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2 syllable words

acton

action

airman

alban

alight

alman

alan

apron

amman

arson

ashen

brethren

asian

aspen

atman

auden

austin

basin

ballasts

bargain

bacon

ballast

baldwin

banyan

bagman

barton

auction

baron

baston

barren

bason

bastion

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

billion

belgian

bellman

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blackouts

blacken

blackout

breton

bludgeon

bellon

blasting

blaster

blastoff

bluestone

blacktop

boatman

blasted

blisters

blister

blockades

blockade

bluster

blackwood

blowgun

bolstered

blockheads

bolden

bolster

bollen

bolsters

bookman

bordman

boston

boughten

bourbon

bobbin

bowman

bracken

brakeman

brazen

blockhead

brighten

briton

brogan

burdon

bullion

bulkheads

bullshit

bulkhead

burden

burgeon

button

caisson

cajun

bushman

burton

calcite

cabin

burman

calloused

calvin

cannon

canon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caption

cauldron

caxton

caution

canaan

cayman

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chessman

chevron

chieftain

children

christian

christen

churchman

chosen

citron

chicken

clinton

claxon

cliched

cloistered

cloisters

cloister

closedown

closedowns

closet

classman

closets

clustered

clusters

cluster

coachman

collect

colon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

broaden

broken

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

damson

dampen

darken

cuban

deacon

daylights

deaden

deafen

cumin

daylight

deepen

delight

delights

delphian

cushion

canton

canyon

demon

collects

desman

diction

dian

devon

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

drunken

driven

dragon

dromon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

earthen

elan

elect

dungeon

elects

emption

ensign

engine

dozen

ermine

dudgeon

dulcet

faction

falcon

fallen

falsehood

falsehoods

falstaff

fashion

faustian

fasten

fatten

felon

faulcon

fiction

fielden

fireman

fibrin

famine

fission

flashgun

flatten

flagstaffs

flagstone

flagstones

flaxseed

flexion

flighty

capstan

flusters

fluster

flagstaff

function

footman

foreign

fortune

foreman

fraction

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshen

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

flaccid

gallstone

firman

gallon

gallstones

fusion

gascon

garron

gentian

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

hackman

gammon

glisten

glidden

golden

gluten

goodman

garden

gorgon

gotten

gowan

grandson

gumption

grecian

gudgeon

guardsman

graven

griffon

harden

gladden

haitian

heathen

hailstones

hailstorm

hangman

happen

harken

hasten

harten

hearten

haven

headsman

headman

hausen

heaven

heighten

henchman

hessian

hailstone

heron

hetman

hillside

holstein

homespun

holster

hogan

hidden

horseman

hillsides

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

hempen

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

floren

jetson

jordan

jorden

junction

kelson

kalan

keelson

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitten

kitchen

klansman

kremlin

landman

lengthen

landsman

legion

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

laden

lesion

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lagan

leven

lampron

lichen

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

linden

linen

linemen

lion

listen

lineman

lisbon

liven

lockman

locken

london

loren

lotion

loosen

lopeman

longan

luncheon

lynden

lyden

m1

lumen

madden

logan

maelstrom

maiden

mahone

marchman

markman

mansion

mangan

margin

mason

marksman

martian

marten

martin

marron

marlin

matron

million

melon

melton

mention

mignon

milestone

mayan

milestones

milken

milkweed

millstone

minden

minion

jetton

mission

mitten

molest

molests

molten

moisten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

mutton

nation

nekton

muslin

newsman

ninon

notion

oarsman

norman

ocean

curtain

olden

oilseeds

oilseed

omen

onion

open

option

often

organ

outrun

orphan

outdone

othman

oven

oxen

owen

odin

pardon

pagan

panton

perron

packman

passion

passman

pathan

paean

patron

pectin

patten

penguin

penman

pension

parson

peon

pavon

persian

pigeon

pillion

person

piston

pinion

pitman

placid

plastics

platen

plankton

plantain

plasters

plaster

placoid

platten

plastic

poison

polecat

placate

policed

polished

polecats

ponton

shaman

pollan

postman

portman

potion

pressman

prison

proven

portion

pullen

ration

question

quicken

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

prussian

region

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

resin

rincon

ripen

risen

pollen

rosin

rowen

ruin

russian

sadden

salesman

rumen

saffron

salmon

runnion

satin

rosen

satan

samson

scullion

scallion

scotsman

seaman

season

saxon

scion

section

sanction

santon

seedsman

selden

select

roman

riven

selects

robin

semen

sexton

session

rotten

seton

sequin

sermon

seven

shaken

rowan

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shogun

shorten

silken

shrunken

sicken

showman

siphon

siren

skylights

skylight

slacken

slogan

slaughter

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

slaughters

solstice

solon

spearman

sovereign

slighting

sovran

spartan

slightly

smarten

sportsman

spoken

spokesman

squadron

station

stallion

stepson

statesman

steven

stallman

stiffen

stillion

strengthen

straighten

stricken

striven

stolen

stockman

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sudden

sultan

sylvan

sullen

sunken

summon

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

syphon

taken

tarpon

talon

tappen

tartan

shotgun

teston

tension

thicken

threaten

tighten

thousand

tillman

titan

token

toman

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

treason

trillion

triton

tungsten

tubman

turban

trojan

trodden

tuscan

twilight

undone

ulster

written

whiten

union

urchin

whitson

urban

vegan

urine

villain

version

vision

vulcan

warden

warren

wagon

waken

watchman

weaken

wanton

weapon

wheaten

woolman

wiccan

urson

widen

wizen

women

woolen

woodman

woman

wooden

workman

worsen

woven

tendon

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abstraction

accession

accretion

abortion

absorption

abstention

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

adsorption

adoption

adrian

aegean

admission

affection

affliction

african

aggression

albion

albumin

alaskan

aleutian

alderman

alien

allocate

alsatian

allusion

allocates

ambrosian

ambition

anglican

anchorman

andean

apportion

anyone

appian

ascension

creation

artesian

arian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

assertion

assumption

aspersion

assassin

asuncion

attraction

attention

attrition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

audition

avian

backgammon

ballistics

ballistic

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

bedizen

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

blastoderm

blessedly

blistering

blockaded

blockaders

blockader

blustering

bouillon

brazilian

bosnian

beethoven

bulletin

causation

cistercian

caucasian

cambrian

carnation

capsaicin

carrion

cartesian

catalan

cardigan

cation

campion

celestial

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

charlatan

chairwoman

champion

charwoman

clarion

chamberlain

chilean

citation

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

cremation

coercion

coalesced

cognition

cohesion

collected

collections

collision

collective

collection

collegian

collectors

collector

collegiate

collusion

compression

combustion

commission

commotion

compassion

complexion

completion

companion

communion

compulsion

compunction

concession

conception

concoction

concussion

condition

conclusion

conduction

conflation

collagen

confession

confection

confucian

confusion

conjunction

connection

connexion

congressman

conscription

congestion

constriction

construction

contagion

contraption

contraction

contrition

contention

contortion

consumption

contusion

convection

convention

convulsion

conversion

conviction

correction

countryman

corruption

corsican

corrosion

councilman

croatian

crestfallen

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

deception

declension

decision

deduction

deflation

deflection

defection

delighted

deletion

delightful

delegates

delegate

delicate

delighting

delusion

depiction

depletion

dentition

denizen

depression

derision

description

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

dialects

dialect

diffraction

dimension

dilation

digression

diffusion

digestion

dilution

direction

discretion

discussion

discipline

disruption

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distortion

distinction

disunion

diversion

division

downtrodden

dorian

dominion

dualist

electrodes

donation

duration

egyptian

edition

ejection

elation

election

elastic

elections

elective

electors

elector

electric

emission

electrics

electron

electrode

eleven

electro

emulsion

elison

electrons

elicit

elicits

emblazon

embolden

emotion

duelist

equation

englishman

enlighten

enliven

encryption

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

exception

eviction

exclusion

exaction

excision

exertion

evasion

everyone

excursion

hydration

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expulsion

extension

extinction

extraction

extrusion

extortion

fabian

fixation

falsity

falsettos

falsetto

fenian

fustian

ferryman

fijian

fisherman

feminine

flirtation

flotation

fluctuates

fluctuate

flycatcher

foramen

formation

freemason

forgotten

forewoman

foundation

franciscan

forbidden

fruition

freudian

galactic

galactose

galleon

gestation

gaussian

garrison

genuine

gillian

gentleman

ghanaian

glaciate

glistening

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guncotton

guardian

grobian

gyration

halogen

halcyon

harlequin

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

abandon

hydrogen

ignition

illicit

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

infraction

inflation

inflection

infliction

ingestion

infusion

injection

inhuman

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irian

italian

irishman

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

munition

jettison

keratin

julian

kantian

keynesian

korean

lactation

lecithin

laurentian

laotian

lanolin

lesbian

libration

ligation

location

loyalist

loyalists

lumberman

logician

lutheran

magdalen

magician

libyan

malaysian

malayan

marian

margarine

masculine

medicine

median

melanin

migration

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

medallion

misprision

misshapen

misfortune

mistaken

molesters

mutation

molester

mandarin

molested

moroccan

musician

narration

negation

myosin

muskmelon

nebraskan

policeman

nitrogen

niacin

nevadan

nihilists

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

objection

obstruction

norwegian

nubian

obsession

nutrition

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

oration

optation

optician

opinion

ottoman

ovation

origin

orion

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

palisades

palisade

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

persuasion

percussion

perception

perfection

perfusion

pilasters

permian

philistine

philistines

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

peterman

permission

perversion

pilaster

pentathlon

plantation

plastering

plasterer

placidly

plasterwork

plebeian

pleistocene

nemean

jovian

pollution

possession

precession

position

precaution

preclusion

precision

predation

predestine

preemption

prediction

prescription

presumption

progression

pretension

privation

probation

prevention

procession

production

profession

profusion

proportion

propulsion

projection

promotion

proscription

protean

protection

provision

quotation

puritan

reaction

redemption

reduction

ramadan

realist

recession

reception

recision

rebellion

realists

reelect

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

relegate

reluctant

remission

rendition

relocate

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

restriction

retraction

sensation

religion

retention

revulsion

reversion

rhodopsin

revision

reunion

rifleman

selection

selections

royalist

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

secretion

secession

sedation

scholastic

scythian

seclusion

scorpion

seduction

sedition

selective

rotation

silicon

silicate

simian

silicates

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

slaughterhouse

solicit

solution

solicits

solomon

soloists

solstices

soloist

specimen

starvation

stygian

subtraction

stagnation

succession

submersion

submission

subversion

suburban

suggestion

sumatran

subscription

summation

suppression

suspension

suspicion

superman

syrian

talisman

tactician

talkative

tamarin

temptation

taxation

thespian

technician

timberman

tradition

transaction

toboggan

transcription

transgression

transfusion

translation

transmission

transition

truncation

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

tuition

unbutton

uncommon

uneven

unison

vacation

unwritten

uterine

vatican

vibration

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

violist

violists

vocation

volition

waterman

vitamin

wesleyan

zambian

porcelain

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abolition

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

abrogation

accordion

accusation

absolution

adaptation

activation

acquisition

adulation

admiration

adoration

advocation

adrenaline

affectation

affirmation

admonition

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

arabian

agrarian

alligator

albanian

algonquian

allegations

alabaman

allegation

algerian

arbitration

alligators

allocation

alteration

allocations

altercation

alternation

american

animation

amputation

amphibian

annexation

annotation

application

appellation

ammunition

appalachian

apprehension

apparition

approbation

aldebaran

armageddon

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

attribution

avocation

athenian

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

californian

calisthenic

businesswoman

calculation

calisthenics

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chalcedony

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collectible

collectibles

collectivized

collectively

collectivist

collectivize

collodion

coloradan

coloration

combination

commendation

complication

columbian

committeeman

comedian

commutation

compensation

compilation

competition

comparison

composition

comprehension

computation

confirmation

confiscation

condensation

condemnation

condescension

consummation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

conservation

consolation

conjugation

congregation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

correlation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contrarian

contravention

contradiction

conversation

coronation

convocation

corp.

corporation

corinthian

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

cotyledon

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

decompression

deconstruction

cultivation

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decoration

dedication

defamation

deformation

degradation

definition

custodian

dehydration

delectable

delegations

demarcation

delegating

delicately

demolition

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

derivation

deprivation

dereliction

desiccation

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

detonation

deviation

devonian

devolution

dialectic

dietitian

dielectric

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinflation

disinfection

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

distribution

dissolution

diminution

domination

dominican

draconian

equitation

education

duplication

electorate

electorates

electrical

electricals

electioneer

electioneers

equestrian

electrify

emulation

estimation

electrifies

electrolytes

electronic

electrocute

electroplate

electronics

elocution

elicited

elongation

elocutions

emanation

embarkation

elucidate

electrolyte

englishwoman

excitation

erudition

eritrean

european

dualistic

estonian

eustachian

exclamation

excavation

evocation

evolution

politician

execution

exhortation

exhumation

exhibition

exhalation

expiration

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extrication

extradition

expedition

fabrication

fallopian

expectation

federation

felicitate

felicity

fermentation

fascination

figuration

fibrillation

galilean

fluctuations

fluoridation

fluctuation

floridian

fluctuating

foliation

hungarian

fragmentation

formulation

fumigation

gastrulation

germination

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

habitation

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hypertension

hyperion

ideation

ibuprofen

iberian

illustrative

imperfection

implication

importation

imputation

incantation

inattention

impregnation

incarnation

inclination

indentation

indexation

indication

incubation

indignation

indecision

indigestion

indonesian

imposition

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhibition

inquisition

installation

instigation

insulation

insurrection

interaction

institution

interception

intercession

interdiction

interjection

intermission

intimation

intonation

introspection

interurban

intersection

interruption

interwoven

intervention

introduction

intuition

invitation

invocation

hydrocarbon

iranian

isolation

jacobean

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

liberation

laceration

lancastrian

levitation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

liquefaction

lilliputian

liquidation

machination

locomotion

macedonian

lubrication

maccabean

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

jubilation

misconception

miseration

misperception

misbegotten

missourian

mitigation

mutilation

moderation

modulation

motivation

mortification

moravian

navigation

mongolian

mollycoddle

napoleon

nonprescription

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

obfuscation

nestorian

obligation

occupation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

oleaster

operation

ordination

opposition

oxidation

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

pagurian

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

perspiration

permutation

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

population

preconception

praetorian

precondition

preparation

preelection

preignition

premonition

predilection

predetermine

preservation

proclamation

protestation

profanation

procreation

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

proposition

prohibition

provocation

protozoan

punctuation

realistic

readmission

realizations

radiation

reawaken

recognition

reassertion

reclamation

reconstruction

recreation

recollection

reelection

reexamine

refutation

regulation

reformation

reinspection

publication

relaxation

relocation

renovation

relocations

reluctantly

reparation

replication

reputation

repetition

repossession

reposition

reproduction

republican

requisition

repercussion

reservation

resignation

respiration

retardation

restitution

resurrection

resolution

retribution

retrocession

revelation

revocation

rhetorician

rhododendron

revolution

self-deception

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

satisfaction

segmentation

saturation

sectarian

segregation

separation

shakespearean

siberian

simonian

sicilian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

solicitor

solicitors

solicitude

statistician

subluxation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

substitution

subdivision

suffocation

syncopation

surrogation

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

tribulation

titillation

transformation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

validation

vacillation

vaccination

usurpation

valerian

valuation

variation

utopian

ventilation

veneration

velocity

velocities

victorian

vindication

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

adulteration

agglomeration

adjudication

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argumentation

articulation

argentinian

association

assassination

assimilation

assemblywoman

attenuation

authorization

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

cauterization

carolinian

carthaginian

centenarian

clarification

certification

centralization

christianization

civilization

classification

codification

cohabitation

coagulation

collectivism

brobdingnagian

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

corroboration

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

consolidation

consideration

congratulation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

canonization

deceleration

decomposition

decapitation

degeneration

deification

delicatessen

delicatessens

denomination

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dialectical

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

exacerbation

edification

ejaculation

elasticity

electrically

eradication

electricity

electrocution

enumeration

electrocutions

electroplating

elimination

elizabethan

electrostatic

emancipation

elucidative

equalization

epicurean

equivocation

exaggeration

evacuation

ethiopian

evaluation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

hybridization

exhilaration

exoneration

exfoliation

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

falsification

fertilization

fortification

exoskeleton

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

illegitimate

imagination

immunization

inactivation

incarceration

incineration

improvisation

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misinformation

miscalculation

misapprehension

mississippian

mobilization

modification

modernization

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nonintervention

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

origination

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

preoccupation

predisposition

presbyterian

procrastination

presupposition

prevarication

prognostication

pronunciation

proletarian

proliferation

purification

qualification

ramification

reaffirmation

pythagorean

ratification

quantification

reforestation

realistically

recuperation

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recombination

reintegration

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

rejuvenation

remuneration

repatriation

repudiation

representation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sedimentation

scandinavian

sanctification

simplification

specialization

solicitations

sophistication

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

unitarian

triangulation

unification

utilization

vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word illustration

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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