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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alman

amman

apron

alan

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

asper

aspire

aspirin

atman

auction

austin

auden

bason

bacon

backboards

barton

bagman

baron

barren

basin

baldwin

bastion

bayman

beacon

baton

batten

batton

backboard

beaten

beckon

belgian

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

baston

billman

billon

bisson

banyan

bison

bitten

brethren

bludgeon

bargain

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bollen

bobbin

bookman

bordman

bowman

brazen

brighten

boston

brakeman

bourbon

blacken

boughten

bracken

breton

briton

baseboard

broaden

bullion

brogan

baseboards

broken

burgeon

burden

burdon

bushman

burman

cajun

chessboards

burton

caption

canaan

canyon

capstan

canton

cannon

canon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

charon

children

christen

chessman

chevron

chosen

chessboard

christian

churchman

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

citron

chasten

colon

cheapen

chicken

chieftain

common

calvin

copeman

corban

cordon

craven

caisson

cotton

cousin

cretin

cowan

cushion

crewman

crimson

crouton

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

cuban

cumin

curtain

dalton

damson

darken

craftsman

dashboard

dashboards

deacon

deaden

deafen

cabin

button

delphian

demon

desman

despair

desperate

despairs

diction

dian

devon

disburse

disbar

dispair

disperse

dispersed

disprove

dozen

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dragon

dungeon

dudgeon

drunken

dutchman

dromon

eaten

eden

earthen

driven

elan

dustman

doctrine

emption

ensign

esprit

ermine

engine

dobson

deepen

experts

expired

expire

expert

expressed

exports

export

fashion

faction

faustian

fasten

falcon

faulcon

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

fiction

fielden

fission

flashgun

flexion

fireman

firman

footman

flatten

foreign

foreman

fortune

fountain

fraction

freedman

floren

friction

freshman

freeman

fibrin

function

freshen

fusion

garden

frighten

gentian

frozen

garron

gascon

gallon

gammon

georgian

gumption

gibbon

glisten

golden

gorgon

glidden

goodman

gluten

gladden

given

german

grecian

graven

griffon

gowan

grandson

gotten

guardsman

haitian

hackman

harden

harken

hangman

gudgeon

harten

headsman

hausen

haven

headman

hasten

hearten

heathen

happen

gilden

hempen

henchman

heron

heaven

homespun

hidden

hogan

hetman

horseman

highbrows

highbrow

hoten

hessian

hoven

huntsman

houseman

human

heighten

hymen

ibsen

hesper

hyphen

iceberg

hyson

icebergs

ion

jackman

jargon

jetson

jason

jasmine

jaspers

jasper

jetton

jordan

junction

jorden

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

lampron

kitten

laden

landsman

kremlin

klansman

landman

lakefront

lagan

latin

legion

lesion

layman

leman

leaven

ledden

lengthen

lessen

lemon

lesson

leven

leaden

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

lisbon

kitchen

lopeman

london

liven

lockman

locken

lotion

logan

loren

lumen

luncheon

lynden

kirkman

lyden

m1

longan

marlin

loosen

maiden

mahone

margin

marchman

markman

mansion

marksman

mangan

marron

martin

matron

mason

martian

mayan

melon

melton

marten

madden

million

mignon

milken

minden

minion

misprint

mission

misprints

mitten

motion

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

moisten

muslin

nation

mutton

neighbor

neighbors

nekton

newsprint

newsman

norman

ninon

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

onion

open

omen

option

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

oven

outrun

owen

oxen

oxford

pagan

paean

packman

panton

oxfords

pardon

olden

parson

passion

passports

pathan

passport

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

persian

person

phosphors

phosphor

pillion

pigeon

pinion

piston

pitman

passman

plankton

plantain

often

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

mention

portman

portion

pressman

postman

prussian

pullen

quicken

question

rayon

reason

ration

raven

reckon

redden

region

prison

rerun

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

russian

robin

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

saffron

rosin

rotten

rumen

scallion

sagebrush

sanction

samson

santon

satan

scion

sadden

salesman

scotsman

saxon

scullion

section

seaman

season

seedsman

salmon

satin

selden

runnion

semen

resin

potion

sharpen

session

sexton

seton

shaken

seven

shaman

shearman

shorten

shrunken

showman

shotgun

shipman

sicken

silken

shogun

siren

siphon

smarten

spartan

slogan

smitten

solon

sodden

soften

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

stillion

spoken

station

stallion

statesman

stallman

stepson

steven

stolen

stockman

straighten

spokesman

strengthen

sportsman

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

stiffen

suction

sultan

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

tarpon

tartan

tappen

surgeon

tension

tendon

talon

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

tillman

titan

token

toman

torsion

townsman

traction

toughen

treason

trillion

trojan

triton

trodden

tubman

turban

tuscan

undone

union

tungsten

urchin

urban

urson

urine

vegan

version

vesper

vision

villain

vulcan

warden

waken

warren

wanton

washboard

watchman

weaken

wagon

weapon

whispers

wheaten

whisper

whiten

whitson

wiccan

widen

wizen

women

written

woman

woodman

wooden

woven

woolman

proven

woolen

workman

worsen

slacken

yaupon

yachtsman

sermon

yeoman

sequin

zaman

zion

zircon

ponton

3 syllable words

ablation

abrasion

ablution

abortion

abduction

abdomen

absorption

accretion

abstention

abstraction

accession

achiever

achievers

addition

acumen

adhesion

addiction

admission

adoption

adsorption

aegean

affection

adrian

affliction

african

aggression

aleutian

apportion

albumin

albion

alderman

alaskan

alsatian

allusion

alien

appian

ambition

anchorman

anyone

andean

anglican

ambrosian

aquifers

aquifer

arian

artesian

arkansan

ascension

aspersion

aryan

aspartame

aspersions

aspirant

aspirates

aspirants

aspirate

aspiring

aspires

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attraction

assertion

attention

attrition

australian

austrian

audition

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

bitumen

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

bedouin

beethoven

bishoprics

benjamin

biotin

bookkeepers

bookkeeper

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

artisan

campion

capsaicin

cartesian

carrion

castration

carnation

cardigan

catalan

causation

caucasian

cation

cessation

cetacean

cambrian

charwoman

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

chilean

cheeseburgers

cistercian

cinnamon

citation

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

citizen

cohesion

coercion

collagen

cognition

collegian

collection

civilian

collision

cheeseburger

collusion

combustion

compassion

commotion

communion

commission

companion

completion

complexion

compression

conception

compunction

compulsion

concession

conflation

condition

concoction

confection

concussion

confession

conclusion

conduction

confucian

conjunction

connection

connexion

confusion

congressman

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

congestion

contraption

contraction

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

corruption

corrosion

corsican

correction

cremation

countryman

creation

councilman

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

decipher

abandon

deduction

deflation

deletion

defection

deflection

denizen

delusion

dentition

depletion

depiction

depression

description

desertion

derision

despairing

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

dimension

dilation

dilution

digestion

disapprove

disappears

digression

disappear

disbarment

direction

discipline

disbursement

disbursements

discover

discovers

discretion

discussion

dispersion

disparage

disparate

dispersal

dispersive

disruption

dissection

dissension

distraction

distortion

distinction

disunion

division

encryption

diversion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

dominion

dogberry

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

eleven

duration

elison

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

englishman

equation

erection

eruption

erosion

etruscan

eviction

evasion

everyone

emblazon

exaction

exception

excision

embolden

exclusion

excretion

emission

excursion

exemption

emotion

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

expertly

expires

expiring

expiry

explosion

expression

exporters

exporter

expresses

expressions

expressive

expressly

expulsion

extrusion

extraction

extinction

extension

extortion

fabian

feminine

ferryman

genuine

fenian

filtration

fijian

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

foramen

flotation

forbidden

formation

foundation

forgotten

forewoman

franciscan

freudian

galleon

frustration

fustian

fruition

freemason

gaussian

garrison

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gooseberries

gossiper

gooseberry

gossipers

gradation

grobian

gravamen

guardian

gyration

hackberry

halcyon

guncotton

handwoven

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

heartbroken

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

high-powered

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

ignition

icebreakers

icebreaker

imagine

impassion

immersion

implosion

impression

imprison

inaction

inception

inclusion

incision

infarction

induction

indian

infection

incursion

inscription

inflation

infraction

injunction

injection

infusion

inhuman

inflection

infliction

inspection

insertion

instruction

intention

ingestion

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irian

irishman

italian

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

jacobin

kantian

intestine

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lucifer

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

macabre

migration

midshipman

misprision

misfortune

misfortunes

misshapen

mispronounce

mistaken

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

munition

musician

narration

myosin

negation

nebraskan

neighborhood

neighborhoods

neighboring

neighborly

neighbourly

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nonhuman

nevadan

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nitrogen

nutrition

objection

obsession

nubian

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

mexican

octillion

plantation

odeon

oppression

optation

omission

opinion

optician

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perception

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

permission

passover

persuasion

petition

perversion

peterman

phoenician

phrygian

physician

phosphorites

phosphorite

phosphoric

perfusion

permian

plebeian

policeman

pollution

in-person

position

possession

porcelain

precession

preclusion

precaution

predation

preemption

prediction

prescription

predestine

presumption

probation

proportion

privation

prevention

procession

progression

production

profession

profusion

projection

promotion

pretension

proscription

propulsion

prostration

protean

protection

puritan

quotation

ramadan

raspberries

reaction

raspberry

reception

recession

rebellion

receivers

receiver

recision

reflection

redemption

reduction

recovery

recovers

reexport

reexports

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

recover

repression

sensation

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

restriction

retraction

retention

revulsion

reversion

reunion

rifleman

rotation

rhodopsin

revision

selection

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

secretion

secession

sedation

scythian

seclusion

scorpion

seduction

sedition

precision

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solution

snapdragon

solomon

starvation

provision

suppression

stagnation

specimen

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

succession

subversion

suburban

superman

summation

subtraction

sumatran

suggestion

suspicion

suspension

syrian

tactician

taxation

talisman

tamarin

takeovers

taxpayer

temptation

taxpayers

technician

takeover

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transcription

tradition

transaction

transgression

transfusion

translation

transition

transmission

truncation

unwritten

tuition

unbroken

uneven

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unison

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vocation

uterine

vibration

volition

vitamin

whispering

waterman

wesleyan

whisperer

whisperers

zambian

4 syllable words

abrogation

abolition

aberration

abdication

abnegation

absolution

acclamation

accusation

accordion

abyssinian

acclimation

activation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adulation

advocation

affirmation

acquisition

affectation

aggravation

adrenaline

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

algerian

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

allegation

allocation

altercation

alternation

alteration

ammunition

american

amphibian

amputation

appellation

animation

annotation

apparition

appalachian

annexation

application

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

armenian

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

asperity

aspirations

aspirated

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

benediction

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bohemian

bavarian

bifurcation

bolivian

importation

competition

calibration

calculation

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

collocation

collodion

chameleon

coloration

circumcision

circumspection

circulation

circumvention

commendation

coalition

cogitation

combination

columbian

coloradan

comedian

commutation

committeeman

comparison

compensation

compilation

concentration

comprehension

complication

computation

composition

condemnation

condensation

condescension

consecration

confirmation

constipation

connotation

confiscation

contemplation

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

consultation

conflagration

consolation

consummation

constellation

consternation

conservation

constitution

contradiction

contraception

contrarian

contravention

contribution

corp.

convocation

conversation

convolution

corporation

correlation

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

coronation

cotyledon

dandelion

darwinian

crocodilian

criterion

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

crucifixion

custodian

decimation

businesswoman

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

deformation

delegation

degradation

definition

dehydration

demarcation

demonstration

demolition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deposition

derivation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

designation

desolation

disposition

desperation

destination

destitution

desperadoes

desperately

desperado

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

diaspora

dispiriting

dilatation

diminution

dispirited

disapproval

disaffection

disappearing

disappearance

disapproving

disconnection

discoveries

discoverer

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

discovery

disparaging

dispensation

disparages

disparity

disparities

diocesan

discoverers

disputation

defamation

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

dedication

distribution

divination

domination

draconian

dominican

education

duplication

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emulation

emigration

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

excavation

estimation

estonian

erudition

esperanto

european

evocation

evolution

eustachian

eritrean

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhumation

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

expectation

expedition

experience

experienced

expropriate

experiment

expirations

expiration

experiments

exploitation

exploration

explanation

explication

exposition

exportable

expressionist

extrication

federation

extradition

fermentation

exuberance

fabrication

exuberant

fallopian

fascination

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

generation

gargantuan

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

guatemalan

hemoglobin

gregorian

granulation

graduation

greco-roman

gravitation

habitation

hegelian

hesitation

herculean

historian

hibernation

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

ibuprofen

iberian

ideation

imitation

immigration

immolation

implantation

illustration

imperfection

implication

menstruation

imposition

impregnation

imputation

incarnation

incantation

inattention

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indonesian

indentation

indication

indexation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

inhalation

innovation

information

inhibition

inquisition

integration

inspiration

insulation

installation

instigation

institution

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

intermission

interruption

interurban

intersection

interwoven

irrigation

interdiction

inundation

intonation

interjection

intuition

introduction

intervention

intimation

invocation

invitation

iranian

irritation

introspection

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

meridian

laceration

lancastrian

liberation

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

kindergarten

locomotion

lubrication

low-spirited

macedonian

machination

maccabean

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

mediation

meditation

melanesian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

mitigation

misgovernment

misperception

misperceptions

missourian

mispronounces

modulation

moderation

moravian

motivation

mortification

molestation

mongolian

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

mutilation

newtonian

nicaraguan

nonprescription

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

obstetrician

obligation

observation

obfuscation

occupation

oblivion

obsidian

octahedron

occupiers

occupier

oscillation

operation

opposition

olympian

ordination

orchestration

ostentation

oxidation

ovulation

pagination

overburden

palpitation

pagurian

pacifiers

pacifier

paraguayan

planarian

penetration

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

peruvian

phosphorescence

plutonian

politician

ohioan

polyhedron

polynesian

sequestration

population

separation

preconception

praetorian

precondition

preignition

predilection

preelection

predetermine

preparation

premonition

presentation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

prosecution

propagation

proposition

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

recantation

punctuation

publication

radiation

realization

recitation

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recognition

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reelection

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renovation

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refutation

regulation

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requisition

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respirator

revelation

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rhododendron

simulation

segregation

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

self-deception

situation

respirators

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simonian

siberian

shakespearean

syncopation

smithsonian

stimulation

statistician

subluxation

speculation

stipulation

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strangulation

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supervision

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tetrahedron

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

titillation

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ulceration

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variation

vacillation

vaccination

victorian

validation

valerian

vegetation

veneration

valuation

ventilation

vindication

violation

visitation

vociferates

wagnerian

vociferate

watermelon

whosoever

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

appreciation

alleviation

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

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annihilation

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argumentation

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assassination

association

assemblywoman

assimilation

attenuation

authorization

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

beethovenian

decapitation

deceleration

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

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cauterization

certification

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centenarian

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classification

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confederation

confabulation

configuration

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congratulation

consolidation

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coordination

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decomposition

delineation

deification

degeneration

defenestration

deliberation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

desegregation

desalination

determination

disappearances

dionysian

discoloration

discoverable

disembarkation

disintegration

discrimination

disinclination

disparagingly

disproportionate

dissatisfaction

dissemination

domestication

edification

elaboration

emancipation

dramatization

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

excoriation

exfoliation

enumeration

exasperation

exaggeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

exacerbation

examination

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

experiential

experiences

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expressionism

expressionistic

experimenters

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facilitation

extermination

falsification

experimenter

fertilization

experimental

fortification

gasification

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gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hyperborean

humiliation

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hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

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incarceration

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inactivation

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incorporation

incrimination

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initiation

inoculation

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insinuation

instrumentation

irradiation

interpretation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

ionization

investigation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mechanization

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

multiplication

mississippian

mummification

modification

modernization

mobilization

nullification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

normalization

notification

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

obliteration

participation

ossification

origination

orientation

oregonian

ornamentation

organization

overproduction

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polarization

patagonian

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pasteurization

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pomeranian

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presupposition

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pronunciation

procrastination

prognostication

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proliferation

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purification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

qualification

ramification

quantification

ratification

reciprocity

renunciation

repatriation

recommendation

recombination

recoverable

recuperation

rectification

recrimination

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reforestation

refrigeration

reintegration

regeneration

reiteration

remuneration

rejuvenation

representation

retaliation

resuscitation

respiratory

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

scandinavian

simplification

specialization

specification

sophistication

solicitation

sterilization

stratification

synchronization

substantiation

subordination

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

washingtonian

vulgarization

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word misappropriation

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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