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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

airborne

airframe

airframes

alan

alman

amman

arson

apron

arbor

alban

ashen

aspen

auction

atman

austin

auden

asian

bargain

barton

baldwin

bagman

banyan

barbers

barber

barbre

baron

barren

bastion

basin

bason

baston

baton

batton

beckon

begun

belgian

bayman

beacon

beaten

bellman

bellon

berber

billion

billman

billon

batten

bison

bisson

brethren

bludgeon

bordman

blacken

bobbin

bookman

bollen

boatman

bolden

boston

boughten

blowgun

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

bowman

brazen

breton

broaden

briton

brogan

broken

bushman

brighten

burgeon

button

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

cajun

bitten

bacon

carbon

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

canaan

caption

capstan

carman

captain

carefree

carmine

carton

cauldron

carper

caution

carvers

carver

chairman

caxton

certain

cayman

children

chaplain

chapman

charon

chevron

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chicken

chieftain

christian

churchman

classman

citron

clinton

claxon

coachman

chosen

common

colon

christen

calvin

dearborn

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

cousin

cotton

craven

crawford

craver

cowan

cretin

crimson

cushion

curtain

crouton

cuban

cumin

cropper

crowbar

crewman

darken

dalton

damson

dampen

deaden

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

drawbridge

dragon

driven

dromon

drivers

draper

driver

dropper

droppers

dungeon

dudgeon

dustman

drunken

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

drover

dozen

emption

engine

ensign

elan

faction

faustian

ermine

fashion

faulcon

fasten

falcon

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

guardsman

fiction

fibrin

fielden

gudgeon

fission

fireman

floren

firman

flexion

flashgun

flatten

footman

forebears

forebear

forebrain

foreman

fortune

foreign

fountain

fraction

friction

forefront

freshen

freshman

frighten

freedman

freeman

frozen

freeborn

function

gallon

gammon

fusion

garden

gentian

garron

gascon

georgian

german

gorgon

glisten

gibbon

gladden

glidden

gluten

given

golden

goodman

grandson

gilden

gotten

gowan

grabbers

grabber

graven

graveyards

graveyard

graybeard

graybeards

grecian

fervor

griffon

houseman

gumption

graver

gripper

haitian

hackman

happen

groupers

hangman

harbor

harden

harken

harebrained

harpers

harper

harten

henchman

hasten

hausen

hearten

headsman

headman

heaven

heathen

harbors

haven

heighten

hempen

human

griever

heron

hessian

hetman

horseman

hidden

hogan

homespun

hoten

grouper

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

grievers

hoven

herbers

groover

herber

jargon

ion

jackman

jetson

jasmine

klansman

jason

jorden

kansan

jetton

junction

jordan

kalan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

lampron

laden

lagan

landsman

landman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

layman

legion

lessen

lengthen

lesion

lesson

leman

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lemon

listen

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

linen

liven

lion

locken

lockman

leven

loren

luncheon

lotion

london

lopeman

longan

loosen

lynden

m1

lyden

madden

mahone

mason

logan

margin

lumen

marchman

mangan

marlin

mansion

marksman

markman

marron

marten

martin

maiden

matron

mayan

melton

melon

mention

mignon

milken

million

marver

minden

minion

mission

sharpen

moisten

oarsman

molten

mormon

motion

muffin

mullen

mountain

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

ninon

newsman

morgan

norman

notion

odin

often

open

olden

onion

omen

option

organ

ocean

orphan

outrun

outdone

oxen

oven

othman

owen

packman

deafen

panton

pardon

mitten

parson

passion

pathan

passman

patron

patten

pension

penguin

pectin

penman

pavon

paean

perforce

perform

pagan

performs

perron

person

persian

peon

pigeon

pervert

pillion

plankton

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

ponton

portman

potion

pollen

postman

pollan

prefers

prepares

prepare

pressman

prepared

prison

proper

proffer

prefer

prussian

pullen

proven

proverbs

proverb

sharper

purport

purports

perverse

perverts

question

quicken

ration

reason

rayon

raven

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ripen

runnion

rincon

ribbon

riden

russian

risen

ridden

riven

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

roman

rosen

rumen

ruin

robin

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

samson

sanction

saxon

santon

scallion

satin

satan

scion

scullion

scotsman

scrubbers

seaman

season

scrubber

scrapers

scraper

scriber

section

selden

seedsman

session

sermon

sequin

semen

servers

server

seton

seven

sexton

shaken

shaman

shearman

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

threaten

shipman

shrunken

smarten

siren

silken

siphon

slacken

slogan

smitten

spartan

sovereign

sovran

spearman

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sportsman

squadron

stallman

stallion

statesman

station

spokesman

stepson

stillion

stockman

stolen

strengthen

straighten

steven

sturgeon

stiffen

stricken

striven

suasion

spoken

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

sunken

summon

tartan

surfers

surfer

surprise

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

tarpon

syphon

talon

taken

tappen

surgeon

tendon

tension

teston

therefore

thicken

thousand

tighten

tillman

sicken

toughen

townsman

titan

token

toman

torpor

traction

trappers

traverse

treason

trapper

trillion

tubman

tungsten

triton

trodden

turban

trojan

trippers

troopers

trooper

tuscan

undone

urban

union

urson

urchin

urine

tripper

vegan

version

villain

vision

warden

warren

vulcan

wanton

warfare

weapon

whitson

woodman

watchman

whiten

wiccan

wherefore

weaken

widen

wizen

wheaten

woman

worsen

women

wooden

woolman

wagon

woolen

workman

yaupon

yachtsman

waken

written

woven

wrappers

wrapper

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

shriver

3 syllable words

ablution

abandon

ablation

abrasion

abduction

abdomen

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adhesion

affection

affliction

adrian

aegean

aggression

african

alaskan

aleutian

albion

alderman

albumin

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

anyone

anglican

ascension

appian

arian

arkansan

artesian

andean

artisan

aryan

assassin

assumption

aspersion

attraction

attrition

attention

aversion

audition

austrian

australian

awaken

backgammon

bedizen

backwoodsman

barbershop

bandwagon

barbara

barbaric

barbary

battalion

bedridden

bedouin

badminton

beholden

avian

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bravura

bouillon

bravery

bulletin

bribery

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

castration

carnation

cartesian

carrion

causation

chairperson

catalan

cessation

cetacean

cation

cerebral

charwoman

caucasian

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

collection

citation

civilian

clarion

citizen

clergyman

clarendon

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collegian

collision

collagen

collusion

commission

combustion

compression

completion

companion

complexion

communion

compunction

declension

conception

concoction

concussion

condition

conclusion

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

concession

connection

connexion

conjunction

conscription

consumption

contention

constriction

construction

contagion

contraction

contraption

contrition

convulsion

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

contusion

congressman

correction

corporal

corporate

corporates

corruption

corsican

countryman

creation

corrosion

councilman

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

deflation

defection

deflection

deduction

depiction

depletion

deletion

delusion

depression

dentition

desertion

description

derision

detection

denizen

detention

destruction

determine

devotion

dictation

diffraction

discretion

diffusion

digression

dimension

dilation

dilution

digestion

direction

dissension

discipline

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

distraction

distinction

diversion

disunion

division

dominion

donation

dorian

extortion

draperies

drapery

edition

duration

egyptian

election

ejection

elation

elison

eleven

emotion

emission

emulsion

embolden

englishman

emblazon

encryption

enlighten

enliven

extraction

equation

eruption

erection

erosion

eviction

evasion

exaction

everyone

exception

exertion

excretion

excision

exclusion

excursion

exhaustion

etruscan

exemption

expansion

expulsion

expression

explosion

extension

extinction

extrusion

downtrodden

campion

fabian

ferryman

fijian

filtration

feminine

fixation

firebrand

firebrands

firebrick

firepower

fireproof

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

forbearance

foramen

frustration

formation

foundation

forewoman

forgotten

forever

freemason

franciscan

free-for-all

freudian

fruition

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gordian

gradation

fenian

gillian

gravamen

gyration

grobian

firebird

hammerman

guardian

halcyon

guncotton

halogen

handwoven

firebirds

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hereford

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

in-person

imprison

inaction

inception

incision

incursion

inclusion

indian

infarction

infection

induction

inflation

infraction

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infusion

injection

injunction

intention

inhuman

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intrusion

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

laurentian

italian

jamaican

jacobin

korean

lactation

jettison

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

jovian

javelin

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

lumberman

magician

lutheran

magdalen

logician

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

medallion

malayan

medicine

melanin

median

menhaden

migration

misfortune

misprision

mexican

misshapen

midshipman

masculine

mistaken

moroccan

myosin

muskmelon

mutation

munition

musician

narration

moreover

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nerve-racking

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

obsession

obstruction

norwegian

notation

nonunion

occlusion

objection

nutrition

nonhuman

occasion

nubian

octillion

odeon

optation

optician

opinion

oration

omission

origin

orion

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

ottoman

oxygen

patrician

partition

parthian

partisan

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

parisian

performance

performer

permission

performers

paraphrase

permian

perfusion

persuasion

petition

phoenician

physician

perception

peterman

phrygian

perversion

predation

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

porphyry

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

prediction

predestine

preemption

prefrontal

prescription

protection

preparers

preparer

presumption

pretension

privation

procession

probation

prevention

profession

progression

projection

profusion

properly

properties

property

preference

prostration

provision

proscription

protean

reception

perforate

puritan

recession

quotation

ramadan

reaction

perversely

rebellion

reflection

recision

redemption

resumption

regression

rejection

relation

religion

rendition

remission

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

restriction

regimen

retention

reversion

retraction

reunion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

secession

secretion

scythian

seclusion

sedation

sedition

seduction

purveyors

selection

sensation

perforates

purveyor

submersion

submission

simian

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

subtraction

subscription

suburban

subversion

succession

summation

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suspicion

silicon

surprising

suspension

taxation

syrian

surveyors

surprises

tamarin

technician

tactician

talisman

temptation

surveyor

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transgression

traversing

translation

transcription

transition

transmission

transfusion

tripartite

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

unwritten

unbutton

uncommon

unison

uneven

vacation

uterine

venetian

vatican

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

shrubbery

waterman

wesleyan

wherever

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abolition

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

affectation

adulation

affirmation

advocation

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

allegation

algerian

algonquian

albanian

aldebaran

allocation

american

altercation

alteration

alternation

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

apparition

appellation

appalachian

animation

annexation

annotation

application

arboreal

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitration

arboretum

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

barbarians

barbarism

barbarity

bavarian

californian

benediction

bifurcation

calibration

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

canadian

cancellation

carborundum

carbureted

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

chiropractor

chiropractic

chiropractors

circumspection

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collodion

declaration

collocation

coloration

commendation

comedian

combination

committeeman

coloradan

columbian

comparison

competition

compilation

composition

compensation

commutation

comprehension

complication

concentration

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conservation

connotation

consecration

consolation

conjugation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

contemplation

consultation

consummation

contradiction

contrarian

corporations

congregation

conversation

convocation

convolution

contraception

contravention

copernican

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

corinthian

corroborate

corroborates

contribution

cotyledon

criterion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

crucifixion

crocodilian

cyclopean

copenhagen

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

decompression

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

deconstruction

deformation

demonstration

deportation

dehydration

delegation

demolition

degradation

deposition

demarcation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desperation

desecration

derivation

designation

desiccation

desolation

destination

destitution

devastation

devolution

dietitian

devonian

deviation

disaffection

detonation

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

dissertation

disposition

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

disinfection

disinflation

dissipation

disillusion

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

elocution

elevation

electrician

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

erudition

estimation

eritrean

estonian

evocation

evolution

european

eustachian

excavation

exhortation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhalation

exhumation

expedition

expiration

expectation

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extradition

extrication

fabrication

federation

fascination

fallopian

indignation

fermentation

figuration

fireproofing

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gargantuan

generation

galilean

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

greco-roman

fibrillation

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

hemoglobin

herbarium

herbariums

hesitation

herculean

historian

hibernation

himalayan

hungarian

hyperion

ideation

hydrocarbon

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immigration

immolation

importation

imposition

implantation

implication

impregnation

imperfection

imputation

incarnation

incantation

inattention

inclination

indecision

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indexation

indication

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

information

inhalation

inhibition

intercession

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

insurrection

integration

insulation

interaction

installation

institution

intermission

interdiction

instigation

interjection

interception

introduction

intuition

intersection

intervention

introspection

interruption

interurban

intimation

intonation

interwoven

inundation

irreverent

iteration

invitation

iranian

irreverence

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

invocation

lancastrian

missourian

legislation

mitigation

malnutrition

liberation

levitation

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

leviathan

lubrication

macedonian

machination

maccabean

malformation

mammalian

manumission

meditation

masturbation

maturation

medication

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

ministration

meridian

miseration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

preparation

moderation

modulation

molestation

napoleon

motivation

mongolian

mortification

mutilation

obfuscation

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

moravian

observation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

operation

olympian

opposition

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

pagination

paraguayan

provocation

penetration

pedestrian

punctuation

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

radiation

perforation

perforations

performances

persecution

perspiration

peripheral

permutation

peripherals

perturbation

peruvian

perversity

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

precondition

politician

population

polynesian

polyhedron

porphyritic

praetorian

preconception

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preignition

premonition

preferential

preparations

presentation

preservation

prevaricate

prevaricates

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

preferences

propagation

proposition

proprietor

propriety

preferable

proprietors

preferably

periphery

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

proverbial

publication

prostitution

purifier

purifiers

resurrection

perforated

reassertion

realization

readmission

reawaken

recantation

recitation

recognition

recollection

reclamation

reconstruction

recreation

reelection

reexamine

reformation

refutation

reinspection

registration

regulation

relaxation

repetition

relocation

reparation

renovation

replication

reposition

repossession

restoration

repercussion

reproduction

reputation

republican

requisition

restitution

respiration

resignation

reservation

resolution

retardation

revelation

retribution

retrocession

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

samaritan

rumination

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

subluxation

siberian

simonian

situation

simulation

smithsonian

speculation

subdivision

sicilian

statistician

stipulation

stimulation

strangulation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

syncopation

superstition

supervision

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

surrogation

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

valerian

variation

validation

valuation

vegetation

ventilation

veneration

violation

vindication

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

academician

accommodation

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

alliteration

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

association

assimilation

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

abbreviation

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

preoccupation

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

collaboration

clarification

classification

civilization

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

concatenation

commemoration

colonization

communication

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

coordination

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

corroborated

corroboration

corroborative

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

discoloration

dionysian

dissociation

disembarkation

dissemination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

disinclination

discrimination

domestication

equalization

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

enumeration

emancipation

epicurean

excoriation

equivocation

exacerbation

exaggeration

evaluation

evaporation

evacuation

exasperation

examination

eradication

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoneration

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

ethiopian

exoskeleton

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hyperborean

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

ionization

investigation

irradiation

irrepressible

irreparable

irreparably

irreversibly

irreversible

invalidation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

localization

manifestation

magnetization

magnification

lithuanian

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modification

modernization

pacification

indoctrination

mobilization

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

obliteration

nullification

oregonian

origination

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

organization

panamanian

patagonian

participation

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

ramification

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

proportionately

presupposition

premeditation

predisposition

presbyterian

preparatory

prevarication

procrastination

proletarian

pronunciation

proliferation

prognostication

proprietaries

proprietorship

proprietary

proprietorships

pythagorean

purification

qualification

ratification

reaffirmation

recommendation

quantification

recombination

recuperation

rectification

reforestation

recrimination

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

specialization

solicitation

sophistication

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word proportion

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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