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

action

acton

affines

airman

alan

alman

alban

amman

arson

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

avenge

bacon

baboons

banyan

bagman

baldwin

basin

baron

barren

bargain

barton

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

beaten

batton

bayman

beacon

beckon

belgian

bellman

begun

billion

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bellon

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

boston

bordman

boughten

bourbon

brakeman

bollen

brethren

breton

briton

brazen

brighten

bookman

bowman

bracken

broaden

brogan

bullion

broken

caisson

burgeon

cajun

bushman

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

cabins

canaan

calvin

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

capstan

caption

burden

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

cauldron

caution

chairman

cayman

certain

carton

chafing

chaplain

chapman

charon

chieftain

chasten

christian

chessman

chevron

cheapen

chicken

cheapens

children

christen

chosen

chipping

chopping

churchman

citron

clinton

classman

claxon

coachman

coffins

caxton

colon

common

cavins

copeman

corban

cordon

coppins

coping

craftsman

craven

cotton

coupons

cretin

cousin

crewman

crimson

cowan

crouton

cushion

curtain

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

damson

darken

dampen

deacon

deaden

cuban

deafen

dalton

cubans

defense

defence

deepen

deepens

defines

defunct

delphian

demon

desman

diction

dipping

devon

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

diving

dobbins

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dudgeon

dustman

earthen

eaten

dutchman

eden

elan

driven

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

dromon

drunken

dubbing

dungeon

evens

dian

evince

fashion

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fasten

faustian

fatten

felon

faulcon

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

flashgun

footman

floren

foreign

foreman

flexion

fountain

freedman

fortune

fraction

freeman

friction

flatten

freshen

freshman

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

gentian

garron

garden

gallon

gammon

gascon

georgian

german

glisten

gibbon

glidden

givens

gibbons

gladden

gluten

golden

goodman

grandson

graven

gotten

gowan

grecian

gorgon

gumption

griffon

gudgeon

haitian

hackman

guardsman

hangman

happen

happens

harden

harken

henchman

hasten

haven

harten

headman

headsman

heaven

heighten

havens

hearten

heavens

heaving

having

heathen

hempen

hausen

gilden

heron

hetman

hidden

horseman

hessian

homespun

hogan

hopping

hoten

huntsman

houseman

hoven

human

hipbones

given

hymen

giving

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

jackman

ion

jason

jargon

jasmine

japans

jetson

jetton

jordan

junction

kansan

keelson

kalan

kelson

keeping

kelvin

kenyan

landsman

kitchen

kirkman

kevins

kitten

klansman

kremlin

laden

lampron

lagan

landman

lapping

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

leavens

leaping

ledden

lengthen

jorden

legion

leman

lemon

lessen

lesion

lesson

leven

levens

levins

lightman

lighten

lichen

liken

liman

linden

linen

listen

lineman

linemen

lisbon

liven

lion

livings

living

longan

loosen

loren

lockman

lopeman

locken

looping

lopping

lotion

lynden

luncheon

m1

lumen

madden

lovings

logan

maiden

mahone

london

mangan

loving

mansion

martian

marron

marksman

margin

marchman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

mapping

mason

matron

lyden

mayan

mention

melton

million

mignon

milken

minden

melon

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

motion

mormon

mountain

nipping

muffin

mullen

muffins

morgan

mutton

muslin

nation

nekton

newsman

moving

napping

ninon

oarsman

notion

ocean

odin

offing

often

olden

omen

onion

option

opines

organ

orphan

outrun

outdone

othman

oven

opens

ovens

oxen

owen

packman

paean

pagan

open

parson

pardon

passion

passman

patron

patten

pavon

paving

pathan

penguin

pectin

pension

penman

peon

perron

persian

person

pigeon

pinion

piston

pillion

pitman

pippins

piping

plankton

plantain

panton

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

popping

portion

portman

postman

potion

norman

pressman

prison

prussian

proven

question

quicken

ration

raven

ravens

puffins

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

pullen

region

refines

raving

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

puffing

revenge

ribbons

riden

risen

ripen

riven

robin

ravines

ribbing

seedsman

robins

rotten

roman

rosin

roofing

rosen

rumen

robbins

rowen

ruin

runnion

russian

salesman

salmon

samson

sadden

sanction

saffron

santon

satan

roving

scullion

satin

saxon

savings

saving

scavenge

scotsman

scallion

scion

section

seaman

season

rovings

rowan

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

session

sexton

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sevens

sharpen

shaving

shavings

shearman

shipman

shotgun

shogun

sicken

shorten

silken

showman

shrunken

siphon

siren

siphons

slacken

slogan

smarten

shipping

smitten

rubbing

soften

soldan

sodden

solon

sobbing

sopping

sovereign

spearman

spanish

spartan

spangle

spanking

spencer

sphincters

spinster

spencers

sphincter

spokesman

spoken

sponges

spongy

sponsor

sponsors

station

statesman

sportsman

squadron

stallman

stallion

spunky

stepson

suasion

steven

strengthen

stillion

sturgeon

stiffen

straighten

stockman

stolen

stricken

striven

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

sweeping

swollen

sylvan

syphon

taken

tendon

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

tension

soybeans

teston

whitson

threaten

tillman

thicken

thousand

tighten

whiten

token

toman

tipping

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

toppings

topping

treason

tungsten

trillion

turban

triton

trojan

trodden

tubing

tubman

typhoons

tuscan

undone

union

urchin

urson

urine

urban

version

vegan

vision

villain

vulcan

wheaten

waken

wagon

wanton

weaken

weapon

warden

weapons

watchman

weavings

warren

weaving

webbing

weeping

wapping

whipping

workman

titan

whooping

wiccan

women

woodman

woolman

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

whopping

worsen

woolen

written

yachtsman

zaman

woven

yaupon

yeoman

yaupons

zion

zircon

sovran

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abduction

abeyance

abdomen

abstraction

abrasion

absorption

abortion

abstention

accession

accretion

addiction

addition

adhesion

admission

adoption

acumen

adrian

adsorption

affection

aegean

affliction

aggression

african

aleutian

alderman

alien

allusion

alsatian

alaskan

ambrosian

ambition

albion

albumin

andean

anchorman

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

ascension

aspersion

arian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

artesian

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

backwoodsman

backgammon

badminton

avian

bandwagon

avenger

avenues

commotion

battalion

carrion

bedridden

beethoven

bedouin

bedizen

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

bubonic

campion

carnation

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

castration

causation

caucasian

cation

catalan

cinnamon

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

chamberlain

champion

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

citation

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clergyman

clarion

coercion

collection

collagen

cohesion

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

cognition

commission

completion

complexion

correction

concoction

concussion

condition

conception

conclusion

expression

conduction

confection

congestion

confucian

confusion

congressman

connection

confession

connexion

conflation

conscription

constriction

conjunction

construction

contraction

contraption

contagion

consumption

contention

contortion

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conviction

crustacean

copying

conversion

crestfallen

compunction

countryman

creation

corruption

corrosion

corsican

cremation

croatian

dalmatian

cyprian

excretion

damnation

deception

convulsion

decision

declension

councilman

defection

deduction

defenses

deflation

deflection

defensive

defiance

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depression

description

desertion

destruction

detention

detection

determine

deviance

devotion

donation

derision

dictation

dimension

digestion

diffraction

digression

dilation

diffusion

dilution

direction

discretion

discussion

discipline

dispersion

disruption

distraction

distortion

dissension

distinction

dissection

diversion

disunion

division

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

duration

edition

egyptian

elation

ejection

election

eleven

emission

encryption

emulsion

erection

emblazon

elison

embolden

emotion

equation

enlighten

enliven

englishman

eruption

erosion

etruscan

eviction

evasion

everyone

depletion

exaction

communion

exception

companion

excision

exclusion

compassion

excursion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

compression

expansion

compulsion

expulsion

extinction

explosion

extension

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

fenian

filtration

feminine

ferryman

fijian

fisherman

fixation

frustration

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

foundation

franciscan

freemason

formation

forgotten

forewoman

fruition

freudian

gestation

garrison

galleon

fustian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gordian

gradation

gyration

gravamen

guncotton

grobian

guardian

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

halogen

harlequin

heartbroken

gaussian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

hydration

gillian

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

immersion

implosion

impression

inaction

in-person

inception

inclusion

incision

imprison

incursion

indian

infarction

induction

infection

inflation

infraction

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infusion

abandon

inscription

insertion

injunction

inhuman

instruction

inspection

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

italian

irishman

irian

jamaican

jacobin

japanese

javanese

javelin

jettison

kantian

julian

keratin

keynesian

laurentian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

jovian

libration

concession

ligation

injection

libyan

libyans

location

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

logician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

masculine

lovingly

marian

margarine

medallion

median

medicine

menhaden

melanin

migration

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

mistaken

misprision

misshapen

moroccan

munition

musician

narration

mutation

myosin

muskmelon

negation

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

newfangle

nevadan

newfangled

movingly

precession

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

nutrition

nubian

objection

obstruction

obsession

predestine

occasion

occlusion

octillion

offensive

odeon

omission

oppression

optation

optician

opinion

oration

origin

orion

ovation

outspoken

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

partition

partisan

parisian

parthian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perfection

perception

pentathlon

percussion

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

phoenician

peterman

petition

physician

perversion

phrygian

plantation

policeman

plebeian

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

precision

preclusion

nobleman

predation

preemption

prediction

pretension

presumption

prevention

prescription

privation

norwegian

probation

procession

production

profession

progression

proportion

propulsion

proscription

projection

promotion

prostration

profusion

protean

protection

rejection

provision

puritan

ramadan

quotation

reaction

reception

rebellion

recession

relation

recision

redemption

reflection

reduction

regimen

regression

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

reopens

repression

resection

reptilian

rescission

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

revulsion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rabbinic

revenues

rifleman

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

savannas

scavenger

scavengers

scavenging

scorpion

secession

secretion

sedation

sedition

seclusion

scythian

seduction

selection

sensation

snapdragon

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

solution

solomon

specimen

spangler

spongiform

sponsorship

starvation

sponsorships

stagnation

stygian

submission

submersion

temptation

suppression

subtraction

subscription

suggestion

summation

succession

sumatran

subversion

suburban

submissive

superman

suspension

suspicion

taxation

syrian

tactician

talisman

technician

tamarin

subpoenas

submissions

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transgression

translation

transition

tradition

transmission

transaction

transfusion

transcription

truncation

unbroken

unburden

tuition

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

unison

vacation

uterine

vatican

venison

venetian

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

aberration

abdication

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

adaptation

activation

adoration

admiration

admonition

adrenaline

affectation

affirmation

alteration

adulation

advocation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

allegation

albanian

aldebaran

allocation

altercation

alternation

algerian

algonquian

american

ammunition

amphibian

animation

annexation

annotation

amputation

appellation

application

appalachian

apparition

approbation

apprehension

aspiration

arbitration

arabian

armenian

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

attribution

aviation

avocation

backwardation

avuncular

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

circulation

chameleon

chauvinistic

chauvinism

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

combination

collocation

coloration

coloradan

collodion

columbian

comedian

commendation

committeeman

deconstruction

compensation

compilation

comprehension

demonstration

commutation

competition

composition

dehydration

concentration

condensation

condemnation

condescension

confrontation

consternation

confiscation

conflagration

confirmation

congregation

connotation

decoration

conjugation

consecration

conservation

constellation

constipation

consolation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

consummation

contraception

contribution

contrarian

conversation

contradiction

contravention

decompression

convocation

copenhagen

coronation

corinthian

copernican

corp.

corporation

correlation

criterion

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

convolution

culmination

cultivation

custodian

darwinian

cyclopean

dandelion

decimation

declaration

deformation

dedication

defamation

degradation

defensible

definition

defensively

excitation

expiration

delegation

excavation

demolition

demarcation

evocation

exploration

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deposition

dereliction

desperation

deportation

desecration

designation

desiccation

desolation

destination

destitution

devastation

detonation

deviation

devolution

devonian

derivation

dilatation

dispensation

diminution

dietitian

disaffection

diocesan

disinflation

disconnection

dislocation

disillusion

disinfection

disposition

disputation

distillation

dissertation

dissipation

divination

distribution

dissolution

domination

dominican

draconian

estimation

electrician

emigration

equestrian

duplication

education

equitation

elevation

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emulation

elocution

eritrean

erudition

englishwoman

evanescence

evanescent

estonian

eustachian

european

euphemism

euphemisms

evangelist

evangelists

evangelize

evolution

exclamation

comparison

exhortation

execution

complication

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

expectation

expedition

explanation

explication

computation

exploitation

exposition

extrication

extradition

fascination

fabrication

fallopian

fibrillation

federation

fermentation

figuration

formulation

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

gargantuan

galilean

generation

gentlewoman

germination

hesitation

glaciation

hibernation

hemoglobin

granulation

graduation

gorgonian

habitation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

hegelian

herculean

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

immolation

implantation

implication

imperfection

incrustation

importation

impregnation

imposition

imputation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indentation

incubation

indecision

indexation

indication

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

indigestion

inhalation

integration

inflammation

information

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

insulation

institution

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

intermission

interdiction

interjection

inundation

interurban

interruption

interwoven

intervention

intersection

intimation

intonation

intuition

introspection

introduction

invitation

irritation

iteration

invocation

irrigation

isolation

iranian

jacobean

japonica

legislation

levitation

jurisdiction

jubilation

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

jordanian

leviathan

liberation

liquidation

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

litigation

liquefaction

machination

malnutrition

locomotion

macedonian

maccabean

masturbation

maturation

malformation

mammalian

manumission

lubrication

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

moravian

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

molestation

miseration

mitigation

modulation

moderation

missourian

misperception

meridian

mortification

motivation

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

precondition

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

preparation

presentation

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obstetrician

obsidian

occupation

octahedron

pagination

ohioan

oblivion

olympian

orchestration

operation

ordination

opposition

oscillation

ostentation

oxidation

overburden

ovulation

pagurian

palpitation

pedestrian

paraguayan

penicillin

permutation

pelagian

pavlovian

perforation

persecution

pigmentation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

politician

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

noblewoman

preconception

predetermine

preelection

predilection

preignition

preservation

premonition

proclamation

liberian

procreation

profanation

propagation

proposition

prohibition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

rhododendron

publication

provocation

reinspection

protozoan

radiation

rabbinical

recreation

punctuation

recantation

realization

reassertion

reawaken

readmission

recitation

reconstruction

reclamation

recognition

recollection

relaxation

refutation

reformation

reexamine

reelection

renovation

regulation

relocation

reparation

reputation

replication

repetition

reposition

repercussion

repossession

respiration

resignation

reservation

requisition

republican

resolution

reproduction

restitution

restoration

retardation

retribution

resurrection

retrocession

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

revelation

segmentation

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

separation

self-deception

shakespearean

smithsonian

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

speculation

subluxation

statistician

syncopation

stimulation

syndication

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

suffocation

substitution

superstition

supposition

supervision

superhuman

termination

surrogation

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

titillation

toleration

tetrahedron

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

vacillation

ulceration

wagnerian

variation

vaccination

usurpation

validation

valerian

valuation

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

visitation

vindication

violation

victorian

utopian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

accommodation

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

alliteration

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

anticipation

annihilation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argumentation

articulation

assassination

argentinian

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

amplification

babylonian

brobdingnagian

beethovenian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centralization

centenarian

certification

christianization

civilization

classification

codification

clarification

coagulation

cohabitation

collaboration

commemoration

colonization

communication

deceleration

degeneration

confederation

denunciation

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

continuation

contamination

coordination

cooperation

decapitation

corroboration

decomposition

exacerbation

expatriation

exasperation

exoneration

deification

delineation

denomination

deliberation

delicatessen

excoriation

depreciation

domestication

depopulation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dionysian

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

discoloration

discrimination

dissemination

dissociation

dissatisfaction

dramatization

emancipation

equalization

ejaculation

edification

elimination

elaboration

electrocution

elizabethan

equivocation

evaporation

eradication

epicurean

enumeration

evacuation

evaluation

ethiopian

evangelistic

evangelical

evangelicals

evangelism

exaggeration

examination

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoskeleton

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

harmonization

glorification

hyperinflation

hybridization

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

hydrogenation

humiliation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

incrimination

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

improvisation

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

legalization

justification

juxtaposition

lithuanian

localization

manifestation

magnetization

mechanization

manipulation

magnification

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

predestination

precipitation

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

modernization

mobilization

modification

mississippian

metropolitan

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

obliteration

nonsectarian

nonintervention

notification

nullification

orientation

organization

oregonian

ornamentation

origination

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

perpetuation

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

nitroglycerine

normalization

predisposition

prevarication

presupposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

procrastination

libertarian

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

solicitation

prognostication

purification

quantification

qualification

ramification

ratification

pythagorean

rejuvenation

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

refrigeration

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

scandinavian

simplification

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

synchronization

substantiation

theologian

triangulation

unification

vaporization

unitarian

vulgarization

utilization

veterinarian

verification

vilification

vegetarian

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.


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.

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