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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

arson

auction

atman

auden

austin

bacon

bagman

baldwin

basin

banyan

bastion

bason

bargain

barton

baron

barren

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

begun

billion

billman

belgian

bellman

bellon

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

bookman

bordman

bourbon

boston

bollen

boughten

bowman

bracken

canyon

brakeman

brazen

brethren

bullion

breton

briton

brighten

brogan

broken

broaden

bushman

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

caisson

cajun

canaan

cabin

calvin

camshaft

camshafts

cannon

canon

canton

carton

caption

carbon

capstan

captain

carman

carmine

chosen

beaten

caxton

cayman

caution

cauldron

christen

chairman

certain

charon

chaplain

chapman

chasten

chicken

children

chieftain

cheapen

chessman

chevron

christian

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

beckon

concave

concept

concepts

copeman

corban

cordon

craven

craftsman

cousin

cowan

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

curtain

cushion

cumin

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

deacon

damson

darken

deafen

dampen

deepen

delphian

cotton

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

draftsman

dozen

dolman

dolphin

dragon

drunken

dudgeon

dromon

driven

dungeon

dutchman

earthen

elan

emption

engine

doctrine

ensign

dobson

ermine

dustman

eaten

eden

conceive

faction

falcon

deaden

fashion

fasten

faulcon

faustian

felon

kneecaps

fallen

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flexion

fission

flashgun

famine

fatten

footman

laden

freedman

fountain

fortune

fraction

freeman

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

frozen

function

flatten

floren

fusion

gascon

garden

gentian

gemsbok

firman

georgian

foreign

gibbon

glisten

gilden

given

glidden

gluten

foreman

golden

goodman

gorgon

gallon

grecian

grandson

graven

gowan

gumption

griffon

guardsman

gammon

garron

gudgeon

german

haitian

hangman

harken

harden

happen

harten

hasten

heathen

haven

headsman

headman

hausen

heaven

heighten

hearten

hempen

henceforth

henchman

heron

hidden

homespun

horseman

hogan

houseman

hoten

huntsman

human

hoven

hunchback

hymen

hessian

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

hetman

hackman

inspires

inspects

inspire

inspect

ion

jackman

gotten

junction

jetson

kalan

jetton

jordan

jorden

kansan

jargon

keelson

kingbirds

kingship

kenyan

kingbird

kinship

kitchen

kelson

kitten

klansman

kelvin

kirkman

knockoffs

kremlin

landsman

landman

layman

lampron

lagan

leaden

leaven

latin

ledden

gladden

jason

lengthen

lesion

lesson

leven

legion

lemon

lessen

leman

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

jasmine

linkups

linden

linkup

lisbon

linen

listen

linchpin

lineman

linemen

liven

lion

locken

kneecap

london

longan

logan

longbow

loosen

lotion

lopeman

longspurs

longspur

loren

lumen

luncheon

lynden

m1

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

lungfish

mason

marksman

marchman

markman

margin

marron

marlin

marten

martian

martin

mangan

mayan

mansion

melon

melton

mention

matron

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

mission

mitten

moisten

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

molten

muslin

mutton

nation

morgan

nekton

newsman

mormon

ninon

lockman

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

onion

often

omen

odin

open

olden

option

organ

pension

penman

orphan

outdone

outrun

oven

othman

pagan

packman

panton

paean

parson

oxen

passion

passman

patron

pathan

owen

patten

penguin

pectin

pavon

pardon

knockoff

peon

perron

persian

person

pigeon

pillion

ping-pong

pinion

plankton

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

ponton

pollen

portion

portman

pollan

postman

potion

piston

pensive

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

ration

raven

rayon

reckon

reason

redden

region

quicken

ribbon

question

rerun

resin

ridden

risen

riven

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

seedsman

rumen

ruin

riden

rincon

sanction

rosin

russian

samson

salesman

saffron

santon

satan

rotten

saxon

scallion

scotsman

scion

scullion

seaman

season

section

runnion

shrunken

selden

rowen

salmon

semen

sequin

sermon

session

rowan

seton

sexton

shearman

shipman

shaken

shaman

seven

shogun

showman

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

silken

sadden

sicken

satin

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

smitten

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

spearman

spokesman

sportsman

spoken

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

station

stillion

stepson

statesman

steven

stiffen

stockman

stolen

stallion

sunken

strengthen

stricken

stallman

straighten

suasion

sturgeon

striven

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

sylvan

syphon

taken

talon

tartan

tendon

tension

thicken

thankful

teston

thenceforth

thousand

threaten

tighten

tillman

titan

tappen

token

tarpon

toman

torsion

townsman

township

toughen

townships

townsfolk

traction

trillion

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

turban

undone

union

urson

urban

urchin

urine

vegan

vengeful

version

vision

villain

vulcan

wagon

waken

weaken

wheaten

wanton

weapon

whiten

warden

watchman

warren

whitson

wiccan

women

worsen

written

woodman

woolman

workman

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

accession

abstraction

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

adhesion

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

affection

affliction

aegean

african

aggression

albumin

albion

alderman

alaskan

aleutian

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

angevine

anchovy

anchovies

anyone

apportion

appian

ascension

arian

arkansan

artesian

aryan

artisan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

attraction

asuncion

attention

audition

attrition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

backwoodsman

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

bankable

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

castration

carnation

capsaicin

carrion

cardigan

cartesian

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

chairwoman

champion

communion

charlatan

charwoman

changeover

changeovers

chilean

changeable

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

citizen

civilian

clarion

clarendon

commotion

coercion

cognition

compassion

clergyman

cohesion

collegian

collision

collusion

collagen

combustion

collection

commission

completion

compression

companion

catalan

complexion

cation

compulsion

compunction

conclusion

concession

conception

conceptions

concoction

conflation

concussion

confucian

concubine

concubines

condition

conduction

confession

confusion

confection

connection

connexion

conjunction

convention

description

congestion

congressman

conscription

construction

constriction

conspire

contagion

contusion

consumption

contraption

contention

contortion

contrition

contraction

convection

conversion

convulsion

conviction

correction

decision

corrosion

countryman

councilman

creation

cremation

crustacean

crestfallen

croatian

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

deception

expression

deflation

defection

declension

deduction

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depletion

dentition

depiction

depression

derision

corsican

corruption

desertion

extension

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dictation

diffusion

devotion

dilation

digression

diffraction

digestion

dimension

dilution

discretion

discipline

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

direction

distraction

disunion

diversion

donation

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

egyptian

equation

division

edition

ejection

elation

election

eleven

elison

englishman

emotion

emulsion

emblazon

emission

embolden

encryption

enlighten

enliven

duration

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

exertion

evasion

exaction

eviction

exclusion

exception

everyone

excision

excretion

excursion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expulsion

extraction

extortion

extinction

extrusion

fabian

precession

abandon

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fixation

fisherman

flotation

flirtation

foramen

forbidden

feminine

foundation

freemason

formation

forewoman

forgotten

franciscan

freudian

fruition

frustration

fenian

fustian

gamekeeper

gamekeepers

garrison

galleon

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

gestation

gradation

ghanaian

gillian

gravamen

grobian

gyration

handwoven

hammerman

hangovers

hangover

halcyon

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

hemisphere

heroine

horatian

heroin

housebroken

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

impression

impassion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inception

inclusion

inaction

incision

incubates

imagine

inflation

incubate

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infusion

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

guardian

infection

inhuman

injection

injunction

immersion

innkeepers

innkeeper

guncotton

inscription

instruction

inspections

insertion

inspection

inspectors

inspired

inspiring

inspector

intention

intrusion

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

italian

irian

irishman

jamaican

jacobin

kantian

julian

jovian

jettison

fanciful

kingfishers

kingfisher

keratin

keynesian

korean

javelin

gordian

lactation

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

insipid

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

median

medallion

medicine

menhaden

melanin

migration

mexican

midshipman

minesweepers

minesweeper

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

misfortune

mutation

moroccan

negation

narration

musician

muskmelon

munition

myosin

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

obsession

objection

nonhuman

occlusion

occasion

odeon

obstruction

omission

oppression

opinion

optation

optician

oration

octillion

origin

orion

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

ottoman

oxygen

outspoken

parisian

parthian

pavilion

partition

patrician

pelican

partisan

perfusion

percussion

perfection

permission

perception

permian

phoenician

persuasion

peterman

phrygian

perversion

petition

physician

plantation

possession

pentathlon

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

position

precaution

predation

silicon

precision

preclusion

prediction

preemption

prescription

probation

privation

pretension

prevention

procession

profusion

presumption

profession

production

progression

projection

predestine

proportion

propulsion

protection

protean

proscription

provision

prostration

revulsion

promotion

quotation

reaction

ramadan

recession

reception

rebellion

recision

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

reinspect

rejection

relation

religion

resection

rendition

reopen

remission

repression

rescission

reptilian

restriction

resumption

puritan

reunion

solution

retention

retraction

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rotation

rifleman

salvation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

sensation

secretion

secession

seclusion

sedation

scythian

scorpion

sedition

seduction

selection

sensible

sensibly

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

superman

submersion

submission

stygian

subscription

subtraction

succession

summation

subversion

suburban

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syncopate

syrian

syncopal

syncope

tactician

talisman

tamarin

taxation

temptation

tangibles

technician

thanksgiving

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tangible

townspeople

tradition

transaction

translation

transfusion

transgression

transition

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

vacation

unbutton

uncertain

uncover

uncouple

uncovers

uncivil

uneven

unison

unsparing

unwritten

uncommon

uterine

venetian

venison

vatican

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

wesleyan

waterman

transcription

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

abolition

acclamation

accusation

acclimation

acquisition

activation

admiration

adaptation

adoration

admonition

accordion

adrenaline

adulation

affectation

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

albanian

alabaman

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

algonquian

algerian

alteration

advocation

altercation

alternation

american

amicable

amicably

ammunition

amphibian

animation

annexation

amputation

annotation

application

appellation

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

approbation

aspiration

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

armenian

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

athenian

assyrian

aviation

backwardation

avocation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

canadian

cancellation

californian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

commutation

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloration

commendation

combination

comedian

columbian

committeeman

coloradan

circumvention

compensation

comparison

competition

complication

compilation

composition

comprehension

computation

conceivable

conceptual

conceptualize

concubinage

condensation

condemnation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conservation

consecration

conjugation

connotation

conversation

consultation

constellation

constipation

constitution

conspiracy

conspirator

conspiracies

conspirators

consternation

consummation

contemplation

contribution

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

consolation

derivation

corp.

convocation

convolution

corinthian

copernican

coronation

corporation

copenhagen

correlation

cotyledon

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

decimation

darwinian

infestation

dandelion

declaration

decoration

degradation

dedication

decompression

defamation

definition

deconstruction

deformation

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

desolation

distillation

desperation

destitution

detonation

destination

devastation

dissertation

deviation

devolution

dilatation

devonian

dietitian

diminution

disconnection

designation

disaffection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

dissipation

disillusion

disposition

disinfection

diocesan

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

draconian

dominican

education

duplication

elocution

elevation

electrician

elongation

emanation

emulation

emigration

embarkation

englishwoman

enjoyable

equitation

evolution

estimation

estonian

eritrean

european

erudition

eustachian

exhumation

excitation

excavation

evocation

exclamation

execution

equestrian

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

expiration

expectation

expedition

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

exposition

concavity

extradition

extrication

fabrication

concentration

federation

fascination

fibrillation

fermentation

fluctuation

fallopian

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

generation

gargantuan

galilean

gentlewoman

glaciation

granulation

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

gorgonian

guatemalan

lilliputian

innovation

germination

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

illustration

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

ibuprofen

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

imitation

immolation

imperfection

immiscible

implantation

implication

imputation

immigration

importation

imposition

impregnation

inattention

incapable

incipient

incrustation

indentation

indexation

incubator

indigestion

indecision

indication

inflammation

indignation

indiscretion

inexpensive

information

indonesian

inhalation

infiltration

inhibition

inquisition

habitation

limitation

liquidation

inspectorate

inspiration

installation

inspirations

institution

instigation

insubstantial

interdiction

insulation

integration

insufficient

intercession

interception

insurrection

interaction

interjection

intermission

intonation

intimation

intuition

interruption

interurban

intervention

intersection

interwoven

introduction

introspection

inundation

invitation

invocation

irritation

irrigation

isolation

ionosphere

iranian

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jurisdiction

jubilation

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

levitation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

litigation

liquefaction

locomotion

longevity

lubrication

malformation

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malnutrition

mammalian

manageable

masturbation

manumission

mediation

maturation

menstruation

medication

meditation

melanesian

meridian

ministration

misconception

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

mortification

motivation

moravian

mutilation

napoleon

municipals

municipal

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nigerian

obfuscation

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

orchestration

octahedron

olympian

operation

ohioan

opposition

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

paraguayan

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

penetration

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

penicillin

permutation

persecution

perforation

pigmentation

perturbation

perspiration

peruvian

population

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

politician

praetorian

preconception

precondition

preservation

preparation

presentation

preelection

premonition

predilection

preignition

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

simonian

retribution

predetermine

prosecution

protestation

publication

propagation

prostitution

proposition

provocation

retrocession

punishable

protozoan

reclamation

radiation

recognition

readmission

recitation

recantation

reawaken

reassertion

recollection

realization

recreation

reelection

reexamine

reformation

regulation

registration

reinspection

reconstruction

reinspections

relaxation

relocation

renovation

reparation

repercussion

replication

repossession

republican

reproduction

repetition

reputation

reservation

resolution

requisition

resignation

respiration

restoration

restitution

revelation

retardation

resurrection

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

reposition

rhododendron

rumination

self-deception

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

sectarian

segregation

satisfaction

sequestration

segmentation

separation

shakespearean

sicilian

situation

simulation

siberian

smithsonian

speculation

stipulation

stimulation

statistician

strangulation

subluxation

substitution

subdivision

suffocation

superhuman

superstition

surrogation

supposition

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

titillation

toleration

termination

tetrahedron

supervision

transformation

transplantation

tribulation

transportation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

unspeakable

unexpected

uncivilized

vaccination

vacillation

utopian

valerian

validation

valuation

vindication

variation

ventilation

veneration

vegetation

visitation

violation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

whomsoever

5 syllable words

abbreviation

academician

acceleration

abomination

accumulation

accommodation

accreditation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

appreciation

anticipation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

attenuation

association

authorization

authentication

augustinian

assimilation

babylonian

beethovenian

canonization

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

carolinian

carthaginian

communication

capitulation

cauterization

centenarian

certification

centralization

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

collaboration

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

commemoration

colonization

concatenation

confederation

conglomeration

conceptualizes

conciliation

confabulation

configuration

congratulation

precipitation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

degeneration

decomposition

deification

deliberation

delineation

denomination

depreciation

depopulation

denunciation

delicatessen

desalination

desegregation

determination

discrimination

discoloration

enumeration

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dionysian

epicurean

domestication

dramatization

edification

evacuation

exacerbation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

equalization

exhilaration

ethiopian

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

eradication

evaporation

exoneration

excoriation

exfoliation

equivocation

expatriation

exoskeleton

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

legalization

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

illumination

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

humiliation

hybridization

hyperborean

imagination

immunization

incineration

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incapacitate

incapacity

incorporation

incivility

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inescapable

inexplicably

inexperience

inexperienced

inexplicable

initiation

inhabitation

inhospitable

insemination

interconnection

instrumentation

inseparable

inspirational

insubordinate

insufficiency

insufficiently

insufferable

insupportable

intoxication

intimidation

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

invalidation

irradiation

ionization

investigation

inseparably

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

mathematician

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

multiplication

negotiation

mummification

municipally

nickelodeon

neapolitan

neutralization

nonsectarian

nitroglycerine

notification

nullification

nonintervention

normalization

obliteration

orientation

organization

oregonian

origination

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

preoccupation

premeditation

predisposition

presbyterian

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

purification

quantification

reintegration

qualification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

renunciation

rejuvenation

repatriation

representation

resuscitation

reverberation

retaliation

revaluation

presupposition

pythagorean

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

sensibility

solicitation

simplification

sensibilities

specification

sophistication

specialization

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unacceptable

unequivocal

unification

unitarian

ungovernable

unsupportable

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word incubation

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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