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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

apron

atman

austin

auden

auction

bagman

baldwin

bacon

banyan

bargain

barton

bastion

baron

barren

basin

bason

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

coachman

beacon

beaten

canon

belgian

bellman

belfry

bellon

bison

billboards

billion

billman

billboard

billon

bisson

begun

bitten

carman

blabbers

blueprint

bluebeard

bluebirds

bluebird

blueprints

bluffer

bordman

bollen

boatman

bolden

bobbin

boston

burman

bookman

burgeon

boughten

bowman

bracken

brakeman

brethren

bourbon

brazen

burden

burdon

bullion

bullfrogs

bullfrog

briton

brogan

broken

caisson

burton

breton

cabin

bushman

button

cajun

brighten

calvin

broaden

canaan

carmine

blowgun

canyon

carbon

bludgeon

canton

blabber

carton

capstan

captain

caption

blacken

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chapman

chaplain

cannon

charon

chasten

children

chessman

chevron

chieftain

cheapen

chicken

christian

chosen

christen

classman

clapboards

clapboard

citron

clapper

claxon

churchman

clever

cleaver

clipboard

clinton

clobber

clipper

clippers

clover

blubber

beckon

colon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

crimson

culprit

crewman

crouton

cuban

culprits

cretin

curtain

cumin

culvert

culver

deafen

cushion

damson

dampen

darken

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

diction

dian

devon

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dobson

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dromon

driven

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

eden

earthen

eaten

elan

emption

dudgeon

elvers

dustman

ensign

engine

ermine

felon

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

faustian

famine

fasten

faulcon

fatten

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

flashgun

flatten

filbert

filberts

flexion

flapper

flavored

flappers

floren

footman

flavors

foreign

flavor

flipper

foreman

fortune

fraction

hearten

flippers

fountain

freshen

freshman

freedman

frighten

friction

function

garden

gallon

gammon

gascon

georgian

garron

gentian

german

gladden

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

gilbert

glisten

gorgon

freeman

fusion

golden

golfers

goodman

gluten

glover

golfer

grandson

graven

guardsman

grecian

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

frozen

gotten

haitian

hackman

harken

hangman

harten

hasten

headsman

happen

haven

hausen

portion

harden

gowan

headman

heighten

heathen

heaven

henchman

hessian

heron

homespun

hetman

horseman

helper

houseman

hempen

huntsman

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

hymen

helpers

hidden

hogan

hoten

human

jordan

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jailbreak

jason

jetson

jetton

jorden

junction

hoven

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

laden

lagan

kitchen

kitten

lampron

landsman

landman

latin

layman

lemon

lengthen

lessen

lesion

legion

leaden

leaven

ledden

lesson

leman

leven

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

lineman

linemen

lion

linden

linen

lisbon

liven

luncheon

lyden

listen

loren

lotion

lockman

london

lopeman

longan

locken

loosen

lumen

logan

lynden

m1

lichen

mahone

madden

maiden

mansion

mangan

marchman

margin

martian

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

mason

marron

matron

mayan

kansan

melton

melon

mention

milken

mignon

million

mission

moisten

molten

mormon

morgan

motion

mitten

mountain

muffin

mullen

minion

minden

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

often

odin

olden

onion

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

outrun

othman

outdone

oven

oxen

owen

pagan

parson

packman

palfrey

pardon

panton

paean

passion

passman

pathan

patten

pectin

pavon

patron

pension

penman

penguin

peon

person

persian

perron

plankton

pillion

pigeon

pilfers

pilfer

plantain

pinion

pitman

piston

platen

platten

plover

plovers

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portman

kalan

postman

potion

pressman

prison

proven

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

prussian

region

resin

rerun

ribbon

riden

ridden

rowan

russian

runnion

roman

rosin

rumen

rowen

rosen

ruin

riven

saffron

sanction

salesman

salmon

santon

sadden

satan

satin

samson

scallion

saxon

scullion

scotsman

scalpers

scion

scalper

seaman

season

section

risen

rincon

seedsman

ripen

selden

robin

rotten

semen

sermon

session

sexton

shaken

shaman

seton

seven

sequin

sharpen

shorten

shearman

shipman

shogun

shotgun

showman

shrunken

silken

sicken

silvers

silver

siphon

siren

slacken

sleeper

slipper

sliver

sleepers

slippers

slivers

smarten

slobber

slogan

soften

soldan

sodden

solon

solvers

solver

sovereign

sportsman

spartan

spearman

spokesman

smitten

spoken

squadron

stallion

sovran

stallman

station

statesman

stepson

stillion

stockman

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

sturgeon

suasion

striven

strengthen

stricken

sultan

sullen

sudden

sulphur

suction

summon

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

telford

tendon

tension

tighten

thousand

threaten

thicken

tillman

teston

titan

torsion

traction

townsman

toman

toughen

token

trillion

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

turban

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

urine

vegan

version

vulcan

villain

vision

warden

wagon

waken

wanton

tuscan

warren

watchman

whiten

widen

wizen

welfare

whitson

wolfram

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woman

wiccan

women

yachtsman

woolman

worsen

workman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

woodman

zion

woolen

wooden

woven

written

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

abdomen

ablution

absorption

abstraction

abrasion

abstention

accession

abortion

adsorption

accretion

acumen

addiction

admission

adoption

adhesion

adrian

addition

african

affection

affliction

aegean

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

alsatian

aleutian

alien

all-purpose

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

artesian

arian

aryan

arkansan

artisan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

australian

audition

austrian

aversion

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

awaken

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

belabors

believers

belabor

believer

benjamin

biotin

beholden

cardigan

bitumen

blueberries

blueberry

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

boulevard

boulevards

bulletin

calibrate

calvaries

cambrian

calvary

campion

carnation

castration

causation

capsaicin

cartesian

caucasian

cation

carrion

catalan

celebrant

celebrates

celebrate

celebrants

cessation

chairperson

cetacean

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

cinnamon

citation

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cleverly

cloverleaf

coercion

bedouin

cognition

cohesion

commotion

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

communion

compassion

completion

complexion

companion

compression

concoction

compulsion

compunction

conception

consumption

concession

conduction

confection

condition

confession

concussion

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

conscription

conjunction

connection

connexion

constriction

construction

congressman

contagion

contention

conclusion

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

contraption

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

countryman

corsican

corrosion

councilman

crestfallen

creation

cremation

crustacean

culverhouse

cyprian

damnation

deception

croatian

declension

deduction

decision

defection

contraction

deflation

deflection

deletion

delivers

deliver

delusion

dentition

depletion

depiction

denizen

depression

derision

description

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

digression

devotion

dictation

dilation

digestion

dilution

dimension

diffraction

diffusion

discretion

direction

discussion

discipline

disruption

dispersion

dissection

distortion

dissension

distinction

distraction

disunion

diversion

division

donation

dorian

downtrodden

dominion

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elaborate

elation

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

emission

embolden

encryption

emotion

elbowroom

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

englishman

equation

erection

eruption

etruscan

erosion

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

possession

collagen

excretion

exertion

exhaustion

exemption

excursion

extortion

expression

extinction

extension

expulsion

explosion

extraction

fabian

extrusion

ferryman

feminine

expansion

fijian

franciscan

filtration

fixation

fisherman

flabbergast

flirtation

fenian

flavorful

flavoring

flavorings

foramen

flotation

forbidden

foundation

forewoman

forgotten

freemason

heartbroken

gordian

freudian

frustration

fruition

galleon

garrison

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

fustian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

half-hearted

handwoven

guncotton

hawaiian

harlequin

abandon

exclusion

infarction

horatian

heroin

heroine

horizon

infusion

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

imagine

impression

impassion

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

indian

inclusion

incision

incursion

implosion

induction

housebroken

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

inscription

injunction

injection

inhuman

infection

insertion

instruction

intention

inspection

invasion

intrusion

invention

irian

intestine

irishman

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

inversion

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

libyan

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

malpractice

mandarin

margarine

masculine

marian

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

mulberry

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

niacin

nemean

nevadan

obstruction

nitrogen

nobleman

norwegian

notation

nonunion

nubian

objection

nutrition

obsession

nonhuman

occasion

octillion

odeon

oppression

omission

opinion

oliver

optation

optician

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

occlusion

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

nebraskan

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partition

patrician

partisan

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

perfection

percussion

permian

perfusion

permission

persuasion

perversion

petition

peterman

phoenician

plantation

pilfering

overrun

plebeian

phrygian

policeman

physician

pollution

porcelain

position

excision

predation

precaution

precession

preclusion

precision

predestine

preemption

prediction

prescription

presumption

pretension

privation

profession

production

probation

procession

profusion

prevention

prostration

progression

proportion

proscription

promotion

projection

propulsion

protean

reflection

protection

provision

quotation

puritan

reaction

ramadan

recession

reception

recision

redemption

reduction

rebellion

regression

regimen

pulverize

relation

rejection

reliever

religion

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

revulsion

reversion

revision

sedation

rhodopsin

reunion

rifleman

relievers

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

secretion

scorpion

secession

seclusion

scythian

seduction

sedition

selection

sensation

self-respect

remission

silicon

simian

silvery

silverware

singleton

skeleton

slavery

slippery

starvation

solomon

snapdragon

solution

specimen

stagnation

stygian

subscription

submersion

submission

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

sumatran

summation

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

talisman

taxation

temptation

tamarin

technician

thespian

tilbury

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

transgression

translation

transmission

transition

transfusion

truncation

tuition

uncommon

unbroken

unbutton

unburden

uncertain

uneven

unwritten

unison

uterine

vacation

venetian

venison

vatican

vibration

vermilion

veteran

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

zambian

wesleyan

wolverine

wheelbarrows

wheelbarrow

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

adaptation

accordion

accusation

activation

acquisition

admiration

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

agitation

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

agrarian

aldebaran

altercation

allegation

allocation

alteration

algonquian

algerian

alternation

american

ammunition

amphibian

annotation

amputation

annexation

approbation

appellation

application

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

armenian

armageddon

arizonan

aspiration

arthurian

arabian

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

avocation

barbarian

bavarian

canadian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

cancellation

businesswoman

californians

carcinogen

celebration

celebrations

celebrated

centurion

celebrity

celebrities

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collaborate

collocation

compensation

collodion

columbian

combination

comedian

commendation

commutation

coloradan

committeeman

consummation

coloration

estimation

concentration

compilation

competition

comparison

complication

computation

comprehension

composition

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

consecration

connotation

constipation

consolation

conservation

constellation

consternation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convocation

coronation

corp.

convolution

corinthian

corporation

copenhagen

correlation

copernican

cotyledon

criterion

cultivation

crucifixion

importation

culmination

decimation

declaration

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

custodian

dedication

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

definition

contribution

degradation

delegation

dehydration

deliberate

deliberates

deliverance

deliveries

deliverer

delivery

deliverers

demarcation

desecration

demonstration

deportation

demolition

designation

equitation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desiccation

derivation

desolation

desperation

destination

detonation

destitution

devastation

dilatation

deviation

dietitian

devolution

devonian

dislocation

disconnection

disaffection

diocesan

diminution

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

education

embarkation

elongation

duplication

elaborates

emigration

elevation

elocution

electrician

emanation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

evocation

erudition

eritrean

eustachian

european

estonian

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

fragmentation

exhumation

exhibition

exhalation

expectation

expiration

explanation

explication

expedition

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extradition

extrication

fabrication

execution

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

foliation

fluoridation

floridian

formulation

fumigation

gentlewoman

gastrulation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

indonesian

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

herculean

hemoglobin

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

immigration

imitation

immolation

impregnation

imputation

implantation

imposition

incarnation

inattention

incantation

imperfection

indication

incrustation

implication

indignation

incubation

inclination

indentation

indexation

indecision

indigestion

indiscretion

infestation

information

inflammation

innovation

infiltration

inhalation

inhibition

inquisition

jordanian

instigation

insulation

installation

institution

insurrection

integration

inspiration

intercession

intermission

interception

interjection

interdiction

interaction

intervention

interruption

intimation

intonation

inundation

introspection

introduction

intuition

interwoven

invocation

invitation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iranian

jubilation

iteration

jacobean

intersection

interurban

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

levitation

leviathan

legislation

liberation

liberian

machination

lilliputian

liquidation

librarian

litigation

limitation

liquefaction

maccabean

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

menstruation

mediation

melanesian

meridian

misbegotten

minnesotan

misconception

miseration

ministration

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

motivation

mongolian

mortification

moravian

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

oblivion

noblewoman

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

operation

opposition

olympian

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

penetration

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

politician

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

ovulation

population

preconception

precondition

preparation

predetermine

preignition

predilection

preelection

premonition

presentation

preservation

proclamation

profanation

procreation

publication

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

proposition

prohibition

protestation

protozoan

provocation

refutation

reassertion

punctuation

qualifiers

qualifier

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

reclamation

recantation

recitation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

segmentation

renovation

reparation

repercussion

repetition

replication

reposition

reputation

requisition

repossession

reproduction

republican

resignation

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

retardation

praetorian

resurrection

restitution

retribution

retrocession

revocation

revelation

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

self-deception

sequestration

rumination

satisfaction

sanitation

saturation

samaritan

sectarian

segregation

separation

shakespearean

crocodilian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

tabulation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

statistician

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

supervision

supposition

surrogation

superhuman

syncopation

superstition

syndication

tasmanian

siberian

tamoxifen

termination

watermelon

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

vacillation

usurpation

vaccination

utopian

valerian

validation

valuation

variation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

vindication

violation

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

adulteration

amalgamation

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authorization

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

codification

cohabitation

canonization

brutalization

caledonian

brobdingnagian

capitulation

beethovenian

certification

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

classification

christianization

clarification

civilization

coagulation

collaboration

collaborations

colonization

commemoration

justification

communication

concatenation

evacuation

contamination

confederation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

conciliation

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

coordination

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

deification

deliberately

deliberation

degeneration

deliberations

delineation

delicatessen

deliverable

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

disinclination

disembarkation

discoloration

discrimination

dionysian

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

dramatization

domestication

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

elimination

elizabethan

eradication

electrocution

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

evaluation

evaporation

deliberative

exacerbation

exaggeration

equivocation

ethiopian

collaborative

collaborator

collaborators

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoneration

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

exoskeleton

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

hallucination

harmonization

infatuation

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

incarceration

incorporation

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incrimination

incineration

indoctrination

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

ionization

invalidation

intoxication

intimidation

investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

legalization

magnetization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

multiplication

metropolitan

mummification

maximilian

miscalculation

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

modification

modernization

mobilization

overproduction

obliteration

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nullification

nonsectarian

nitroglycerine

notification

normalization

nonintervention

orientation

organization

oregonian

origination

ornamentation

ossification

pacification

panamanian

peloponnesian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

neapolitan

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

predisposition

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

qualification

quantification

purification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reforestation

recombination

recommendation

rectification

recrimination

recuperation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

rejuvenation

reiteration

renunciation

repatriation

remuneration

repudiation

representation

retaliation

resuscitation

revaluation

reverberation

sedimentation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

triangulation

unification

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

vilification

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

theologian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word malformation

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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