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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word misfortune.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

asper

aspire

aspirin

auden

atman

austin

backboard

backboards

baldwin

bagman

bacon

bargain

banyan

baron

barren

barton

baseboard

baseboards

bastion

baston

bason

beacon

beaten

beckon

baton

batten

batton

bayman

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

basin

bison

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bobbin

bolden

bollen

brethren

bookman

bordman

boughten

boston

bourbon

breton

brakeman

bowman

briton

bracken

brazen

brighten

carmine

broaden

bushman

carman

burgeon

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

brogan

broken

carton

burton

button

caisson

carbon

cajun

capstan

canaan

caption

canton

canyon

captain

cannon

canon

cabin

calvin

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chessboards

chessboard

chairman

charon

auction

chasten

chaplain

cheapen

chapman

chessman

chevron

christian

children

christen

chosen

churchman

citron

clinton

classman

claxon

coachman

colon

common

cordon

copeman

corban

crimson

cretin

craftsman

craven

dashboards

cotton

chicken

cousin

cushion

dagan

darken

cuban

curtain

dampen

damson

cumin

deacon

cowan

deafen

crewman

dagon

delphian

demon

desman

daman

deepen

despairs

despair

desperate

diction

devon

dian

dalton

disbar

dashboard

disburse

deaden

crouton

dispair

disperse

dispersed

chieftain

disprove

doctrine

dobson

dolphin

dozen

dustman

dungeon

driven

dudgeon

drunken

draftsman

dragon

dromon

dutchman

earthen

eden

eaten

elan

dolman

engine

emption

ensign

ermine

esprit

experts

expert

expire

expired

export

exports

expressed

falcon

faustian

fortune

floren

faction

fallen

fashion

fasten

fatten

faulcon

foreign

foreman

felon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fission

fireman

firman

flashgun

flatten

flexion

footman

famine

freshen

friction

freshman

freedman

fraction

freeman

fountain

frighten

frozen

garden

function

fusion

gallon

gammon

garron

georgian

gentian

german

gilden

glisten

gibbon

given

glidden

gladden

gluten

gorgon

golden

griffon

goodman

gudgeon

grecian

gowan

gotten

graven

guardsman

gumption

harden

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

harken

grandson

harten

hearten

headsman

heathen

hempen

heaven

heighten

henchman

hessian

heron

hidden

hetman

hesper

highbrow

highbrows

homespun

hogan

horseman

houseman

huntsman

hoten

hoven

human

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

icebergs

haven

hymen

iceberg

hausen

hasten

gascon

headman

ion

jackman

jargon

jordan

jorden

jetson

jason

jetton

jasmine

jaspers

jasper

junction

kalan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

klansman

kirkman

laden

lagan

lakefront

lampron

landsman

landman

latin

legion

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lesion

lemon

leven

layman

lichen

lineman

luncheon

linden

lightman

liken

liman

linemen

linen

listen

lisbon

lynden

lion

liven

lopeman

locken

lockman

loren

lotion

london

loosen

longan

logan

lumen

lyden

m1

lighten

madden

mansion

mahone

mangan

maiden

mission

marchman

margin

marlin

martian

marten

marron

markman

mason

marksman

martin

matron

mayan

melon

mention

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

misprint

misprints

melton

mitten

nation

moisten

molten

keelson

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

muslin

mullen

mutton

oven

ninon

nekton

newsman

neighbors

norman

oarsman

notion

organ

orphan

onion

ocean

often

olden

odin

omen

open

option

outrun

outdone

othman

neighbor

owen

oxen

oxford

oxfords

packman

paean

pagan

pardon

panton

parson

passion

passman

passports

passport

patron

pathan

patten

pavon

pectin

penguin

penman

pension

peon

perron

persian

person

phosphors

pigeon

phosphor

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

newsprint

kansan

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

pullen

proven

question

prussian

quicken

ration

rayon

reason

raven

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

salesman

rowen

santon

rumen

runnion

ruin

russian

saffron

sagebrush

sadden

samson

sanction

salmon

satan

satin

scullion

scotsman

seaman

season

saxon

scallion

scion

section

seedsman

selden

semen

session

sharpen

shearman

sexton

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shipman

shogun

shorten

silken

sicken

shrunken

shotgun

showman

siren

siphon

spearman

smarten

spartan

smitten

sovereign

soften

soldan

sodden

sovran

solon

sportsman

spokesman

spoken

station

squadron

stepson

stallion

stallman

statesman

slacken

steven

slogan

stiffen

stillion

stricken

striven

strengthen

sturgeon

stockman

stolen

straighten

suasion

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

sylvan

surgeon

sunken

tarpon

tartan

sweeten

syphon

swollen

taken

talon

tappen

summon

tendon

tension

teston

thicken

ponton

thousand

urchin

threaten

tighten

tillman

titan

token

toman

torsion

toughen

traction

townsman

trillion

trojan

triton

trodden

tubman

treason

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

union

urban

urson

vegan

version

vesper

vision

wanton

urine

villain

warden

warren

whitson

vulcan

waken

watchman

washboard

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wagon

whisper

wiccan

whispers

woman

whiten

widen

wizen

women

written

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

worsen

yachtsman

workman

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abduction

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

achiever

achievers

acumen

addition

adoption

adsorption

addiction

adhesion

admission

adrian

aegean

affection

african

affliction

alaskan

aggression

albion

albumin

aleutian

aspersion

allusion

assertion

alderman

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

aspersions

alien

anchorman

anyone

apportion

appian

anglican

andean

arian

arkansan

aquifer

ascension

aryan

artisan

artesian

aspartame

aquifers

aspiring

aspirant

aspirants

aspires

aspirates

aspirate

assassin

assumption

asuncion

audition

austrian

attraction

attention

australian

attrition

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

bandwagon

badminton

backwoodsman

cessation

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

bishoprics

biotin

brazilian

bouillon

bosnian

bulletin

castration

cambrian

capsaicin

campion

cardigan

carrion

carnation

cartesian

bookkeeper

caucasian

causation

cation

catalan

bookkeepers

cetacean

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chairperson

champion

cheeseburgers

cheeseburger

contortion

dispersion

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

civilian

citation

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cohesion

companion

compassion

collegian

collusion

cognition

collision

collection

collagen

combustion

communion

commission

coercion

commotion

completion

creation

crestfallen

compulsion

compunction

compression

conception

concoction

condition

conduction

confection

conclusion

concession

concussion

conflation

confession

confucian

confusion

consumption

congestion

construction

connection

connexion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

contagion

constriction

contention

contraction

contraption

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

convulsion

conversion

conviction

correction

corrosion

corsican

corruption

countryman

deception

discussion

decision

councilman

croatian

disbarment

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

cremation

discretion

decipher

declension

disruption

deduction

disappear

defection

deflation

deflection

delusion

deletion

depression

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

description

desertion

despairing

destruction

determine

detection

detention

diffusion

diffraction

denizen

digestion

dictation

digression

devotion

dimension

dilation

dilution

direction

disappears

disapprove

discipline

disbursement

disbursements

discover

discovers

exaction

disparage

disparate

dispersal

dispersive

chilean

excursion

dissension

distraction

disunion

dissection

exertion

distinction

division

diversion

complexion

dorian

downtrodden

dominion

donation

duration

exception

edition

egyptian

ejection

eleven

election

exclusion

elison

elation

excision

emulsion

excretion

enlighten

encryption

englishman

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

evasion

eruption

everyone

eviction

etruscan

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

dogberry

exemption

extinction

expansion

expertly

expires

expiring

explosion

expiry

exporter

exporters

expression

expressions

expresses

expressive

expressly

expulsion

extension

extraction

extrusion

fabian

fenian

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fixation

ferryman

flirtation

feminine

flotation

foramen

forbidden

formation

forewoman

impassion

forgotten

imagine

frustration

foundation

fruition

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fustian

immersion

galleon

garrison

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gooseberries

guardian

gaussian

gordian

gravamen

gossiper

gossipers

guncotton

grobian

gooseberry

gradation

gyration

hammerman

handwoven

halcyon

halogen

hackberry

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

high-powered

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

icebreaker

icebreakers

ignition

illusion

implosion

abandon

imprison

impression

inaction

in-person

incursion

inception

inclusion

incision

induction

infection

inflation

infusion

indian

insertion

infliction

infraction

inhuman

inflection

inspection

inscription

ingestion

injection

injunction

instruction

intention

intrusion

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

italian

irian

irishman

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

pollution

keratin

myosin

korean

lecithin

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lesbian

libyan

libration

magician

location

lumberman

logician

lucifer

lutheran

macabre

ligation

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

masculine

marian

medallion

midshipman

mexican

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

migration

median

medicine

mispronounce

melanin

menhaden

kantian

musician

muskmelon

moroccan

munition

mutation

keynesian

narration

negation

nebraskan

overrun

nevadan

nitrogen

nemean

niacin

neighbourly

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

nutrition

notation

nubian

objection

obsession

occlusion

occasion

obstruction

octillion

oration

origin

omission

optician

oppression

opinion

optation

odeon

orion

neighborhoods

outspoken

ottoman

ovation

neighborly

neighborhood

overdone

overman

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

passover

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

perfusion

permission

permian

persuasion

peterman

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

phosphoric

phosphorites

phosphorite

plebeian

plantation

policeman

neighboring

precaution

porcelain

position

precession

possession

precision

preclusion

predestine

prediction

preemption

predation

propulsion

prescription

proportion

presumption

procession

production

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

profusion

profession

promotion

progression

projection

proscription

prostration

puritan

provision

protection

rebellion

quotation

ramadan

raspberries

raspberry

reaction

receiver

receivers

reception

recession

recision

recover

recovers

recovery

protean

redemption

reduction

reflection

seduction

reexports

reexport

regimen

regression

religion

remission

rendition

rejection

relation

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

retention

retraction

secession

restriction

reversion

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

samoan

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

seclusion

scythian

secretion

scorpion

reunion

sedation

sedition

sensation

selection

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

solution

starvation

stagnation

stygian

submersion

subversion

subtraction

suburban

succession

suggestion

submission

subscription

sumatran

summation

suspension

suspicion

tactician

superman

suppression

tamarin

syrian

talisman

takeovers

takeover

taxation

taxpayer

taxpayers

technician

temptation

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transfusion

unbutton

uncertain

transcription

unburden

uncommon

transmission

tuition

truncation

transaction

unbroken

transgression

transition

uneven

unison

translation

unwritten

veteran

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

vermilion

venison

vibration

whispering

vitamin

waterman

vocation

volition

wesleyan

whisperer

whisperers

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

abrogation

aberration

absolution

abnegation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

acquisition

accusation

activation

adrenaline

admonition

adoration

admiration

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

adaptation

aggravation

agrarian

alabaman

aggregation

agitation

albanian

asperity

algonquian

algerian

aldebaran

alteration

allocation

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

amphibian

appalachian

amputation

annexation

animation

annotation

apparition

approbation

appellation

apprehension

application

arbitration

arizonan

arabian

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

aspirations

aspirated

assemblyman

allegation

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

barbarian

backwardation

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

centurion

bolivian

californian

businesswoman

calibration

cancellation

calculation

carcinogen

canadian

celebration

chameleon

circumvention

circumspection

circulation

circumcision

coloration

coloradan

coalition

collodion

collocation

columbian

combination

comedian

committeeman

commendation

commutation

compensation

cogitation

comparison

competition

compilation

concentration

computation

deformation

condensation

condescension

condemnation

conflagration

confirmation

confiscation

consecration

confrontation

congregation

constellation

connotation

conjugation

consolation

constipation

constitution

consternation

consummation

conservation

consultation

contemplation

disaffection

contrarian

contravention

contribution

contradiction

conversation

convocation

copenhagen

copernican

convolution

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

criterion

decimation

cotyledon

crucifixion

culmination

contraception

custodian

cultivation

cyclopean

disappearance

disapproval

darwinian

dislocation

declaration

dedication

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

defamation

definition

disposition

demarcation

dehydration

delegation

degradation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deposition

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

desolation

designation

derivation

desperado

desperadoes

desperately

desperation

destination

destitution

detonation

devastation

devolution

deviation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diaspora

diminution

diocesan

distillation

disappearing

disapproving

dandelion

disconnection

discoverer

discoveries

discoverers

discovery

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

crocodilian

dispensation

disparaging

disparages

disparity

disparities

dispiriting

dispirited

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

dissertation

divination

distribution

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

elocution

elongation

electrician

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

estimation

estonian

eustachian

evolution

eritrean

erudition

esperanto

evocation

european

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhortation

complication

exhalation

composition

exhibition

comprehension

experiment

experience

experienced

expectation

expedition

experiments

expiration

expirations

exploration

exportable

explanation

explication

exploitation

expressionist

exposition

expropriate

extradition

extrication

exuberance

exuberant

fallopian

fabrication

federation

floridian

fibrillation

figuration

fermentation

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fascination

fumigation

fragmentation

gargantuan

galilean

immigration

gentlewoman

generation

germination

gregorian

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

greco-roman

gravitation

guatemalan

graduation

habitation

illustration

himalayan

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

hypertension

ideation

gastrulation

imitation

immolation

implication

importation

implantation

indigestion

exhumation

infiltration

imperfection

incarnation

imputation

impregnation

inattention

incantation

inflammation

inclination

incrustation

indecision

incubation

indonesian

indication

infestation

indexation

indentation

indignation

information

indiscretion

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

institution

imposition

integration

insulation

interaction

insurrection

interception

interdiction

interjection

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

interurban

intersection

intervention

interwoven

introspection

introduction

intuition

inundation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

iteration

isolation

irritation

jacobean

jordanian

invitation

jubilation

jurisdiction

polyhedron

laceration

lancastrian

leviathan

legislation

levitation

liberation

liberian

librarian

liquefaction

litigation

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

macedonian

locomotion

lubrication

low-spirited

maccabean

machination

malformation

mammalian

manumission

malnutrition

masturbation

maturation

misconception

misbegotten

misgovernment

mediation

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

medication

misperception

misperceptions

mispronounces

missourian

mitigation

moderation

molestation

modulation

mortification

motivation

mutilation

kindergarten

navigation

mongolian

moravian

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

napoleon

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

octahedron

occupation

occupiers

olympian

ohioan

opposition

ordination

occupier

orchestration

oscillation

operation

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

pacifiers

pacifier

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

penetration

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

persecution

perspiration

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

phosphorescence

pigmentation

planarian

overburden

plutonian

politician

polynesian

praetorian

population

preconception

predilection

predetermine

preelection

preignition

premonition

precondition

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prostitution

prosecution

protestation

punctuation

protozoan

publication

provocation

readmission

reassertion

radiation

realization

reawaken

reconstruction

recantation

receiverships

reciprocal

reciprocate

reciprocates

receivership

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rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

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shakespearean

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sicilian

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siberian

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tamoxifen

tasmanian

titillation

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trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

vaccination

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validation

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termination

utopian

valuation

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vegetation

veneration

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visitation

vociferate

watermelon

wagnerian

violation

whosoever

tetrahedron

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

acceleration

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accreditation

accumulation

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adjudication

administration

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delineation

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determination

dionysian

disappearances

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discrimination

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elizabethan

domestication

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dissatisfaction

edification

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elaboration

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epicurean

equalization

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evaporation

ethiopian

exacerbation

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exhilaration

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experiences

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experiential

experimental

experimenter

experimenters

expiratory

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gasification

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hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

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humiliation

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hyperborean

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

imagination

immunization

inauguration

incarceration

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inactivation

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incrimination

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indoctrination

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invalidation

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ionization

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jeffersonian

justification

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libertarian

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localization

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maximilian

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metropolitan

misinformation

misapplication

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misappropriate

misappropriates

miscalculation

mississippian

modification

mobilization

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mummification

multiplication

ornamentation

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nickelodeon

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

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pythagorean

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recuperation

reciprocity

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recrimination

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renunciation

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respiratory

resuscitation

retaliation

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revaluation

russification

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scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

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substantiation

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theologian

triangulation

unification

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utilization

vilification

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

pomeranian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word misfortune

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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