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2 syllable words
5 syllable words
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2 syllable words

abstract

abstain

abstracts

abstruse

action

acton

affixed

affects

airman

affect

alban

alman

alan

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

bagman

baldwin

bargain

baron

barren

barton

banyan

baston

bastion

baton

batten

batton

capstan

basin

brethren

bason

beefsteak

begun

belgian

bellman

billion

billman

bellon

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

bobbin

boatman

blowgun

bobcat

bobcats

boston

bookman

bolden

bordman

beckon

bollen

boughten

bracken

bourbon

bowman

brakeman

brazen

caption

breton

briton

beaten

broken

bullion

burden

burdon

button

burman

burton

bushman

brighten

brogan

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

capstone

broaden

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caxton

caution

cauldron

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

beacon

charon

chevron

children

chicken

chieftain

chasten

cheapen

chessman

churchman

chosen

citron

classman

claxon

christen

clinton

coachman

colon

christian

common

bayman

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

cousin

craftsman

cretin

craven

crewman

crimson

cowan

cuban

curtain

cumin

cushion

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

darken

damson

debased

deacon

deaden

deafen

dampen

crouton

defects

defaced

defect

delphian

demon

depicts

depict

desman

diction

devon

dian

dipstick

diffused

deepen

divests

divest

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dovecotes

draftsman

dragon

dustman

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

dudgeon

earthen

driven

eaten

dromon

eavesdrop

eden

dovecote

effects

effect

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

evict

burgeon

faction

faustian

fashion

faulcon

fasten

fatten

famine

felon

fiction

flexion

fibrin

fission

fireman

flashgun

flatten

firman

fielden

fortune

fraction

footman

foreman

foreign

fountain

gumption

floren

friction

freshen

freshman

freedman

freeman

frighten

fallen

function

garden

gallon

gammon

fusion

garron

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

gibbon

gilden

gorgon

given

gladden

goodman

gotten

glidden

glisten

grandson

gluten

golden

gowan

graven

grecian

guardsman

frozen

griffon

gudgeon

hackman

falcon

haitian

hyson

harken

harten

hangman

hearten

headsman

headman

happen

harden

hasten

henchman

hessian

hetman

hausen

heighten

heron

hempen

heaven

hipsters

homespun

hipster

hopscotch

hogan

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

haven

huntsman

heathen

ibsen

hymen

hyphen

hidden

jackman

ion

jargon

junction

jetson

jorden

jetton

jordan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kitten

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

klansman

kitchen

kremlin

lampron

lagan

kalan

landsman

laden

landman

jasmine

lessen

jason

latin

leaden

leaven

lengthen

ledden

layman

lemon

lightman

lesson

legion

lesion

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lineman

lisbon

linen

locken

lockman

lobsters

lobster

london

listen

longan

liven

loosen

loren

lotion

lumen

luncheon

m1

lyden

lynden

mahone

madden

logan

martian

mansion

mangan

marchman

marksman

markman

margin

marlin

marten

marron

martin

lopeman

maiden

linemen

matron

mason

lion

mention

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

melon

mitten

molten

moisten

mayan

morgan

mormon

mountain

rincon

muffin

mutton

muslin

nation

nekton

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

offsets

offset

often

olden

offshoot

offshoots

omen

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

mullen

outrun

outdone

othman

owen

oxen

oven

packman

parson

panton

pardon

pagan

paean

passion

pathan

passman

pectin

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

patten

perron

persian

person

patron

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

motion

pressman

pollan

pollen

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

quipster

prison

ration

poison

proven

raven

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

reason

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

rayon

robin

risen

riven

riposte

rotten

ripostes

rosin

roman

rosen

robust

runnion

russian

saffron

salesman

sadden

rumen

salmon

sanction

saxon

samson

santon

satin

satan

rowan

scallion

rowen

scotsman

section

scullion

seaman

season

seedsman

selden

sequin

sermon

session

semen

seton

seven

sexton

shaken

sharpen

shearman

shipman

ruin

shrunken

shotgun

silken

sicken

shaman

showman

shorten

smarten

siren

slacken

smitten

siphon

slogan

sodden

soften

soldan

shogun

solon

scapegoats

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spastic

space-time

spearman

spectre

scion

spectral

spectrum

spectrums

sportsman

squadron

spokesman

spigots

stallion

stallman

spoken

spigot

stiffen

stockman

strengthen

stricken

stillion

straighten

striven

stolen

sturgeon

suasion

steven

substrates

statesman

substance

subsides

subside

station

stepson

substrate

zircon

scapegoat

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweepstakes

sylvan

sweepstake

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tarpon

tartan

taken

talon

tappen

tendon

teston

tension

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

tillman

tipster

thousand

token

toman

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

tungsten

tubman

triton

trillion

trodden

trojan

turban

tuscan

treason

typist

typists

undone

upset

union

upsets

upshot

upstarts

upstream

upstart

urchin

urban

urson

upside

urine

vegan

version

villain

vulcan

vision

warden

warren

watchman

yachtsman

wagon

written

waken

whitson

websters

webster

whiten

wiccan

weaken

weapon

wheaten

widen

wizen

workman

woodman

woolman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

wanton

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abstentions

absorption

abstinence

abstinent

abstracted

abrasion

adoption

accession

accretion

addiction

addition

alsatian

acumen

adhesion

admission

aegean

adrian

adsorption

affliction

affection

aggression

affections

affecting

affected

african

affective

alaskan

alderman

albumin

albion

aleutian

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

anchorman

andean

anyone

apportion

appian

apostate

arian

arkansan

apostle

apostles

artesian

ascension

aspersion

assassin

aryan

assumption

attention

assertion

australian

artisan

austrian

audition

aversion

awaken

avian

baby-sit

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

commotion

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

bedouin

biotin

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carnation

cartesian

cardigan

carrion

castration

cation

catalan

causation

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

collection

cinnamon

combustion

citizen

clarendon

civilian

clarion

coercion

citation

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collision

collegian

collusion

clergyman

commission

communion

companion

complexion

compression

completion

compulsion

compunction

conception

concoction

concession

concussion

conclusion

condition

confection

consumption

confession

conflation

connection

conjunction

confucian

congressman

connexion

congestion

contention

contagion

contortion

confusion

convection

contusion

conviction

convulsion

convention

conversion

correction

corsican

corruption

councilman

corrosion

countryman

crestfallen

cremation

creation

croatian

crustacean

description

dalmatian

cyprian

deduction

damnation

deception

decision

desertion

defection

defections

deficit

defective

deficits

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

depiction

depictions

denizen

depicted

depletion

depression

deposits

deposit

derision

diffraction

detection

compassion

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

devastate

discretion

diffusion

digression

dimension

digestion

dilation

dilution

discipline

discussion

direction

dispersion

dissection

distinction

exaction

dissension

distortion

procession

disunion

division

divestment

divestments

downtrodden

dominion

donation

dorian

duration

edition

eavesdropping

ejection

effective

egyptian

effectors

effector

election

eleven

elison

elation

encryption

emotion

emblazon

emulsion

embolden

eviction

emission

englishman

enliven

enlighten

evictions

episode

episodes

erection

equation

epistle

eruption

etruscan

erosion

evasion

everyone

excretion

diversion

exception

excision

exclusion

excursion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

abandon

expression

expulsion

explosion

extension

extinction

extortion

extrusion

ferryman

fenian

feminine

filtration

fixation

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

foundation

flotation

forbidden

formation

forewoman

franciscan

foramen

forgotten

freemason

freudian

fustian

garrison

galleon

gentleman

genuine

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gordian

gillian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

fruition

gyration

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

fabian

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

illusion

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

heavyset

ignition

heavyweight

hydrogen

hydration

imagine

immersion

induction

inception

impassion

impression

inaction

imprison

in-person

incision

incursion

inclusion

indian

infarction

implosion

heavyweights

infection

infraction

infliction

inflation

declension

inflection

injection

infusion

inscription

insertion

intention

inspection

intrusion

invention

inversion

invasion

irishman

italian

intestine

inhuman

irian

jacobin

jamaican

injunction

javelin

jettison

lanolin

ingestion

keratin

kantian

julian

lactation

jovian

korean

keynesian

laurentian

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

masculine

logician

location

lobbyists

lopsided

magician

lumberman

lobbyist

lutheran

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marian

margarine

medallion

medicine

mexican

migration

menhaden

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

median

melanin

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

nebraskan

nitrogen

navigate

navigates

negation

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nonhuman

norwegian

notation

nonunion

nubian

objection

nutrition

obfuscate

obstacle

obstacles

oboist

obstinate

occasion

octillion

occlusion

offsetting

odeon

omission

opinion

opposite

opposites

oppression

optician

origin

optation

oration

orion

oxygen

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

ovation

partisan

parthian

parisian

partition

pelican

pavilion

perception

pentathlon

petition

physician

perfection

percussion

permission

phoenician

persuasion

peterman

perversion

phrygian

permian

perfusion

plantation

plebeian

munition

policeman

porcelain

possession

pollution

position

prediction

precaution

precession

predation

precision

predestine

preclusion

preemption

presumption

pretension

prevention

musician

privation

progression

profession

profusion

projection

proscription

probation

proportion

propulsion

promotion

prostration

protean

rebellion

puritan

ramadan

quotation

provision

recession

reaction

reception

recision

relation

reflection

redemption

regression

rejection

regimen

rendition

religion

remission

reopen

resection

repression

reptilian

rescission

retraction

resumption

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhapsodize

rhapsodic

rhodopsin

rifleman

rhapsody

revisit

revisits

rotation

subversion

saccharin

robustly

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

suffocate

sedation

secession

secretion

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

snapdragon

singleton

skeleton

solomon

solution

sophistry

spaghetti

spectacle

specimen

spectacles

spectator

spectators

spectrograph

stagnation

substantial

submission

starvation

stygian

subacute

substitute

substantive

subsidize

submersion

subsidies

substances

subsidy

substitutes

suburban

suspicion

summation

suggestion

sumatran

suspension

superman

suppression

syrian

tactician

taxation

technician

talisman

tamarin

tapestries

tapestry

temptation

succession

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transaction

transcription

transgression

transfusion

tradition

translation

transition

transmission

truncation

tuition

typesetting

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

unburden

unison

uncommon

uneven

upsetting

vacation

upside-down

uterine

vibration

vatican

venison

venetian

veteran

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

altercation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

activation

admiration

adaptation

adoration

adrenaline

advocation

adulation

aggregation

affectionate

affectively

aggravation

affirmation

agrarian

agitation

affectation

alabaman

allegation

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

allocation

algerian

alteration

admonition

alternation

american

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

application

animation

annotation

annexation

arbitration

approbation

apostrophes

apparition

appellation

apostrophe

apprehension

appalachian

apostolic

armageddon

arabian

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

attribution

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

aviation

avocation

avocado

avocados

baby-sitters

baby-sitter

backwardation

babysitting

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

comparison

businesswoman

californian

canadian

cancellation

calibration

capacitance

capacities

capacitors

capacitor

capacity

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

circumspection

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

cogitation

combination

coalition

collocation

coloration

coloradan

collodion

columbian

comedian

commendation

committeeman

commutation

barbarian

complication

competition

compilation

composition

comprehension

compensation

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

constellation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

consecration

connotation

conservation

consolation

consternation

constipation

constitution

confiscation

conflagration

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contravention

contrarian

decompression

convocation

convolution

conversation

copernican

coronation

corp.

corporation

corinthian

copenhagen

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

dedication

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

decimation

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decoration

desiccation

defamation

definition

degradation

delegation

dehydration

deformation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

depravation

depredation

deportation

deposition

depositions

depositors

depositor

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

destination

desecration

destitution

desolation

desperation

detonation

designation

disposition

devastation

disinfection

devolution

devastating

deviation

devonian

devastated

dietitian

disaffection

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

dislocation

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

dissolution

distribution

distillation

dissertation

dissipation

divination

divestiture

divestitures

excavation

domination

dominican

education

draconian

duplication

effectuate

effectively

electrician

elevation

elocution

embarkation

emanation

emigration

elongation

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estimation

erudition

estonian

european

eustachian

evacuate

evocation

evocative

evolution

exclamation

execution

excitation

exhalation

inflammation

exhibition

infiltration

expedition

expectation

expiration

explication

explanation

exposition

exploitation

exploration

gregorian

exhortation

fabrication

exhumation

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

floridian

fallopian

habitation

figuration

fluoridation

formulation

fluctuation

fragmentation

foliation

guatemalan

galilean

germination

gargantuan

gentlewoman

generation

gravitation

glaciation

granulation

graduation

gorgonian

greco-roman

fumigation

iberian

ideation

hesitation

hemoglobin

hibernation

historian

hungarian

illustration

herculean

hypertension

ibuprofen

hydrocarbon

hyperion

imitation

immigration

hegelian

immolation

imperfection

himalayan

implication

implantation

imputation

imposition

impregnation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

incrustation

importation

indentation

indecision

indexation

incubation

indication

inclination

indiscretion

indignation

indigestion

indonesian

infestation

information

motivation

inhalation

inhibition

inquisition

innovation

installation

instigation

institution

inspiration

insulation

interdiction

interjection

intermission

integration

interception

intercession

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

introspection

intimation

introduction

intonation

intuition

inundation

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

isolation

iteration

irritation

jacobean

lilliputian

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberation

librarian

levitation

liberian

limitation

liquidation

maccabean

litigation

liquefaction

macedonian

locomotion

machination

masturbation

lubrication

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

manumission

maturation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

miseration

mediation

meridian

ministration

misconception

misbegotten

minnesotan

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

procreation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

navigator

navigators

nestorian

nomination

noblewoman

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obstetrician

obligation

obesity

oblivion

observation

obsidian

obstetrical

obstetricians

obstinacy

occupation

octahedron

officiate

officiates

operation

olympian

ohioan

opacity

opposition

oppositions

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

oxidation

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

planarian

perforation

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

persecution

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

politician

reassertion

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

predilection

precondition

preconception

predetermine

preelection

premonition

preparation

preignition

preservation

profanation

presentation

proclamation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prostitution

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

publication

provocation

punctuation

radiation

recantation

realization

recitation

reelection

readmission

recollection

recreation

recognition

reawaken

reexamine

reclamation

reformation

refutation

reinspection

registration

regulation

relaxation

renovation

relocation

reparation

replication

reproduction

repercussion

repetition

republican

reposition

reputation

repossession

requisition

retribution

restitution

restoration

resurrection

respiration

reservation

resolution

retardation

retrocession

revelation

resignation

rhetorician

revocation

revocations

revolution

rhododendron

rhapsodizes

rumination

satisfaction

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

sectarian

segregation

sequestration

simulation

self-deception

segmentation

separation

simonian

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

situation

smithsonian

suppositions

sophisticates

statistician

subluxation

subdivision

sophisticate

spectroscopy

spectrometry

spectacular

speculation

spectrometer

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

substantially

substitutions

substituted

substantiate

substantiates

subsidizes

substantively

suffocation

suffocating

superhuman

superstition

supposition

surrogation

supervision

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

titillation

tetrahedron

termination

toleration

ubiquity

transformation

tribulation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

ulceration

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

valerian

ventilation

validation

variation

valuation

vegetation

veneration

vindication

victorian

visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

topsy-turvy

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

acceleration

adjudication

administration

academician

adulteration

agglomeration

affectionately

affiliation

alliteration

alleviation

alienation

amalgamation

anticipation

amelioration

amortization

amazonian

amplification

annihilation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

communication

canonization

cauterization

centralization

carolinian

carthaginian

centenarian

certification

christianization

clarification

classification

civilization

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

concatenation

conciliation

configuration

congratulation

confabulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

confederation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

deification

degeneration

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

depository

depositary

desalination

desegregation

determination

disinclination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

dissemination

dissociation

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

dissatisfaction

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

equivocation

equalization

epistolary

ethiopian

evacuation

evacuations

evaporation

evaluation

evacuated

exacerbation

examination

exaggeration

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

expatriation

exoneration

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

exoskeleton

hanoverian

imagination

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

initiation

inhabitation

insemination

inoculation

instrumentation

interrogation

interpolation

interpretation

interconnection

insinuation

intoxication

invalidation

intimidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

magnification

lithuanian

magnetization

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

miscalculation

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

mississippian

modernization

modification

mobilization

misinformation

multiplication

mummification

navigational

neapolitan

negotiation

nonintervention

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

notification

nonsectarian

normalization

nullification

obliteration

organization

origination

orientation

oregonian

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

participation

panamanian

pacification

patagonian

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

predisposition

precipitation

premeditation

preoccupation

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

presbyterian

purification

pythagorean

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

rejuvenation

rectification

reaffirmation

recrimination

recombination

recommendation

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

recuperation

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repudiation

repository

repositories

representation

repatriation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

solicitation

simplification

sophisticated

specification

specialization

subordination

stratification

substantiation

subsidiaries

subsidiary

sterilization

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

veterinarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word obstruction

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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