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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

acton

action

alan

alman

airman

amman

apron

ashen

aspen

asian

auction

atman

austin

bayman

beacon

beaten

bagman

baldwin

bacon

banyan

baron

barren

bason

basin

bastion

baton

baston

batten

batton

beckon

begun

bellon

bellman

billon

billion

billman

belgian

birdman

bison

blacken

bludgeon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

boarding

birthing

boatman

boardings

bolden

boughten

bracken

bordman

boredom

bourbon

bowman

braiding

bookman

brazen

brakeman

brighten

brethren

breton

briton

breeding

breathing

britons

broken

brooding

bruting

bullion

burden

burdened

burdon

burdens

brogan

burman

burton

burgeon

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

bushman

calvin

cannon

canaan

canon

canyon

birthmark

canton

captain

caption

capstan

cardoon

cartons

birthmarks

cartoon

cartoons

cayman

caxton

certain

chapman

chaplain

chairman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chessman

chicken

chevron

chieftain

classman

claxon

chosen

christen

children

christian

churchman

citron

clinton

coachman

colon

cousin

craven

copeman

corban

cretin

cowan

credence

dalton

dampen

craftsman

crewman

damson

curtain

crimson

crouton

cuban

cumin

cushion

dagan

dagon

croutons

daman

curtains

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

dian

devon

desman

diction

dozen

dragon

doctrine

dudgeon

driven

draftsman

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dreadnought

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eden

eaten

elan

ermine

engine

emption

ensign

faction

falcon

farthing

famine

fashion

fasten

fatten

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

faustian

felon

fiction

firman

fireman

fission

flashgun

flatten

floren

foreign

fortune

frighten

footman

freedman

fortin

fortnight

fortnights

fortunes

fraction

foreman

fourteens

fourteenth

freedom

flexion

freedoms

freeman

freshen

freshman

freetown

friction

gallon

fountain

frozen

fusion

function

fruiting

gammon

garron

gascon

german

fourteen

georgian

gentian

gibbon

gilden

glidden

golden

goodman

gorgon

given

glisten

gluten

gowan

girding

grading

grandson

grouting

grating

graven

greeting

greetings

guardsman

grecian

gudgeon

griffon

hackman

gumption

haitian

happen

hangman

hidden

hasten

hausen

heighten

heathen

headman

haven

heaven

headsman

hempen

henchman

heron

hessian

hetman

hoarding

hogan

horseman

homespun

hoten

houseman

hyphen

hyson

hoven

human

hurting

hymen

ibsen

huntsman

zircon

shogun

ion

jackman

jordans

jason

jetton

jetson

laden

kansan

kalan

junction

kitten

kitchen

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

lagan

latin

leaden

ledden

jasmine

landman

landsman

layman

leaven

leman

lichen

lemon

lampron

legion

leven

lengthen

lighten

lessen

lesson

lesion

liken

lightman

liman

liven

linden

lion

lineman

linemen

linen

listen

lisbon

logan

loren

loosen

lopeman

longan

lotion

lumen

luncheon

m1

lynden

maiden

mahone

mangan

marchman

margin

mansion

markman

marksman

martian

martens

martians

mason

martins

matron

mayan

marron

melon

mitten

mission

melton

mignon

milken

million

mention

minion

odin

often

option

moisten

ocean

mordant

morgan

mormon

motion

muffin

mullen

mountain

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

molten

othman

olden

onion

omen

open

ordnance

organ

orphan

ordain

outrun

shaman

shirting

oven

owen

packman

panton

pagan

paean

part-time

parting

partner

partners

passion

patten

pathan

passman

patron

pectin

penguin

penman

pension

peon

perron

person

persian

pertain

pertains

platten

pigeon

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

poison

pillion

portion

portman

portend

portent

portends

portents

potion

portions

postman

pressman

pullen

pretend

pretends

prison

prussian

proven

prudence

prudent

proteins

prudhomme

protein

question

quicken

ration

reason

reckon

rayon

raven

redden

region

ruin

rowan

rerun

resin

rowen

ridden

ribbon

ripen

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rincon

rumen

satin

russian

runnion

saffron

samson

santon

salesman

salmon

scion

sardine

sardines

sanction

satan

saxon

scallion

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

section

selden

seedsman

semen

sermon

sequin

session

seton

seven

sexton

shaken

shorten

shearman

shipman

shortens

shrouding

siphon

showman

shrunken

sicken

shredding

siren

slacken

silken

skirting

slogan

smitten

soldan

solon

spearman

spoken

sportsman

spokesman

stallion

stallman

station

stepson

sweeten

statesman

stiffen

stillion

steven

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

sullen

summon

sultan

suction

sunken

surgeon

swollen

sylvan

syphon

talon

taken

tappen

tendon

tension

token

teston

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

threaten

threatens

tillman

thirteen

thirteenth

thirteenths

toman

torsion

toughen

traction

townsman

trading

tradings

treason

treadmill

treadmills

treatment

treatments

triton

tubman

turban

trojan

trillion

tuscan

tungsten

zion

union

urban

urson

vegan

urchin

urine

verdant

verdin

villain

version

vision

wagon

warren

wardens

vulcan

wanton

waken

watchman

whiten

wizen

wooden

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

yaupon

yachtsman

whitson

woodman

woolen

worsen

woven

written

wording

writing

woolman

workman

writings

yeoman

zaman

shorthand

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abortion

abduction

ablation

ablution

abrasion

absorption

accession

accretion

admission

abstraction

abstention

addition

addiction

adhesion

acumen

adoption

adrian

african

aerodyne

alaskan

affection

aggression

affliction

andean

albion

alderman

aleutian

alien

albumin

allusion

adsorption

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

anglican

aegean

appian

apportion

attrition

ardently

anyone

aryan

artisan

artesian

arkansan

ascension

assassin

assertion

aspersion

assumption

attraction

asuncion

attention

audition

arian

aversion

australian

avian

austrian

backgammon

awaken

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

bartender

bartenders

baritones

battalion

baritone

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

carrion

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

cartoonist

caucasian

boardinghouse

catalan

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

breadwinner

breadwinners

bulletin

burdensome

cation

campion

cambrian

cardinal

cardigan

cardinals

capsaicin

carnation

cartesian

castration

causation

citizen

certainly

certainty

cessation

cetacean

certainties

chardonnay

chairperson

chardonnays

champion

charlatan

chairwoman

charwoman

chamberlain

clarendon

cinnamon

chilean

citation

clarion

civilian

cistercian

clergyman

cartoonists

cognition

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

coercion

collection

cohesion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

compassion

companion

completion

countryman

compulsion

compression

complexion

compunction

concussion

condition

conduction

concession

concoction

conclusion

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

connection

conjunction

connexion

conscription

contraption

contortion

consumption

contagion

contraction

construction

contention

constriction

contusion

convulsion

contrition

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

conception

corrosion

corsican

corruption

cortinas

councilman

creations

creation

court-martial

cortina

credenza

credential

credentialed

credentials

cremation

crestfallen

correction

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

croatians

dalmatian

damnation

description

decision

declension

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

deletion

deflection

denizen

derision

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

desertion

devotion

destruction

determine

detention

detection

dilation

dilution

digression

digestion

diffraction

direction

dictation

diffusion

dimension

diversion

discipline

dispersion

discussion

discretion

dissection

disruption

dissension

distraction

distortion

distinction

disunion

division

dorian

dominion

donation

downtrodden

duration

durations

earthenware

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

emulsion

emission

emotion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

embolden

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

eviction

exaction

everyone

excision

exception

exclusion

excursion

exertion

excretion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

fabian

extraction

extrusion

farthingale

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

filtration

firedamp

fixation

forbidden

foundation

foramen

forgotten

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

forewoman

formation

fortunate

fortuna

fortnightly

franciscan

freudian

freemason

freethinker

freethinkers

galleon

fustian

fruition

frustration

gardeners

gardening

garrison

gardenias

gardener

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gordian

gillian

gradient

gradation

gradients

guardian

gravamen

guardians

grobian

guncotton

gyration

gyrations

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

hardener

hardeners

hardening

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

handwoven

horizon

horatian

housebroken

extortion

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

imagine

illusion

immersion

impassion

implosion

imprison

impression

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

predation

indian

infarction

induction

infraction

infection

infusion

infliction

inflation

ingestion

inhuman

inflection

injection

injunction

insertion

inscription

inspection

instruction

intention

invention

irritant

intestine

invasion

intrusion

irian

irishman

italian

inversion

irritants

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

ligation

libyan

libration

lesbian

laurentian

location

jovian

logician

lutheran

lumberman

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marathon

marathons

margarine

marian

maritime

maritimes

masculine

median

medicine

medallion

melanin

mexican

menhaden

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

octillion

moroccan

muskmelon

munition

musician

nevadan

myosin

narration

nebraskan

negation

nemean

mutation

niacin

nitrogen

nonunion

nonhuman

nobleman

nubian

norwegian

notation

nutrition

obsession

objection

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

odeon

opinion

omission

oppression

optation

optician

ordinance

oration

orations

ottoman

origin

orion

outspoken

ovation

pardoning

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

parthenon

partition

partnership

partnerships

pavilion

patrician

pelican

porcelain

percussion

permission

perfusion

perception

persuasion

pertinent

petition

perversion

peterman

phoenician

plebeian

phrygian

plantation

policeman

pentathlon

pollution

physician

perfection

permian

position

possession

portmanteau

precaution

predestine

precession

precision

preclusion

prediction

prudently

preemption

pretensions

presumption

prescription

pretension

pretended

pretenders

pretender

production

privation

procession

profession

profusion

probation

prevention

progression

projection

proportion

propulsion

promotion

prostration

proscription

protean

protection

prudency

provision

prudential

puritan

religion

ramadan

quotation

reaction

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

puritans

reduction

regimen

regression

redemption

reflection

rejection

relation

remission

reopen

retraction

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retention

reunion

revulsion

rhodopsin

reversion

revision

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

sardonic

samoan

scorpion

sedation

scrutiny

scythian

secretion

scrutinize

secession

seclusion

sedition

rendition

selection

seduction

sensation

shortening

short-winded

silicon

singleton

skeleton

simian

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

suspicion

suspension

stygian

submersion

submission

suburban

subscription

sumatran

subtraction

subversion

succession

suggestion

summation

suppression

superman

timberman

tamarin

syrian

talisman

tactician

toboggan

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

threatening

tradition

transaction

transcription

transition

transfusion

translation

transmission

transgression

uncommon

truncation

tritium

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uneven

unison

vacation

vatican

uterine

urethane

venison

venetian

veteran

vibration

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

unwritten

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

aberration

abrogation

abnegation

absolution

accordion

admiration

accusation

abyssinian

acquisition

activation

adaptation

acclamation

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

acclimation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

affirmation

alabaman

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

adulation

algonquian

albanian

algerian

american

altercation

alteration

alternation

advocation

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

animation

annotation

affectation

annexation

appalachian

appellation

apparition

application

arabian

approbation

arbitration

augmentation

apprehension

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

arizonan

backwardation

avocation

barbarian

bavarian

aviation

arithmetic

comparison

benediction

canadian

cancellation

californian

bolivian

calibration

carcinogen

bifurcation

calculation

businesswoman

celebration

bohemian

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

collodion

collocation

cogitation

coloradan

comedian

coloration

combination

columbian

commendation

committeeman

commutation

compilation

compensation

competition

composition

complication

condemnation

condensation

condescension

connotation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

confiscation

conjugation

conservation

consolation

consecration

contrarian

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

contradiction

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contravention

coordinate

coordinates

conversation

convolution

convocation

contribution

copenhagen

copernican

computation

correlation

cotyledon

coronation

corinthian

corp.

comprehension

crocodilian

custodian

cyclopean

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

dandelion

criterion

darwinian

corporation

concentration

decimation

declaration

decompression

dedication

defamation

decoration

dehydration

delegation

deformation

degradation

definition

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

depredation

deposition

deportation

depravation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

deconstruction

desecration

desiccation

desolation

designation

desperation

destination

destitution

devastation

detonation

devolution

devonian

deviation

diocesan

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

disillusion

dislocation

disconnection

disinfection

dispensation

disposition

dissolution

distillation

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

divination

disputation

dominican

domination

draconian

disinflation

duplication

education

elevation

elocution

elongation

electrician

embarkation

emanation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

european

evolution

estimation

estonian

eustachian

evocation

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhibition

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

expectation

explication

expiration

explanation

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extradition

fallopian

fabrication

extrication

fascination

federation

figuration

fermentation

fibrillation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

fortunately

fragmentation

foliation

galilean

fumigation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

germination

gastrulation

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guardianship

habitation

guatemalan

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hydrocarbon

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

imitation

immolation

immigration

illustration

implantation

imperfection

implication

importation

imputation

incarnation

imposition

inattention

incantation

impregnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indication

indentation

indexation

miseration

indigestion

inhalation

inflammation

information

infestation

infiltration

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

insulation

integration

insurrection

institution

interaction

instigation

interception

intercession

interdiction

interjection

intermission

interruption

intimation

interurban

interwoven

intersection

intervention

introduction

intonation

irrigation

intuition

introspection

inundation

iranian

irrational

iridium

jacobean

invocation

invitation

isolation

irritation

iteration

jordanians

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

liberation

levitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

limitation

locomotion

maccabean

macedonian

machination

lubrication

manumission

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

maturation

masturbation

mediation

meditation

melanesian

meridian

medication

menstruation

ministration

misbegotten

minnesotan

misperception

misconception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

motivation

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

nigerian

nonpartisan

noblewoman

nonprescription

obligation

observation

oblivion

obfuscation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

molestation

octahedron

operation

ohioan

opposition

olympian

ordinary

ordinaries

ordination

ordinances

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

oxidation

overburden

ovulation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pagination

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

penetration

indignation

perforation

permutation

peruvian

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

planarian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

plutonian

pigmentation

population

praetorian

indiscretion

preconception

predominance

indonesian

predetermine

predominant

predilection

predominate

predominates

prohibition

preignition

premonition

preparation

preservation

presentation

proclamation

profanation

procreation

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

provocation

protozoan

protestation

publication

preelection

punctuation

recollection

radiation

readmission

reassertion

realization

reawaken

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recreation

recantation

reexamine

reelection

refutation

registration

regulation

reformation

reinspection

reconstruction

relaxation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

reproduction

republican

replication

reputation

requisition

reparation

resolution

resignation

reservation

respiration

retardation

restitution

restoration

resurrection

retribution

retrocession

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

satisfaction

saturation

scrutinizes

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

segmentation

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

precondition

siberian

sicilian

simulation

situation

simonian

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

stimulation

suffocation

stipulation

substitution

supposition

surrogation

supervision

superhuman

superstition

tabulation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

syncopation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

validation

vaccination

usurpation

valerian

valuation

utopian

vacillation

variation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

variations

victorian

vindication

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

academician

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

acceleration

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alleviation

alliteration

alienation

amazonian

amalgamation

amelioration

amplification

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

approximation

argentinian

appreciation

authentication

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

appropriation

attenuation

augustinian

babylonian

authorization

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

carthaginian

certification

cauterization

centralization

christianization

clarification

classification

coagulation

civilization

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

codification

commemoration

communication

centenarian

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

conglomeration

congratulation

configuration

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

coordinated

corroboration

concatenation

decapitation

creationism

decomposition

delicatessen

deceleration

deification

deliberation

degeneration

delineation

defenestration

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

depreciation

desalination

determination

dionysian

disembarkation

discoloration

discrimination

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

disinclination

domestication

dramatization

disintegration

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

elizabethan

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

eradication

epicurean

equalization

equivocation

enumeration

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

ethiopian

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

desegregation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

glorification

gasification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

humiliation

hyperborean

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

imagination

immunization

improvisation

illumination

incarceration

inauguration

inactivation

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

inhabitation

infatuation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

interpretation

irradiation

irrationally

ionization

investigation

irredentism

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

modification

ordinarily

oregonian

ossification

ornamentation

orientation

organization

origination

overproduction

panamanian

pacification

participation

patagonian

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

periodontal

peritoneal

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

perpetuation

precipitation

predominantly

purification

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

presbyterian

predisposition

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

preoccupation

premeditation

pythagorean

qualification

ramification

ratification

quantification

recombination

puritanical

puritanism

reaffirmation

rectification

puritanisms

recommendation

reforestation

reiteration

recuperation

regeneration

reintegration

recrimination

refrigeration

rejuvenation

repudiation

representation

repatriation

renunciation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

remuneration

indoctrination

misapprehension

predestination

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

theologian

triangulation

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

unitarian

synchronization

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word trodden

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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