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2 syllable words

alban

action

acton

addressed

adheres

airman

adores

alan

alman

amman

apron

ashen

button

asian

aspen

arson

beaters

atman

auction

auden

austin

attracts

attract

authors

bacon

barren

bagman

baron

basin

bason

banyan

bargain

barton

bastion

baldwin

baton

batten

baston

badders

bathers

betrays

batton

bayman

beaten

bobbin

bellon

bellman

belgian

betters

bettors

beadwork

bidders

batters

blacken

bludgeon

bison

blowgun

boatman

bitters

bolden

bollen

bracken

breton

brakeman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brethren

boston

bothers

brighten

broaden

broken

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burgeon

bullion

burton

bushman

bordman

butters

cajun

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

caption

capstan

carton

cadres

certain

chairman

caution

caxton

cauldron

cedars

cayman

charon

chaplain

chapman

cheapen

churchman

children

christian

chessman

chevron

chieftain

chasten

chosen

cheddars

citric

cheaters

claxon

coachman

colon

classman

common

caters

cousin

cretin

craven

cushion

deaden

copeman

corban

cordon

deafen

deepen

cotton

crewman

crouton

cowan

craftsman

cuban

cumin

curtain

darken

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

dampen

damson

cutters

demon

delphian

detours

desman

deters

devon

detracts

detract

dozen

dian

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

drunken

dudgeon

dragon

dromon

draftsman

dungeon

eaten

eden

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaters

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

ethers

felon

faction

fallen

famine

falcon

fasten

fashion

faulcon

fatten

fathers

faustian

feathers

features

feeders

fetters

fielden

hempen

yaupon

fibrin

firman

flexion

flashgun

fireman

flatten

floren

freeman

footman

freedman

foreign

fraction

foreman

fountain

fortune

freshen

freshman

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

futures

gallon

gascon

gammon

garron

gentian

garden

gathers

georgian

german

getters

goodman

gladden

gluten

golden

gotten

gorgon

gowan

grecian

grandson

graven

gudgeon

guardsman

guitars

heaven

harken

gumption

hackman

happen

haitian

harden

hangman

gutters

headman

heathen

hasten

harten

hausen

haven

headsman

hearten

heaters

haters

headers

heathers

heighten

henchman

muffin

heron

hessian

hetman

hogan

huntsman

hitters

homespun

hooters

hoten

hoven

human

houseman

horseman

hydras

hymen

hyphen

hyson

zircon

jackman

ion

jetton

jetson

jason

jargon

jasmine

keelson

junction

kelson

kalan

jordan

jorden

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

leaven

laden

lagan

lampron

landman

ladders

ledden

landsman

leaden

latin

layman

leaders

leathers

lathers

leman

legion

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lesion

lengthen

klansman

letters

lichen

liken

lighten

liman

lightman

lineman

linemen

lion

litters

liven

locken

lockman

london

logan

loosen

longan

loaders

looters

lopeman

loren

lotion

m1

luncheon

lyden

lumen

madden

maiden

mahone

mangan

mansion

marchman

marron

mason

markman

marlin

marten

martin

marksman

margin

martian

mathers

matrice

matrix

matron

mayan

matures

melon

melton

mention

meters

metres

metric

metrics

minden

moisten

molten

matters

morgan

mormon

mothers

motion

muslin

mullen

mutton

mountain

motors

mutters

nation

natures

newsman

nethers

networks

network

nitric

odin

often

oven

norman

omen

onion

oarsman

nutters

ocean

odors

open

olden

othman

notion

option

outdone

organ

orphan

others

otters

outrun

outright

outdoors

outreach

outraged

outrage

oxen

paean

packman

pagan

owen

pardon

panton

parson

patten

pavon

passion

pathan

passman

patron

padres

penman

peon

pension

penguin

perron

person

persian

pedros

peters

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollen

pollan

ponton

pressman

portion

portman

postman

potion

potters

powders

yachtsman

yeoman

pullen

prussian

proven

squadron

question

quitters

radars

putters

raven

reason

raiders

ration

rayon

readers

region

redden

rerun

resin

retires

retrace

retract

retracts

raters

riden

seaman

rosen

rosin

ripen

robin

roman

riders

rooters

rotten

rotors

routers

scullion

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

runnion

sadden

saffron

samson

salmon

santon

salesman

season

saxon

satan

satin

scion

sanction

scallion

scotsman

section

semen

selden

seedsman

seton

session

sermon

setters

seven

sexton

shaman

sharpen

shatters

shearman

shaken

shogun

shrunken

showman

shorten

shotgun

shooters

shudders

shutters

siders

siphon

siren

solon

sitters

slacken

spoken

slogan

sodden

soften

smarten

soldan

spokesman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sportsman

staircase

skaters

squatters

starcraft

southers

stallion

stallman

stairways

starcher

starches

starchy

stricture

station

statesman

stearic

starkly

stepson

steven

stockman

stolen

storage

storehouse

stories

straggle

straggler

stragglers

straighten

straightens

straightedge

stresses

strictures

strengthen

strickler

stressful

strictly

strikeout

strikeouts

striker

struggle

struggles

strikers

structures

sturgeon

suction

sudden

striking

stroking

structure

suasion

structured

sturgeons

sullen

suitors

sultan

summon

sunken

sweeten

swollen

surgeon

sweaters

sutures

taken

tendon

talon

threaten

syphon

teston

tappen

tarpon

tartan

teeters

tatters

tension

thousand

theatrics

tethers

theatric

tighten

titan

toman

token

toughen

woolen

woolman

vegan

townsman

traction

version

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

turban

undone

tutors

urban

urchin

union

urson

urine

utters

vitric

waken

warren

watchman

wanton

warden

voters

wagon

waders

waiters

waters

weapon

wheaten

whiten

weathers

whitehorse

widen

woman

wooden

woodman

wizen

withers

woodwork

workman

worsen

woven

torsion

zaman

zion

zithers

3 syllable words

abandon

albion

abdomen

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

addiction

acumen

addition

aegean

addressee

addresses

admission

adoption

adrian

adhesion

adsorption

african

affection

affliction

aggression

alaskan

aleutian

abduction

ablation

alderman

assassin

alien

anyone

albumin

ambition

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

anglican

anchorman

apportion

andean

appian

arkansan

arian

aryan

artisan

artesian

ascension

aspersion

asuncion

assumption

attention

audition

assertion

attrition

attractions

austrian

australian

avian

awaken

backgammon

aversion

authorize

authorized

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

attracting

attraction

bedizen

bedouin

bedraggle

bedridden

attractive

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

beethoven

defection

bittersweet

bouillon

brazilian

bothersome

bosnian

bulletin

buttercup

authorship

batteries

buttercups

compression

compulsion

buttresses

campion

cambrian

carrion

cardigan

capsaicin

carnation

cartesian

confection

castration

clarion

catalan

caucasian

cetacean

causation

cauterize

cessation

cation

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citation

citizen

cistercian

civilian

clarendon

conception

clergyman

confession

collision

cognition

collection

collagen

collegian

coercion

cohesion

collusion

commission

commotion

communion

combustion

companion

cataract

coauthors

compassion

complexion

completion

compunction

concussion

condition

conclusion

concoction

conduction

conflation

connexion

confucian

connection

confusion

conscription

congestion

congressman

conjunction

constriction

construction

contusion

correction

contagion

contraction

contention

consumption

contraption

contrition

convection

conviction

conversion

concession

corsican

convulsion

corrosion

corruption

councilman

countryman

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

contortion

crustacean

convention

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

deduction

intention

cataracts

deflection

deletion

deflation

depiction

delusion

dentition

depletion

denizen

depression

derision

description

determine

desertion

detection

detention

detergent

destruction

detergents

detractors

detractor

dictation

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

digression

digestion

dilation

dilution

discussion

direction

discipline

discretion

dimension

dispersion

dissection

disruption

dissension

distinction

distraction

disunion

division

diversion

distortion

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

dieters

edition

ejection

egyptian

elation

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

emission

emotion

embolden

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

etruscan

eruption

enlighten

encryption

englishman

eviction

evasion

emulsion

etruscans

everyone

exaction

excision

exception

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

exemption

duration

fenian

explosion

expression

expulsion

extortion

extraction

extinction

extrusion

fabian

extension

feminine

ferryman

fijian

fixation

fisherman

filtration

flirtation

flotation

franciscan

forbidden

foramen

forgotten

forewoman

formation

foundation

freemason

fruition

fustian

frustration

futurists

futurist

galleon

freudian

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gravamen

gradation

grobian

guardian

guitarist

guitarists

guncotton

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

gyration

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

headdresses

heroine

impression

heroin

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydrazine

hydration

hydrogens

hydrogen

in-person

hydroxide

inaction

hydroxides

illusion

imagine

immersion

ignition

impassion

imprison

implosion

incursion

incision

inception

inclusion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

inflection

inflation

infliction

infraction

inhuman

infusion

ingestion

injection

insertion

inspection

inscription

injunction

instruction

intestine

italian

intrusion

inversion

invasion

invention

irishman

irian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

korean

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

leaderships

leadership

lecithin

lesbian

lethargy

libyan

ligation

libration

keynesian

liturgy

logician

location

lutheran

lumberman

lotteries

madrigal

magdalen

madrigals

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

matrices

matrixes

midshipman

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

metrical

meteors

mexican

migration

mattresses

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

pretension

prevention

motorcars

musician

munition

muskmelon

motorcade

myosin

mutation

nebraskan

nemean

narration

negation

niacin

nevadan

networking

occasion

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

motorcar

norwegian

notation

nutrition

odeon

objection

occlusion

octillion

obsession

obstruction

omission

nonunion

opinion

optician

oppression

oration

optation

production

ottoman

origin

orion

otherwise

nubian

outriggers

outrigger

outrages

outspoken

ovation

presumption

overdone

peterman

overman

oxygen

parisian

parthian

petition

overrun

pavilion

partition

patrician

patricians

partisan

pelican

perfusion

perfection

percussion

perception

pentathlon

permian

permission

perversion

persuasion

phrygian

physician

phoenician

plantation

plebeian

petroglyphs

pollution

policeman

porcelain

possession

predation

position

predestine

precaution

preclusion

prediction

precession

precision

preemption

prescription

petroglyph

motorcades

projection

procession

motorize

profession

profusion

progression

promotion

privation

probation

motorized

proportion

provision

puritan

protean

protection

ramadan

propulsion

proscription

quotation

reaction

recession

recision

rebellion

reflection

reception

reduction

redemption

redirect

regimen

regression

retraction

rejection

religion

relation

remission

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

retention

restriction

resumption

reversion

revulsion

reunion

retrograde

retrospect

revision

rhetoric

rifleman

rioters

rhodopsin

rotation

samoan

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

satirist

satirists

satires

satirize

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

secession

secretion

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solomon

snapdragon

solution

specimen

stagnation

readership

staircases

starvation

stargazers

storekeeper

storekeepers

scattergood

summation

structural

stygian

submission

submersion

suburban

subtraction

subscription

subversion

succession

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspicion

suspension

syrian

talisman

tactician

technician

taxation

temptation

tamarin

thespian

stargazer

theatres

timberman

toboggan

straightforward

tradition

transaction

tuition

transition

transmission

translation

truncation

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

transcription

unwritten

transgression

uneven

veteran

unison

transfusion

vacation

uterine

vatican

vermilion

venison

venetian

vitamin

vibration

volition

waterman

vocation

waitresses

watershed

wesleyan

watersheds

widowers

waterways

zambian

prostration

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

accordion

acquisition

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

adrenaline

adulation

adoration

admiration

admonition

advocation

affectation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

aberration

albanian

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

appalachian

amphibian

allegation

approbation

ammunition

apparition

annexation

animation

appellation

annotation

application

arabian

arbitration

amputation

apprehension

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

atrocities

avocation

aviation

atrocity

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

authorizes

businesswoman

canadian

californian

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

calculation

celebration

cauterizes

chameleon

centurion

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

circulation

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coalition

committeeman

coloradan

comedian

coloration

columbian

commutation

combination

comparison

competition

composition

compilation

comprehension

compensation

complication

commendation

computation

concentration

confiscation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

conflagration

congregation

connotation

consecration

conjugation

consolation

conservation

constellation

constipation

confrontation

consternation

constitution

contrarian

contraception

contravention

contribution

consummation

conversation

convocation

corp.

corinthian

coronation

corporation

correlation

consultation

cotyledon

contemplation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

contradiction

culmination

cultivation

convolution

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decoration

decompression

deconstruction

copenhagen

copernican

dedication

dehydration

delegation

deformation

degradation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

deposition

derivation

depravation

dereliction

desecration

depredation

deprivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

designation

destination

destitution

detonation

deviation

devastation

devolution

dietitian

dilatation

devonian

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

diocesan

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dispensation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elocution

elevation

emanation

embarkation

elongation

emigration

emulation

equestrian

equitation

englishwoman

eritrean

erudition

estonian

estimation

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excitation

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

expedition

exhalation

expectation

exhumation

exhortation

expiration

explanation

explication

exploitation

fabrication

exploration

extradition

extrication

fascination

federation

fallopian

exposition

fermentation

fibrillation

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

futurism

galilean

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gravitation

graduation

granulation

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

figuration

hemoglobin

herculean

himalayan

historian

hibernation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hydrocarbons

hydrogenate

hydrogenates

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

immigration

illustration

ideation

imperfection

implication

imposition

importation

implantation

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

inattention

hesitation

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indication

indexation

indiscretion

indignation

indigestion

indonesian

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

information

indentation

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

insurrection

insulation

integration

interaction

interurban

interdiction

intersection

interwoven

interjection

intermission

interruption

intimation

defamation

intervention

intonation

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

invitation

invocation

iteration

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iranian

jacobean

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

levitation

leviathan

legislation

liberation

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

librarian

liquefaction

liquidation

literacy

litigation

liturgical

definition

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

manumission

masturbation

matriculate

matriculates

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

meridian

menstruation

melanesian

meteoric

metrically

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

miseration

misconception

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

moravian

modulation

molestation

mongolian

mortification

motivation

motorcycle

motorcycles

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nomination

nonprescription

oblivion

obfuscation

obligation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

observation

ohioan

olympian

opposition

operation

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

prohibition

overburden

pagurian

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

penetration

perforation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

permutation

planarian

pigmentation

politician

polyhedron

plutonian

polynesian

population

preconception

precondition

preelection

predetermine

praetorian

predilection

preignition

preparation

premonition

presentation

preservation

procreation

proclamation

profanation

proposition

propagation

publication

provocation

protozoan

intercession

prosecution

protestation

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

reassertion

reclamation

recognition

recitation

recantation

reelection

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reexamine

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

reparation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

replication

renovation

repossession

reproduction

republican

requisition

reservation

reputation

resignation

resolution

resurrection

restitution

respiration

restoration

retardation

retractable

retribution

revocation

revelation

revolution

retrocession

retrospective

rhetorical

rhetorician

rhetoricians

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

saturation

satirical

satirizes

satisfaction

sanitation

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

retroactive

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

theatrical

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

supervision

superstition

superhuman

supposition

syncopation

surrogation

syndication

tabulation

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

tamoxifen

titillation

toleration

tribulation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

ulceration

utopian

valerian

variation

vacillation

validation

vaccination

transformation

usurpation

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

valuation

victorian

vindication

visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

interception

prostitution

5 syllable words

abomination

academician

accreditation

accumulation

acceleration

accommodation

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

adjudication

abbreviation

amazonian

amelioration

amalgamation

alienation

amortization

alleviation

alliteration

annihilation

anticipation

amplification

appropriation

approximation

appreciation

argumentation

articulation

argentinian

assimilation

association

assassination

attenuation

assemblywoman

augustinian

authentication

beethovenian

babylonian

authorizations

authorization

brobdingnagian

brutalization

carolinian

capitulation

carthaginian

caledonian

cauterization

centenarian

certification

centralization

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

collaboration

commemoration

coagulation

cohabitation

communication

canonization

concatenation

colonization

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

corroboration

continuation

decapitation

cooperation

deceleration

decomposition

coordination

deification

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

degeneration

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

depreciation

desegregation

determination

discoloration

discrimination

dionysian

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

ejaculation

edification

elimination

elizabethan

electrocution

emancipation

equivocation

eradication

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exoneration

exfoliation

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

extermination

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

hallucination

harmonization

heterocercal

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hydrocephalic

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

improvisation

indoctrination

infatuation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

inhabitation

instrumentation

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

irradiation

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

magnification

manipulation

magnetization

manifestation

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

maximization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

mississippian

miscalculation

misinformation

modification

mobilization

modernization

localization

motorcyclist

nickelodeon

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nitrocellulose

notification

normalization

obliteration

oregonian

origination

orientation

ossification

ornamentation

organization

nullification

pacification

panamanian

overproduction

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

peloponnesian

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predisposition

presbyterian

premeditation

preoccupation

predestination

presupposition

prevarication

motorcyclists

proletarian

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

interconnection

purification

defenestration

quantification

qualification

ramification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

recuperation

recrimination

rectification

recombination

regeneration

refrigeration

reforestation

recommendation

reiteration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

reintegration

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

retrospectively

russification

sanctification

ratification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

retroactively

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

utilization

vaporization

unitarian

verification

vegetarian

vilification

washingtonian

veterinarian

vulgarization

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word stricken

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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