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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

airships

airship

airspace

alan

alban

alman

amman

archive

arson

aspen

ashen

asian

atman

auction

auden

apron

austin

bagman

bacon

bastion

baldwin

bason

banyan

baston

basin

baron

barren

barton

belgian

bellman

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

begun

bargain

bellon

bourbon

billion

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bludgeon

bitten

blacken

beacon

blowgun

bookman

beaten

boston

bordman

brakeman

boatman

bolden

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brethren

bracken

brazen

breton

breakfast

brickbat

bullion

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burgeon

cajun

cabin

caisson

button

burman

calvin

caption

capstan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

captain

canaan

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caxton

certain

cayman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chevron

caution

charon

chasten

chessman

cheapen

chicken

chieftain

children

churchman

christian

christen

classman

citron

claxon

clinton

coachman

chosen

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

brighten

brickbats

breakfasts

bushman

cousin

cotton

crackpot

cowan

crackpots

crimson

craven

cretin

crewman

crisper

crispin

craftsman

crisply

crouton

crossbills

crossbill

crossbow

crossbows

crosspiece

crispy

burton

cushion

dampen

damson

dagan

daman

dagon

dalton

darken

deacon

deafen

deaden

deepen

desman

delphian

demon

devon

diction

dian

emption

ensign

dobson

doctrine

engine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

earthen

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

dozen

ermine

freshen

curtain

flexion

faction

fasten

fashion

falcon

famine

fatten

fallen

faulcon

faustian

firman

fielden

fireman

fibrin

fiction

fission

felon

flashgun

flatten

fraction

freshman

footman

floren

forceful

foreign

forgave

forgive

foreman

friction

fortune

fountain

freeman

gentian

frozen

gascon

function

gammon

garron

fusion

garden

frighten

german

freedman

gilden

georgian

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

workshop

goodman

graceful

golden

gorgon

gluten

gotten

gowan

grasping

grandson

graven

grecian

houseman

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

haitian

hangman

happen

hackman

hasten

harden

harken

harten

hausen

haven

headman

headsman

hempen

henchman

heaven

heathen

hearten

heighten

heron

hessian

hetman

homespun

horseflesh

hidden

hogan

horseback

horseman

horseplay

hoten

grosbeaks

hoven

human

grosbeak

huntsman

gallon

hymen

worship

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

cumin

potion

workshops

worsen

klansman

jason

jetson

jackman

ion

jasmine

jetton

jargon

keelson

jordan

jorden

kansan

kalan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

junction

kerchief

kerchiefs

kitchen

kitten

lampron

landman

laden

lagan

landsman

leaden

larkspur

leaven

lessen

ledden

lengthen

lemon

latin

legion

leman

layman

lesion

lesson

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lisbon

linen

listen

lineman

linemen

liven

lion

locken

lockman

london

logan

longan

lopeman

loosen

loren

mention

mansion

kremlin

m1

luncheon

lynden

madden

lumen

lyden

mahone

lotion

mangan

maiden

melton

marksman

marron

markman

markups

marlin

markup

martian

mason

marten

martin

matron

mayan

marchman

melon

margin

mignon

milken

mission

mitten

motion

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

ninon

newsman

notion

oarsman

norman

onion

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

million

minion

othman

outdone

oven

oxen

packman

pagan

panton

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pectin

pathan

patten

patron

pavon

pension

penman

penguin

percept

perceived

perceive

peon

persian

person

perron

perspire

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

plankton

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

outrun

owen

portion

pollen

paean

ponton

postman

pollan

precepts

precept

portman

prison

prussian

prospect

prospects

prosper

proven

prospers

pullen

pressman

question

ration

quicken

raven

reckon

rayon

pressboard

redden

region

shrunken

reason

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

ripen

risen

riven

riden

robin

roman

rosin

russian

rosen

rotten

runnion

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

saffron

salesman

season

sanction

samson

santon

satan

saxon

scallion

satin

scion

scullion

section

scotsman

seedsman

minden

sermon

selden

seaman

sequin

semen

session

seton

shipman

seven

sexton

shaken

sharpen

salmon

shaman

shearman

shorten

rerun

shogun

shotgun

showman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

smarten

soldan

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

sportsman

spokesman

spartan

spearman

spoken

sovereign

sovran

squadron

stallion

station

stallman

stepson

statesman

stillion

stiffen

stockman

strengthen

straighten

steven

stolen

stricken

striven

suction

suasion

sudden

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

taken

talon

tension

tappen

tarpon

tartan

syphon

tendon

teston

treason

threaten

tillman

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

sturgeon

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

token

toman

trillion

turban

tubman

tuscan

trojan

tungsten

triton

trodden

urban

urson

urchin

urine

undone

union

vegan

version

vision

villain

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

weapon

woodman

wiccan

woman

women

whitson

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wooden

widen

woolman

woolen

wizen

workbench

workman

worships

written

cuban

yachtsman

yaupon

zaman

woven

yeoman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

abdomen

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstraction

abstention

absorption

accretion

affection

admission

adoption

adhesion

addition

addiction

acumen

adsorption

aegean

adrian

aerospace

african

affliction

aggression

albion

alaskan

airspaces

albumin

alsatian

aleutian

allusion

alien

ambition

alderman

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

appian

anyone

apportion

arkansan

assumption

archbishop

arian

artesian

archival

archivist

asuncion

archivists

attention

assassin

attrition

artisan

aspersion

assertion

audition

attraction

aryan

backgammon

austrian

australian

aversion

awaken

avian

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bedizen

biotin

bitumen

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

brazzaville

breakable

bulletin

capsaicin

cambrian

castration

campion

carnation

causation

carrion

cardigan

cartesian

catalan

caucasian

cation

cetacean

coercion

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

chargeable

cognition

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

clergyman

citizen

clarendon

clarion

civilian

coercive

cohesion

collagen

collection

compassion

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

companion

communion

complexion

compression

completion

compulsion

compunction

concession

concussion

confection

confession

condition

concoction

conduction

conclusion

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

connexion

conscription

connection

conjunction

congressman

constriction

construction

consumption

contention

contagion

contortion

convention

contraption

convection

contrition

contraction

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correspond

corresponds

corrosion

corrosive

crustacean

corsican

councilman

countryman

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

crosspieces

crucible

crowkeeper

crowkeepers

crucifix

crossover

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

defection

eruption

decision

declension

deduction

deflection

deflation

deletion

delusion

detection

detention

depression

dimension

derision

description

denizen

depiction

depletion

dentition

derisive

desertion

destruction

digression

devotion

determine

digestion

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

dilation

dilution

discipline

discretion

discussion

disruption

dispersion

dominion

distraction

distortion

disunion

distinction

diversion

division

donation

encryption

dorian

doorkeeper

egyptian

duration

ejection

edition

elation

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

erection

emulsion

downtrodden

equation

enlighten

enliven

englishman

excursion

exemption

erosion

erosive

extension

evasion

eviction

everyone

etruscan

extortion

excision

excretion

exclusion

flotation

exaction

exhaustion

expansion

extraction

expression

exertion

explosion

expulsion

formation

extinction

extrusion

fabian

fixation

feminine

filtration

ferryman

fijian

fenian

fisherman

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

franciscan

forcible

forcibly

forgotten

forgiving

foundation

fruition

frustration

freemason

genuine

gestation

freudian

galleon

garrison

impression

fustian

gaussian

hydration

gentleman

gradation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gravamen

grasshopper

grasshoppers

housebroken

gyration

guncotton

gyroscope

gyroscopes

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

hammerman

halcyon

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

heartbroken

horizon

guardian

horoscopes

horoscope

grobian

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

inaction

imprison

implosion

in-person

precaution

incision

abandon

migration

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

ingestion

injection

inflation

infraction

infliction

infusion

inflection

inhuman

injunction

inscription

inspection

insertion

instruction

intention

intestine

inclusion

invention

invasion

inversion

intrusion

italian

irishman

jacobin

javelin

jamaican

jettison

kantian

irian

keratin

keynesian

jovian

julian

laurentian

lactation

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

location

ligation

libration

logician

libyan

lumberman

lutheran

medicine

magdalen

malaysian

magician

malayan

mandarin

masculine

medallion

median

margarine

melanin

selection

marian

merciful

mexican

midshipman

korean

menhaden

reflection

mistaken

misprision

misshapen

misfortune

nonhuman

moroccan

munition

musician

mutation

muskmelon

narration

nevadan

myosin

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

niacin

objection

nutrition

norwegian

notation

nonunion

nubian

obsession

obstruction

occasion

octillion

occlusion

odeon

omission

oppression

oration

optation

opinion

optician

origin

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

ovation

oxygen

orion

parisian

partisan

parthian

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

permian

pentathlon

perceptive

perfusion

periscopes

periscope

perspective

persuasion

persevere

perseveres

perversion

possession

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

peterman

plebeian

policeman

porcelain

pollution

porcupine

position

precipice

precision

prediction

predation

predestine

preemption

porcupines

prescription

preclusion

pretension

presumption

privation

presuppose

prevention

probation

production

profession

projection

progression

profusion

proportion

promotion

protection

proscription

propulsion

prospective

prospector

prostration

protean

prospectors

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

recision

rebellion

redemption

reduction

regression

regimen

relation

remission

rejection

rendition

religion

repression

reopen

reptilian

rescission

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

revision

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

rotation

rifleman

saccharin

samoan

scorpion

scythian

salvation

sedation

sedition

seduction

secretion

seclusion

sensation

saleswoman

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

thoroughbreds

specimen

stagnation

starvation

subscription

submission

stygian

submersion

succession

subtraction

suburban

suggestion

summation

subversion

superman

suspension

suppression

suspicion

tactician

talisman

syrian

tamarin

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

thoroughfares

thoroughfare

timberman

thoroughbred

toboggan

transcription

transaction

transfusion

tradition

traceable

sumatran

transition

transmission

transgression

translation

tuition

truncation

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

vacation

unwritten

uneven

unison

uterine

uncommon

venetian

vermilion

vatican

venison

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

workable

worshipers

crucify

worshiper

worshipful

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

abolition

aberration

abdication

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

adaptation

affectation

affirmation

accusation

adoration

acquisition

admonition

activation

aggravation

admiration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

alteration

algonquian

algerian

altercation

apprehension

alternation

american

animation

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

annexation

apparition

annotation

appellation

application

appalachian

approbation

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arguable

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

aviation

assyrian

attribution

athenian

backwardation

barbarian

avocation

bifurcation

bavarian

augmentation

bolivian

benediction

bohemian

brachiopod

brachiopods

arabian

corrigible

calibration

calculation

businesswoman

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloration

combination

columbian

coloradan

collodion

comparison

comedian

commendation

commutation

committeeman

competition

compensation

compilation

comprehension

composition

concentration

complication

computation

confirmation

condescension

condensation

condemnation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

congregation

conjugation

conservation

consecration

consolation

constellation

constipation

consternation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

conversation

contravention

contrarian

contradiction

contribution

convocation

coronation

convolution

corp.

corporation

corinthian

copernican

copenhagen

correlation

correspondence

correspondent

correspondents

corresponding

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cross-pollinate

crucifixion

exhumation

execution

cyclopean

darwinian

custodian

dandelion

decimation

declaration

decoration

dedication

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

desiccation

deformation

definition

demarcation

depredation

delegation

demolition

desolation

deposition

deportation

depravation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

degradation

designation

dehydration

destination

desperation

destitution

deviation

devastation

demonstration

detonation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

disposition

disillusion

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

domination

draconian

diminution

dominican

education

duplication

electrician

elevation

emanation

elocution

elongation

emigration

embarkation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

erasable

erudition

hypertension

estimation

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

cultivation

imperfection

exhibition

exhalation

expectation

expedition

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

expiration

extradition

fascination

fabrication

extrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

foliation

fluoridation

floridian

fluctuation

forgivable

foreseeable

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

gastrulation

generation

fumigation

gargantuan

eritrean

gentlewoman

gravitation

glaciation

germination

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

ideation

hungarian

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

gyroscopic

herculean

hemoglobin

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hydrocarbon

hyperion

imitation

illustration

ibuprofen

iberian

immolation

immigration

inattention

exhortation

importation

impregnation

imposition

implantation

implication

imputation

incantation

incarnation

intersection

inclination

indexation

indigestion

indecision

indentation

indiscretion

indication

indignation

incubation

indonesian

information

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

intervention

inhalation

inhibition

interruption

innovation

installation

instigation

institution

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

intercession

interjection

interdiction

intermission

interaction

integration

inquisition

incrustation

intimation

interurban

introspection

introduction

interwoven

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

iranian

irascible

isolation

irrigation

irritation

irrespective

iteration

intuition

jacobean

jordanian

jurisdiction

jubilation

jurisprudence

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberation

lilliputian

librarian

locomotion

levitation

limitation

litigation

liquidation

liquefaction

liberian

maccabean

machination

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

menstruation

marsupial

manumission

marsupials

masturbation

maturation

mediation

meridian

medication

meditation

melanesian

lubrication

crucifixes

ministration

miseration

misconception

misbegotten

missourian

mitigation

moderation

molestation

moravian

mortification

modulation

motivation

mongolian

minnesotan

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

napoleon

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

newtonian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

observation

oblivion

occupation

obsidian

olympian

obstetrician

ohioan

octahedron

operation

opposition

ordination

orchestration

culmination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

penetration

percipient

perceptible

perishable

perishables

persecution

palpitation

permutation

persevering

perturbation

peruvian

perseverance

planarian

politician

pigmentation

plutonian

polynesian

poor-spirited

polyhedron

reformation

pagurian

population

precipitate

reinspection

predilection

precondition

preelection

preparation

premonition

preservation

preignition

presentation

reputation

presupposes

procreation

proclamation

profanation

prohibition

prosecution

protestation

proposition

propagation

prospectuses

prospectively

prosperity

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

recitation

preconception

radiation

prostitution

readmission

recollection

reassertion

realization

recantation

reclamation

reawaken

recognition

requisition

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

preoccupy

preoccupies

registration

refutation

regulation

relaxation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

reparation

repetition

reposition

repossession

replication

reproduction

republican

predetermine

resurrection

restitution

reservation

respiration

restoration

resolution

resignation

retrocession

retardation

retribution

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

shakespearean

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

self-deception

segregation

segmentation

sectarian

sequestration

separation

sicilian

simulation

simonian

situation

smithsonian

praetorian

siberian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

superstition

supervision

surrogation

termination

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

syndication

tasmanian

supposition

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

usurpation

ulceration

tribulation

vacillation

utopian

vaccination

validation

valuation

variation

veneration

trepidation

vegetation

ventilation

violation

visitation

vindication

wagnerian

valerian

watermelon

victorian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accreditation

accommodation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

accumulation

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amazonian

amalgamation

amortization

amelioration

amplification

anticipation

annihilation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

attenuation

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

archipelago

corroboration

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

correspondingly

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

depreciation

depopulation

denomination

desalination

denunciation

desegregation

deification

determination

discoloration

discrimination

dionysian

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dissemination

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

emancipation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exoskeleton

exfoliation

exhilaration

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

humiliation

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

incarceration

hyperinflation

hyperborean

hydrogenation

imagination

illumination

immunization

inactivation

improvisation

inauguration

exoneration

indoctrination

inhabitation

infatuation

initiation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

inoculation

incrimination

intoxication

intimidation

investigation

ionization

invalidation

irradiation

irresponsible

irresponsibly

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

jurisprudential

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

manifestation

maximization

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

maximilian

mathematician

mechanization

metropolitan

incineration

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

multiplication

modernization

mobilization

modification

negotiation

mummification

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

ornamentation

orientation

origination

organization

oregonian

nonsectarian

ossification

overproduction

pacification

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

preoccupations

presbyterian

presbyterians

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

proliferation

prognostication

proletarian

pronunciation

purification

pythagorean

quantification

reaffirmation

ramification

ratification

qualification

recrimination

recombination

reforestation

regeneration

refrigeration

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

remuneration

renunciation

representation

reiteration

repatriation

repudiation

reintegration

rejuvenation

reverberation

resuscitation

revaluation

retaliation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

sophistication

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

triangulation

theologian

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

vilification

yugoslavian

incorporation

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word perception

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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