

sardine

sardines

saxon

scallion

scotsman

scion

seaman

season

scullion

section

sequin

seedsman

selden

semen

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

session

station

sexton

sharpen

shearman

stallion

shogun

shipman

shortens

shotgun

showman

shredding

shrunken

shorthand

pretends

shrouding

sicken

siren

silken

siphon

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

sportsman

soldan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spokesman

squadron

stallman

statesman

stepson

steven

stiffen

stillion

stockman

stolen

suasion

strengthen

stricken

striven

sultan

sullen

sweeten

summon

suction

taken

sudden

swollen

talon

sylvan

syphon

tappen

sunken

thirteen

tension

thirteenth

tarpon

tendon

thicken

thousand

thirteenths

tighten

titan

token

toman

torsion

toughen

tillman

trading

tradings

townsman

traction

treason

treatment

treatments

trodden

trojan

trident

triton

trillion

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

undone

union

vegan

verdin

written

wording

villain

woolen

woven

vision

waken

wanton

warden

warren

wardens

vulcan

wagon

watchman

weapon

wheaten

whiten

whitson

weaken

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woodman

woolman

zaman

writing

writings

yaupon

yachtsman

treadmill

yeoman

treadmills

zion

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

ablation

abduction

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

acumen

adhesion

aegean

addiction

addition

adrian

aerodyne

admission

adoption

adsorption

affection

african

aggression

affliction

albion

alien

alderman

albumin

aleutian

ambrosian

alsatian

ambition

allusion

anchorman

anyone

anglican

appian

apportion

arian

ardently

andean

arkansan

artesian

alaskan

artisan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

attraction

asuncion

assumption

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

attention

badminton

backgammon

baritone

bandwagon

backwoodsman

baritones

awaken

battalion

bartenders

bartender

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

biotin

benjamin

beholden

bitumen

boardinghouse

bosnian

bouillon

breadwinner

brazilian

breadwinners

bulletin

burdensome

ascension

aryan

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

cardinal

cardinals

carrion

carnation

cartesian

cartoonist

certainly

cation

certainties

catalan

caucasian

causation

castration

certainty

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

chardonnay

chardonnays

cartoonists

charlatan

charwoman

coercion

cistercian

citizen

citation

chilean

cinnamon

civilian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

companion

cognition

collection

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

cohesion

commission

combustion

commotion

communion

compassion

contrition

contusion

completion

complexion

convection

conception

compression

concussion

conclusion

concoction

confession

condition

confection

compulsion

conduction

conflation

conviction

compunction

connexion

congestion

connection

congressman

conscription

confusion

conjunction

contagion

contention

constriction

construction

consumption

contortion

contraction

contraption

conversion

convention

concession

confucian

countryman

correction

corrosion

corruption

cortina

corsican

cortinas

councilman

court-martial

convulsion

creation

crestfallen

creations

credential

credenza

credentialed

credentials

cremation

croatian

croatians

cyprian

crustacean

deception

decision

declension

defection

deflation

deflection

deduction

deletion

damnation

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

denizen

depression

derision

description

desertion

dorian

detention

destruction

determine

detection

dictation

devotion

diffraction

digestion

direction

dilation

digression

dimension

dilution

discipline

diffusion

dissection

dissension

discretion

discussion

dispersion

disruption

donation

distortion

distraction

distinction

dominion

diversion

division

disunion

duration

durations

earthenware

elation

election

ejection

eleven

edition

egyptian

elison

embolden

emission

emotion

emblazon

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

equation

englishman

erosion

erection

eruption

etruscan

everyone

evasion

exaction

eviction

exception

excision

expansion

excursion

excretion

exemption

exertion

exclusion

exhaustion

expression

extension

explosion

expulsion

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

farthingale

extraction

feminine

downtrodden

fenian

ferryman

fijian

dalmatian

flirtation

fisherman

fixation

flotation

firedamp

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

fortuna

fortnightly

fortunate

freemason

foundation

franciscan

freudian

freethinker

freethinkers

galleon

fustian

gardener

gardeners

gardening

gardenias

garrison

fruition

hammerman

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

frustration

halogen

gordian

gradation

gradient

gravamen

gradients

guardian

halcyon

gyration

grobian

guardians

guncotton

gyrations

handwoven

gentleman

hardener

hardeners

hardening

genuine

harlequin

filtration

horatian

heroin

heroine

horizon

hawaiian

heartbroken

hydration

hydrogen

immersion

imagine

housebroken

illusion

ignition

impassion

inspection

implosion

inaction

in-person

imprison

impression

incision

indian

inception

inclusion

incursion

ingestion

infection

inflation

infarction

inflection

infraction

infliction

infusion

insertion

injection

inscription

induction

inhuman

injunction

instruction

intestine

intrusion

inversion

invasion

invention

irian

irishman

irritant

jacobin

jamaican

irritants

italian

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

keratin

korean

keynesian

lactation

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

kantian

lesbian

lecithin

ligation

libyan

libration

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

intention

nobleman

magdalen

magician

mandarin

malaysian

marathon

malayan

marathons

margarine

marian

maritime

maritimes

masculine

medicine

melanin

median

medallion

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

munition

moroccan

misshapen

narration

muskmelon

musician

mutation

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nitrogen

nevadan

niacin

nemean

nonhuman

notation

nubian

norwegian

nonunion

nutrition

occasion

obsession

objection

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oration

oppression

optation

optician

orations

ordinance

opinion

ottoman

overdone

orion

origin

overrun

ovation

outspoken

overman

parisian

oxygen

pardoning

parthian

partisan

parthenon

partition

partnership

partnerships

patrician

pavilion

pelican

percussion

pentathlon

perception

perfusion

perfection

permian

persuasion

peterman

perversion

pertinent

petition

phrygian

phoenician

physician

permission

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

predestine

possession

portmanteau

position

precession

precaution

predation

pretender

precision

preclusion

prediction

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretended

privation

probation

profession

pretension

prevention

pretensions

procession

production

progression

profusion

projection

protean

proportion

protection

promotion

prostration

propulsion

proscription

provision

prudency

prudently

puritan

puritans

ramadan

quotation

prudential

reaction

recession

rebellion

reception

recision

silicon

redemption

reduction

regimen

regression

reflection

rejection

relation

rendition

reopen

religion

remission

reptilian

reversion

rescission

resection

reunion

retention

retraction

revision

restriction

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

resumption

repression

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

sardonic

scorpion

scrutiny

scrutinize

scythian

secession

secretion

seclusion

sedation

selection

sensation

sedition

seduction

skeleton

shortening

simian

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

short-winded

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subtraction

suburban

subversion

sumatran

succession

suggestion

subscription

summation

superman

tactician

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syrian

talisman

tamarin

temptation

thespian

taxation

technician

threatening

timberman

toboggan

transgression

transition

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

tritium

tuition

truncation

uncertain

unburden

unwritten

unbutton

uneven

unison

unbroken

uncommon

urethane

translation

uterine

transmission

vatican

vacation

vermilion

venison

venetian

veteran

vibration

volition

waterman

wesleyan

vocation

vitamin

zambian

pretenders

4 syllable words

aberration

abyssinian

abdication

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

alabaman

adaptation

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

admonition

affectation

advocation

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

algerian

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

algonquian

american

alteration

altercation

alternation

allocation

amphibian

ammunition

amputation

annotation

animation

appalachian

annexation

apparition

appellation

arabian

approbation

arbitration

apprehension

application

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

arithmetic

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

avocation

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

canadian

calibration

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

businesswoman

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

committeeman

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

commutation

comparison

cogitation

competition

compensation

compilation

calculation

complication

composition

conversation

comprehension

condemnation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

connotation

consolation

consecration

congregation

conservation

conjugation

consternation

consummation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

computation

concentration

condensation

contrarian

convolution

copernican

coordinate

coordinates

corinthian

convocation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

correlation

coronation

contravention

contribution

criterion

crocodilian

copenhagen

custodian

cultivation

cyclopean

crucifixion

culmination

confrontation

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

deformation

deconstruction

degradation

dehydration

delegation

decompression

demolition

demarcation

deposition

depravation

deportation

demonstration

depredation

derivation

desecration

desperation

dereliction

destination

destitution

desiccation

desolation

designation

deprivation

detonation

deviation

dietitian

devolution

devonian

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

diminution

disinflation

disconnection

devastation

disinfection

disillusion

dislocation

disputation

disposition

dispensation

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

dominican

divination

domination

distribution

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

emigration

emanation

embarkation

elocution

emulation

elongation

estonian

equestrian

equitation

englishwoman

eritrean

erudition

estimation

federation

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhortation

exhibition

exhalation

exhumation

expiration

exploration

exploitation

expedition

exposition

explanation

explication

fabrication

fallopian

expectation

extradition

extrication

fascination

european

fermentation

eustachian

figuration

floridian

foliation

formulation

fortunately

fragmentation

galilean

gargantuan

fumigation

fibrillation

germination

gastrulation

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

guardianship

generation

gentlewoman

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

hydrocarbon

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

fluoridation

immigration

immolation

imperfection

implantation

implication

importation

inattention

imputation

incantation

impregnation

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

indentation

indexation

indication

incubation

indecision

indignation

inspiration

installation

indigestion

imposition

information

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

indonesian

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

instigation

indiscretion

institution

insurrection

fluctuation

insulation

integration

interaction

interwoven

intercession

interruption

interception

interdiction

intersection

interjection

interurban

intermission

intervention

intuition

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

inundation

invitation

invocation

iranian

iridium

iteration

irritation

jacobean

irrational

irrigation

isolation

jordanian

jubilation

jordanians

jurisdiction

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberation

liberian

leviathan

librarian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

lilliputian

litigation

kindergarten

locomotion

maccabean

lubrication

macedonian

minnesotan

machination

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

maturation

meditation

mediation

medication

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

miseration

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

moravian

molestation

mortification

modulation

motivation

misbegotten

mongolian

napoleon

nestorian

mutilation

nicaraguan

newtonian

navigation

nigerian

sicilian

nomination

misconception

noblewoman

nonpartisan

observation

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

orchestration

opposition

ordinances

ordinaries

ordinary

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

pagurian

ovulation

paraguayan

palpitation

pagination

oxidation

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

penicillin

penetration

perforation

perspiration

persecution

peruvian

perturbation

planarian

permutation

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

predetermine

precondition

preconception

predilection

nonprescription

predominate

preelection

predominant

predominates

preignition

premonition

preparation

preservation

presentation

predominance

resurrection

procreation

profanation

proclamation

protozoan

prohibition

propagation

prostitution

protestation

proposition

prosecution

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

reassertion

realization

readmission

reawaken

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reelection

reformation

refutation

reexamine

registration

regulation

reinspection

reparation

relocation

renovation

relaxation

repercussion

repetition

reputation

replication

requisition

republican

reposition

respiration

restoration

restitution

repossession

retrocession

resolution

retribution

retardation

rhetorician

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

reproduction

reservation

resignation

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

scrutinizes

satisfaction

sectarian

separation

segregation

sequestration

segmentation

self-deception

shakespearean

siberian

situation

simonian

simulation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

suffocation

substitution

subluxation

surrogation

superstition

supervision

supposition

syndication

tabulation

syncopation

tamoxifen

superhuman

tasmanian

tetrahedron

termination

reconstruction

titillation

toleration

transformation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

trepidation

violation

variation

utopian

valerian

vacillation

vaccination

validation

valuation

variations

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

usurpation

victorian

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

visitation

transportation

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accreditation

academician

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

adulteration

administration

agglomeration

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amazonian

amalgamation

amortization

amplification

anticipation

annihilation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assemblywoman

association

augustinian

assassination

authentication

assimilation

authorization

attenuation

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

caledonian

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

cohabitation

communication

christianization

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

confabulation

cooperation

coordinated

coordination

corroboration

creationism

deceleration

decapitation

defenestration

deliberation

degeneration

decomposition

deification

delicatessen

delineation

depreciation

depopulation

denomination

denunciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

discoloration

dionysian

disembarkation

discrimination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

disinclination

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evaluation

evaporation

exaggeration

exasperation

exacerbation

examination

excoriation

evacuation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

expatriation

fertilization

fortification

gasification

gratification

glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hybridization

hydrogenation

imagination

illumination

immunization

inauguration

inactivation

improvisation

incineration

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

indoctrination

instrumentation

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

interconnection

intimidation

intoxication

investigation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

irrationally

jeffersonian

irredentism

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

manifestation

mathematician

maximilian

nitroglycerine

magnification

mechanization

manipulation

metropolitan

modernization

misapprehension

maximization

misinformation

misapplication

mobilization

mississippian

modification

mummification

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

negotiation

miscalculation

multiplication

nonintervention

patagonian

notification

nullification

normalization

obliteration

ordinarily

oregonian

origination

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

organization

overproduction

panamanian

pacification

participation

pasteurization

nonsectarian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

peritoneal

periodontal

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

precipitation

predominantly

premeditation

presbyterian

preoccupation

predisposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

puritanism

puritanisms

pythagorean

puritanical

purification

qualification

quantification

ratification

ramification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

recrimination

reforestation

regeneration

refrigeration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

retaliation

resuscitation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

presupposition

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sophistication

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word curtain

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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