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2 syllable words

action

addressed

adheres

airman

alan

alban

amman

alman

adores

arson

ashen

aspen

barren

auden

austin

auction

attract

attracts

baron

bagman

authors

banyan

barton

baldwin

badders

bargain

bason

bastion

bathers

batters

beacon

bellon

bellman

begun

belgian

bitters

beadwork

beckon

bison

bitten

billon

bisson

blacken

billion

billman

bettors

bidders

blowgun

boatman

bludgeon

betters

boston

bobbin

boughten

bourbon

bracken

bollen

bowman

bolden

bookman

bordman

bothers

brethren

betrays

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burgeon

bullion

button

cabin

butters

calvin

cannon

capstan

bushman

canon

canyon

caption

fibrin

carbon

cadres

carman

carmine

beaters

cheapen

caters

cauldron

caxton

chairman

cheaters

charon

chaplain

chapman

caution

cedars

carton

chessman

chevron

chicken

chosen

christen

churchman

christian

children

citron

citric

colon

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

common

cheddars

felon

detracts

demon

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

crewman

cowan

craftsman

crimson

crouton

cuban

cumin

cushion

cutters

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

desman

dian

deters

detours

devon

faulcon

detract

diction

dustman

doctrine

dobson

dolphin

dolman

dozen

dragon

draftsman

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

dungeon

dutchman

eden

eaters

elan

ermine

emption

famine

ethers

ensign

falcon

faction

fallen

fasten

fashion

engine

fathers

faustian

features

feathers

feeders

fiction

fielden

fetters

firman

fireman

flashgun

fission

heaven

flexion

fountain

floren

footman

garron

foreman

foreign

fortune

gascon

fraction

freeman

freedman

freshen

freshman

frozen

fusion

friction

gammon

function

gallon

garden

futures

gentian

gathers

heathen

german

gibbon

gilden

getters

given

gladden

gluten

glidden

glisten

golden

goodman

gudgeon

gorgon

gowan

georgian

gotten

grecian

hearten

griffon

grandson

guardsman

hackman

gumption

guitars

gutters

hangman

happen

harten

haters

harden

harken

hausen

headman

headers

headsman

heaters

heathers

hempen

hessian

hidden

henchman

heron

hitters

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

houseman

homespun

horseman

hooters

huntsman

hydras

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

ion

jasmine

jargon

jackman

kitten

jorden

kansan

keelson

jordan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitchen

klansman

kremlin

junction

lagan

lampron

landman

landsman

ladders

lathers

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

leaders

leathers

leman

lemon

liven

lengthen

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

listen

letters

lisbon

lichen

liken

liman

lion

lineman

linemen

linen

linden

litters

loaders

locken

logan

lockman

loosen

london

lopeman

longan

looters

loren

lumen

lyden

lotion

lynden

luncheon

m1

madden

mahone

mangan

mansion

margin

marron

markman

marlin

marksman

mayan

marten

martin

martian

matrice

matrix

matters

mathers

matures

marchman

melon

mention

metric

meters

metres

mountain

metrics

mignon

minden

milken

million

minion

mitten

mission

moisten

molten

motion

morgan

mormon

mothers

motors

muffin

mullen

mutton

muslin

mutters

natures

ninon

nethers

network

networks

newsman

nitric

norman

paean

notion

oarsman

nutters

ocean

odin

often

omen

olden

onion

open

option

organ

odors

orphan

outdone

othman

outdoors

otters

outraged

outrage

outreach

others

outrun

packman

oven

owen

oxen

outright

padres

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pavon

penman

penguin

pedros

pension

perron

peon

persian

person

peters

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

poison

pollan

ponton

pollen

portman

portion

postman

potion

potters

powders

pressman

prison

proven

stallman

pullen

question

quicken

prussian

putters

quitters

raters

radars

raiders

ration

reason

readers

reckon

redden

rerun

region

resin

riden

retract

retrace

retracts

retires

ribbon

ridden

riders

stallion

rincon

risen

riven

robin

roman

rotten

rosin

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rotors

routers

samson

runnion

russian

sadden

salmon

salesman

saffron

sanction

ripen

rosen

saxon

scallion

season

scion

seaman

scotsman

scullion

section

seedsman

seven

rooters

selden

semen

sermon

session

sequin

setters

sexton

shearman

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

sharpen

shipman

shrunken

shatters

shooters

shudders

shutters

sicken

silken

siders

skaters

siphon

siren

sitters

slacken

slogan

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

soldan

spartan

sovereign

spoken

sovran

spearman

squadron

sportsman

spokesman

squatters

southers

staircase

stairways

starchy

starches

starcraft

steven

stepson

stiffen

stillion

stearic

stolen

straightedge

straggle

stockman

storage

straggler

stragglers

storehouse

stories

strengthen

stresses

stressful

stricken

strickler

striking

striven

strikers

strikeouts

striker

strikeout

stricture

strictures

struggle

stroking

strictly

structure

structured

structures

struggles

sturgeon

sturgeons

sultan

sudden

sullen

suction

suitors

summon

sunken

surgeon

sutures

strychnine

sweaters

syphon

talon

tappen

swollen

sylvan

tartan

tarpon

tendon

tatters

teeters

tension

thicken

starcher

theatric

theatrics

tethers

thousand

token

toman

toughen

tillman

torsion

townsman

traction

turban

treason

trillion

urban

urine

urchin

urson

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tuscan

tutors

undone

union

tubman

utters

version

wanton

villain

wagon

waiters

vision

vulcan

waders

warren

vitric

warden

whitehorse

voters

weapon

weaken

watchman

waters

weathers

vegan

widen

wizen

worsen

wiccan

woman

women

withers

wooden

written

whitson

workman

woolen

woven

yachtsman

woolman

yaupon

yeoman

woodman

woodwork

zion

zircon

zithers

starkly

3 syllable words

ablation

abrasion

abandon

abdomen

abduction

ablution

accession

abstraction

abstention

absorption

abortion

accretion

acumen

addition

adhesion

addressee

addresses

admission

addiction

adoption

adrian

aegean

affection

african

aggression

affliction

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

aleutian

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambrosian

ambition

adsorption

anchorman

andean

anyone

appian

artesian

apportion

arian

arkansan

aryan

artisan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

asuncion

assumption

attention

avian

attracting

attraction

attractive

austrian

australian

attrition

audition

aversion

awaken

authorize

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

authorized

authorship

battalion

batteries

attractions

anglican

beethoven

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

bedraggle

beholden

benjamin

bittersweet

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

bothersome

brazilian

bulletin

buttercups

campion

buttercup

capsaicin

cambrian

cardigan

carnation

carrion

catalan

castration

cartesian

cation

caucasian

causation

cataract

cetacean

cataracts

cauterize

cessation

chamberlain

champion

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

clarion

collegian

chilean

cinnamon

citation

citizen

cistercian

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

cohesion

cognition

collection

collagen

collision

collusion

coauthors

commotion

combustion

communion

companion

commission

compassion

completion

detractor

compression

compulsion

conception

compunction

confucian

conflation

condition

confession

connection

confection

connexion

conclusion

concussion

concoction

conduction

confusion

congressman

conjunction

congestion

conscription

construction

constriction

contagion

consumption

contusion

contention

contortion

contrition

contraction

contraption

convection

conversion

convention

conviction

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

creation

cremation

crestfallen

countryman

councilman

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

corsican

decision

declension

deception

deletion

deflation

deflection

ferryman

deduction

delusion

dentition

depletion

depiction

depression

derision

desertion

description

dictation

determine

dilation

dilution

direction

concession

detention

detergents

destruction

devotion

detractors

detection

dieters

detergent

diffusion

digression

digestion

diffraction

dimension

discipline

dissection

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissension

diversion

donation

distortion

division

distraction

distinction

disunion

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

denizen

duration

edition

elation

eleven

elison

emblazon

ejection

election

embolden

egyptian

emission

emotion

emulsion

discretion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

equation

eruption

erection

erosion

englishman

evasion

etruscan

exaction

exception

etruscans

everyone

eviction

excision

exclusion

excursion

exertion

excretion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

extortion

extension

explosion

expulsion

fabian

extinction

extraction

expression

extrusion

fenian

feminine

complexion

defection

buttresses

fijian

filtration

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forgotten

forbidden

formation

forewoman

foundation

freemason

freudian

frustration

fruition

fustian

garrison

franciscan

galleon

futurists

futurist

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gyration

halcyon

guncotton

halogen

guitarists

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

guitarist

hawaiian

headdresses

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrazine

hydrogen

hydrogens

hydroxide

hydroxides

imagine

immersion

illusion

ignition

impassion

implosion

impression

in-person

inaction

imprison

indian

inception

incursion

inclusion

incision

infection

inflation

infusion

inflection

infraction

infarction

infliction

ingestion

insertion

inhuman

injection

inspection

induction

injunction

inscription

instruction

intention

musician

intestine

intrusion

invasion

irian

irishman

jamaican

italian

invention

jacobin

inversion

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

lactation

leadership

leaderships

lesbian

lethargy

ligation

libration

libyan

location

liturgy

logician

lutheran

lumberman

lotteries

magdalen

madrigal

magician

madrigals

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

median

medicine

matrices

mattresses

matrixes

medallion

menhaden

metrical

mexican

meteors

midshipman

migration

melanin

misfortune

motorize

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

misshapen

motorcar

motorcades

motorcade

motorcars

motorized

munition

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

nemean

networking

niacin

nevadan

nonunion

notation

nitrogen

nonhuman

nobleman

norwegian

occasion

nubian

nutrition

objection

obsession

occlusion

obstruction

octillion

omission

oration

optation

oppression

optician

opinion

odeon

orion

origin

outrigger

ottoman

outrages

outriggers

ovation

otherwise

overdone

overman

outspoken

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

patricians

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

permian

perfusion

permission

peterman

persuasion

perversion

petition

phoenician

petroglyph

petroglyphs

phrygian

physician

perception

percussion

perfection

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

possession

porcelain

position

precaution

precession

precision

predation

predestine

preclusion

prediction

preemption

protean

privation

probation

prescription

pretension

procession

prevention

production

presumption

profession

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

protection

muskmelon

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reaction

readership

rebellion

recession

reception

recision

reptilian

redemption

repression

regimen

regression

reflection

redirect

remission

rendition

religion

reduction

relation

reopen

rescission

resection

retention

rejection

restriction

retraction

resumption

retrograde

reunion

reversion

revision

retrospect

rhetoric

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

rioters

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

satirist

satires

satirize

satirists

scythian

secession

scattergood

scorpion

seclusion

secretion

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

simian

silicon

skeleton

singleton

solomon

snapdragon

solution

specimen

stagnation

staircases

provision

stargazers

stargazer

thespian

starvation

storekeepers

storekeeper

straightforward

structural

stygian

suburban

submersion

summation

submission

subversion

succession

subscription

suggestion

subtraction

sumatran

taxation

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

tactician

syrian

talisman

tamarin

technician

temptation

theatres

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transfusion

translation

transition

transaction

transmission

transgression

transcription

truncation

unburden

unbroken

uncertain

unbutton

uterine

uneven

unwritten

unison

uncommon

vacation

tuition

veteran

vibration

vatican

venison

venetian

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

waitresses

volition

waterman

wesleyan

watershed

watersheds

waterways

widowers

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

abyssinian

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

admonition

accordion

adoration

advocation

affectation

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

adrenaline

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

adulation

animation

annexation

annotation

arabian

appalachian

appellation

apparition

application

approbation

arbitration

apprehension

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

arthurian

athenian

assyrian

atrocity

atrocities

aviation

augmentation

attribution

authorizes

backwardation

barbarian

avocation

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calibration

canadian

cancellation

californian

businesswoman

calculation

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

cauterizes

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

circumspection

coloration

coloradan

comedian

commutation

committeeman

columbian

combination

commendation

comparison

complication

competition

composition

comprehension

deviation

connotation

computation

confirmation

confiscation

condemnation

condescension

condensation

conflagration

conjugation

congregation

conservation

consecration

consolation

consummation

consultation

consternation

constellation

constipation

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

contemplation

constitution

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

culmination

crucifixion

dandelion

declaration

decoration

darwinian

decompression

deconstruction

concentration

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

deformation

dehydration

definition

compensation

degradation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

devonian

deportation

depravation

depredation

deposition

deprivation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

designation

dereliction

desperation

destitution

detonation

dietitian

destination

confrontation

devastation

devolution

dilatation

diocesan

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

dissertation

dislocation

disputation

disposition

dispensation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

elevation

education

elocution

electrician

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

estonian

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

estimation

eustachian

evocation

evolution

european

excavation

fascination

excitation

exclamation

englishwoman

execution

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

expectation

expedition

expiration

exploration

explanation

exposition

extradition

extrication

explication

fabrication

fallopian

exploitation

federation

compilation

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

floridian

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

futurism

fragmentation

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

hemoglobin

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

hydrogenate

hydrocarbons

hydrogenates

iberian

hydrocarbon

ideation

imitation

immolation

immigration

ibuprofen

illustration

imperfection

implantation

insulation

implication

importation

imposition

imputation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

indentation

incubation

indication

incrustation

indecision

indexation

indignation

indigestion

inclination

indiscretion

indonesian

information

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

inhalation

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

instigation

installation

inhibition

institution

impregnation

insurrection

integration

interaction

interception

intercession

interdiction

protestation

interjection

intermission

interurban

intuition

interwoven

interruption

intimation

intonation

intersection

intervention

introduction

introspection

inundation

irrigation

irritation

iranian

invocation

isolation

iteration

invitation

jordanian

jubilation

jacobean

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

liberation

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

levitation

literacy

litigation

liturgical

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

macedonian

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

maturation

matriculates

matriculate

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

meridian

metrically

menstruation

meteoric

miseration

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

moderation

mitigation

modulation

missourian

molestation

moravian

motivation

mortification

motorcycle

motorcycles

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

obligation

obfuscation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

oscillation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

orchestration

opposition

ordination

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

pagination

paraguayan

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

permutation

perspiration

peruvian

perturbation

persecution

pigmentation

planarian

perforation

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

predetermine

precondition

preconception

predilection

propagation

preelection

preignition

preparation

premonition

proclamation

preservation

procreation

presentation

prohibition

profanation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

reawaken

realization

reassertion

readmission

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

recreation

reformation

refutation

reexamine

registration

reelection

regulation

relocation

relaxation

reinspection

renovation

reproduction

reparation

repetition

replication

repercussion

reposition

repossession

reputation

republican

requisition

reservation

resignation

respiration

resolution

restitution

restoration

retardation

resurrection

retribution

retroactive

retractable

retrocession

revelation

revocation

retrospective

revolution

rhetorician

rhetoricians

rhododendron

rhetorical

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satirizes

satisfaction

satirical

sectarian

segregation

separation

sequestration

self-deception

shakespearean

sicilian

simonian

segmentation

siberian

situation

simulation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

suffocation

substitution

superhuman

surrogation

supposition

syndication

tabulation

syncopation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

superstition

supervision

termination

theatrical

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

tribulation

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

variation

validation

valerian

valuation

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

visitation

vindication

wagnerian

violation

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

accreditation

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

articulation

assassination

annihilation

authorization

authorizations

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

attenuation

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

canonization

capitulation

caledonian

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

certification

centralization

carthaginian

christianization

civilization

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

classification

clarification

commemoration

communication

colonization

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

deification

deliberation

degeneration

delicatessen

delineation

depreciation

depopulation

denomination

denunciation

desalination

desegregation

dionysian

determination

discoloration

disembarkation

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

electrocution

elizabethan

elimination

emancipation

ejaculation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

exacerbation

exaggeration

exasperation

examination

exhilaration

exoneration

exfoliation

expatriation

exoskeleton

excoriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

heterocercal

fertilization

humiliation

hybridization

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hydrocephalic

imagination

illumination

immunization

inauguration

inactivation

incarceration

improvisation

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insinuation

insemination

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

irradiation

investigation

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mobilization

modernization

modification

mississippian

motorcyclist

motorcyclists

mummification

multiplication

interrogation

defenestration

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

nonintervention

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

nitrocellulose

oregonian

ossification

origination

ornamentation

organization

orientation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

patagonian

pasteurization

pennsylvanian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

presbyterian

preoccupation

premeditation

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

proliferation

proletarian

prognostication

pronunciation

interpretation

purification

pythagorean

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

regeneration

refrigeration

rectification

reforestation

reintegration

remuneration

rejuvenation

repatriation

representation

renunciation

recuperation

repudiation

reiteration

retaliation

resuscitation

retroactively

reverberation

revaluation

retrospectively

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

solicitation

simplification

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word straighten

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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