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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

acton

acting

airman

alban

alman

alan

amman

basin

bason

asian

apron

arson

aspen

banyan

bargain

baron

asthma

astound

astounds

atman

auctions

auden

bacon

austin

bagman

baldwin

barren

barton

bastion

bastions

basting

baston

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

bellman

bellon

billion

blacken

begun

billman

billon

bisson

bison

bitten

bracken

bourbon

bookman

bludgeon

bookstand

boatman

bolden

bookstands

blowgun

bobbin

boasting

bollen

boston

boughten

bordman

bowman

brakeman

breton

brethren

bayman

brazen

cajun

broken

bullion

brighten

bushman

briton

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

caisson

broaden

cabin

capstan

calvin

canton

cannon

canon

canyon

canaan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

brogan

casting

castings

caution

cayman

cauldron

chairman

chaplain

chapman

certain

chevron

chasten

chessman

chicken

christen

chastened

chestnut

chestnuts

children

chieftain

cheapen

chosen

christian

charon

citron

classman

clinton

coachman

churchman

colon

coasting

common

copeman

corban

cordon

crimson

costumes

cotton

cousin

craftsman

craven

cowan

cretin

costing

crewman

costume

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

custom

dagon

dagan

daman

dalton

customs

damson

dampen

deaden

deafen

deacon

darken

deepen

devon

zircon

delphian

demon

desman

destin

dian

dictum

disdains

dungeon

disdain

disdained

dobson

distance

distinct

doctrine

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dudgeon

driven

dolphin

distend

drunken

dromon

dukedom

dustman

dolman

earthen

distant

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

eighteenth

ermine

esteem

eighteen

eighteens

extend

extends

extent

extinct

falcon

famine

fallen

eyestone

fasten

fastened

fatten

faulcon

faustian

felon

festoon

fibrin

firman

fighting

fightings

fireman

fielden

flashgun

footman

flatten

floren

fortune

foreman

foreign

fountain

freedman

freeman

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

fusion

garden

gascon

georgian

german

gibbon

gilden

glisten

given

gladden

glidden

goodman

gluten

golden

hoven

grandson

grecian

graven

gotten

gowan

griffon

hangman

gorgon

hackman

guardsman

gumption

gudgeon

harten

human

harden

harken

headman

hasten

heaven

headsman

hastens

haven

heathen

hearten

hausen

heighten

heron

happen

hempen

henchman

hetman

hogan

heightens

hidden

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoten

hosting

huntsman

ibsen

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ion

jackman

jason

jasmine

jargon

jetton

kansan

jorden

kalan

kelvin

kenyan

jordan

kirkman

kremlin

kitchen

kitten

laden

lagan

klansman

lactone

leaden

lampron

leaven

landman

latin

layman

keystone

lasting

ledden

legion

landsman

keystones

lemon

lesion

leven

linden

lichen

liken

lightman

lighten

liman

lightens

lightning

lightnings

lighting

linen

lineman

linemen

listen

lisbon

listens

luncheon

m1

listing

listings

lockman

locken

lion

lotion

london

logan

loosen

liven

lopeman

longan

loren

lumen

lynden

lyden

mahone

madden

maiden

marron

mangan

mason

markman

martian

matron

margin

marksman

marchman

marlin

marten

martin

melton

mayan

melon

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

oxen

packman

moisten

motion

leman

molten

morgan

mormon

mullen

muslin

mountain

muffin

mutton

mustang

mustangs

newsman

ninon

nighttime

nighttimes

nightmare

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

octane

odin

often

olden

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

outdone

othman

ousting

outrun

oven

omen

owen

mitten

panton

pagan

paean

pardon

nightmares

parson

penman

pathan

passman

pastime

pastimes

patron

patten

pavon

peacetime

penguin

person

perron

persian

peon

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

pistons

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portman

ponton

portion

postman

posting

postings

potion

postmark

pressman

prison

proven

silken

quicken

questions

pullen

raven

rayon

ragtime

rectum

redden

reason

region

rerun

resin

resting

ribbon

runnion

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

riden

ripen

robin

right-hand

roasting

roman

rosin

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rosen

sadden

saffron

samson

santon

salmon

satan

satin

scallion

scullion

scotsman

scion

seaman

season

salesman

seedsman

selden

spearman

seven

shaken

sequin

shipman

sermon

semen

seton

shakedown

shaman

shrunken

shakedowns

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

sicken

siphon

sightings

siren

sistine

sixteen

slacken

smarten

sixteenth

slogan

sixteenths

sighting

smitten

soldan

sixteens

sodden

soften

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

stallion

statesman

sturgeon

suasion

stallman

steven

surgeon

stiffen

stillion

stricken

stockman

straighten

striven

stolen

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

townsman

sylvan

taken

sweeten

swollen

syphon

system

talon

squadron

systems

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tasting

tastings

teston

tendon

thicken

testing

threaten

thousand

tillman

tighten

tightens

titan

toasting

sustain

torsion

token

toman

touchdown

toughen

vegan

sustained

trillion

tubman

treason

trojan

triton

trodden

tungsten

turban

tuscan

twisting

undone

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

victim

version

vesting

vestment

vestments

victims

villain

vision

vulcan

waken

wagon

wanton

warden

warren

weaken

wasting

watchman

weapon

whitson

wiccan

woman

wisdom

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

women

wooden

workman

worsen

woodman

woolman

woolen

written

yachtsman

woven

yaupon

yachting

sustains

yeoman

zaman

zion

touchdowns

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abandon

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

abstraction

absorption

abstention

academe

accession

accident

accidents

accretion

acetone

acumen

addiction

addition

adhesion

admission

adoption

adrian

adsorption

aegean

affliction

aggression

african

alaskan

aleutian

albumin

alderman

alien

alsatian

allusion

albion

ambition

ascension

anyone

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

arian

aryan

arkansan

artesian

artisan

assassin

aspersion

assertion

assumption

asthmatic

asthmatics

asuncion

astonish

astounded

astounding

attention

attraction

audition

auctioneers

attrition

australian

aversion

avian

backgammon

awaken

austrian

backwoodsman

auctioneer

badminton

bandwagon

ambrosian

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

begotten

benjamin

beholden

besetting

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

carrion

brazilian

bystanders

bystander

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

concession

carnation

cardigan

castration

cartesian

catalan

cation

caucasian

causation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

chilean

charlatan

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

charwoman

citizen

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

civilian

coercion

cohesion

cognition

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

complexion

commotion

conception

compassion

completion

communion

companion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conclusion

concoction

concussion

conduction

confection

condition

confession

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

constriction

contagion

construction

consumption

contention

contraction

contortion

contraption

contrition

contusion

convection

conviction

convulsion

conversion

corrosion

creation

convention

croatian

cremation

corsican

costumers

crestfallen

councilman

countryman

crustacean

costumer

damnation

dalmatian

cyprian

customize

decadent

deception

decadents

deflection

decedent

decedents

decision

declension

deduction

deflation

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

description

desertion

destiny

destruction

destinies

detention

determine

customer

dictation

customers

devotion

diffraction

dimension

digression

digestion

dilation

diffusion

dilution

discipline

discretion

discussion

dissension

disruption

dispersion

dissidence

dissident

dissidents

disdainful

duration

edition

distances

division

distinction

distinctions

distinctive

distinctly

distinguish

distraction

distortion

diversion

disunion

distinguished

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

distemper

echidna

egyptian

eleven

elation

elison

encryption

emission

emotion

emblazon

emulsion

embolden

excursion

equation

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equations

equating

excretion

exertion

eruption

erosion

exclusion

etruscan

estimate

estimates

everyone

eviction

exception

evasion

exaction

exceeding

excision

exciting

excitement

exemption

expansion

explosion

exhaustion

expression

expulsion

extender

extension

predestine

extenders

extensions

extensive

extinction

extinctions

gaussian

extortion

extraction

fabian

extrusion

fastener

fasteners

fastening

fastenings

ferryman

feminine

fenian

fictional

filtration

fijian

fixation

flirtation

flotation

fruition

foramen

formation

forgotten

forewoman

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

forbidden

garrison

fisherman

galleon

frustration

fustian

halogen

hydration

extinguish

gestation

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

gentleman

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

halcyon

gyration

guncotton

guesstimate

guesstimates

harlequin

gordian

handwoven

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

hesitant

heartbroken

horizon

housebroken

hammerman

extinguished

ignition

impassion

incision

illusion

inception

imagine

immersion

inclusion

inaction

imprison

implosion

impression

in-person

intention

incursion

indian

injection

hydrogen

infection

induction

infarction

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

injunction

insertion

inscription

inspection

instruction

invention

intestine

invasion

inversion

irishman

intrusion

irian

jettison

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jovian

julian

italian

kantian

istanbul

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

lastingly

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

liechtenstein

lightening

listener

listeners

listening

locations

location

logician

locating

lumberman

lutheran

macadam

magician

malayan

malaysian

magdalen

mandarin

marian

masculine

margarine

medicine

median

medallion

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

migration

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

parisian

munition

musician

mutation

myosin

muskmelon

negation

niacin

nevadan

nebraskan

nemean

nicotine

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nightingale

notation

nutrition

nubian

norwegian

objection

obsession

occasion

occlusion

obstruction

occident

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

opinion

oration

optation

optician

ovation

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

nonunion

oxygen

patrician

partition

partisan

parthian

petition

pelican

pavilion

pentathlon

permission

permian

perfusion

perception

position

possession

persuasion

perversion

phoenician

physician

peterman

pollution

plantation

plebeian

policeman

porcelain

positions

phrygian

nightmarish

precession

post-mortem

precaution

predation

preclusion

precision

postnatal

postmaster

postmasters

preemption

prescription

pretension

prevention

procession

privation

probation

presumption

production

provision

proportion

profession

promotion

progression

propulsion

profusion

proscription

prostration

protean

reflection

prediction

reactions

questioner

puritan

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

quotation

ramadan

reduction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

redemption

rectangle

rectangles

regimen

rendition

relation

religion

remission

regression

repression

reptilian

reopen

residence

rescission

resident

residents

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reversion

reunion

revision

specimen

revulsion

rifleman

right-handed

rotation

saccharin

secession

secretion

salvation

samoan

scythian

scorpion

saleswoman

seclusion

seduction

sedation

sedition

rhodopsin

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

solution

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

pseudonyms

stagnation

starvation

submission

stygian

subtraction

succession

subversion

succeeding

suburban

suggestion

summation

subscription

superman

sumatran

suppression

submersion

suspension

suspicion

pseudonym

unbutton

sustenance

tactician

syrian

tamarin

talisman

systemic

taxation

temptation

testament

testaments

tectonics

tectonic

thespian

ticketing

uncertain

timberman

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbroken

toastmaster

uncommon

unwritten

uneven

unison

vacations

uterine

toboggan

vatican

venison

veteran

venetian

vermilion

vibration

victimize

visiting

vitamin

vocation

vocations

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

academic

academics

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accidental

accusation

acquisition

actionable

activation

academies

adaptation

academy

admiration

advocation

adoration

adulation

admonition

adrenaline

affectation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

albanian

american

application

annotation

amphibian

annexation

animation

appellation

amputation

apparition

approbation

appalachian

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

aspiration

assyrian

astonishment

athenian

astonishing

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

assemblyman

barbarian

ammunition

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

collodion

cogitation

collocation

coloration

coloradan

columbian

combination

comedian

commendation

comparison

committeeman

commutation

compensation

complication

competition

compilation

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

bavarian

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conjugation

congregation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consolation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

contemplation

consultation

contraception

consummation

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

convocation

conversation

convolution

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

copernican

copenhagen

cotyledon

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

devolution

devastation

custodian

cyclopean

customizes

dandelion

declaration

decimation

darwinian

dedication

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

definition

degradation

deformation

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

dereliction

desecration

derivation

deprivation

desiccation

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

destinations

customary

detonation

deviation

devonian

dichotomy

dictionary

dictionaries

dietitian

disaffection

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disinfection

disillusion

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

divination

distinctively

distinguishes

distribution

distinguishing

draconian

domination

dominican

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

emulation

equitation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

emigration

elongation

exhibition

expiration

equestrian

englishwoman

erudition

eritrean

estimation

european

estimations

estimator

estonian

eustachian

estimators

estonians

estimated

excitation

evolution

excavation

evocation

exceedingly

estimable

exclamation

execution

expedition

exploration

exhalation

expectation

exhortation

exhumation

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

extendible

condemnation

condensation

extenuate

extensively

fabrication

extradition

extrication

extinguishment

extinguisher

extinguishers

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

herculean

hegelian

hibernation

hesitation

hesitantly

hesitancy

himalayan

historian

hemoglobin

hungarian

legitimate

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ideation

imitation

immigration

illustration

imperfection

immolation

implication

imposition

impregnation

importation

inattention

imputation

incantation

incarnation

implantation

inclination

indexation

indication

indentation

incubation

indecision

incrustation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

inundation

hydrocarbon

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

inhalation

information

inhibition

interaction

innovation

insurrection

inquisition

interdiction

inspiration

insulation

installation

instigation

institution

integration

interception

indonesian

intercession

interjection

intermission

ibuprofen

intersection

invocation

intervention

interruption

intonation

introduction

interurban

interwoven

intuition

intimation

introspection

invitation

iranian

irritation

irrigation

isolation

jacobean

iteration

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

isotonic

lancastrian

laceration

kindergarten

legislation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

librarian

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

liquidation

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

miseration

manumission

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

misconception

misdemeanor

misdemeanors

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

molestation

motivation

modulation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nicaraguan

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

legitimize

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

observation

occupation

obstetrician

occidental

octahedron

operation

opposition

ohioan

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

orchestration

ostensible

ostensibly

olympian

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

penicillin

penetration

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

posthumously

preconception

precondition

preelection

preparation

predilection

premonition

preignition

presentation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

protestation

prostitution

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

questionable

radiation

readmission

reformation

realization

reelection

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recitation

revolution

reawaken

recreation

reconstruction

rectangular

reexamine

refutation

rhetorician

reassertion

regulation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

requisition

renovation

reparation

replication

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

reproduction

republican

reputation

reservation

residences

resolution

respiration

restoration

resignation

restitution

residential

resurrection

revelation

residency

retrocession

retribution

retardation

residencies

revocation

rumination

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

samaritan

segmentation

segregation

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

situation

simulation

simonian

smithsonian

self-deception

rhododendron

predetermine

speculation

statistician

strangulation

stimulation

supposition

stipulation

surrogation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

superstition

supervision

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

testimony

testimonies

tetrahedron

titillation

sustainable

toleration

transformation

tribulation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

ulceration

ventilation

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

validation

vacillation

valerian

variation

valuation

veneration

vegetation

victorian

violation

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

academically

acceleration

accommodation

academicians

accidentally

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

adulteration

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

appropriation

assassination

association

assimilation

attenuation

assemblywoman

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

amelioration

amortization

beethovenian

canonization

caledonian

capitulation

brobdingnagian

carolinian

carthaginian

brutalization

cauterization

certification

coagulation

centenarian

centralization

cohabitation

clarification

classification

civilization

christianization

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

codification

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decomposition

decapitation

defenestration

deification

degeneration

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

customarily

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

disinclination

discrimination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

distinguishable

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

epicurean

enumeration

equalization

equivocation

eradication

evacuation

ethiopian

evaluation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

evaporation

exfoliation

exoskeleton

expatriation

exhilaration

ejaculation

expropriation

exoneration

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

humiliation

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

inactivation

incarceration

improvisation

inauguration

incineration

immunization

extenuating

incrimination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

inoculation

interconnection

interrogation

intoxication

interpretation

intimidation

incorporation

invalidation

indoctrination

ionization

irradiation

investigation

jeffersonian

interpolation

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

legitimacy

legitimately

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

lusitanias

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

maximization

macedonians

misapplication

metropolitan

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

modernization

modification

mississippian

mummification

overproduction

multiplication

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

obliteration

normalization

orientation

organization

oregonian

origination

ossification

ornamentation

pacification

mobilization

panamanian

legitimizes

pasteurization

patagonian

participation

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

polarization

philadelphian

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

presbyterian

preoccupation

predisposition

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

purification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reactionary

reactionaries

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

remuneration

rejuvenation

reintegration

renunciation

representation

repudiation

repatriation

retaliation

reverberation

resuscitation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

sophistication

specialization

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

testamentary

testimonial

testimonials

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

washingtonian

vulgarization

yugoslavian

systematically

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word section

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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