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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airborne

airframe

airframes

airman

alban

alman

amman

apron

arbor

alan

arson

caisson

ashen

asian

aspen

bayman

atman

austin

auden

burgeon

auction

banyan

bacon

bagman

baldwin

barbers

barber

basin

bastion

bason

burden

baston

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bargain

barton

barbre

burdon

beacon

belgian

bellman

bellon

begun

bison

billion

bisson

blacken

berber

billman

billon

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bookman

bourbon

brakeman

bordman

bracken

boston

boughten

bowman

brazen

breton

brighten

brethren

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

burman

burton

beaten

bushman

beckon

button

cabin

cajun

canaan

calvin

cannon

canon

caption

canyon

capstan

captain

carefree

canton

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

carvers

cauldron

carper

carver

cayman

caxton

caution

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

churchman

christian

christen

chosen

chessman

children

classman

cheapen

claxon

clinton

citron

coachman

colon

common

chevron

chicken

chieftain

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

craven

cretin

crimson

crawford

craver

crewman

crouton

cropper

crowbar

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

cushion

dalton

cuban

cumin

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dragon

dozen

driven

dungeon

draper

dudgeon

drawbridge

dromon

droppers

driver

drivers

earthen

eaten

eden

dutchman

dustman

dropper

drover

elan

drunken

emption

engine

ermine

ensign

faction

falcon

fashion

fasten

faustian

famine

fatten

felon

faulcon

fallen

fervor

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fireman

flexion

flashgun

firman

fission

flatten

floren

forefront

forebrain

forebear

forebears

foreman

foreign

fortune

footman

fountain

fraction

freeborn

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

function

gallon

gammon

fusion

garden

gascon

garron

gentian

freshen

georgian

german

gladden

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gotten

gowan

grabber

grabbers

grandson

graven

graver

graveyard

graveyards

graybeard

graybeards

grecian

gumption

gudgeon

haitian

groupers

gripper

groover

grouper

guardsman

hackman

harbors

hasten

harebrained

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

hausen

harpers

harbor

harper

haven

headsman

headman

heaven

hearten

heathen

henchman

hempen

herbers

herber

heron

hetman

hessian

heighten

homespun

horseman

houseman

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

huntsman

ibsen

ion

jackman

jason

jetson

junction

jetton

klansman

jasmine

jargon

jordan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kirkman

kalan

kansan

kelvin

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

landsman

laden

landman

lagan

lampron

latin

layman

jorden

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lesion

leman

lemon

leven

griffon

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

luncheon

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

linen

listen

liven

loosen

lockman

london

locken

logan

lopeman

longan

lotion

loren

lumen

lyden

lynden

m1

maiden

mahone

mansion

mangan

marchman

madden

margin

marksman

martian

marron

marlin

marten

martin

marver

mason

matron

mayan

markman

melon

melton

mention

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

griever

mission

moisten

mitten

molten

motion

muffin

morgan

mormon

mountain

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

often

odin

olden

omen

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

outdone

oven

outrun

oxen

owen

othman

packman

paean

panton

parson

passion

passman

pathan

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

pagan

pardon

perforce

performs

perform

perron

persian

person

pitman

perverts

pillion

pigeon

pinion

piston

plankton

platen

platten

poison

plantain

pollan

pollen

portion

potion

portman

postman

prefer

ponton

prefers

prepare

prepared

prepares

pressman

prison

proffer

proven

proverb

proverbs

prussian

pullen

purport

purports

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

proper

perverse

region

pervert

dearborn

rerun

resin

riden

rincon

ribbon

ridden

ripen

robin

runnion

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

saffron

sanction

samson

riven

sadden

salesman

salmon

santon

satan

satin

risen

saxon

suasion

scallion

scullion

scotsman

scion

scraper

scrapers

scrubbers

scriber

scrubber

seaman

section

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

season

session

shaken

shaman

sexton

servers

seton

seven

server

sharpen

sharper

shearman

shipman

shotgun

silken

shogun

shorten

shrunken

sicken

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

shriver

smarten

seedsman

soldan

solon

stallion

smitten

station

sodden

soften

sportsman

spokesman

spearman

spoken

sovereign

squadron

stepson

spartan

statesman

steven

stiffen

stillion

straighten

strengthen

stallman

stockman

stolen

stricken

striven

sovran

sturgeon

suction

trillion

sudden

surgeon

surfers

surfer

sunken

surprise

sullen

sweeten

sylvan

syphon

taken

talon

summon

swollen

tension

tendon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

teston

threaten

tighten

thicken

thousand

therefore

tillman

titan

token

toman

torsion

torpor

toughen

traction

townsman

traverse

treason

sultan

trappers

yachtsman

zaman

trapper

trippers

triton

trojan

trodden

turban

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

urban

union

undone

urson

urchin

vegan

urine

version

troopers

vision

villain

vulcan

worsen

waken

wagon

wanton

warden

watchman

warfare

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woolman

warren

whitson

whiten

widen

wizen

woodman

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

wherefore

workman

woven

wrapper

wrappers

written

yaupon

trooper

yeoman

zion

tripper

zircon

grievers

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

abstraction

abstention

accession

accretion

absorption

adhesion

addiction

addition

acumen

admission

affection

aegean

adoption

african

affliction

adrian

aggression

adsorption

albion

albumin

aleutian

alderman

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anyone

anglican

appian

apportion

arian

artesian

arkansan

alaskan

aspersion

aryan

ascension

assertion

attention

asuncion

assumption

attraction

aversion

australian

audition

avian

austrian

awaken

attrition

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

barbara

barbaric

barbary

barbershop

bedizen

battalion

backwoodsman

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

beethoven

bosnian

bouillon

bravery

bravura

brazilian

bribery

bulletin

assassin

artisan

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

causation

carnation

caucasian

cartesian

carrion

cation

catalan

cardigan

charwoman

cessation

chairperson

cetacean

chamberlain

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

cerebral

cistercian

chilean

citation

cinnamon

clergyman

coercion

clarion

civilian

clarendon

cognition

collection

collegian

cohesion

collision

collusion

citizen

collagen

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

completion

complexion

conception

concession

compulsion

compunction

conclusion

concoction

compression

confection

confession

conflation

concussion

confucian

condition

conduction

confusion

congestion

convection

congressman

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

contention

consumption

contraction

contraption

contortion

contrition

contusion

conjunction

convention

conversion

convulsion

corporal

corporate

corporates

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countryman

conviction

creation

cremation

croatian

crestfallen

crustacean

cyprian

discretion

deception

declension

decision

defection

deduction

deletion

deflection

dentition

depression

depletion

depiction

denizen

delusion

derision

desertion

description

detection

detention

determine

destruction

dictation

devotion

diffraction

digression

dilation

dimension

diffusion

digestion

dilution

direction

discipline

discussion

gradation

dispersion

dissection

disruption

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

diversion

division

disunion

donation

elation

election

ejection

dominion

downtrodden

drapery

draperies

duration

egyptian

edition

elison

dorian

eleven

emblazon

emission

emotion

emulsion

embolden

encryption

englishman

enlighten

equation

erection

eruption

erosion

etruscan

evasion

eviction

everyone

exaction

exception

exertion

excision

exemption

excursion

excretion

exclusion

exhaustion

expansion

expression

extension

expulsion

extinction

extortion

extraction

explosion

fabian

fenian

feminine

ferryman

extrusion

filtration

firebrand

fijian

firebrands

firebirds

firebrick

firebird

firepower

fireproof

fixation

fisherman

flotation

formation

foramen

forbearance

forbidden

foundation

forever

forgotten

forewoman

franciscan

free-for-all

freemason

frustration

fruition

freudian

garrison

galleon

fustian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gaussian

enliven

gravamen

gyration

guardian

grobian

guncotton

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

infarction

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hereford

horizon

housebroken

infection

hydrogen

immersion

inflation

ignition

infraction

impassion

implosion

impression

incision

abandon

in-person

inception

inaction

inclusion

imprison

incursion

indian

induction

inflection

injection

infliction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

injunction

intention

insertion

inspection

inscription

instruction

illusion

imagine

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

laurentian

jacobin

javelin

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

laotian

jettison

lanolin

lesbian

lecithin

jovian

ligation

libyan

lutheran

location

logician

lumberman

medicine

malayan

magician

malaysian

mandarin

magdalen

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

menhaden

melanin

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

rejection

mistaken

moroccan

moreover

munition

mutation

musician

myosin

muskmelon

omission

negation

nerve-racking

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

notation

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

nutrition

objection

obsession

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

odeon

octillion

oppression

optation

optician

opinion

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

overdone

overrun

outspoken

overman

oxygen

perforates

partition

paraphrase

parthian

partisan

pelican

pavilion

patrician

pentathlon

percussion

perforate

parisian

perfusion

permission

performance

permian

performers

performer

perversion

phoenician

peterman

petition

physician

phrygian

plebeian

pollution

regression

policeman

preference

precession

possession

position

precision

porphyry

preclusion

porcelain

predation

prediction

preemption

predestine

prefrontal

privation

probation

precaution

prescription

preparers

preparer

pretension

prevention

procession

presumption

profession

reflection

production

progression

projection

promotion

propulsion

proportion

properties

property

proportions

proscription

prostration

protection

profusion

protean

provision

properly

puritan

purveyor

purveyors

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

perversely

regimen

relation

zambian

rendition

remission

religion

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

restriction

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

secession

scorpion

scythian

secretion

seclusion

sedation

sedition

seduction

reopen

selection

shrubbery

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

suburban

subversion

succession

subtraction

subscription

suggestion

summation

suppression

superman

surprises

surprising

suspension

suspicion

surveyors

tactician

syrian

tamarin

surveyor

talisman

technician

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

translation

transgression

transaction

transition

transfusion

transcription

transmission

traversing

sumatran

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unison

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

wherever

tripartite

4 syllable words

abnegation

abrogation

abdication

abolition

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

absolution

accordion

acquisition

adaptation

admonition

activation

adulation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

adrenaline

agitation

agrarian

albanian

allegation

alabaman

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

arizonan

ammunition

amputation

appellation

amphibian

annexation

apparition

animation

annotation

appalachian

application

arboretum

approbation

arbitration

apprehension

arabian

arboreal

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

avocation

aviation

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

barbarians

barbarism

barbarity

bavarian

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

californian

canadian

carbureted

carborundum

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

chiropractic

chiropractor

circumcision

chiropractors

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

combination

collocation

collodion

coloradan

commendation

comedian

commutation

compilation

columbian

committeeman

compensation

comparison

competition

complication

composition

comprehension

concentration

computation

condemnation

conflagration

condensation

condescension

confiscation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

conservation

connotation

consecration

consternation

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contrarian

contradiction

contravention

conversation

coronation

convocation

copernican

corinthian

convolution

copenhagen

cotyledon

correlation

corroborates

corroborate

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

decompression

defamation

dedication

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

dehydration

depravation

depredation

demolition

demonstration

demarcation

deportation

deposition

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

desiccation

designation

desolation

detonation

destination

devastation

destitution

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

emanation

emigration

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

elevation

dissolution

divination

distribution

disconnection

domination

dominican

draconian

education

duplication

electrician

elocution

elongation

emulation

disillusion

embarkation

englishwoman

deconstruction

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

excitation

excavation

evolution

exclamation

execution

exhalation

fibrillation

exhibition

extrication

exhortation

exhumation

exploration

fermentation

expectation

explanation

explication

exploitation

expedition

exposition

extradition

fascination

fabrication

fallopian

figuration

floridian

fireproofing

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gargantuan

galilean

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

interwoven

greco-roman

habitation

guatemalan

infestation

hesitation

herbarium

herbariums

herculean

hegelian

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hemoglobin

hypertension

hydrocarbon

hyperion

ideation

gregorian

imitation

illustration

imperfection

inspiration

iberian

immigration

immolation

implantation

implication

importation

imposition

impregnation

incantation

imputation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

indentation

indexation

indication

incrustation

indignation

incubation

indecision

indigestion

indonesian

hungarian

infiltration

inflammation

insurrection

intercession

inhalation

insulation

inhibition

innovation

integration

installation

instigation

inquisition

institution

ibuprofen

interaction

interception

interjection

intermission

interdiction

intersection

interruption

interurban

intervention

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

intuition

introspection

introduction

invocation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iranian

irreverent

irreverence

jacobean

jubilation

legislation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

leviathan

levitation

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

machination

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

malformation

medication

meditation

maccabean

mammalian

manumission

malnutrition

masturbation

mediation

menstruation

macedonian

melanesian

liberian

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

missourian

molestation

modulation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nigerian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

observation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

opposition

orchestration

ordination

pagination

oscillation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

ostentation

perforated

penetration

palpitation

paraguayan

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

penicillin

pagurian

permutation

peripheral

peripherals

performances

periphery

persecution

peruvian

perversity

preferential

indiscretion

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

preservation

porphyritic

preferences

preconception

preferable

predilection

preelection

preferably

precondition

predetermine

preignition

premonition

praetorian

presentation

prevaricates

prevaricate

proclamation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

reexamine

prosecution

proportional

proportionate

proposition

proprietor

propriety

proprietors

prostitution

protestation

proverbial

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

purifier

purifiers

radiation

realization

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recitation

recreation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

reconstruction

reelection

refutation

regulation

registration

reinspection

mitigation

relaxation

renovation

relocation

replication

reputation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

reproduction

republican

requisition

reservation

resignation

restitution

resurrection

retardation

revelation

rhetorician

retribution

retrocession

revocation

resolution

revolution

satisfaction

rhododendron

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

situation

segregation

sequestration

sectarian

segmentation

self-deception

shakespearean

simulation

siberian

sicilian

simonian

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

substitution

subdivision

termination

suffocation

subluxation

superstition

supervision

superhuman

supposition

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tasmanian

tetrahedron

tamoxifen

titillation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

vegetation

usurpation

variation

vacillation

validation

valuation

vaccination

utopian

valerian

ventilation

violation

visitation

vindication

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

acceleration

abomination

academician

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

argumentation

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appropriation

appreciation

approximation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

attenuation

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

authorization

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

canonization

capitulation

cauterization

carolinian

centralization

centenarian

carthaginian

certification

christianization

clarification

classification

civilization

coagulation

commemoration

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroborated

corroborative

caledonian

deceleration

decapitation

discrimination

disembarkation

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

deification

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

depreciation

denunciation

depopulation

desegregation

determination

desalination

dionysian

discoloration

decomposition

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

disinclination

enumeration

equivocation

epicurean

eradication

ethiopian

evaluation

evacuation

evaporation

exaggeration

exasperation

exacerbation

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

fertilization

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

exoskeleton

fortification

gasification

glorification

equalization

gratification

harmonization

hallucination

hanoverian

humiliation

hyperinflation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

illumination

immunization

inauguration

improvisation

incarceration

incineration

inactivation

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

insinuation

interpolation

interpretation

imagination

interconnection

interrogation

invalidation

investigation

intimidation

intoxication

ionization

irradiation

irreparable

irreversible

irreversibly

irreparably

irrepressible

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

localization

lithuanian

magnification

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

libertarian

metropolitan

misinformation

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

mississippian

modernization

modification

mobilization

mummification

multiplication

neutralization

negotiation

neapolitan

nitroglycerine

notification

nonintervention

normalization

nonsectarian

nullification

obliteration

nickelodeon

origination

orientation

organization

pacification

ornamentation

oregonian

ossification

overproduction

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

regeneration

reiteration

pomeranian

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

preparatory

prevarication

presupposition

precipitation

procrastination

proliferation

pronunciation

prognostication

proletarian

proportionally

proportionately

proprietorship

proprietorships

proprietary

proprietaries

purification

ramification

quantification

ratification

qualification

recuperation

recombination

rectification

recommendation

recrimination

pythagorean

reforestation

refrigeration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

representation

repatriation

repudiation

retaliation

resuscitation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

sophistication

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

verification

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

vilification

vulgarization

veterinarian

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word perforation

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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