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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

asian

aspen

ashen

asper

bastion

aspire

aspirin

atman

bargain

auction

austin

backboards

backboard

bacon

bagman

baldwin

auden

banyan

barton

baron

barren

baseboard

basin

baseboards

bason

baston

belgian

beacon

beaten

beckon

batten

batton

bayman

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

bisson

billman

billon

bitten

bludgeon

bookman

bison

blowgun

blacken

boatman

bolden

bobbin

bollen

boston

bordman

boughten

bourbon

burgeon

brethren

brazen

burden

breton

brakeman

bowman

brighten

briton

broaden

bullion

brogan

broken

burdon

burman

burton

bushman

button

caisson

cajun

calvin

cabin

canaan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

captain

capstan

bracken

caption

carbon

chevron

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

certain

charon

cheapen

chasten

chessboard

chessboards

children

chieftain

carman

christian

citron

christen

churchman

chicken

chosen

clinton

coachman

classman

claxon

colon

carmine

common

carton

baton

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

crimson

cotton

craven

cretin

cushion

crewman

craftsman

crouton

cowan

cuban

cumin

curtain

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

darken

deacon

dashboards

dashboard

deaden

deafen

damson

deepen

delphian

demon

despairs

despair

desperate

desman

devon

dian

diction

disbar

disburse

dispair

dispersed

disperse

disprove

earthen

dobson

doctrine

dolphin

dozen

dungeon

driven

dudgeon

drunken

dolman

draftsman

dragon

dromon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

esprit

experts

expert

expire

expired

expressed

exports

export

faction

fashion

faustian

gascon

harten

fasten

fiction

fission

fibrin

fielden

fireman

firman

flexion

floren

flashgun

flatten

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

friction

freshman

freshen

freedman

fraction

freeman

frozen

fusion

garden

function

fountain

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

gentian

georgian

german

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

headsman

faulcon

gladden

glidden

goodman

gorgon

golden

gluten

gotten

gowan

felon

gumption

grecian

griffon

gudgeon

guardsman

haitian

harden

happen

fallen

famine

grandson

harken

graven

headman

falcon

hackman

hasten

hausen

hearten

hangman

heathen

heaven

fatten

hempen

hessian

heron

hesper

hidden

henchman

hetman

haven

heighten

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoten

huntsman

highbrow

hoven

human

ibsen

icebergs

iceberg

hymen

hyphen

hyson

highbrows

hogan

ion

kitten

jargon

jaspers

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

junction

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kalan

kirkman

jasper

kitchen

laden

lagan

lampron

lesion

klansman

lakefront

landsman

landman

leaden

leaven

jackman

latin

layman

ledden

lengthen

jasmine

leman

lemon

kremlin

lessen

lesson

leven

jason

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

linden

lisbon

linen

lineman

linemen

lion

legion

lockman

liven

locken

logan

london

lotion

lopeman

loosen

loren

longan

lynden

luncheon

m1

lumen

lyden

mahone

madden

maiden

margin

marron

marchman

markman

mangan

mansion

marksman

marlin

marten

martin

martian

mason

mayan

melton

mention

matron

mignon

melon

milken

million

minion

minden

misprint

misprints

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

motion

morgan

mormon

muffin

mullen

mountain

muslin

mutton

nation

orphan

nekton

neighbors

newsman

ninon

norman

onion

neighbor

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

open

option

organ

outrun

outdone

othman

oven

oxen

oxfords

packman

paean

oxford

owen

pagan

panton

pardon

patron

passion

passman

pathan

passports

passport

patten

pavon

pectin

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

persian

person

phosphor

phosphors

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

plantain

poison

parson

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

newsprint

postman

portion

portman

potion

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

rayon

raven

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

risen

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

riven

runnion

rosen

rosin

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

region

saffron

salesman

sagebrush

sadden

salmon

samson

sanction

santon

saxon

scallion

satan

satin

scion

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

section

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

session

shipman

shearman

sermon

sexton

sharpen

shorten

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shogun

shotgun

showman

shrunken

silken

sicken

siren

siphon

slacken

smarten

slogan

smitten

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

spearman

stillion

stepson

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

station

spokesman

statesman

sportsman

stallion

stallman

spoken

steven

stiffen

striven

stockman

sturgeon

suasion

stolen

stricken

strengthen

straighten

suction

sultan

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

tarpon

tartan

tappen

talon

tendon

tension

teston

tillman

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

token

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

toman

treason

trillion

tuscan

turban

tungsten

tubman

trojan

triton

trodden

urchin

urban

urson

urine

undone

union

vegan

version

vision

vesper

villain

warden

warren

wanton

watchman

washboard

weapon

worsen

whisper

vulcan

weaken

wheaten

whispers

whitson

wiccan

whiten

widen

women

wizen

woman

woodman

wooden

woolman

woolen

wagon

workman

written

waken

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

ponton

3 syllable words

ablation

abdomen

ablution

abduction

abortion

abrasion

abstention

abstraction

absorption

accession

adsorption

accretion

adoption

achievers

achiever

acumen

addition

addiction

admission

adhesion

adrian

affection

aegean

affliction

african

alaskan

aggression

albion

albumin

alderman

aleutian

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

anyone

appian

apportion

aquifer

aquifers

aspirant

arian

artesian

arkansan

ascension

aspartame

aryan

artisan

aspirants

aspirate

aspirates

assumption

asuncion

aspires

aspiring

assassin

attention

attraction

attrition

bandwagon

australian

austrian

awaken

audition

backgammon

backwoodsman

avian

badminton

andean

anglican

beholden

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

bedouin

benjamin

bishoprics

biotin

bitumen

bookkeeper

bookkeepers

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

castration

caucasian

compassion

expansion

carrion

cartesian

cation

catalan

causation

chairperson

cetacean

cessation

chamberlain

chairwoman

charlatan

champion

charwoman

cheeseburger

cheeseburgers

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

clergyman

clarion

coercion

civilian

collusion

citation

clarendon

collection

collegian

cohesion

cognition

collagen

collision

commission

combustion

cardigan

communion

carnation

commotion

companion

complexion

completion

compression

compulsion

conception

conclusion

confection

conflation

concession

concussion

concoction

conduction

confession

condition

confusion

confucian

congestion

connection

connexion

conscription

congressman

conjunction

construction

constriction

contagion

consumption

contention

crustacean

contortion

contraction

contraption

contusion

convection

convention

contrition

conviction

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

crestfallen

councilman

corsican

countryman

creation

cremation

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

deflation

declension

decipher

diffusion

deflection

defection

deduction

delusion

deletion

dictation

depiction

depletion

dentition

despairing

depression

description

derision

destruction

detection

detention

determine

denizen

devotion

expires

diffraction

expiring

extension

digestion

dimension

explosion

discretion

disbursement

disbarment

disparate

direction

disappear

disapprove

discipline

disbursements

discussion

disparage

expresses

discover

discovers

expressions

expulsion

dispersive

disruption

dissection

dissension

distortion

diversion

distraction

disunion

distinction

division

edition

downtrodden

dorian

dominion

donation

expression

duration

dogberry

egyptian

elation

election

ejection

eleven

emblazon

elison

embolden

emission

erosion

emotion

erection

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

englishman

encryption

eruption

dilution

etruscan

everyone

exaction

eviction

exception

excision

extrusion

exclusion

excretion

exemption

exhaustion

expertly

dilation

digression

expiry

exporters

exporter

expressive

extortion

disappears

extinction

extraction

expressly

abandon

compunction

inflection

hammerman

ferryman

fenian

fijian

filtration

fixation

flirtation

flotation

garrison

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

franciscan

freemason

foundation

frustration

fruition

fustian

freudian

galleon

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

gestation

gillian

ghanaian

gravamen

gossipers

feminine

gordian

gooseberries

gossiper

gooseberry

gradation

guncotton

guardian

grobian

gyration

halcyon

handwoven

halogen

hackberry

hawaiian

harlequin

heroin

heroine

heartbroken

implosion

illusion

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

fabian

icebreaker

inflation

imagine

icebreakers

impression

incision

inclusion

inaction

inception

infection

high-powered

indian

induction

infarction

infusion

injection

inscription

inhuman

ingestion

injunction

inspection

intention

invention

instruction

intrusion

intestine

irishman

irian

italian

infraction

jamaican

jacobin

jettison

javelin

jovian

keratin

malaysian

keynesian

lecithin

lactation

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

korean

lumberman

lesbian

libyan

ligation

libration

julian

logician

location

lucifer

lutheran

macabre

magician

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

midshipman

menhaden

mexican

migration

infliction

kantian

misfortune

misfortunes

mistaken

mispronounce

misshapen

opinion

munition

muskmelon

moroccan

musician

narration

myosin

mutation

negation

nebraskan

neighboring

neighborhoods

neighborly

neighbourly

nemean

nevadan

neighborhood

niacin

nonhuman

nobleman

nitrogen

nonunion

obstruction

norwegian

objection

nutrition

obsession

notation

occlusion

nubian

occasion

omission

octillion

odeon

overdone

orion

optation

optician

oration

origin

outspoken

overman

ottoman

parisian

oppression

ovation

overrun

oxygen

permission

partition

patrician

pavilion

partisan

parthian

passover

pentathlon

perception

pelican

percussion

perfection

perfusion

permian

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

phosphoric

phosphorites

phosphorite

phrygian

physician

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pollution

preclusion

precision

position

possession

porcelain

precession

predation

predestine

precaution

prediction

preemption

prescription

procession

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

production

profession

profusion

progression

promotion

reception

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

protean

protection

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

raspberries

raspberry

reaction

projection

recession

rebellion

receivers

receiver

recover

recovers

redemption

secession

reduction

seclusion

reexports

reexport

recovery

reflection

rejection

relation

regression

religion

remission

reopen

rendition

repression

resection

reptilian

resumption

retention

restriction

retraction

reunion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

scorpion

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

scythian

regimen

sedation

secretion

selection

sensation

sedition

seduction

skeleton

silicon

simian

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

superman

stygian

submission

subscription

suburban

subtraction

suggestion

temptation

summation

sumatran

succession

syrian

suppression

suspension

suspicion

tactician

taxpayers

tamarin

talisman

taxation

takeovers

taxpayer

takeover

technician

timberman

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transcription

transaction

transfusion

transition

transmission

transgression

translation

unburden

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unison

uterine

unwritten

vacation

venetian

vatican

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

whisperers

whisperer

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

adrenaline

accusation

activation

acquisition

admiration

admonition

adoration

adaptation

adulation

affectation

affirmation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

agitation

albanian

alabaman

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

algerian

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

arabian

apparition

animation

annotation

appalachian

annexation

appellation

apprehension

application

approbation

arbitration

arizonan

asperity

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

aspirated

aspirations

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

calibration

californian

cancellation

businesswoman

calculation

canadian

comedian

carcinogen

comparison

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumvention

circumspection

circumcision

circulation

coloration

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloradan

combination

columbian

commendation

committeeman

commutation

compilation

compensation

competition

complication

composition

comprehension

condescension

concentration

condensation

condemnation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

contemplation

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consternation

constipation

constellation

consultation

constitution

congregation

consummation

consolation

corp.

corporation

culmination

conversation

coronation

copernican

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

correlation

corinthian

contrarian

contradiction

contravention

criterion

cotyledon

crucifixion

crocodilian

contribution

cultivation

contraception

custodian

darwinian

dandelion

declaration

dilatation

cyclopean

decimation

decoration

dedication

defamation

deconstruction

definition

decompression

dehydration

delegation

diaspora

degradation

demarcation

demolition

deformation

deportation

depravation

deposition

depredation

derivation

deprivation

dereliction

desiccation

desecration

desolation

desperately

destination

desperado

destitution

desperadoes

devastation

detonation

designation

devonian

deviation

devolution

demonstration

dietitian

exploration

diocesan

disaffection

disappearance

disapproving

disapproval

disconnection

disparaging

disinfection

disinflation

discoverers

discoveries

discovery

disillusion

dislocation

disparages

discoverer

dispensation

disparity

disparities

dispirited

disposition

disputation

dispiriting

dissertation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

emanation

embarkation

elocution

elongation

emigration

emulation

experience

equestrian

equitation

englishwoman

eritrean

esperanto

experienced

erudition

estonian

experiment

estimation

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhalation

execution

exhumation

exhortation

exhibition

expectation

expedition

european

expiration

eustachian

experiments

expirations

explanation

explication

exploitation

diminution

disappearing

exposition

exportable

expressionist

importation

expropriate

extrication

federation

extradition

information

fibrillation

computation

exuberant

fabrication

fallopian

exuberance

fascination

figuration

fermentation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

granulation

germination

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

herculean

historian

imperfection

himalayan

hemoglobin

hungarian

illustration

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

imitation

immolation

implication

immigration

implantation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

indecision

indication

impregnation

incrustation

indentation

incubation

indexation

indonesian

indiscretion

indignation

indigestion

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

imposition

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

insulation

insurrection

interaction

installation

instigation

institution

integration

interception

intercession

interdiction

interurban

interruption

intersection

intervention

interwoven

intimation

intonation

introspection

introduction

inundation

intuition

intermission

irrigation

interjection

invitation

invocation

iranian

irritation

isolation

iteration

liberation

jacobean

limitation

jubilation

jordanian

litigation

kindergarten

laceration

jurisdiction

lancastrian

levitation

leviathan

liberian

lilliputian

librarian

liquidation

liquefaction

lubrication

locomotion

low-spirited

ministration

legislation

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

polyhedron

minnesotan

masturbation

melanesian

maturation

medication

mediation

meditation

menstruation

meridian

operation

draconian

miseration

misperceptions

misgovernment

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

missourian

mispronounces

mitigation

molestation

moderation

modulation

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

nonpartisan

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

obfuscation

observation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

olympian

octahedron

ohioan

occupiers

occupier

mongolian

oscillation

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

moravian

overburden

paraguayan

pagurian

ovulation

oxidation

pacifiers

pacifier

pagination

palpitation

opposition

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

phosphorescence

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

sequestration

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preparation

presentation

preignition

premonition

preservation

profanation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

receivership

receiverships

reawaken

reciprocal

recantation

reciprocate

reciprocates

provocation

recitation

reconstruction

reclamation

recollection

recognition

recoveries

reelection

recuperates

recuperate

reexamine

recreation

reformation

revelation

refutation

reinspection

registration

regulation

relaxation

reparation

repercussion

renovation

replication

repetition

reposition

repossession

relocation

reservation

republican

reputation

resignation

requisition

resolution

respirator

restoration

resurrection

restitution

reproduction

respirators

retribution

retardation

retrocession

revocation

rhetorician

rhododendron

revolution

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

separation

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

situation

shakespearean

sicilian

simulation

simonian

siberian

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

subluxation

strangulation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

superstition

supervision

supposition

syncopation

syndication

surrogation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tabulation

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

toleration

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

vacillation

utopian

vaccination

valerian

variation

veneration

vegetation

validation

valuation

ventilation

visitation

victorian

vindication

violation

vociferates

vociferate

wagnerian

watermelon

whosoever

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

academician

accumulation

administration

adjudication

accreditation

affiliation

adulteration

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

argumentation

articulation

argentinian

assassination

assimilation

assemblywoman

association

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

commemoration

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

christianization

collaboration

civilization

classification

codification

coagulation

clarification

cohabitation

colonization

communication

carthaginian

configuration

conciliation

concatenation

confabulation

confederation

conglomeration

continuation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

congratulation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

decomposition

deliberation

degeneration

deification

delineation

delicatessen

denunciation

depopulation

denomination

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

disappearances

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

discoverable

disparagingly

disproportionate

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

emancipation

elimination

elizabethan

enumeration

equivocation

eradication

equalization

epicurean

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

evaporation

exasperation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

experiences

experiential

experimental

experimenter

experimenters

expiratory

extermination

expressionism

expressionistic

expropriation

expropriations

expropriated

misapplication

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

misapprehension

gasification

fortification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

illumination

imagination

humiliation

hyperborean

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

immunization

inauguration

improvisation

incarceration

inactivation

incineration

incorporation

infatuation

incrimination

indoctrination

initiation

insemination

inoculation

inhabitation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interrogation

interpolation

interpretation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

libertarian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

jeffersonian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

metropolitan

mathematician

misinformation

miscalculation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

misappropriate

multiplication

mummification

misappropriates

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

obliteration

nullification

orientation

organization

oregonian

origination

ossification

ornamentation

pacification

panamanian

overproduction

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

pronunciation

proletarian

prognostication

quantification

purification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

qualification

ramification

ratification

proliferation

reciprocity

recuperation

recoverable

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

reiteration

rejuvenation

reintegration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

respiratory

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

pomeranian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

subordination

stratification

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word dispersion

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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