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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

alban

ashen

aspen

asper

aspirin

aspire

atman

auction

auden

backboards

backboard

banyan

baron

barren

asian

bagman

bargain

bacon

barton

bayman

austin

baldwin

bastion

batton

beacon

basin

baseboard

beaten

baseboards

beckon

belgian

bellman

billion

bason

bisson

begun

bellon

billon

bison

bitten

bookman

bordman

billman

blacken

bullion

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boston

boughten

brakeman

brethren

bourbon

bracken

brazen

breton

brighten

briton

bowman

broaden

brogan

broken

burgeon

burden

baston

burdon

burman

burton

bushman

button

cabin

calvin

chieftain

baton

children

cajun

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

capstan

caption

captain

carbon

carmine

carman

carton

cauldron

caution

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

charon

caxton

cayman

chevron

cheapen

chessman

chicken

chessboards

chessboard

chasten

chosen

canaan

christen

citron

claxon

clinton

churchman

coachman

classman

colon

common

christian

batten

corban

cordon

copeman

cousin

craftsman

cowan

craven

cretin

curtain

cotton

crimson

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

cushion

damson

dampen

darken

dagan

dagon

daman

dashboard

dalton

dashboards

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

despair

despairs

desman

desperate

devon

diction

dian

drunken

disburse

disbar

dispair

disperse

dispersed

disprove

doctrine

elan

dozen

dolphin

draftsman

dolman

dungeon

dustman

dragon

driven

dudgeon

dutchman

eden

eaten

earthen

dobson

emption

engine

dromon

esprit

ermine

ensign

caisson

experts

expire

exports

expired

export

expressed

faction

fashion

fasten

falcon

faustian

famine

fatten

felon

expert

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

flashgun

flexion

flatten

floren

fallen

faulcon

fibrin

fiction

fortune

fountain

freedman

fraction

freeman

friction

footman

freshen

freshman

frighten

function

foreign

fusion

gallon

gentian

garron

garden

gammon

gascon

georgian

foreman

german

frozen

glisten

given

gladden

glidden

goodman

golden

gluten

gorgon

grandson

grecian

graven

gowan

gotten

griffon

gumption

haitian

gilden

hackman

hangman

guardsman

happen

harden

harken

harten

headman

haven

headsman

hasten

hausen

hearten

heathen

heaven

heighten

hempen

henchman

gudgeon

gibbon

hetman

hessian

heron

hesper

hidden

homespun

houseman

hyphen

horseman

huntsman

hogan

highbrows

hymen

hyson

hoten

ibsen

hoven

icebergs

human

highbrow

iceberg

ion

jargon

jasmine

jason

jaspers

jetson

jackman

junction

jordan

jorden

jetton

kansan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kirkman

kitchen

klansman

kremlin

kitten

laden

lagan

lakefront

lampron

kalan

landman

lengthen

legion

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lesion

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lion

listen

lisbon

latin

landsman

liven

jasper

loren

locken

london

lockman

longan

lotion

lopeman

loosen

logan

lumen

luncheon

mention

lynden

madden

mahone

maiden

mansion

martian

margin

marchman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

mangan

marron

marksman

matron

mayan

melton

melon

mason

mignon

million

minden

milken

minion

misprints

misprint

mitten

m1

mission

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

moisten

muffin

nation

muslin

mutton

mullen

neighbor

neighbors

nekton

newsprint

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

molten

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

onion

open

lyden

omen

orphan

outdone

othman

outrun

oven

owen

oxen

oxfords

oxford

packman

paean

pagan

passion

parson

pardon

passman

pectin

patten

passports

patron

passport

pavon

pension

pathan

penman

penguin

peon

panton

persian

perron

person

pillion

pinion

pigeon

organ

piston

phosphors

pitman

option

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

ponton

pollan

portion

portman

postman

pollen

pressman

prison

phosphor

prussian

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

pullen

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

russian

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

saffron

salesman

sadden

rowan

salmon

sagebrush

rowen

ruin

runnion

sanction

samson

santon

satan

ridden

satin

saxon

ribbon

scallion

riden

scullion

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

section

proven

seedsman

selden

semen

session

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

sharpen

shearman

shaken

shaman

shipman

thicken

potion

shrunken

silken

sicken

shotgun

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

smarten

spartan

smitten

slogan

sodden

soften

sovereign

soldan

solon

sovran

spearman

stiffen

stallion

station

stepson

squadron

spokesman

statesman

sportsman

stallman

spoken

stillion

steven

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

straighten

stricken

striven

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

sylvan

swollen

syphon

stockman

taken

talon

tappen

stolen

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tension

teston

shorten

sexton

threaten

titan

thousand

token

torsion

townsman

toman

toughen

traction

treason

trillion

tuscan

triton

turban

tungsten

tubman

trojan

trodden

undone

urchin

urban

union

urine

urson

vegan

version

vesper

vision

villain

vulcan

wanton

warden

wagon

waken

warren

washboard

watchman

weaken

weapon

tighten

wheaten

whisper

whitson

tillman

whispers

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

women

woman

wooden

woodman

workman

written

yaupon

zaman

woolman

yachtsman

zion

woolen

worsen

woven

yeoman

zircon

shogun

3 syllable words

abduction

abortion

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abstention

accretion

accession

absorption

abstraction

adhesion

acumen

addiction

addition

achievers

admission

adsorption

adoption

affection

aegean

adrian

affliction

achiever

african

ascension

aggression

albion

albumin

aleutian

alderman

alsatian

allusion

alien

ambrosian

appian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apportion

aquifer

aquifers

arian

arkansan

artesian

alaskan

artisan

aryan

aspersions

aspersion

aspirant

aspartame

aspirants

aspirate

aspires

aspiring

assertion

aspirates

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attention

attrition

attraction

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

avian

badminton

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

bedridden

bedizen

beholden

benjamin

beethoven

bitumen

bishoprics

biotin

bookkeepers

bedouin

bookkeeper

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

compression

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carnation

cartesian

carrion

cardigan

castration

catalan

caucasian

causation

cation

cessation

cetacean

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

chairperson

charwoman

charlatan

cheeseburgers

cheeseburger

chilean

complexion

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clarion

coercion

clergyman

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collection

compassion

completion

collusion

collision

combustion

communion

companion

commotion

commission

collegian

compulsion

compunction

battalion

deduction

conception

concession

concussion

condition

concoction

confection

confession

conflation

conscription

confucian

connection

connexion

conjunction

confusion

congressman

congestion

convention

contention

constriction

construction

consumption

contraption

contraction

contagion

contortion

contrition

contusion

cyprian

convection

correction

convulsion

countryman

creation

conversion

councilman

corruption

corsican

corrosion

cremation

crestfallen

conviction

crustacean

croatian

conduction

dalmatian

damnation

deception

declension

decision

decipher

deflection

defection

deflation

deletion

delusion

conclusion

depression

description

depiction

depletion

dentition

derision

desertion

despairing

denizen

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

diffraction

dictation

digression

dilation

diffusion

digestion

dimension

direction

disappear

dilution

disappears

disapprove

discipline

disbursement

disbursements

discover

edition

dispersion

disbarment

dispersive

discussion

disparage

disparate

dispersal

discretion

discovers

disruption

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

division

diversion

dominion

dorian

donation

downtrodden

duration

ejection

election

encryption

elation

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

egyptian

emission

emotion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

erection

equation

eruption

erosion

etruscan

eviction

evasion

exaction

everyone

exception

excretion

excision

excursion

exclusion

exemption

exertion

expansion

exhaustion

dogberry

abandon

expertly

expression

explosion

exporters

exporter

expiring

expiry

expires

expressions

expressive

extension

expulsion

extinction

extortion

extrusion

extraction

expresses

expressly

foramen

fabian

ferryman

fisherman

filtration

fenian

fijian

fixation

flirtation

flotation

feminine

frustration

formation

freemason

foundation

franciscan

forgotten

freudian

galleon

fustian

forewoman

gaussian

fruition

garrison

gentleman

genuine

forbidden

gestation

gillian

gordian

gooseberries

gooseberry

gradation

gossiper

gravamen

gossipers

grobian

guardian

gyration

halogen

halcyon

guncotton

hackberry

harlequin

hammerman

handwoven

heartbroken

hawaiian

ghanaian

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

high-powered

icebreakers

ignition

imagine

impassion

icebreaker

illusion

immersion

impression

imprison

implosion

inception

incision

midshipman

in-person

incursion

indian

infection

infarction

induction

inflection

inflation

infliction

inaction

inscription

injection

ingestion

injunction

insertion

infraction

infusion

inspection

instruction

inhuman

intention

intrusion

intestine

invention

irian

invasion

inversion

irishman

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jovian

julian

jettison

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

location

oppression

lumberman

logician

lucifer

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

masculine

mandarin

margarine

marian

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

mexican

misfortune

misfortunes

mispronounce

misprision

lutheran

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

macabre

muskmelon

narration

mutation

musician

myosin

neighborly

negation

nebraskan

neighbourly

nemean

neighborhood

nitrogen

nevadan

neighborhoods

niacin

nobleman

neighboring

nonhuman

norwegian

notation

nubian

nonunion

nutrition

munition

objection

obstruction

obsession

occasion

occlusion

odeon

octillion

omission

opinion

optician

sedition

seduction

secretion

oration

origin

ovation

orion

ottoman

outspoken

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

partition

partisan

parthian

patrician

parisian

passover

pavilion

perfection

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfusion

permission

permian

perversion

persuasion

peterman

prescription

phrygian

physician

phosphorites

pretension

prevention

phoenician

phosphorite

plantation

presumption

policeman

pollution

plebeian

proscription

possession

precaution

preclusion

position

precession

precision

predation

porcelain

predestine

prediction

preemption

progression

prostration

petition

procession

production

profession

profusion

projection

privation

probation

proportion

promotion

propulsion

protection

protean

phosphoric

reaction

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

raspberries

raspberry

rebellion

receivers

receiver

reception

recession

recision

recovery

recovers

reflection

redemption

reduction

reexport

reexports

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

recover

secession

repression

resection

rescission

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

rhodopsin

reptilian

revulsion

revision

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scythian

scorpion

rifleman

seclusion

sedation

optation

selection

sensation

inclusion

singleton

simian

silicon

skeleton

solution

snapdragon

solomon

stagnation

tactician

starvation

specimen

stygian

submersion

subscription

submission

succession

suggestion

suspension

subtraction

subversion

suburban

sumatran

suppression

summation

suspicion

superman

syrian

tamarin

talisman

takeover

takeovers

taxation

technician

thespian

temptation

taxpayers

timberman

whispering

toboggan

transcription

transition

transgression

translation

transmission

transaction

transfusion

tradition

truncation

tuition

unbutton

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

taxpayer

unison

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

venison

waterman

wesleyan

whisperer

whisperers

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abdication

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

abyssinian

accusation

absolution

activation

affirmation

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

admonition

advocation

adulation

affectation

approbation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

application

allegation

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

ammunition

amputation

animation

appellation

apparition

annotation

annexation

appalachian

amphibian

agitation

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

armenian

alabaman

arizonan

arthurian

aspirations

asperity

aspiration

aspirated

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

athenian

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

bavarian

barbarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

canadian

celebration

centurion

chameleon

complication

computation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloration

combination

collocation

columbian

coloradan

circumcision

commendation

comedian

committeeman

commutation

comparison

compensation

competition

compilation

circulation

composition

experienced

condescension

condensation

contravention

confirmation

confrontation

confiscation

conflagration

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consolation

constipation

constellation

condemnation

consternation

consummation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contrarian

conversation

coronation

corinthian

copenhagen

copernican

convolution

corp.

corporation

correlation

convocation

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

crocodilian

cotyledon

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

decompression

decimation

declaration

deconstruction

deformation

imputation

definition

decoration

dedication

defamation

degradation

demarcation

dehydration

delegation

demolition

demonstration

depravation

deportation

deposition

deprivation

desecration

depredation

desiccation

derivation

desolation

dereliction

designation

devonian

desperation

destination

destitution

desperately

deviation

devastation

detonation

desperadoes

devolution

desperado

diaspora

diminution

dilatation

disapproving

disaffection

disappearance

disappearing

disapproval

dietitian

disconnection

discoveries

disinfection

disillusion

disinflation

dispensation

dislocation

disparages

disparaging

disparities

disparity

dispirited

discovery

disposition

dispiriting

dissertation

dissolution

disputation

dissipation

distillation

distribution

divination

discoverer

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

diocesan

elongation

embarkation

education

electrician

emigration

discoverers

elevation

elocution

emanation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

esperanto

estimation

european

estonian

eustachian

execution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

evocation

exhibition

exhortation

exhalation

exhumation

expedition

expectation

evolution

concentration

experience

experiment

experiments

expiration

expirations

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

exportable

expressionist

expropriate

extradition

extrication

exuberant

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

federation

exuberance

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

fluoridation

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

granulation

gregorian

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

guatemalan

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

hyperion

historian

himalayan

ibuprofen

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

iberian

imperfection

illustration

imitation

ideation

immolation

immigration

impregnation

implication

importation

imposition

implantation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indentation

incubation

indexation

incrustation

indecision

indication

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

insurrection

information

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

intervention

inspiration

institution

integration

insulation

interjection

interception

intercession

interdiction

intermission

interaction

intersection

installation

interruption

interurban

introduction

instigation

intuition

introspection

intimation

intonation

inundation

interwoven

invitation

irrigation

invocation

iranian

irritation

isolation

iteration

litigation

jacobean

jurisdiction

jordanian

jubilation

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liquidation

leviathan

liberation

liquefaction

levitation

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

librarian

locomotion

operation

lubrication

low-spirited

machination

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

maccabean

mortification

manumission

maturation

mediation

masturbation

melanesian

medication

meditation

menstruation

meridian

misconception

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misgovernment

miseration

misperception

misperceptions

mispronounces

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

population

motivation

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

oblivion

obstetrician

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obsidian

occupation

olympian

octahedron

ohioan

occupier

occupiers

opposition

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

ovulation

pacifier

pacifiers

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

perforation

penicillin

penetration

permutation

persecution

perspiration

peruvian

politician

pigmentation

planarian

polyhedron

polynesian

plutonian

presentation

predilection

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predetermine

preparation

preelection

preignition

premonition

procreation

preservation

perturbation

proclamation

prosecution

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

orchestration

prostitution

sectarian

phosphorescence

protestation

publication

provocation

punctuation

radiation

readmission

reconstruction

realization

receivership

reassertion

receiverships

reawaken

recantation

reciprocal

recollection

recitation

reciprocate

reciprocates

recognition

reclamation

recreation

recoveries

recuperate

recuperates

reelection

reexamine

reformation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

renovation

refutation

reparation

repercussion

replication

repetition

reproduction

restoration

reposition

respiration

repossession

reputation

republican

respirators

respirator

resignation

resolution

requisition

reservation

restitution

resurrection

retardation

retribution

retrocession

revelation

rhetorician

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

samaritan

rumination

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

protozoan

separation

segregation

self-deception

segmentation

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

siberian

smithsonian

tabulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

suffocation

syndication

supposition

superstition

surrogation

substitution

supervision

syncopation

superhuman

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

titillation

tetrahedron

toleration

transportation

transformation

transplantation

ulceration

trepidation

tribulation

usurpation

variation

validation

valuation

vacillation

vaccination

utopian

valerian

watermelon

veneration

ventilation

vegetation

victorian

visitation

vindication

violation

vociferates

vociferate

wagnerian

whosoever

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

acceleration

accreditation

academician

appreciation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

affiliation

adulteration

appropriation

agglomeration

amalgamation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amazonian

amplification

amortization

anticipation

annihilation

argumentation

approximation

argentinian

articulation

assemblywoman

association

assassination

assimilation

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

experiential

brutalization

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

civilization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

collaboration

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centenarian

certification

centralization

christianization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

commemoration

colonization

communication

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conciliation

confabulation

configuration

confederation

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

conglomeration

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

degeneration

defenestration

delineation

deliberation

deification

delicatessen

depopulation

desegregation

denunciation

denomination

depreciation

desalination

determination

disappearances

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

disparagingly

disproportionate

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

emancipation

discoverable

dramatization

elaboration

elizabethan

ejaculation

edification

elimination

electrocution

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

evaluation

ethiopian

evaporation

evacuation

examination

exaggeration

exacerbation

expatriation

exasperation

exfoliation

excoriation

exoneration

exhilaration

exoskeleton

experiences

experimental

experimenter

expiratory

experimenters

expressionism

expressionistic

expropriation

extermination

expropriations

expropriated

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hyperborean

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

imagination

illumination

immunization

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

interpretation

inoculation

interpolation

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

instrumentation

insinuation

interconnection

interrogation

irradiation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

juxtaposition

jeffersonian

justification

libertarian

legalization

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

miscalculation

misapplication

misappropriates

misappropriate

misinformation

metropolitan

mississippian

mobilization

modification

modernization

multiplication

mummification

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

notification

nonsectarian

normalization

nullification

obliteration

orientation

ornamentation

origination

ossification

organization

overproduction

pacification

participation

panamanian

patagonian

peloponnesian

pasteurization

pennsylvanian

precipitation

perpetuation

polarization

pomeranian

presupposition

predestination

procrastination

predisposition

presbyterian

premeditation

preoccupation

prevarication

prognostication

proliferation

philadelphian

pronunciation

proletarian

oregonian

pythagorean

purification

quantification

qualification

ramification

reaffirmation

ratification

reciprocity

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

recoverable

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

renunciation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

respiratory

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

substantiation

subordination

stratification

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word misapprehension

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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