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

derivation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

advocation

adulation

allegation

allocation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

approbation

application

avocation

celebration

calibration

cancellation

circulation

collocation

evolution

excavation

connotation

coronation

correlation

culmination

cultivation

decimation

defamation

delegation

emulation

equitation

erudition

estimation

dedication

degradation

definition

demolition

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

desiccation

designation

desolation

dereliction

detonation

destination

devastation

devolution

dilatation

dissipation

distillation

emanation

elevation

education

divination

domination

elocution

emigration

excitation

exhalation

extrication

fabrication

fascination

fermentation

fibrillation

fluoridation

gastrulation

germination

granulation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

immolation

immigration

indication

inhalation

innovation

intimation

intonation

insulation

inundation

invocation

irrigation

isolation

irritation

jubilation

legislation

levitation

limitation

litigation

machination

medication

meditation

melanesian

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

ordination

oscillation

pagination

palpitation

presentation

penetration

recitation

recantation

predilection

preservation

premonition

renovation

reclamation

regulation

profanation

propagation

provocation

realization

recollection

recreation

reformation

repetition

replication

revocation

reputation

reservation

resignation

resolution

retribution

revelation

revolution

segregation

sanitation

segmentation

simulation

speculation

stipulation

stimulation

suffocation

surrogation

termination

tabulation

titillation

trepidation

tribulation

vacillation

validation

variation

vaccination

vegetation

ventilation

vindication

visitation

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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

bacon

baron

barren

banyan

bagman

bargain

barton

barefoot

barbette

bastion

baston

baldwin

baton

bayman

batten

batton

beacon

beckon

beaten

begun

belgian

bellman

billion

bison

bellon

billman

billon

bereaved

bereft

bisson

breton

brakeman

bitten

bludgeon

bookman

blacken

bourbon

bordman

boston

bracken

blowgun

boatman

bolden

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brazen

brethren

bullion

broaden

brogan

broken

browbeat

burden

burdon

burgeon

cajun

calvin

caisson

briton

bushman

burman

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carbide

carman

carmine

carpets

carpet

caution

cayman

caxton

cauldron

certain

carton

brighten

chairman

brevets

chaplain

chapman

basin

chasten

chessman

chevron

cheapen

chicken

children

chieftain

chosen

christen

christian

citron

churchman

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

charon

bason

common

copeman

corban

cordon

corrupt

corrupts

cousin

corvette

corvettes

cotton

cowan

craftsman

crewman

crafty

craven

crimson

cretin

crouton

cuban

dalton

dagon

dagan

daman

dampen

deaden

deafen

darken

damson

deacon

cumin

delphian

demon

deepen

desman

devon

diction

dian

dobson

doctrine

dragon

dolman

draftsman

dozen

drafting

drafty

dudgeon

drunken

dolphin

dromon

drip-dry

driven

driftwood

dungeon

dustman

earthen

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

erupt

erupts

burton

curtain

faction

falcon

fashion

faustian

fasten

felon

fatten

faulcon

fission

firman

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fervid

fireman

flashgun

flexion

footman

flatten

floren

foreman

forbade

foreign

forebode

forefoot

forbids

forfeit

forbid

forfeits

freshen

fraction

freshman

fortune

freeman

fountain

freedman

friction

frighten

function

gallon

fusion

frozen

gammon

garron

garden

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

fallen

given

glisten

gilden

gibbon

gladden

glidden

gluten

goodman

gorgon

famine

golden

farfetched

grafting

heron

gotten

graven

graphite

grecian

gudgeon

gumption

guardsman

gowan

griffon

hackman

haitian

harden

harken

hangman

happen

henchman

hasten

heighten

harten

heaven

headsman

headman

haven

heathen

hearten

hausen

hempen

hetman

grandson

hessian

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoven

hoten

human

hyphen

huntsman

hymen

hyson

ibsen

cushion

button

ion

jackman

jetson

jason

jargon

jasmine

jetton

junction

keelson

kalan

jorden

kansan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

laden

klansman

kitchen

kitten

lagan

krypton

lampron

landman

landsman

jordan

latin

layman

leaven

leaden

ledden

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lesion

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

lightman

liman

listen

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

linen

liven

lotion

luncheon

lockman

longan

locken

logan

london

loosen

lumen

lyden

lopeman

lynden

m1

loren

lemon

legion

mahone

madden

maiden

mansion

leman

melon

marron

martian

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

mason

mangan

matron

mayan

melton

mention

million

margin

marchman

mignon

milken

minden

minion

mission

moisten

morgan

mormon

morbid

motion

mullen

mountain

muslin

muffin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

notion

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

onion

option

open

orbits

orbit

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

pagan

packman

mitten

paean

panton

passion

parson

pardon

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pension

pectin

penguin

penman

pavon

peon

perron

pervades

pervade

pillion

pinion

pigeon

plankton

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

potion

postman

person

owen

oxen

prison

privates

probate

profits

profit

pressman

prophet

proven

provide

prophets

provides

pullen

prussian

question

ration

raven

rayon

quicken

reason

private

reckon

persian

redden

region

resin

rerun

rosen

riden

ripen

riven

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

robin

roman

runnion

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

rosin

sanction

samson

satan

satin

scullion

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

scriptures

scripture

section

santon

seedsman

session

selden

semen

seven

sexton

sermon

shaken

seton

sequin

shaman

rotten

sharpen

shearman

sherbet

shipman

shorten

tillman

molten

shrunken

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smarten

slacken

smitten

soldan

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

sorbet

sovereign

spoken

spartan

spearman

sportsman

squadron

station

spokesman

stallion

statesman

stallman

stepson

steven

stiffen

stillion

sovran

straighten

stockman

stolen

strengthen

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suasion

suction

sudden

sultan

sunken

sullen

summon

surfeit

shogun

surgeon

sylvan

syphon

taken

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

tension

tendon

sweeten

teston

threaten

swollen

thicken

thousand

thrifty

tighten

titan

torsion

toughen

townsman

token

toman

torpid

traction

urson

treason

tribute

urchin

tributes

trillion

tubman

triton

tungsten

turban

trojan

triptychs

trodden

triptych

turbid

undone

tuscan

tripods

union

turbot

urban

tripod

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

waken

warden

wagon

warren

wanton

watchman

warpath

weaken

weapon

whitson

whiten

widen

wizen

woodman

woolman

wheaten

wiccan

workman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

showman

zircon

shotgun

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abrasion

accession

accretion

abstraction

absorption

abstention

acumen

addiction

addition

adoption

adrian

adsorption

aegean

affection

affliction

african

adhesion

aggression

alaskan

aleutian

albion

albumin

alderman

alien

alsatian

admission

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

arbiters

arbiter

arbitrage

assumption

arbitrate

arbitrates

asuncion

arian

arkansan

artesian

aspersion

artisan

aryan

assassin

ascension

assertion

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

aversion

awaken

avian

australian

backgammon

austrian

backwoodsman

battalion

badminton

bandwagon

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

bravado

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

chairperson

campion

clarendon

cetacean

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

carpeting

carpeted

carrion

causation

cartesian

castration

catalan

cation

caucasian

chairwoman

brevity

chamberlain

champion

clarion

chilean

cistercian

citation

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

charlatan

coercion

clergyman

charwoman

cognition

collegian

combustion

collision

collusion

collection

collagen

cohesion

compulsion

commission

commotion

companion

compassion

completion

compression

complexion

compunction

conduction

conflation

concession

concussion

concoction

conception

conclusion

confession

confection

condition

confucian

confusion

congestion

conjunction

conscription

connection

connexion

consumption

contagion

construction

constriction

contraction

contortion

contraption

contention

convection

convention

convulsion

contrition

contusion

conversion

conviction

congressman

correction

corruptions

corrosion

corruptive

corruptly

corsican

councilman

countryman

crabeater

crustacean

craftsmanship

cremation

creation

croatian

crestfallen

dalmatian

damnation

decision

curvature

deception

declension

deduction

deflation

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

description

desertion

derision

destruction

determine

detection

detention

devotion

dictation

diffraction

dilation

digression

diffusion

dilution

digestion

dimension

discussion

discipline

discretion

direction

disruption

dentition

dissension

dispersion

distinction

distraction

distortion

disunion

donation

diversion

division

downtrodden

draftsmanship

dominion

dorian

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

dissection

elison

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

englishman

erection

erosion

erupting

eruption

equation

eruptions

evasion

etruscan

eviction

everyone

eruptive

exaction

excision

exception

exclusion

excretion

communion

excursion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

cyprian

expulsion

extortion

expansion

expression

extinction

extension

extraction

extrusion

fabian

explosion

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

ferryboat

fijian

ferryboats

fisherman

fixation

flotation

forbidden

forewoman

foramen

forgotten

foreboding

forbidding

forefather

forefathers

forfeiture

forfeitures

formation

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fustian

galleon

fruition

garrison

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gaussian

gillian

gordian

gradation

graffiti

gravamen

gravitates

gravitate

gravity

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halogen

harlequin

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

hereafter

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

impassion

imagine

immersion

impression

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

abandon

inclusion

induction

indian

infarction

infection

infraction

infliction

infusion

inhuman

injection

inflection

ingestion

injunction

inflation

insertion

inscription

instruction

inspection

intention

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

intrusion

javelin

lanolin

kantian

jovian

julian

keratin

lactation

korean

keynesian

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

malayan

magician

magdalen

mandarin

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

menhaden

migration

mexican

melanin

midshipman

margarine

median

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

morbidly

musician

mutation

muskmelon

myosin

munition

nebraskan

norwegian

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

nemean

notation

objection

nutrition

nubian

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

odeon

octillion

oppression

opinion

optation

orbitals

omission

oration

orbital

ovation

origin

orion

optician

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

incursion

parapet

partition

partisan

parthian

parisian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

permission

permian

perfusion

perfection

perpetrates

perfidy

persuasion

perversion

phoenician

pervading

petition

phrygian

peterman

physician

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

possession

position

precaution

preclusion

precession

precision

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

perpetrate

presumption

prevention

pretension

proscription

privations

procession

probation

probity

probative

production

profession

progression

profiteer

profiting

prohibit

profiteers

profusion

prohibits

projection

promotion

propulsion

providence

proportion

prostration

provided

provident

protean

providers

provider

privately

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

protection

rebellion

recision

reception

recession

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

rendition

relation

religion

rejection

remission

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

retraction

restriction

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rotation

rhodopsin

rifleman

saccharin

saleswoman

secretion

scythian

seclusion

scorpion

scriptural

secession

samoan

seduction

sedition

selection

servitude

zambian

skeleton

silicon

singleton

simian

snapdragon

solomon

solution

stagnation

specimen

stygian

subversion

succession

subtraction

subscription

submersion

submission

suburban

suggestion

superman

sumatran

suppression

suspicion

taxation

syrian

tactician

talisman

tamarin

technician

suspension

thereafter

thespian

timberman

toboggan

torpedoes

torpedos

torpedo

tradition

transaction

translation

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

transmission

truncation

tuition

troubadour

uneven

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unison

unbroken

unwritten

turpitude

uterine

vacation

vatican

venison

venetian

verbatim

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

abdication

abnegation

absolution

accordion

abyssinian

acquisition

adoration

admonition

affirmation

adrenaline

affectation

admiration

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

algerian

aldebaran

algonquian

alteration

altercation

amputation

ammunition

american

amphibian

annexation

apparition

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

arbitrations

alternation

arbitrator

arbitrager

attribution

arbitragers

arbitrators

armenian

arbitrageur

arbitrary

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

arbitrageurs

athenian

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

carbohydrates

carbohydrate

carpetbaggers

carpetbagger

centurion

chameleon

combination

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

commendation

exhibition

cogitation

coalition

coloration

collodion

coloradan

columbian

expectation

comedian

businesswoman

compensation

computation

commutation

committeeman

compilation

comparison

complication

composition

comprehension

concentration

condemnation

confrontation

confiscation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

conflagration

congregation

consolation

consummation

conjugation

consecration

constellation

conservation

corp.

consternation

constipation

consultation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

copernican

convocation

contravention

contribution

conversation

convolution

contrarian

copenhagen

corinthian

corporation

corruptible

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

dandelion

declaration

decoration

darwinian

decompression

deconstruction

deformation

dehydration

custodian

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

derivative

destitution

desperation

deviation

disinflation

disillusion

devonian

diminution

dietitian

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

dispensation

dissertation

disposition

dissolution

distribution

dislocation

duplication

dominican

draconian

disputation

electrician

elongation

embarkation

englishwoman

execution

eritrean

inclination

incrustation

equestrian

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

exclamation

exhortation

exhumation

competition

inattention

incantation

explanation

explication

expedition

expiration

exploitation

exploration

glaciation

extradition

fallopian

federation

figuration

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

forfeitable

formulation

fragmentation

exposition

galilean

fumigation

gorgonian

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

gregorian

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hydrocarbon

ideation

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

illustration

implication

hungarian

imperfection

imputation

implantation

imposition

importation

impregnation

incarnation

incubation

indignation

indentation

indexation

indonesian

indiscretion

indigestion

infestation

inflammation

inhibition

information

infiltration

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

intervention

integration

inspiration

interaction

interdiction

intermission

interruption

interwoven

insurrection

interception

interurban

interjection

intersection

intercession

cyclopean

introduction

introspection

invitation

intuition

iranian

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

laceration

jordanian

kindergarten

lancastrian

indecision

leviathan

liberation

lilliputian

librarian

liberian

liquefaction

liquidation

lubrication

maccabean

locomotion

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

mediation

manumission

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

preparation

moderation

modulation

moravian

morbidity

mortification

napoleon

nicaraguan

newtonian

neuropathy

nigerian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nestorian

nonpartisan

oblivion

obligation

obfuscation

observation

obsidian

occupation

obstetrician

ohioan

octahedron

olympian

opposition

operation

orchestration

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

penicillin

pelagian

pedestrian

perforation

permutation

perpetrators

perpetrator

perpetual

perpetuals

perpetuate

perpetuates

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

politician

preconception

precondition

praetorian

predetermine

preelection

preignition

oxidation

proclamation

procreation

probationer

probationers

prohibition

prohibitions

profitable

prohibitive

protestation

proposition

prostitution

protozoan

providential

prosecution

publication

punctuation

radiation

reassertion

readmission

reawaken

recognition

reconstruction

refutation

reexamine

reelection

registration

reparation

missourian

molestation

relaxation

relocation

repossession

mongolian

reinspection

repercussion

reposition

reproduction

republican

requisition

respiration

restitution

restoration

resurrection

retardation

retrocession

rhetorician

rumination

rhododendron

samaritan

saturation

sectarian

separation

self-deception

satisfaction

sequestration

shakespearean

sicilian

simonian

siberian

situation

smithsonian

statistician

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

superstition

superhuman

supervision

supposition

syndication

syncopation

tetrahedron

tasmanian

tamoxifen

therapeutics

therapeutic

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

tributaries

tributary

ulceration

turbidity

usurpation

valuation

utopian

valerian

veneration

violation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accreditation

accommodation

academician

acceleration

accumulation

adjudication

adulteration

alienation

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

administration

alliteration

amalgamation

amelioration

amortization

amazonian

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

argumentation

assassination

articulation

assimilation

assemblywoman

association

argentinian

attenuation

arbitrarily

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

brobdingnagians

caledonian

canonization

certification

augustinian

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

centralization

centenarian

cauterization

christianization

civilization

classification

codification

coagulation

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

collaboration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deification

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

desalination

disinclination

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

dionysian

disintegration

dissociation

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

denomination

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

equivocation

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

ethiopian

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

exacerbation

excoriation

exhilaration

exoneration

inauguration

exfoliation

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

exoskeleton

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

gravitational

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

illumination

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incineration

incarceration

incrimination

preoccupation

incorporation

intoxication

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

inhabitation

insemination

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpretation

intimidation

irradiation

investigation

invalidation

ionization

irrefutable

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

magnification

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

legalization

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

misapprehension

modernization

mobilization

modification

remuneration

mississippian

multiplication

mummification

negotiation

normalization

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

nullification

obliteration

notification

organization

ossification

ornamentation

oregonian

orientation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

peripatetic

perpetually

perpetuation

polarization

philadelphian

pomeranian

predestination

precipitation

predisposition

presupposition

perpetuity

procrastination

probationary

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

prohibitory

proletarian

quantification

pythagorean

qualification

ratification

ramification

reaffirmation

recommendation

refrigeration

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

reforestation

recombination

regeneration

renunciation

representation

reintegration

rejuvenation

reiteration

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

scandinavian

presbyterian

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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:

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