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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

aspen

ashen

asian

asper

aspire

aspirin

atman

auction

auden

austin

backboard

backboards

bacon

bagman

barton

baron

barren

baseboard

bastion

batten

batton

billion

bayman

beacon

belgian

begun

bellman

beckon

bellon

billman

beaten

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

bordman

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bookman

boston

boughten

brethren

briton

burgeon

bourbon

brazen

brakeman

bowman

bracken

breton

broaden

brogan

broken

brighten

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

bushman

christian

button

cajun

cabin

calvin

canton

canaan

canyon

canon

caption

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

capstan

carton

children

burton

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

chairman

chaplain

certain

chapman

chevron

chessman

charon

cheapen

chicken

chessboards

chasten

chessboard

chieftain

chosen

christen

caisson

churchman

citron

classman

banyan

clinton

coachman

claxon

cannon

baldwin

colon

bargain

baseboards

common

basin

bason

baston

baton

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

crimson

cousin

cretin

craftsman

craven

crewman

cowan

crouton

cushion

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

damson

dashboard

dashboards

deepen

curtain

cuban

delphian

demon

desperate

despairs

despair

desman

cumin

devon

dian

diction

disbar

disburse

dispair

dispersed

disperse

disprove

dolphin

dozen

driven

drunken

draftsman

dragon

dromon

dudgeon

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

esprit

dobson

doctrine

dolman

experts

expired

expert

expire

expressed

exports

export

faction

falcon

fallen

faustian

fashion

fasten

faulcon

famine

fatten

fission

fiction

fibrin

fielden

felon

friction

fireman

firman

flashgun

flexion

floren

flatten

footman

foreman

freshen

freshman

foreign

fortune

freeman

fountain

frighten

fusion

function

frozen

gascon

garron

gentian

glisten

gilden

georgian

gibbon

garden

german

gumption

given

gallon

gammon

gladden

glidden

gudgeon

gluten

goodman

gorgon

golden

gotten

gowan

grandson

grecian

guardsman

griffon

graven

headsman

haitian

harden

harken

fraction

hackman

hangman

happen

heathen

harten

headman

hasten

hausen

haven

hearten

freedman

hempen

henchman

heaven

hessian

heron

hidden

hetman

hesper

highbrow

highbrows

homespun

houseman

horseman

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hyson

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

iceberg

icebergs

ion

jackman

jargon

jaspers

jasmine

jason

jasper

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

kansan

kalan

keelson

kelson

heighten

kelvin

nation

kenyan

kitten

kirkman

kitchen

kremlin

klansman

lampron

lakefront

landsman

landman

leaden

leaven

lesion

lessen

lesson

lengthen

leman

lemon

leven

ledden

legion

marron

lagan

linden

lightman

lineman

linemen

linen

liken

listen

liman

lisbon

lockman

liven

locken

london

lotion

lopeman

loosen

loren

longan

logan

luncheon

mahone

lumen

lynden

m1

lyden

madden

marchman

mansion

mangan

margin

martian

markman

marlin

martin

matron

mason

marksman

marten

lion

maiden

mayan

mignon

milken

mention

melton

million

melon

minion

misprints

misprint

layman

minden

mission

mitten

morgan

mormon

molten

moisten

latin

muslin

muffin

mullen

mutton

mountain

motion

lighten

lichen

nekton

neighbors

newsprint

ninon

oarsman

newsman

notion

norman

open

ocean

olden

odin

often

onion

omen

option

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

oxfords

oxen

packman

paean

owen

oxford

pagan

panton

pardon

passion

parson

passman

passports

passport

patron

pathan

pectin

patten

pavon

penguin

penman

pension

peon

persian

perron

person

pigeon

phosphors

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

phosphor

pollan

pollen

neighbor

laden

portion

portman

postman

potion

zircon

prison

pressman

prussian

proven

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

shearman

shipman

reason

reckon

region

redden

rerun

ridden

resin

ribbon

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

russian

runnion

rosen

rosin

roman

rotten

rowan

rowen

sadden

saffron

ponton

robin

salesman

sagebrush

sanction

samson

santon

salmon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

ruin

section

season

scullion

scotsman

seaman

seedsman

selden

semen

session

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

sexton

shaken

scion

sharpen

rumen

shorten

shotgun

shaman

silken

sicken

shogun

showman

shrunken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

soldan

torsion

slogan

smarten

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

spokesman

station

stallman

stallion

stepson

sportsman

stillion

statesman

stiffen

steven

spoken

stockman

stricken

striven

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

straighten

stolen

summon

surgeon

sweeten

tappen

sodden

sunken

solon

sylvan

syphon

talon

tarpon

taken

tartan

soften

teston

tension

tendon

thousand

thicken

threaten

swollen

tillman

tighten

titan

token

toman

toughen

townsman

traction

treason

trillion

tuscan

tungsten

tubman

turban

undone

urban

union

urchin

version

urine

urson

vegan

triton

vesper

villain

vision

trojan

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

wiccan

warden

warren

whispers

weapon

whisper

weaken

watchman

whitson

wheaten

whiten

wizen

widen

washboard

woman

women

woodman

woolman

workman

woolen

worsen

written

trodden

wooden

yachtsman

yaupon

woven

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abduction

abortion

abrasion

abstention

abstraction

absorption

accession

acumen

accretion

adhesion

addiction

achiever

adoption

addition

admission

achievers

adrian

adsorption

affliction

aegean

affection

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

alderman

allusion

albumin

aleutian

alsatian

ambrosian

alien

ambition

appian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

anyone

artesian

ascension

arian

arkansan

aquifer

aquifers

artisan

aryan

aspartame

aspersions

aspirant

aspirants

aspirates

aspirate

aspiring

assertion

assassin

aspires

assumption

asuncion

attention

attrition

attraction

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

cistercian

citizen

compression

completion

complexion

battalion

bishoprics

bedridden

bedizen

beholden

bedouin

benjamin

beethoven

biotin

bitumen

bookkeepers

bookkeeper

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

brazilian

chairperson

collision

cartesian

cambrian

campion

carrion

cardigan

carnation

capsaicin

castration

caucasian

causation

cation

chairwoman

catalan

cessation

champion

cetacean

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

cheeseburgers

cheeseburger

chilean

cinnamon

clarion

collegian

compassion

citation

civilian

collusion

clarendon

cohesion

clergyman

cognition

collection

coercion

collagen

combustion

companion

commission

communion

commotion

compulsion

conscription

conception

conduction

concession

concussion

conclusion

condition

confection

concoction

confession

confusion

connection

congestion

conflation

confucian

constriction

connexion

congressman

conjunction

construction

contagion

consumption

contortion

contrition

contraction

contusion

contention

convection

contraption

countryman

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

corrosion

correction

corruption

corsican

councilman

crestfallen

creation

cremation

croatian

compunction

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

implosion

declension

despairing

decipher

deduction

delusion

deletion

defection

deflection

deflation

depletion

depiction

denizen

dentition

derision

expansion

detection

desertion

exertion

detention

determine

disbursement

diffusion

dimension

devotion

dictation

digression

dilution

diffraction

digestion

direction

disappear

dilation

disappears

disbarment

disapprove

disbursements

discipline

discover

discovers

discussion

disparage

disparate

dispersal

dispersive

erosion

dissension

disruption

dissection

distraction

disunion

diversion

dogberry

encryption

equation

erection

distinction

distortion

exclusion

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

egyptian

duration

edition

ejection

donation

elation

election

eviction

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

englishman

evasion

everyone

exception

eruption

etruscan

excursion

exaction

exemption

exhaustion

abandon

expertly

expires

expiring

exporters

expiry

expresses

expulsion

extension

expressive

expressly

extinction

exporter

extraction

extortion

fabian

filtration

fisherman

ferryman

fenian

fixation

fijian

feminine

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

guncotton

gyration

foramen

forewoman

formation

franciscan

freudian

forgotten

freemason

foundation

frustration

fruition

fustian

gentleman

garrison

gaussian

gestation

gillian

galleon

genuine

ghanaian

gordian

gooseberries

gradation

gravamen

gooseberry

gossiper

gossipers

guardian

grobian

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

halogen

hackberry

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroine

high-powered

housebroken

horizon

horatian

illusion

hydrogen

incursion

hydration

icebreaker

icebreakers

ignition

immersion

impassion

in-person

imagine

inaction

inclusion

inception

indian

infliction

infarction

inflection

induction

infection

inflation

infusion

infraction

intention

inhuman

ingestion

injunction

injection

instruction

inspection

insertion

intrusion

intestine

inversion

invention

invasion

irishman

heroin

italian

irian

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jacobin

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

keratin

korean

laurentian

lactation

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

lanolin

ligation

location

lumberman

logician

lutheran

lucifer

magician

macabre

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

malayan

magdalen

median

medallion

medicine

midshipman

mexican

migration

menhaden

misfortunes

misfortune

mispronounce

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

muskmelon

munition

musician

myosin

mutation

narration

melanin

nebraskan

negation

nemean

neighboring

neighborly

neighbourly

neighborhoods

nutrition

nitrogen

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

nonhuman

notation

objection

obstruction

occlusion

occasion

oppression

octillion

odeon

optation

opinion

origin

omission

optician

obsession

oration

orion

outspoken

ottoman

overdone

ovation

overman

overrun

oxygen

patrician

parisian

partisan

parthian

partition

passover

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfusion

perfection

permian

persuasion

permission

phoenician

perversion

peterman

neighborhood

petition

physician

phosphoric

phrygian

phosphorites

phosphorite

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pollution

position

precession

porcelain

possession

precaution

preclusion

prediction

preemption

predestine

procession

pretension

prevention

presumption

privation

probation

production

proscription

profusion

proportion

projection

profession

progression

propulsion

promotion

prostration

provision

protection

protean

puritan

quotation

ramadan

raspberries

raspberry

reaction

remission

rebellion

recession

reception

recover

receiver

recovery

recovers

reduction

receivers

redemption

reflection

reexports

reexport

regimen

regression

rejection

religion

relation

rendition

reopen

predation

repression

reptilian

resection

retraction

reversion

revision

resumption

retention

reunion

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

samoan

salvation

secession

seclusion

secretion

seduction

scythian

sedition

sedation

selection

saleswoman

scorpion

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

timberman

skeleton

snapdragon

specimen

solution

stagnation

starvation

tradition

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subversion

subtraction

suburban

suggestion

succession

sumatran

summation

suppression

suspension

superman

syrian

tactician

taxation

talisman

tamarin

takeovers

takeover

technician

thespian

taxpayers

temptation

taxpayer

toboggan

solomon

transfusion

transgression

transition

vermilion

transaction

veteran

transcription

translation

unbroken

tuition

truncation

unburden

unbutton

unwritten

uncertain

uneven

uncommon

unison

vacation

vibration

vatican

uterine

venetian

venison

transmission

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

whispering

whisperer

whisperers

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

aberration

abnegation

adrenaline

abrogation

abyssinian

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

adaptation

accusation

acquisition

activation

admonition

admiration

adoration

agrarian

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

albanian

american

algerian

algonquian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

ammunition

amputation

animation

annexation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

annotation

application

apprehension

approbation

arizonan

arabian

arbitration

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

asperity

aspiration

aspirated

aspirations

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

amphibian

aviation

avocation

backwardation

collodion

cancellation

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

barbarian

calculation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

circumcision

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

coloration

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloradan

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

committeeman

commutation

comparison

compensation

competition

compilation

complication

composition

comprehension

concentration

condescension

condensation

condemnation

consecration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

confirmation

conservation

confiscation

consolation

consternation

constellation

conflagration

constipation

constitution

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contravention

contribution

contradiction

contrarian

conversation

consultation

copernican

corporation

corinthian

coronation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

corp.

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

degradation

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

decompression

dandelion

deconstruction

depravation

declaration

decimation

depredation

decoration

dedication

defamation

desperation

deformation

demarcation

definition

deportation

demonstration

demolition

deposition

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

dehydration

derivation

expedition

desiccation

desolation

desperado

desperadoes

designation

desperately

destination

delegation

destitution

crucifixion

disappearance

devonian

devolution

diaspora

dietitian

dilatation

disapproval

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

disappearing

dispiriting

disapproving

disconnection

discoverer

discovery

discoveries

discoverers

disillusion

disparages

disinfection

dislocation

disinflation

deviation

dispensation

disparities

disparity

dispirited

divination

dissertation

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

electrician

distillation

domination

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

elocution

emigration

embarkation

emulation

emanation

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

esperanto

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

equitation

evocation

elongation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

dominican

detonation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

devastation

exhumation

computation

expectation

experience

experienced

experiment

hegelian

experiments

expiration

expirations

exposition

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

exportable

expressionist

expropriate

extradition

extrication

fabrication

exuberant

figuration

fallopian

fascination

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

floridian

fluoridation

exuberance

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fumigation

glaciation

generation

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

germination

gentlewoman

gorgonian

graduation

gregorian

granulation

greco-roman

gravitation

guatemalan

habitation

fragmentation

jurisdiction

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hypertension

hungarian

hyperion

iberian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

illustration

indecision

ideation

imperfection

implication

immigration

implantation

imitation

immolation

importation

imputation

inattention

imposition

impregnation

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incantation

incubation

indiscretion

indignation

indication

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indonesian

interdiction

inflammation

infiltration

infestation

information

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

interaction

inspiration

insurrection

instigation

institution

installation

integration

insulation

interjection

inquisition

intercession

interception

intermission

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intersection

interruption

intonation

introduction

introspection

inundation

intuition

invitation

invocation

iranian

irritation

irrigation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

herculean

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

librarian

medication

limitation

machination

lilliputian

liquidation

lubrication

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

low-spirited

melanesian

maccabean

macedonian

malnutrition

mammalian

malformation

manumission

masturbation

maturation

meditation

polyhedron

mediation

menstruation

meridian

misperception

ministration

minnesotan

misgovernment

misbegotten

misperceptions

misconception

miseration

mispronounces

missourian

mitigation

molestation

mongolian

modulation

moravian

moderation

napoleon

mortification

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

oblivion

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

nomination

obligation

observation

obstetrician

obsidian

operation

occupation

octahedron

occupier

occupiers

ohioan

olympian

orchestration

oscillation

opposition

ostentation

ordination

overburden

palpitation

pagurian

ovulation

oxidation

pacifier

pagination

paraguayan

pacifiers

penetration

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

pavlovian

perforation

perspiration

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

permutation

pigmentation

planarian

phosphorescence

plutonian

politician

polynesian

praetorian

population

sequestration

preconception

preparation

predetermine

preelection

predilection

preignition

premonition

precondition

proclamation

procreation

propagation

profanation

prohibition

proposition

prostitution

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

reassertion

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

recantation

reciprocal

reciprocate

receiverships

reciprocates

recitation

reconstruction

receivership

reclamation

recollection

recognition

recreation

recoveries

recuperate

reelection

reexamine

registration

reformation

regulation

reinspection

refutation

relaxation

relocation

recuperates

renovation

shakespearean

reparation

replication

repercussion

repetition

republican

reproduction

reputation

reposition

repossession

respiration

restoration

restitution

retardation

respirator

respirators

resurrection

revelation

rhetorician

retribution

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

resolution

retrocession

rumination

satisfaction

requisition

reservation

sanitation

samaritan

saturation

resignation

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

preservation

presentation

sicilian

simonian

simulation

siberian

situation

smithsonian

stipulation

speculation

stimulation

statistician

subdivision

subluxation

strangulation

substitution

suffocation

supervision

superhuman

supposition

superstition

surrogation

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

tasmanian

termination

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

victorian

tribulation

ulceration

variation

usurpation

valerian

vacillation

utopian

vaccination

validation

veneration

valuation

ventilation

vegetation

visitation

vindication

violation

vociferate

wagnerian

vociferates

watermelon

whosoever

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

amelioration

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

alleviation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

argumentation

argentinian

approximation

articulation

association

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

authentication

civilization

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

carolinian

capitulation

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

christianization

clarification

classification

collaboration

cohabitation

codification

coagulation

colonization

commemoration

communication

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

consolidation

conglomeration

consideration

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

contamination

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

depreciation

desegregation

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

depopulation

denomination

denunciation

defenestration

desalination

deification

determination

dionysian

disappearances

discrimination

discoloration

discoverable

disembarkation

disintegration

disparagingly

disinclination

disproportionate

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

enumeration

emancipation

equalization

epicurean

equivocation

eradication

evaporation

exaggeration

ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

exacerbation

exasperation

examination

domestication

excoriation

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoneration

expatriation

concatenation

exoskeleton

experimental

experiences

experimenter

experimenters

expiratory

experiential

expressionism

expressionistic

expropriation

expropriations

expropriated

extermination

facilitation

fertilization

falsification

harmonization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

justification

humiliation

hyperinflation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

illumination

immunization

imagination

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incrimination

incorporation

incineration

incarceration

indoctrination

infatuation

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

instrumentation

insinuation

insemination

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

neapolitan

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

negotiation

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misappropriate

misapprehension

misapplication

misappropriates

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

mobilization

modification

multiplication

mummification

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

nonintervention

obliteration

orientation

organization

origination

oregonian

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

peloponnesian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

pennsylvanian

polarization

perpetuation

philadelphian

precipitation

pomeranian

predisposition

predestination

presbyterian

premeditation

preoccupation

prevarication

procrastination

presupposition

prognostication

proletarian

pronunciation

proliferation

quantification

purification

ratification

pythagorean

ramification

qualification

reaffirmation

reciprocity

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

recrimination

remuneration

rectification

recoverable

refrigeration

regeneration

reforestation

reiteration

rejuvenation

reintegration

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

representation

respiratory

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specialization

specification

sophistication

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

vaporization

unification

unitarian

utilization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

triangulation

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word misprision

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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