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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

ashen

arson

asian

aspirin

aspen

aspire

asper

atman

auction

auden

austin

backboards

backboard

bacon

bagman

bargain

baldwin

banyan

baron

barren

bayman

barton

bason

baseboard

baseboards

beacon

baston

baton

batten

batton

beaten

beckon

burton

bellman

billman

belgian

billion

begun

bellon

billon

bookman

bisson

bordman

bludgeon

bitten

boatman

bison

blacken

bolden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boston

bourbon

brethren

bowman

bracken

boughten

brakeman

brazen

breton

briton

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

bushman

burgeon

burden

burdon

bullion

caisson

cabin

burman

cajun

canyon

canaan

canton

caption

carman

capstan

captain

carbon

carmine

caution

caxton

cayman

chairman

certain

carton

chaplain

christian

chapman

children

charon

chessman

cauldron

cheapen

chessboards

chessboard

chasten

chevron

chicken

chieftain

calvin

chosen

christen

cannon

canon

churchman

citron

clinton

claxon

coachman

basin

colon

classman

common

bastion

copeman

cordon

corban

cotton

cousin

craftsman

cowan

crimson

cretin

crewman

craven

cushion

curtain

cumin

daman

dampen

dalton

damson

dagan

dagon

deacon

deaden

deafen

darken

dashboard

dashboards

deepen

delphian

demon

crouton

cuban

despairs

despair

desperate

devon

diction

dian

disburse

disbar

dispair

dispersed

disperse

disprove

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dragon

eden

driven

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

dozen

elan

dromon

emption

engine

drunken

dudgeon

ensign

desman

ermine

esprit

experts

expert

expired

expire

exports

expressed

export

button

fashion

faustian

famine

felon

fasten

faulcon

fatten

fiction

fission

firman

fireman

fibrin

fielden

foreman

flexion

footman

floren

foreign

flashgun

flatten

fraction

freedman

fortune

freeman

fountain

fallen

freshen

freshman

friction

function

faction

fusion

frighten

frozen

garron

garden

gascon

gentian

german

georgian

gammon

gallon

gilden

gibbon

falcon

given

grecian

glidden

gluten

gorgon

grandson

graven

goodman

guardsman

gudgeon

hackman

griffon

gumption

haitian

golden

hangman

headsman

headman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hasten

heathen

hausen

heaven

haven

heighten

hempen

henchman

heron

hesper

hessian

hetman

hidden

homespun

happen

hogan

highbrows

highbrow

horseman

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

gladden

glisten

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

icebergs

hyson

iceberg

hyphen

gotten

gowan

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jasper

jaspers

jetson

junction

jetton

jordan

jorden

kansan

kalan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

lakefront

lampron

kitchen

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

landman

kitten

laden

lagan

landsman

latin

layman

lemon

leaden

leaven

lengthen

legion

lesion

lockman

ledden

leman

lesson

leven

lessen

linden

liman

lightman

lineman

linemen

lichen

liken

lighten

linen

listen

lisbon

locken

lion

liven

kenyan

lopeman

london

lotion

loosen

loren

logan

luncheon

lumen

longan

m1

madden

maiden

mahone

mansion

mangan

marchman

margin

marksman

martian

marron

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

mason

matron

mayan

melon

melton

markman

lyden

mention

mignon

milken

misprints

misprint

mission

million

minion

mormon

mitten

muffin

mullen

morgan

motion

moisten

mutton

muslin

nation

neighbor

neighbors

nekton

newsprint

ninon

newsman

oarsman

norman

notion

ocean

olden

often

omen

onion

odin

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

oxfords

oxen

oxford

owen

packman

paean

pagan

parson

panton

passion

passman

passport

passports

pathan

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

pardon

pension

penman

penguin

peon

perron

persian

person

phosphor

piston

pitman

pigeon

pillion

pinion

plankton

mountain

platen

plantain

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

postman

potion

ponton

pressman

prison

minden

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

molten

ration

phosphors

reason

reckon

redden

proven

region

rayon

raven

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

rumen

risen

riven

roman

robin

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

sagebrush

salesman

salmon

riden

russian

runnion

saffron

samson

sanction

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scotsman

scallion

sadden

scion

rincon

scullion

seaman

ripen

season

section

sermon

shipman

session

selden

semen

sequin

sexton

seven

shaman

seton

shearman

seedsman

shaken

sharpen

shogun

sicken

silken

shotgun

shorten

smarten

slacken

slogan

smitten

showman

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

spearman

sovereign

shrunken

sovran

spartan

siphon

stallman

siren

spokesman

sportsman

squadron

stallion

station

statesman

stepson

stillion

stiffen

steven

stockman

spoken

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

sturgeon

suasion

striven

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendon

teston

tillman

thicken

threaten

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

treason

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

undone

urchin

urban

urine

urson

union

version

vegan

vesper

turban

vision

villain

vulcan

warden

washboard

waken

warren

wanton

wagon

watchman

weaken

whispers

whisper

wheaten

whiten

whitson

wiccan

women

woodman

woolman

weapon

woman

wooden

woolen

widen

wizen

workman

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abstention

abstraction

abortion

abrasion

absorption

accession

accretion

achiever

achievers

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

adsorption

adoption

adrian

aegean

affection

african

affliction

aggression

aleutian

albumin

alaskan

albion

alien

alderman

allusion

alsatian

admission

ambition

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apportion

aquifers

appian

aquifer

aspiring

ascension

artesian

artisan

aryan

aspartame

aspirants

aspersions

aspersion

aspirant

aspirates

aspirate

aspires

assassin

assumption

arian

assertion

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

arkansan

audition

ambrosian

australian

austrian

aversion

backwoodsman

badminton

backgammon

awaken

bandwagon

bedizen

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

avian

benjamin

beholden

biotin

bookkeeper

bishoprics

bitumen

bookkeepers

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

beethoven

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

castration

carrion

caucasian

causation

catalan

cation

cetacean

cessation

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cheeseburgers

cheeseburger

chilean

cistercian

citation

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clarion

cognition

clergyman

cohesion

collection

coercion

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

companion

communion

commotion

compassion

completion

complexion

compunction

conception

compression

concession

confection

concussion

condition

concoction

conduction

conclusion

confession

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

conjunction

connection

connexion

congressman

conscription

construction

consumption

contagion

constriction

contention

contraction

contraption

contortion

contrition

convection

contusion

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

countryman

corrosion

corsican

councilman

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

abandon

cyprian

damnation

dalmatian

declension

deception

decision

decipher

deduction

defection

deflection

deflation

delusion

deletion

denizen

dentition

depletion

depression

depiction

description

desertion

derision

despairing

determine

devotion

destruction

dictation

diffraction

digression

dilation

diffusion

digestion

discussion

direction

disappear

disappears

disapprove

dilution

disbursements

disbursement

discipline

disbarment

discovers

discover

discretion

dimension

disparage

disparate

dispersion

dispersal

dispersive

disruption

dissension

dissection

distinction

distraction

disunion

division

diversion

dogberry

dominion

distortion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

duration

egyptian

ejection

edition

election

elation

eleven

elison

emotion

emulsion

emission

emblazon

embolden

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

detection

erection

exception

eruption

etruscan

eviction

everyone

exaction

excision

exclusion

erosion

evasion

excretion

excursion

detention

exemption

exertion

compulsion

exhaustion

expiring

expertly

expires

expiry

expression

exporters

expresses

exporter

expressions

extension

extinction

expulsion

explosion

extortion

expressive

expressly

extraction

extrusion

expansion

formation

feminine

ferryman

fenian

fisherman

filtration

fixation

forgotten

fijian

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

foundation

franciscan

freemason

frustration

fruition

freudian

fustian

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

galleon

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

handwoven

gravamen

gooseberries

gordian

gossiper

gyration

hackberry

guncotton

guardian

grobian

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

housebroken

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

high-powered

horatian

horizon

gooseberry

hydration

hydrogen

gossipers

icebreakers

icebreaker

ignition

imagine

immersion

illusion

impassion

gradation

implosion

fabian

impression

in-person

inflation

inaction

inflection

inception

incursion

imprison

incision

inclusion

infection

infarction

indian

infraction

induction

injunction

injection

infliction

infusion

instruction

inspection

insertion

ingestion

inhuman

inscription

intestine

invention

invasion

inversion

intrusion

intention

irishman

jamaican

jacobin

italian

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

irian

keratin

lanolin

korean

lactation

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

libration

lesbian

ligation

libyan

location

lucifer

lumberman

logician

lutheran

magdalen

macabre

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

median

medallion

medicine

melanin

menhaden

keynesian

midshipman

mexican

migration

misfortune

misfortunes

mispronounce

mistaken

misprision

misshapen

moroccan

reopen

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

neighborhood

neighborhoods

neighborly

neighboring

niacin

nitrogen

nemean

nevadan

nobleman

neighbourly

nonhuman

nubian

nutrition

notation

norwegian

objection

obstruction

obsession

occasion

omission

occlusion

octillion

odeon

opinion

optation

oppression

nonunion

oration

optician

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

overman

overdone

overrun

oxygen

partition

patrician

partisan

parthian

passover

pavilion

pelican

permission

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permian

perfusion

parisian

muskmelon

phoenician

petition

persuasion

peterman

perversion

physician

plantation

pollution

policeman

plebeian

precession

position

precaution

possession

porcelain

precision

preclusion

predation

phrygian

predestine

preemption

protection

prediction

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

procession

privation

probation

production

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

propulsion

proportion

profession

proscription

prostration

protean

musician

puritan

quotation

ramadan

raspberries

raspberry

reception

recession

rebellion

receivers

receiver

reaction

provision

recision

recover

recovers

recovery

redemption

reflection

reexports

reduction

reexport

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

remission

religion

rendition

phosphoric

phosphorite

phosphorites

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

retention

restriction

retraction

reversion

reunion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

secretion

saleswoman

secession

salvation

samoan

saccharin

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

sedation

sedition

seduction

sensation

selection

skeleton

silicon

singleton

simian

snapdragon

solution

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submission

stygian

submersion

succession

summation

subtraction

subversion

suggestion

subscription

suburban

sumatran

superman

suppression

munition

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

talisman

tamarin

takeovers

takeover

truncation

taxation

temptation

technician

thespian

timberman

taxpayers

toboggan

taxpayer

translation

transmission

transaction

tradition

transition

transcription

transfusion

transgression

tuition

uncertain

unbutton

uncommon

unbroken

unburden

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vibration

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

whispering

whisperer

whisperers

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

aberration

abdication

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

accusation

accordion

acclimation

activation

adaptation

acquisition

alteration

admiration

adrenaline

adulation

adoration

advocation

affectation

aggravation

affirmation

admonition

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

allegation

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allocation

altercation

american

annotation

alternation

amputation

animation

appellation

ammunition

annexation

amphibian

appalachian

apparition

approbation

application

arbitration

apprehension

arabian

augmentation

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

asperity

armageddon

aspirated

aspirations

assemblyman

assyrian

arizonan

athenian

attribution

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

commendation

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

businesswoman

aviation

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumvention

circumspection

circumcision

compensation

cogitation

collocation

coalition

combination

coloration

columbian

coloradan

comedian

comparison

commutation

competition

committeeman

compilation

collodion

complication

concentration

computation

comprehension

constellation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

consolation

confrontation

conflagration

confiscation

congregation

connotation

confirmation

conjugation

consecration

conservation

consternation

constipation

consultation

consummation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

contrarian

conversation

coronation

corp.

corporation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

corinthian

correlation

copernican

cotyledon

composition

crucifixion

crocodilian

criterion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

decimation

dandelion

darwinian

decompression

declaration

deconstruction

exclamation

decoration

dedication

designation

defamation

definition

degradation

deformation

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

deportation

deposition

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

desperation

desperately

desperadoes

desperado

destination

dilatation

devastation

detonation

desolation

devolution

deviation

devonian

disinflation

dietitian

diaspora

diminution

diocesan

disappearance

disappearing

dispensation

disapproval

disapproving

disconnection

discoveries

discoverer

discovery

discoverers

disillusion

disinfection

disaffection

dislocation

disparities

disparages

disparaging

disparity

dispirited

dispiriting

disputation

dissertation

disposition

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

education

duplication

emanation

embarkation

elevation

electrician

emigration

elocution

elongation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

destitution

erudition

estimation

esperanto

estonian

evocation

european

evolution

eustachian

excavation

excitation

exhalation

eritrean

execution

exhumation

exhibition

exhortation

expectation

expedition

experience

experienced

expiration

expirations

explanation

explication

exploitation

extrication

exploration

exposition

exportable

expressionist

expropriate

extradition

exuberance

generation

exuberant

fabrication

fibrillation

fascination

federation

fallopian

fermentation

figuration

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

granulation

graduation

gravitation

implication

imitation

gorgonian

greco-roman

habitation

guatemalan

gregorian

hemoglobin

hegelian

hesitation

herculean

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hyperion

hydrocarbon

hypertension

ibuprofen

ideation

iberian

immigration

immolation

illustration

imperfection

implantation

importation

insulation

imposition

impregnation

imputation

incubation

incantation

inattention

incrustation

inclination

indexation

incarnation

indentation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indecision

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

indiscretion

indonesian

inquisition

information

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

insurrection

integration

intercession

intermission

interruption

interception

interdiction

intersection

interjection

interurban

intervention

interwoven

intimation

intonation

inundation

introduction

introspection

interaction

intuition

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

iteration

isolation

jacobean

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

sequestration

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

locomotion

low-spirited

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

lubrication

kindergarten

librarian

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

meditation

medication

masturbation

mediation

melanesian

maturation

menstruation

reformation

misconception

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misgovernment

mispronounces

misperception

mitigation

misperceptions

missourian

moderation

modulation

meridian

mortification

motivation

moravian

renovation

molestation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nomination

nestorian

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

orchestration

observation

occupation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

operation

opposition

occupiers

octahedron

occupier

olympian

ohioan

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

pacifier

pagurian

pagination

palpitation

penetration

pedestrian

pacifiers

pavlovian

pelagian

paraguayan

permutation

perforation

penicillin

persecution

perspiration

reparation

perturbation

peruvian

replication

phosphorescence

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

plutonian

population

preconception

praetorian

precondition

predilection

premonition

preelection

preignition

preparation

predetermine

presentation

preservation

profanation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

prostitution

proposition

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

punctuation

publication

radiation

recollection

recantation

realization

reassertion

readmission

receivership

receiverships

reawaken

reciprocal

reciprocate

reciprocates

recitation

reclamation

recognition

reconstruction

recoveries

mongolian

recreation

recuperates

reelection

recuperate

reexamine

refutation

reinspection

regulation

registration

relaxation

relocation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

reproduction

reputation

republican

resignation

requisition

respiration

reservation

resolution

respirator

respirators

restitution

restoration

retardation

resurrection

revocation

retribution

revelation

retrocession

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

samaritan

rumination

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

separation

self-deception

shakespearean

situation

simulation

sicilian

simonian

siberian

smithsonian

stipulation

speculation

stimulation

statistician

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

superstition

superhuman

supposition

supervision

syncopation

surrogation

tabulation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

vaccination

vacillation

validation

valuation

valerian

utopian

variation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

vindication

visitation

violation

wagnerian

vociferates

vociferate

watermelon

whosoever

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

argumentation

assimilation

amplification

anticipation

attenuation

annihilation

amortization

approximation

appropriation

appreciation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

association

assemblywoman

authorization

authentication

augustinian

clarification

babylonian

classification

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

christianization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

civilization

cohabitation

collaboration

coagulation

codification

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

configuration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

desegregation

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

equivocation

denomination

equalization

depopulation

denunciation

depreciation

desalination

determination

eradication

disembarkation

dionysian

discoloration

discoverable

examination

disinclination

disintegration

disappearances

disparagingly

disproportionate

dissociation

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

edification

elimination

ejaculation

elaboration

emancipation

elizabethan

electrocution

enumeration

epicurean

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

exacerbation

exaggeration

ethiopian

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

experiential

expatriation

experiences

expiratory

expressionism

expressionistic

expropriations

expropriation

expropriated

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

humiliation

gasification

illumination

glorification

gratification

hybridization

hallucination

harmonization

hydrogenation

hanoverian

hyperinflation

hyperborean

imagination

immunization

improvisation

incorporation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insinuation

ionization

interrogation

interpolation

interpretation

interconnection

invalidation

intoxication

intimidation

investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

refrigeration

misapplication

miscalculation

misappropriates

misapprehension

misappropriate

mobilization

misinformation

mississippian

modification

regeneration

modernization

multiplication

mummification

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nullification

normalization

notification

obliteration

nonsectarian

organization

orientation

ornamentation

origination

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

peloponnesian

perpetuation

oregonian

patagonian

pennsylvanian

renunciation

philadelphian

polarization

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

procrastination

prevarication

presupposition

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

purification

pythagorean

qualification

ratification

ramification

quantification

reaffirmation

recommendation

recoverable

reciprocity

recombination

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

reforestation

rejuvenation

reintegration

remuneration

reiteration

repatriation

repudiation

respiratory

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sterilization

pomeranian

specialization

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word experimentation

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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