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

decimation

acclamation

abrogation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adulation

adaptation

affirmation

advocation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

approbation

application

aspiration

avocation

exhalation

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

collocation

destitution

connotation

consolation

consummation

coronation

correlation

desecration

desolation

culmination

dedication

defamation

desiccation

declaration

designation

degradation

definition

delegation

demolition

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

destination

desperation

devolution

detonation

dilatation

disaffection

dispensation

dissipation

dissertation

distillation

dissolution

domination

divination

education

elevation

emanation

elocution

emigration

emulation

equitation

execution

estimation

erudition

evolution

excavation

exclamation

excitation

exhumation

expiration

explanation

explication

extrication

fascination

exhibition

fermentation

fluoridation

habitation

gastrulation

germination

granulation

hesitation

imitation

immolation

immigration

indication

inflammation

inhalation

innovation

installation

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

irrigation

isolation

invocation

irritation

jubilation

medication

meditation

levitation

machination

litigation

machinations

melanesian

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

pagination

oscillation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

perspiration

persecution

predilection

premonition

preservation

presentation

proclamation

profanation

propagation

realization

provocation

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recantation

reformation

recreation

regulation

renovation

replication

repetition

reputation

revelation

revocation

resignation

respiration

restoration

reservation

resolution

revolution

sanitation

segmentation

segregation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

titillation

suffocation

surrogation

tabulation

termination

trepidation

tribulation

vaccination

vaccinations

vacillation

vegetation

validation

ventilation

vindication

visitation

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word decimation.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

accent

accents

account

accounts

acquaint

action

airman

agent

agents

alan

alban

alman

acton

amman

apron

ascend

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

ashamed

ascends

ascent

assent

assumed

atman

auction

auden

austin

bagman

bacon

backhand

banyan

baldwin

baron

bastion

baston

bason

barren

basin

captain

baton

bellman

belgian

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

bellon

begun

besant

billion

billman

billon

bludgeon

bookman

bisson

bitten

blacken

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

bordman

bolden

bollen

bookends

bookend

boston

bourbon

brakeman

boughten

bowman

bracken

bismuth

brazen

bison

brethren

breton

bargain

brighten

bullion

bushman

briton

burman

burgeon

burden

burdon

burton

button

brogan

cajun

caption

caisson

cabin

canyon

canaan

capstan

calvin

canton

cannon

canon

carman

batten

broken

carmine

batton

caution

cayman

caxton

cauldron

carbon

chairman

chapman

chaplain

certain

checkmates

chessman

checkmate

chevron

charon

chasten

children

christen

cheapen

chicken

chosen

chieftain

christian

carton

citron

churchman

coachman

classman

claxon

clinton

cogent

colon

barton

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craftsman

cousin

craven

cowan

cretin

crewman

crimson

cushion

cushioned

cumin

dampen

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

damson

darken

deaden

deafen

decant

decent

deepen

delphian

demon

descend

descends

descent

descents

crouton

desman

cuban

curtain

devon

diction

discount

discounts

disjoint

disowned

dissent

dissents

dobson

docent

docents

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

doughnut

doughnuts

draftsman

dozen

dustman

dungeon

deacon

dudgeon

drunken

dutchman

earthen

dragon

driven

dromon

eaten

dian

elan

emption

engine

ensign

eden

ermine

broaden

faction

fashion

fashioned

famine

falcon

fasten

faustian

gudgeon

fatten

felon

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fission

firman

flexion

flashgun

fireman

flatten

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fraction

freedman

freshman

fortune

foxhound

freeman

fountain

freshen

friction

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

gascon

gammon

gallon

garron

garden

gentian

german

gilden

georgian

gibbon

given

gladden

fallen

faulcon

glisten

gumption

goodman

grandson

gorgon

gowan

gotten

golden

grecian

graven

guardsman

griffon

glidden

gluten

haitian

hangman

happen

harden

harken

hasten

harten

hausen

headman

headsman

haven

heaven

hempen

henchman

heighten

heron

hessian

hetman

hidden

hearten

heathen

horseman

homespun

hogan

hoten

houseman

hoven

hackman

huntsman

human

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

hyson

ignites

ignite

ion

jacinth

jackman

jason

jasmine

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

kalan

jargon

junction

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kansan

kremlin

klansman

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

kismet

kismets

laden

lampron

lagan

landman

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legend

liken

latin

lemon

lessen

lesson

lengthen

legion

lesion

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liman

legends

lightman

lignite

linden

lineman

lion

lisbon

listen

liven

linemen

linen

london

lockman

loosen

loosened

longan

lopeman

locken

locksmith

logan

lotion

loren

m1

luncheon

lyden

lynden

lumen

madden

magnates

magnate

magnet

magnets

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marron

marchman

markman

marksman

margin

marlin

marten

martian

martin

mason

matron

mayan

lucent

landsman

melton

melon

mention

mignon

million

minion

milken

minden

miscount

mismatch

mismatched

mission

mitten

motion

mormon

moisten

molten

morgan

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

muslin

mutton

nascent

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

notion

ocean

onion

odin

open

olden

option

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

owen

packman

pagan

panton

pageant

pageants

paean

passman

passion

pardon

parson

pathan

pectin

patron

peasant

patten

peasants

pavon

pension

penman

penguin

peon

perron

person

persian

pheasant

pheasants

often

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

pigeon

piquant

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

omen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

pullen

proven

prussian

question

quicken

quicksand

ration

raven

rayon

reason

quicksands

recent

reckon

redden

recant

region

regent

regents

recount

recounts

rerun

rescind

rescinds

resent

resend

resents

resin

resound

riden

ripen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

session

riven

scallion

roman

russian

runnion

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

sanction

salmon

saffron

samson

salesman

santon

satan

scullion

scotsman

saxon

scion

seaman

second

season

section

seconds

satin

seedsman

rosen

selden

semen

rosin

robin

sequin

sermon

sexton

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shipman

sharpen

shearman

sequent

showman

shrunken

shotgun

zircon

shogun

shorten

sicken

tighten

siphon

siren

silken

slacken

smarten

slogan

smitten

spearman

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sodden

soften

solon

statesman

stallion

sportsman

stallman

squadron

spoken

station

stepson

steven

stillion

straighten

stockman

stolen

strengthen

stiffen

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suasion

spokesman

suction

sudden

summon

sullen

sultan

sunken

surgeon

syphon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tension

teston

tillman

taken

threaten

thicken

thousand

thousands

thousandth

titan

token

toman

thousandths

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

treason

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

triton

trojan

trodden

tungsten

turban

urchin

union

vacant

urban

urine

urson

vegan

version

signet

vision

viscounts

villain

viscount

vulcan

watchman

waken

wagon

wanton

warden

warren

weapon

weaken

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

women

whitson

wizened

wiccan

wooden

woodman

woolman

workman

woolen

worsen

zaman

yachtsman

written

yeoman

woven

yaupon

zion

vignette

vignettes

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abstraction

accession

abortion

absorption

acantha

abstention

accenting

accretion

accountant

accountants

accented

acquaintance

acquainted

abandon

adsorption

admission

addition

addiction

adhesion

adoption

adrian

aegean

affection

acumen

affliction

african

aggression

aleutian

albion

albumin

alaskan

alderman

alien

agenda

agendas

allusion

alsatian

ascension

aspersion

andean

anchorman

anglican

ambition

apportion

appian

anyone

arian

artesian

ascendance

ascendant

ambrosian

artisan

arkansan

aryan

ascending

assertion

attention

attraction

attrition

asunder

audition

aversion

australian

austrian

avian

awaken

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

backhanded

bandwagon

assassin

beholden

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

carnation

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

byzantine

campion

cambrian

carrion

cartesian

capsaicin

causation

catalan

cation

caucasian

cinnamon

cetacean

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

chairperson

charlatan

chilean

charwoman

cistercian

citation

civilian

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

citizen

coercion

cocoanuts

cognition

collegian

collection

collagen

cohesion

collision

collusion

combustion

cognitive

commission

commotion

communion

companion

cardigan

compassion

completion

complexion

compression

concession

concussion

concoction

conclusion

condition

conduction

conflation

confession

confucian

confusion

confection

congestion

congressman

conjunction

compulsion

connexion

conscription

construction

constriction

contagion

contortion

description

contraption

connection

contraction

contention

conversion

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

corruption

corsican

corrosion

cosmetic

cosmetics

cremation

councilman

creation

correction

countryman

crestfallen

croatian

damnation

cyprian

decimate

deception

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

compunction

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

descendant

descendent

descendants

depression

descendents

descending

desertion

conception

position

destruction

determine

detection

devotion

detention

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

digression

dignity

dimension

dilation

direction

dilution

discipline

discontents

discretion

discussion

discounters

discounter

discontent

disjointed

disruption

dispersion

dissection

dissension

dissenter

dissenters

dissenting

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

division

dogmatic

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

englishman

equation

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

elison

eleven

emblazon

emission

emotion

embolden

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

essential

essentials

eruption

erosion

etruscan

eviction

evasion

everyone

exaction

excision

exclusion

erection

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

eccentric

eccentrics

exception

expansion

expression

expulsion

extortion

extraction

extinction

explosion

extension

extrusion

exhaustion

fascinates

fascinate

fabian

fustian

ferryman

filtration

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

fijian

flotation

formation

foramen

forgotten

forewoman

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

forbidden

galleon

gaussian

garrison

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

fenian

gigantic

feminine

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halogen

hammerman

halcyon

harlequin

hackmatack

handwoven

heroine

heroin

horatian

heartbroken

hawaiian

horizon

housebroken

hyacinth

huguenots

hyacinths

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

ignited

imagine

impassion

immersion

implosion

huguenot

impression

imprison

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

incursion

indian

inflation

induction

infarction

infection

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

insertion

injunction

inscription

injection

inspection

instruction

intention

invasion

intrusion

invention

inversion

jamaican

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

javelin

intestine

jettison

jovian

julian

lactation

kantian

keratin

korean

keynesian

lanolin

laurentian

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

lumberman

location

logician

lutheran

laotian

magician

magdalen

magnetic

magnetite

magnetics

magnetron

magnitude

magnitudes

malayan

mackintosh

malaysian

marian

margarine

masonite

masculine

macintosh

mandarin

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

misanthrope

misfortune

mishandle

mishandles

misconduct

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

mismatches

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

munition

musician

myosin

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nebraskan

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

objection

nutrition

occasion

obsession

obstruction

nubian

occlusion

octillion

plantation

odeon

omission

opinion

oppression

optation

oration

origin

orion

optician

osmotic

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

oxygen

overdone

overrun

overman

pageantry

phoenician

patrician

partisan

parisian

passionate

partition

parthian

pavilion

peasantry

pegmatite

pelican

persuasion

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permission

permian

perfusion

perversion

peterman

petition

physician

phrygian

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

possession

inclusion

precession

precaution

precision

predestine

preemption

prescription

pretension

production

procession

profession

privation

probation

prevention

profusion

progression

promotion

propulsion

prostration

proportion

projection

protection

protean

provision

puritan

proscription

prediction

quotation

ramadan

quiescent

reaction

reagent

rebellion

reagents

relation

reception

recession

recision

recently

recommit

recommits

recondite

raconteur

redemption

reduction

reflection

regimen

regression

rejection

reignite

rejoinder

rendition

religion

remission

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resection

repression

resentment

resentful

resentments

restriction

revulsion

reversion

retraction

retention

revision

reunion

rifleman

rhodopsin

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

salvation

rotation

seclusion

seduction

secession

scythian

scorpion

secretion

secondly

secondhand

sedition

selection

sequential

preclusion

rekindle

signature

signatures

skeleton

simian

singleton

solution

solomon

snapdragon

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

silicon

submission

subscription

succession

suburban

subversion

subtraction

suggestion

suppression

sumatran

suspension

superman

suspicion

syrian

technician

taxation

tamarin

talisman

sigmoidal

thespian

timberman

tactician

toboggan

transaction

transfusion

translation

tradition

transcription

transgression

transition

transmission

truncation

unburden

unbutton

tuition

unbroken

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

unison

vacation

uterine

vaccinate

vatican

venetian

vermilion

venison

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

accentuate

accommodates

accommodate

accordion

accountable

accountancy

acquisition

accentuates

acquaintances

acquaintanceship

adoration

admiration

admonition

affectation

adrenaline

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

annexation

apparition

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

ascendency

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

arizonan

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

asymmetries

asymmetry

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

carcinogen

comedian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

bavarian

businesswoman

byzantium

californian

canadian

commendation

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

cogitation

coalition

combination

collodion

coloration

columbian

coloradan

commutation

committeeman

comparison

compilation

compensation

complication

computation

competition

concentration

deviation

composition

condemnation

condensation

condescension

conflagration

confrontation

confiscation

confirmation

congregation

conjugation

consternation

consecration

constellation

consultation

conservation

constipation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

conversation

contribution

convocation

convolution

contravention

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

contrarian

criterion

cultivation

custodian

comprehension

cyclopean

dandelion

decoration

decentralize

crocodilian

decompression

deconstruction

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

dereliction

crucifixion

inclination

devastation

dietitian

dignitary

dignitaries

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

discontented

discontinue

discountable

disinflation

disentangle

disillusion

disinfection

disintegrates

disintegrate

disinterest

disinterested

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dissymmetry

distribution

devonian

disunity

dogmatically

dogmatism

dominican

dosimeters

duplication

dysentery

diaconate

draconian

electrician

elongation

embarkation

englishwoman

essentially

european

estonian

eustachian

eritrean

evocation

equestrian

expectation

exhortation

expedition

exploration

exposition

exploitation

extradition

fascinated

fascinating

fallopian

gravitation

fabrication

federation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

guatemalan

greco-roman

fecundity

gregorian

himalayan

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

historian

hegelian

imputation

hypertension

hyperion

hydrocarbon

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

implication

importation

implantation

imperfection

imposition

impregnation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

hungarian

hacienda

indentation

indexation

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indigestion

indignation

infestation

infiltration

information

indiscretion

indonesian

inhibition

instigation

inspiration

inquisition

institution

integration

intermission

interaction

intercession

interdiction

insurrection

interception

interjection

interruption

interurban

intersection

interwoven

intervention

introduction

intuition

introspection

invitation

iranian

isentropic

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

laceration

jurisdiction

mediation

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberation

lilliputian

librarian

liberian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

legendary

locomotive

locomotor

lubrication

macedonian

maccabean

mammalian

magnetism

malformation

masturbation

malnutrition

manumission

maturation

macintoshes

population

menstruation

mesenteric

meridian

ministration

misconception

minnesotan

miseration

misbegotten

misinterpret

misinterprets

misunderstand

misperception

misunderstands

missourian

modulation

molestation

mortification

moderation

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secondaries

self-deception

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sicilian

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signatories

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tamoxifen

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tetrahedron

toleration

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transportation

transplantation

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utopian

variation

valuation

valerian

veneration

victorian

vicinity

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

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accommodations

accommodating

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accumulation

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administration

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amazonian

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bicentennial

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determination

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electrocution

elizabethan

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epicurean

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ethiopian

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fertilization

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gratification

hanoverian

harmonization

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hyperborean

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justification

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lithuanian

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magnification

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metropolitan

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misinformation

miscalculation

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misunderstanding

misunderstandings

mississippian

mobilization

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mummification

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negotiation

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nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonsectarian

nonintervention

nullification

obliteration

notification

philadelphian

ornamentation

organization

orientation

oregonian

ossification

overproduction

panamanian

participation

patagonian

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

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pomeranian

rejuvenation

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pythagorean

ramification

ratification

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rectification

recrimination

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reforestation

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

renunciation

repatriation

remuneration

representation

repudiation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sanctification

secondarily

scandinavian

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

veterinarian

vegetarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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.


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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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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
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Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
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