Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word congestion.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word congestion.
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alman

alban

amman

anguished

anguish

arson

apron

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

austin

auden

banyan

baldwin

bagman

bangkok

bacon

bastion

baston

bason

basin

barton

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beckon

beaten

belgian

bellman

benches

bellon

begun

bison

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

bunches

bludgeon

boston

bordman

bookman

bushman

blacken

bollen

boughten

boatman

blowgun

brethren

breton

bracken

brighten

briton

broaden

brakeman

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brogan

broken

bounces

bullion

bobbin

button

caisson

burgeon

cabin

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cajun

bolden

calvin

bongos

barren

capstan

cannon

canon

caption

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

caxton

cauldron

cayman

chairman

certain

chainsaws

changes

charon

chaplain

chapman

chasten

cheapen

christian

chessman

chances

chevron

christen

children

chicken

chieftain

chosen

churchman

classman

claxon

clinton

citron

coachman

canton

canyon

colon

bargain

baron

common

concoct

congest

conquests

conquest

consign

consist

consists

copeman

corban

daman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

crimson

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cushion

curtain

dagan

dagon

deaden

dalton

cumin

deafen

darken

deacon

deepen

dampen

dances

delphian

demon

cordon

dudgeon

dungeon

draftsman

desman

devon

diction

dolphin

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dian

dragon

downcast

dozen

drunken

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

emption

encased

encase

elan

engaged

donkeys

engine

enjoys

ensign

ensues

ermine

engage

driven

dromon

concise

damson

guardsman

canaan

faction

falcon

fallen

faustian

fashion

fasten

fences

felon

faulcon

fatten

fancies

famine

fiction

fibrin

fielden

finches

flexion

fission

fireman

firman

flashgun

flatten

floren

fortune

fraction

fountain

footman

foreman

foreign

freshen

freedman

freshman

friction

frighten

freeman

function

fusion

gallon

gascon

garron

garden

gentian

gamecock

gamecocks

gammon

ganges

georgian

german

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

grandson

gluten

goodman

gotten

golden

gowan

graven

gorgon

grecian

griffon

gudgeon

frozen

gumption

haitian

hangman

hackman

harden

happen

harken

headman

hasten

headsman

harten

hausen

haven

hempen

heaven

hearten

heighten

heathen

henchman

hessian

hetman

hinges

hidden

hogan

homesick

horseman

homespun

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

heron

huntsman

hunches

hymen

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

inches

incest

incas

incase

incise

incised

ingest

inject

injects

inquest

insect

insects

insists

insist

insight

insights

ion

jackman

jetson

kansan

jargon

jason

jetton

jasmine

jordan

jorden

junction

kalan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

klansman

kitten

kirkman

kremlin

landman

landsman

lampron

language

languish

lagan

laden

launches

lengthen

latin

leaden

lessen

lesson

leaven

ledden

lemon

legion

leman

leven

lesion

layman

lichen

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lightman

linguist

liken

liman

linguists

listen

lisbon

linkage

liven

lion

locken

lockman

london

m1

longan

lotion

longish

loosen

loren

lopeman

logan

lounges

luncheon

lunches

lunges

lynden

lynxes

lyden

lumen

lighten

madden

mangan

manges

mangoes

mansion

marchman

marksman

martian

marron

mason

markman

marlin

marten

martin

maiden

matron

margin

mahone

shipman

mention

melton

menges

melon

mayan

minden

minion

minges

mignon

milken

million

mission

mitten

motion

morgan

mormon

moisten

molten

monkeys

mountain

nation

muslin

mutton

namesake

namesakes

nekton

muffin

newsman

mullen

ninon

norman

oarsman

notion

ocean

odin

often

onion

olden

open

option

omen

organ

orphan

ounces

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

nonesuch

oxen

packman

panton

pardon

pancakes

pancake

pansies

parson

passion

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pectin

pension

pavon

owen

penguin

perron

persian

person

paean

pigeon

pinion

piston

pinkish

pillion

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

poison

ponton

portion

portman

potion

postman

minces

pagan

pressman

prison

penman

prussian

proven

pullen

rayon

peon

question

quenches

quicken

ration

ranches

ranges

ransack

raven

reason

punches

reckon

redden

region

remakes

resin

rerun

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

section

risen

robin

roman

rotten

rosen

russian

rosin

runnion

rumen

rowan

samson

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

sanction

santon

satin

satan

scotsman

saxon

scallion

scion

sconces

ruin

scullion

seaman

season

rowen

riven

selden

seedsman

semen

senses

session

sequin

sermon

shaken

ponchos

seton

sexton

seven

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

shearman

shogun

shrunken

siphon

showman

strengthen

silken

sicken

siren

shaman

slacken

slogan

smarten

smitten

smokestack

smokestacks

smooches

smashes

soften

soldan

solon

sneezes

sovereign

sodden

sovran

spartan

spearman

sportsman

spokesman

squadron

spoken

stallman

stallion

station

stepson

statesman

steven

stiffen

stillion

stockman

stolen

straighten

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suasion

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

syphon

tarpon

taken

talon

tangos

tappen

tartan

tension

teston

tendon

threaten

tillman

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

token

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

treason

trojan

toman

trillion

triton

trodden

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

undone

unjust

union

urban

urson

urine

urchin

vanquish

vegan

villain

version

vision

vulcan

wagon

wanton

waken

warden

warren

watchman

wenches

weapon

whiten

weaken

wheaten

whitson

worsen

wiccan

widen

woodman

woolman

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

workman

woven

written

yachtsman

yankees

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abduction

abdomen

absorption

abstention

accretion

addiction

addition

abstraction

acumen

admission

adhesion

adoption

ambition

affection

affliction

aegean

african

alaskan

aleutian

albumin

albion

alien

alderman

allusion

adsorption

amasses

amazes

ambrosian

adrian

ancestor

attrition

ancestral

ancestors

anchorman

ancestry

andean

anglican

annexes

amigos

attraction

apportion

alsatian

anyone

anxiously

appian

artesian

arian

arkansan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

asuncion

assumption

aryan

attention

artisan

audition

aversion

austrian

australian

avian

awaken

backgammon

bandwagon

badminton

backwoodsman

benjamin

bedouin

battalion

beholden

bedridden

beethoven

biotin

bitumen

bulletin

bonuses

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

cambrian

campion

collection

cognition

capsaicin

carnation

cartesian

carrion

cardigan

castration

causation

caucasian

cation

censuses

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

catalan

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citation

civilian

clergyman

clarion

cistercian

citizen

clarendon

champion

coercion

collision

collegian

cohesion

collagen

collusion

commission

bedizen

commotion

compassion

complexion

compulsion

communion

companion

compression

completion

compunction

concussions

conduction

concisely

conclusion

concoction

concoctions

conjecture

conflation

congestive

confucian

confusion

congressman

conjugal

conjugate

conjugates

conjunction

conviction

consciously

consequence

consequent

consistent

consignment

contagion

constriction

consumption

construction

contrition

convulsion

contraction

contraption

contortion

contusion

consecrate

conversion

conscription

dentition

dalmatian

damnation

countryman

correction

corruption

corrosion

councilman

corsican

cremation

creation

croatian

crestfallen

crustacean

deflection

depression

pollution

cyprian

deception

deduction

defection

decision

declension

deflation

depiction

deletion

denizen

delusion

demagogue

demagogues

depletion

derision

digression

desertion

determine

description

devotion

detention

dictation

dilation

exhaustion

diffraction

dilution

direction

diffusion

dimension

discipline

exertion

destruction

discretion

detection

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

diversion

division

distortion

distraction

distinction

disunion

dissension

dominion

donation

dorian

ejection

edition

duration

egyptian

downtrodden

exception

exemption

election

elation

downsizing

eleven

emission

emotion

emblazon

embolden

encryption

emulsion

elison

excision

downsizings

erection

englishman

engaging

engages

enlighten

enliven

enmeshes

equation

etruscan

eruption

eviction

exaction

evasion

erosion

everyone

engagement

engagements

excursion

exclusion

excretion

expansion

abandon

explosion

expression

extinction

extension

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fixation

fijian

finishes

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

franciscan

foundation

formation

forewoman

foramen

forbidden

forgotten

freemason

freudian

fungicides

fungicide

fustian

frustration

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

geniuses

genuine

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

fruition

gradation

gravamen

gordian

grobian

guardian

expulsion

gyration

handwoven

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

hanukkahs

harlequin

guncotton

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

homages

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

images

immersion

in-person

impression

impassion

implosion

imprison

inaction

inception

incessant

incisions

incisor

incursion

incision

inclusion

incisors

indian

incisive

infection

inflection

induction

inflation

infarction

inexact

infliction

infraction

infusion

inhuman

injector

injunction

injectors

injustice

insertion

inscription

insecure

inspection

insightful

insistence

insistent

insouciant

instruction

intestine

invention

invasion

intrusion

inversion

irishman

irian

jamaican

italian

jacobin

jettison

kantian

javelin

jovian

julian

kinshasa

keynesian

korean

keratin

lactation

lancaster

languages

languishes

lanolin

languishing

laotian

libration

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

ligation

linkages

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

margarine

malaysian

mandarin

malayan

manages

marian

masculine

medallion

damages

menhaden

menaces

medicine

melanin

migration

midshipman

minuses

mexican

median

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

munition

muskmelon

musician

mutation

myosin

nevadan

narration

negation

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nutrition

nubian

nuances

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

nonhuman

omission

opinion

optation

optician

oration

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

prescription

outspoken

overdone

oxygen

overrun

petition

parisian

patrician

partition

parthian

partisan

pavilion

pelican

perception

perfection

pentathlon

permission

perfusion

permian

perversion

persuasion

peterman

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

policeman

plebeian

precession

position

preclusion

predation

precaution

predestine

prediction

precision

porcelain

preemption

privation

presumption

pretension

prevention

probation

production

overman

profusion

rejection

promotion

propulsion

protection

proportion

prostration

proscription

protean

provision

punishes

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reaction

ramshackle

rebellion

recession

reception

reflection

reduction

redemption

regimen

recision

relation

rendition

remission

percussion

religion

remisses

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

restriction

resumption

secession

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

revision

rifleman

secretion

rotation

samoan

rummages

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

sciences

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

sedation

sedition

selection

sensation

seduction

sinuses

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

solution

snapdragon

solomon

starvation

specimen

stagnation

stygian

submission

submersion

subtraction

suburban

subscription

subversion

summation

sumatran

superman

tactician

talisman

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tamarin

synagogue

synagogues

truncation

technician

taxation

temptation

timberman

thespian

toboggan

transition

transaction

tonnages

transcription

transfusion

tradition

transgression

translation

transmission

tuition

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

unbutton

uncommon

uneven

unison

unshackle

unwritten

venetian

uterine

vacation

vanishes

vatican

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vocation

volition

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

whimsical

whimsically

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

abolition

aberration

abdication

abrogation

absolution

accordion

accusation

adaptation

acclimation

acquisition

activation

abyssinian

acclamation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

advocation

affectation

aggravation

affirmation

aggregation

alabaman

agrarian

adulation

agitation

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

american

altercation

alternation

albanian

annexation

animation

amputation

amnesiac

amphibian

angiogram

apparition

apprehension

annotation

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

arabian

arbitration

armageddon

arthurian

arizonan

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

ammunition

avocation

aviation

coloration

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

calibration

businesswoman

calculation

bohemian

bolivian

californian

canadian

cancellation

chameleon

carcinogen

celebration

cenozoic

centurion

coalition

circumvention

circumspection

circulation

circumcision

cogitation

collocation

collodion

combination

coloradan

columbian

commendation

committeeman

compensation

comedian

comparison

commutation

competition

composition

compilation

complication

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

confirmation

conjugated

conjugations

conflagration

connotation

constellation

consecutive

consecrations

consequences

consequential

consequently

conservation

consistency

consistently

consolation

constipation

consecration

consultation

consummation

constitution

contemplation

contrarian

contravention

consternation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

cultivation

copernican

coronation

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

cynicism

corp.

delegation

custodian

cyclopean

deformation

darwinian

decompression

dedication

decimation

deconstruction

decoration

dandelion

defamation

declaration

definition

degradation

dehydration

demolition

demonstration

demarcation

demagogy

dereliction

deposition

corinthian

deportation

depravation

depredation

derivation

deprivation

designation

destination

desiccation

desolation

desperation

excavation

desecration

destitution

detonation

deviation

devastation

devolution

disaffection

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

disinfection

disillusion

diocesan

disinflation

dispensation

devonian

dislocation

disposition

disputation

domination

dissertation

divination

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

dominican

disconnection

draconian

education

distribution

duplication

elevation

electrician

elocution

emanation

emigration

elongation

emulation

embarkation

encyclical

encyclicals

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

erudition

estimation

eritrean

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

expedition

exhalation

exhumation

exhortation

expectation

explanation

indiscretion

expiration

exposition

exploration

fermentation

fabrication

fibrillation

extradition

extrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

figuration

fluctuation

fragmentation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

explication

guatemalan

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

honeysuckle

himalayan

historian

honeysuckles

hungarian

hydrocarbon

immolation

hypertension

ideation

imitation

illustration

ibuprofen

iberian

immigration

imperfection

imposition

implantation

impregnation

implication

importation

imputation

indication

indentation

incantation

incarnation

incessantly

indexation

exploitation

indecision

incrustation

inclination

incubation

incognito

indignation

hyperion

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

information

inhalation

inhibition

injectable

innovation

inquisition

insecticide

insecticides

inquisitive

inquisitor

inquisitors

injustices

insulation

insouciance

installation

inspiration

instigation

institution

insistently

insurrection

intercession

integration

interception

interaction

interdiction

interjection

intermission

intersection

intervention

interurban

interruption

interwoven

intimation

irritation

intonation

intuition

inundation

invitation

invocation

introspection

introduction

irrigation

isolation

iranian

iteration

jacobean

jingoistic

jingoism

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

librarian

leviathan

liberation

levitation

liberian

machination

limitation

lilliputian

lineages

linguistically

liquidation

litigation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

manumission

indonesian

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

minnesotan

ministration

mediation

misconception

modulation

miseration

misperception

mitigation

nigerian

missourian

moderation

motivation

mortification

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

oscillation

obstetrician

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

opposition

operation

orchestration

ordination

nonexistent

presentation

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

perturbation

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

penetration

pelagian

penicillin

persecution

permutation

perspiration

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

politician

preelection

polyhedron

pagination

plutonian

preignition

premonition

polynesian

population

preconception

precondition

praetorian

predetermine

predilection

preparation

overburden

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

propagation

proposition

prostitution

renovation

prosecution

publication

provocation

protestation

protozoan

punctuation

prohibition

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

reassertion

recantation

recognition

recollection

reclamation

recitation

reinspection

reelection

reconstruction

reexamine

recreation

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

relocation

relaxation

perforation

reparation

repercussion

repetition

repossession

reposition

reproduction

replication

republican

reputation

resignation

requisition

resolution

reservation

respiration

restoration

restitution

retrocession

resurrection

retardation

retribution

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

samaritan

rumination

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

sequestration

separation

self-deception

situation

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

siberian

simonian

smithsonian

stimulation

speculation

statistician

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

superstition

supervision

supposition

syndication

surrogation

tabulation

syncopation

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

tasmanian

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

trepidation

unaccustomed

ulceration

unsuccessful

unshakable

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

validation

valuation

veneration

variation

vegetation

valerian

ventilation

victorian

vindication

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

misbegotten

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

accreditation

acceleration

accumulation

adjudication

administration

accommodation

amelioration

affiliation

adulteration

agglomeration

annihilation

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

amortization

appreciation

anticipation

appropriation

argumentation

approximation

articulation

argentinian

assassination

association

assimilation

attenuation

assemblywoman

colonization

authorization

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

codification

cauterization

centenarian

certification

centralization

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

collaboration

cohabitation

commemoration

communication

concatenation

concessionary

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consecutively

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

coordination

corroboration

cooperation

degeneration

deification

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

denunciation

demagoguery

denomination

depopulation

depreciation

dramatization

desalination

determination

dionysian

desegregation

exoneration

discrimination

disinclination

disembarkation

disintegration

domestication

dissemination

dissociation

discoloration

ejaculation

dissatisfaction

edification

exhilaration

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

eradication

equivocation

encyclopedist

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

evaporation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exoskeleton

expatriation

extermination

facilitation

fertilization

falsification

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hyperinflation

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

improvisation

inaccessible

immunization

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

expropriation

infatuation

inexhaustible

inexcusable

inexcusably

inhabitation

initiation

insecurity

insecurities

insemination

inoculation

insignificance

insignificant

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interrogation

interpretation

interpolation

intimidation

ionization

investigation

invalidation

irradiation

intoxication

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

mechanization

magnification

indoctrination

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

magnetization

maximilian

maximization

misapprehension

metropolitan

rejuvenation

modification

misinformation

miscalculation

mobilization

modernization

mississippian

mummification

neutralization

multiplication

negotiation

neapolitan

organization

nickelodeon

orientation

nitroglycerine

ossification

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

oregonian

ornamentation

origination

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

misapplication

polarization

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

pomeranian

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

proletarian

proliferation

purification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

rectification

refrigeration

recuperation

reforestation

regeneration

recrimination

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

resuscitation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

specification

sterilization

specialization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unquestionable

unification

unnecessary

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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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

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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.

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