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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

acton

alman

airman

alan

alban

amman

apron

aspen

auden

bobbin

asian

atman

bison

austin

boston

birthing

baston

bagman

bacon

baldwin

baron

barren

banyan

bason

basin

bastion

batten

baton

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellman

begun

belgian

bellon

billion

billman

billon

birdman

birthmark

birthmarks

bollen

bisson

bludgeon

blacken

boarding

boardings

boatman

bolden

bookman

bitten

blowgun

bordman

boredom

burgeon

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

bowman

brazen

braiding

brethren

brighten

breton

briton

breathing

britons

breeding

broaden

burman

broadens

burdened

burdens

burden

burdon

bullion

brogan

broken

brooding

bruting

burton

common

bushman

caisson

calvin

cajun

canaan

cannon

canton

capstan

canyon

captain

canon

cardoon

cabin

cartoon

cartoons

cauldron

caxton

chairman

button

certain

cayman

chapman

charon

chasten

christen

chessman

chevron

chieftain

cheapen

chicken

chosen

children

christian

churchman

classman

clinton

claxon

coachman

citron

colon

chaplain

dalton

cushion

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

curtain

crimson

craven

credence

cretin

crouton

croutons

crewman

cuban

cumin

curtains

zircon

dagan

damson

dampen

daman

dagon

grecian

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dungeon

dudgeon

dozen

draftsman

dragon

drunken

driven

dromon

dreadnought

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

ensign

engine

emption

ermine

fasten

faustian

floren

fallen

fiction

fireman

falcon

flashgun

famine

faulcon

fatten

fibrin

felon

fielden

fission

firman

flexion

flatten

foreman

foreign

footman

fortunes

fortin

fortnight

fountain

fourteen

fortnights

fourteens

freedman

fourteenth

freedom

freeman

gallon

function

freshen

friction

freshman

frighten

frozen

freetown

fruiting

fusion

freedoms

gammon

garron

gascon

gentian

german

gladden

gilden

given

girding

gibbon

glidden

glisten

gorgon

gotten

grandson

gowan

golden

goodman

gluten

grading

graven

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

griffon

grouting

hackman

haitian

hangman

hasten

happen

hausen

heighten

heathen

headman

haven

heaven

headsman

henchman

hempen

greeting

hessian

heron

hoarding

homespun

hetman

hidden

hogan

hoten

houseman

hyson

hoven

hymen

human

huntsman

hurting

hyphen

ibsen

greetings

jackman

ion

jorden

junction

jordans

jasmine

jordan

jetson

jason

jetton

kansan

kalan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

kitchen

kirkman

kremlin

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

lampron

landman

landsman

layman

leaden

leaven

lightman

legion

ledden

lengthen

linden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lesion

leven

lineman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linemen

lion

linen

listen

liven

lisbon

locken

lockman

longan

loren

lotion

london

loosen

lopeman

logan

luncheon

lumen

lynden

m1

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

lyden

marron

martins

mason

mayan

matron

mention

melton

melon

minden

mignon

milken

million

minion

grating

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

mordant

motion

mountain

muffin

muslin

mullen

mutton

nation

often

nekton

norman

newsman

ninon

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

olden

onion

open

omen

packman

orphan

ordnance

organ

othman

outdone

ordain

outrun

oven

pagan

paean

panton

part-time

pavon

parting

pathan

passman

owen

partner

partners

patten

patron

pectin

pension

penman

penguin

peon

persian

person

perron

pigeon

pertain

pertains

plantain

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

platen

platten

pollan

ponton

pollen

poison

portend

portman

potion

portent

portends

portents

postman

seaman

pressman

pretend

prison

prudhomme

proven

pullen

prudence

prudent

question

quicken

reason

rayon

raven

reckon

redden

region

silken

rerun

resin

robin

rosin

rotten

runnion

riden

ripen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

saffron

samson

sadden

salmon

salesman

sanction

santon

saxon

sardine

scallion

satin

sardines

scion

satan

pretends

proteins

section

scullion

season

semen

selden

seedsman

session

sermon

sexton

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shorten

shotgun

shearman

shortens

shorthand

protein

shipman

shogun

showman

shirting

shrunken

shredding

shrouding

sequin

sicken

stepson

siren

siphon

slacken

slogan

skirting

sovereign

sodden

soften

soldan

smitten

solon

sovran

squadron

spearman

sportsman

spokesman

spoken

stallion

stallman

station

statesman

stockman

stillion

sultan

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

tension

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

surgeon

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tendon

teston

thicken

thirteen

toman

thirteenth

tighten

titan

tillman

threaten

token

threatens

toughen

townsman

trading

tradings

urchin

thousand

treason

treatment

treatments

trident

trodden

tubman

triton

trojan

trillion

tungsten

tuscan

undone

turban

union

urban

urson

urine

vegan

warden

verdin

version

villain

treadmills

warren

vulcan

wanton

wagon

vision

waken

wardens

watchman

whitson

whiten

widen

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

wizen

woman

women

worsen

woodman

woolman

workman

wooden

woolen

woven

wording

writing

writings

written

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zaman

verdant

thirteenths

treadmill

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abrasion

abdomen

absorption

accretion

accession

abstraction

abstention

addition

addiction

adhesion

acumen

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

aegean

aerodyne

affection

affliction

aggression

african

alaskan

aleutian

alderman

alien

albumin

albion

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

arian

ardently

arkansan

appian

artisan

artesian

aspersion

assumption

attraction

attention

asuncion

attrition

assassin

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

bartender

baritone

bartenders

backgammon

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

biotin

beethoven

baritones

bitumen

boardinghouse

bosnian

ascension

bouillon

brazilian

breadwinner

breadwinners

bulletin

burdensome

cambrian

campion

cardigan

cardinal

cardinals

capsaicin

cartesian

castration

causation

carrion

catalan

cation

cartoonists

caucasian

cartoonist

cessation

cetacean

certainly

certainty

certainties

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

chardonnay

chardonnays

charwoman

cognition

commission

chilean

cistercian

chamberlain

clarion

collagen

cinnamon

citation

clarendon

clergyman

civilian

cohesion

collection

collegian

citizen

collision

collusion

combustion

champion

commotion

communion

companion

compression

compulsion

compassion

completion

compunction

conception

complexion

concession

concoction

concussion

conclusion

conduction

condition

confection

consumption

confucian

conflation

contortion

confession

connexion

congressman

connection

conjunction

conscription

congestion

constriction

construction

confusion

contention

contagion

contraction

contraption

contrition

convulsion

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

contusion

correction

corrosion

corsican

corruption

councilman

court-martial

countryman

cortinas

cortina

creation

creations

cremation

credentialed

credentials

credential

credenza

crestfallen

croatian

croatians

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

abandon

damnation

gravamen

deception

declension

decision

erection

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

derision

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

desertion

description

detection

determine

detention

destruction

devotion

digression

dilation

dilution

digestion

diffraction

dictation

dimension

diffusion

dissection

direction

discretion

discussion

discipline

eruption

dispersion

disruption

dissension

distortion

diversion

dominion

distraction

denizen

disunion

division

dorian

donation

downtrodden

duration

durations

edition

earthenware

egyptian

elation

election

ejection

eleven

encryption

emulsion

emission

emotion

elison

emblazon

embolden

englishman

enlighten

enliven

distinction

equation

erosion

exaction

eviction

evasion

everyone

exception

excision

exertion

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

exclusion

exemption

expansion

expulsion

extortion

explosion

extinction

expression

fabian

extraction

extrusion

farthingale

ferryman

fenian

feminine

filtration

fijian

firedamp

fisherman

fixation

extension

flirtation

flotation

formation

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

foramen

etruscan

fortunate

foundation

fortnightly

freemason

fortuna

franciscan

fruition

freudian

frustration

gardener

gardeners

fustian

galleon

gaussian

garrison

gardening

gardenias

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

genuine

gordian

gradation

gradient

gradients

freethinker

freethinkers

invention

guardian

gyrations

guardians

grobian

guncotton

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

hardener

harlequin

hardeners

hardening

heartbroken

hawaiian

inversion

horatian

heroine

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

immersion

ignition

impassion

illusion

imagine

incision

impression

inaction

in-person

imprison

inception

implosion

inclusion

intestine

injunction

indian

infarction

induction

incursion

infection

inflation

inscription

inflection

infraction

infliction

ingestion

injection

infusion

inhuman

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intrusion

invasion

heroin

irian

irishman

irritant

irritants

italian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jamaican

kantian

jovian

julian

keratin

korean

ligation

lactation

laurentian

laotian

lanolin

libration

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

keynesian

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marathon

marathons

marian

maritime

maritimes

medallion

masculine

median

medicine

menhaden

melanin

mexican

midshipman

migration

misfortune

religion

misprision

remission

mistaken

moroccan

narration

munition

musician

mutation

muskmelon

myosin

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nutrition

objection

nubian

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

optation

opinion

optician

orations

oxygen

ordinance

origin

ottoman

orion

ovation

outspoken

overman

overrun

parisian

patrician

overdone

parthenon

pardoning

partisan

partnership

partnerships

pavilion

pelican

percussion

perception

perfection

pentathlon

perfusion

physician

permission

persuasion

pertinent

petition

phoenician

peterman

phrygian

perversion

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

position

possession

predation

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

prediction

misshapen

preemption

prescription

presumption

short-winded

silicon

permian

probation

production

predestine

pretensions

privation

prevention

procession

profession

profusion

progression

promotion

projection

propulsion

prostration

protection

proscription

protean

puritan

provision

prudency

prudential

prudently

reaction

quotation

puritans

ramadan

reception

rebellion

regression

recession

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

relation

rejection

pretender

repression

rendition

reopen

pretended

portmanteau

reptilian

resumption

resection

restriction

rescission

revulsion

reversion

retraction

retention

revision

reunion

rhodopsin

rotation

rifleman

salvation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

scorpion

sardonic

scrutinize

pretension

secretion

secession

scythian

seclusion

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

pretenders

shortening

skeleton

singleton

solution

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

suburban

subversion

summation

submission

suppression

submersion

subscription

subtraction

succession

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suspicion

suspension

tactician

stygian

syrian

talisman

tamarin

taxation

scrutiny

technician

temptation

thespian

simian

toboggan

timberman

threatening

tradition

transaction

transition

transgression

translation

transcription

transfusion

transmission

tuition

truncation

tritium

venetian

unwritten

unburden

uncertain

unison

unbroken

unbutton

uncommon

uneven

uterine

urethane

vatican

vacation

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vocation

volition

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

apparition

abolition

abrogation

abdication

abnegation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admiration

adoration

adulation

admonition

advocation

adrenaline

affectation

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

algerian

algonquian

allegation

albanian

aldebaran

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

animation

american

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

annotation

annexation

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

apprehension

armageddon

arizonan

arithmetic

armenian

arbitration

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

attribution

athenian

assemblyman

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

arabian

calibration

calculation

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

coloration

coalition

circumcision

circumvention

cogitation

collocation

coloradan

collodion

combination

columbian

commendation

comedian

committeeman

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

comprehension

computation

compensation

complication

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

consummation

conflagration

confiscation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consternation

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

confrontation

contemplation

comparison

contraception

contrarian

contradiction

conversation

convocation

convolution

coordinate

coordinates

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

contribution

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

criterion

cultivation

contravention

custodian

cyclopean

businesswoman

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

declaration

decompression

deformation

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

demolition

degradation

demarcation

dehydration

delegation

demonstration

dispensation

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

derivation

desiccation

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

detonation

devolution

deviation

destitution

devastation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disposition

dislocation

disputation

disinflation

dissertation

dissolution

dissipation

distillation

distribution

domination

divination

dominican

duplication

draconian

education

electrician

elevation

embarkation

emigration

emanation

elocution

emulation

elongation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

fluctuation

deconstruction

european

fluoridation

estimation

evolution

evocation

excavation

excitation

execution

exhalation

exclamation

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

estonian

expedition

expectation

explication

exploitation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fascination

fallopian

expiration

federation

explanation

fermentation

fibrillation

exploration

exposition

figuration

floridian

foliation

formulation

fortunately

fragmentation

eustachian

fumigation

generation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

gentlewoman

miseration

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

greco-roman

guardianship

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

hemoglobin

hibernation

hesitation

historian

himalayan

hydrocarbon

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ideation

immigration

immolation

illustration

ibuprofen

imitation

importation

imperfection

incarnation

implantation

imposition

implication

imputation

incantation

impregnation

inattention

intimation

inclination

intonation

indication

indigestion

incrustation

indecision

indentation

indexation

indignation

indiscretion

innovation

incubation

inflammation

infiltration

infestation

indonesian

information

inhalation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

integration

installation

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

intermission

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

gregorian

iranian

invocation

iridium

irrational

invitation

isolation

iteration

irrigation

irritation

jacobean

jordanian

jordanians

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

leviathan

legislation

liberation

levitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

herculean

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

maturation

masturbation

liquefaction

mediation

medication

meditation

meridian

melanesian

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

missourian

mitigation

mongolian

molestation

moravian

modulation

mortification

motivation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

occupation

obstetrician

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

opposition

orchestration

ordination

ordinary

oscillation

ostentation

ordinaries

pagurian

palpitation

pagination

ordinances

oxidation

ovulation

paraguayan

penetration

pavlovian

pedestrian

overburden

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

perspiration

persecution

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

plutonian

population

praetorian

misperception

preconception

precondition

predilection

predetermine

predominance

predominant

predominate

preparation

premonition

preelection

predominates

preignition

preservation

presentation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

propagation

proposition

prohibition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

provocation

publication

protozoan

punctuation

readmission

realization

radiation

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recreation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reformation

reelection

reexamine

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

reparation

renovation

repetition

reposition

repossession

replication

repercussion

reputation

reproduction

republican

requisition

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

resignation

restitution

resurrection

retardation

revelation

revocation

revolution

retrocession

retribution

rhetorician

rumination

rhododendron

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

tasmanian

relocation

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

strangulation

stipulation

statistician

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

supposition

superhuman

superstition

supervision

simonian

surrogation

tabulation

syndication

tamoxifen

termination

syncopation

subdivision

tetrahedron

scrutinizes

titillation

transformation

transportation

transplantation

vaccination

tribulation

trepidation

ulceration

vegetation

usurpation

vacillation

variation

validation

valerian

valuation

variations

utopian

veneration

ventilation

victorian

vindication

violation

wagnerian

visitation

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

agglomeration

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

articulation

argentinian

argumentation

assassination

assimilation

association

attenuation

assemblywoman

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

approximation

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carthaginian

carolinian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordinated

corroboration

coordination

creationism

decomposition

degeneration

decapitation

deification

deliberation

delineation

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

dionysian

disinclination

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

elizabethan

defenestration

delicatessen

enumeration

eradication

equalization

equivocation

epicurean

evaporation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

evaluation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

extermination

facilitation

falsification

exoskeleton

expatriation

fertilization

expropriation

ethiopian

evacuation

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

deceleration

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

imagination

illumination

immunization

incarceration

inauguration

improvisation

inactivation

incineration

incrimination

infatuation

inoculation

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

indoctrination

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

insinuation

incorporation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

investigation

irrationally

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnification

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

mechanization

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

irredentism

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

misinformation

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

normalization

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

obliteration

orientation

oregonian

organization

origination

ossification

overproduction

ordinarily

ornamentation

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pacification

pennsylvanian

remuneration

periodontal

perpetuation

philadelphian

pomeranian

polarization

precipitation

predisposition

predominantly

preoccupation

premeditation

presbyterian

presupposition

peritoneal

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

predestination

purification

puritanism

puritanisms

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

ratification

reaffirmation

ramification

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

puritanical

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

stratification

simplification

subordination

substantiation

sterilization

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word martian

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

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