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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

amman

alman

ashen

asian

arson

aspen

apron

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bastion

basin

barren

bargain

barton

barbette

barefoot

bason

baston

baton

bayman

batten

batton

beckon

beaten

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

baron

billion

billman

bereft

billon

bereaved

bison

caisson

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

bookman

bordman

bobbin

bollen

brethren

bourbon

brazen

brakeman

bowman

bracken

cajun

breton

brighten

bullion

blacken

blowgun

brevets

briton

brogan

burdon

broken

burgeon

bushman

burden

burman

burton

button

broaden

browbeat

canaan

boston

canyon

calvin

canton

cannon

canon

caption

captain

boughten

capstan

carbon

carman

carmine

carpet

carpets

carton

cauldron

caution

carbide

caxton

cayman

chairman

certain

classman

beacon

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chessman

chevron

children

christen

chicken

chosen

chieftain

christian

churchman

coachman

citron

claxon

clinton

colon

common

copeman

corrupts

corrupt

corban

cordon

cousin

cowan

corvettes

corvette

cotton

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

craftsman

crafty

cushion

curtain

cuban

cumin

damson

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

dalton

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

crouton

deepen

delphian

demon

dudgeon

dutchman

diction

desman

devon

emption

dozen

dolphin

drafting

dungeon

draftsman

drunken

driftwood

dragon

driven

dromon

drip-dry

drafty

dian

dobson

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

dolman

ensign

engine

ermine

erupts

erupt

doctrine

elan

faction

falcon

cabin

fashion

fasten

fortune

famine

farfetched

fatten

felon

fibrin

fervid

fiction

fraction

faulcon

flexion

fission

faustian

flashgun

firman

flatten

freshman

fielden

footman

forbade

fallen

fireman

forbids

foreman

floren

forfeits

fountain

gammon

forbid

freeman

freedman

freshen

gascon

forebode

friction

frighten

frozen

foreign

forefoot

fusion

gallon

garron

function

gentian

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

german

golden

georgian

goodman

gowan

garden

forfeit

gorgon

grandson

grafting

graven

grecian

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

gumption

haitian

happen

hackman

hangman

harden

harken

harten

hasten

headsman

headman

heaven

heathen

hearten

heighten

haven

henchman

hempen

hessian

hetman

hausen

heron

houseman

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

horseman

homespun

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

gotten

graphite

ion

jason

jackman

jasmine

jargon

jetson

junction

jetton

kalan

kansan

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

laden

krypton

lampron

lagan

landsman

landman

latin

kitten

leaven

lengthen

lesson

ledden

legion

leman

lemon

leven

lesion

lessen

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

listen

liven

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lisbon

lion

locken

leaden

logan

london

lockman

lopeman

longan

m1

luncheon

lyden

lumen

lynden

madden

lotion

loosen

mansion

mahone

maiden

mangan

marchman

margin

martian

marron

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

mason

matron

mayan

loren

million

layman

mention

melton

mignon

milken

minden

minion

melon

mission

molten

mitten

moisten

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

morbid

morgan

nekton

ninon

mormon

newsman

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

onion

olden

odin

often

omen

open

option

orbits

organ

orbit

outdone

outrun

othman

orphan

oven

packman

persian

panton

parson

pardon

passion

passman

pectin

pathan

patron

patten

penguin

penman

pension

owen

oxen

perron

paean

pagan

pervades

pervade

person

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

pigeon

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

peon

pavon

portion

ponton

portman

postman

potion

pollan

pollen

pressman

zion

prison

question

private

profits

prophet

prophets

proven

provide

provides

prussian

quicken

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

pullen

ration

redden

region

privates

profit

resin

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

rosen

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rosin

rotten

scripture

probate

russian

salesman

sadden

salmon

saffron

samson

sanction

saxon

satan

santon

satin

scallion

scion

scotsman

seaman

robin

roman

scriptures

section

runnion

season

seedsman

selden

scullion

session

sermon

sequin

sexton

seven

shaken

shaman

seton

sharpen

shipman

semen

shearman

sherbet

shogun

shorten

shrunken

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

soldan

slacken

slogan

smitten

smarten

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

spartan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spokesman

sportsman

station

stallion

statesman

stallman

stepson

steven

squadron

stiffen

stillion

sorbet

straighten

stockman

stolen

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

stricken

striven

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

teston

surfeit

surgeon

sunken

sylvan

syphon

sweeten

tension

taken

talon

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tappen

swollen

weapon

threaten

thicken

tighten

tillman

thrifty

traction

torsion

townsman

toughen

token

toman

torpid

treason

tribute

tributes

trillion

triptychs

triton

trojan

trodden

triptych

tubman

tungsten

tripod

turban

turbid

tripods

turbot

tuscan

thousand

undone

urban

union

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

version

vision

villain

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

warren

warpath

watchman

weaken

whitson

titan

whiten

widen

wizen

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woodman

worsen

workman

zaman

woolman

yachtsman

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

shotgun

zircon

showman

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

abstention

abstraction

absorption

accretion

addition

addiction

acumen

adhesion

accession

affection

adoption

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affliction

african

admission

aggression

aleutian

alaskan

albumin

albion

alderman

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

anyone

appian

andean

anchorman

apportion

arbitrate

arbitrage

arbitrates

aspersion

arkansan

arian

assumption

ascension

artisan

artesian

aryan

assassin

asuncion

assertion

arbiter

arbiters

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

aversion

avian

bandwagon

battalion

beholden

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

brevity

bouillon

brazilian

bravado

bulletin

capsaicin

campion

cambrian

carnation

causation

cardigan

carpeted

carpeting

catalan

castration

caucasian

carrion

cation

cartesian

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

champion

charwoman

chilean

citation

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

cistercian

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collection

clarion

collegian

collision

collagen

combustion

collusion

commission

commotion

companion

communion

compassion

complexion

chamberlain

completion

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

expansion

compression

conduction

concussion

confection

condition

confession

cremation

concoction

conflation

confucian

conjunction

connection

connexion

confusion

construction

consumption

contagion

contention

contraction

contraption

contortion

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

congestion

conscription

congressman

constriction

convulsion

corsican

conversion

correction

corruption

corruptions

corrosion

conviction

corruptive

corruptly

countryman

craftsmanship

councilman

croatian

crestfallen

creation

crabeater

crustacean

curvature

dalmatian

damnation

deception

declension

decision

cyprian

deduction

deflation

defection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depiction

depletion

dentition

deflection

depression

derision

description

detection

detention

destruction

conclusion

desertion

dictation

devotion

diffusion

digestion

diffraction

digression

dilation

direction

dimension

dilution

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

disruption

distortion

dissection

dissension

distinction

distraction

disunion

determine

division

diversion

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

draftsmanship

edition

duration

egyptian

election

eleven

elison

ejection

elation

emblazon

embolden

emotion

emission

emulsion

equation

enlighten

enliven

encryption

englishman

erection

eruption

eruptions

erosion

erupting

eruptive

etruscan

evasion

exaction

exception

eviction

everyone

excision

exemption

exclusion

excretion

exertion

exhaustion

excursion

abandon

expulsion

expression

explosion

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

extrusion

fabian

gradation

ferryman

ferryboats

feminine

fixation

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flirtation

fenian

ferryboat

flotation

foramen

forbidding

foreboding

forewoman

forbidden

foundation

forgotten

formation

forfeiture

forfeitures

freemason

franciscan

frustration

fruition

garrison

fustian

galleon

gentleman

genuine

freudian

gestation

ghanaian

gaussian

gillian

gordian

forefathers

forefather

graffiti

horatian

gravamen

gravitates

gravitate

gravity

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

handwoven

halcyon

halogen

harlequin

hammerman

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hereafter

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impression

implosion

in-person

imprison

inaction

inception

inclusion

incision

impassion

indian

induction

infarction

inflation

infection

inflection

infusion

ingestion

infliction

infraction

inhuman

injunction

inspection

injection

inscription

insertion

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

jamaican

italian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

medicine

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

marian

masculine

medallion

median

margarine

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

melanin

misshapen

mistaken

myosin

narration

morbidly

moroccan

mutation

munition

musician

muskmelon

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nemean

nonhuman

nobleman

nonunion

notation

nubian

occasion

obstruction

objection

obsession

occlusion

norwegian

nutrition

octillion

omission

odeon

oppression

optation

ovation

opinion

oration

optician

orbital

orbitals

origin

ottoman

orion

outspoken

overrun

oxygen

overdone

parisian

parthian

parapet

partition

partisan

pelican

patrician

pavilion

overman

pentathlon

perfection

percussion

permission

perfusion

permian

perfidy

perpetrate

perpetrates

perception

persuasion

phoenician

perversion

petition

pervading

phrygian

peterman

physician

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

predation

position

preemption

possession

precession

preclusion

precision

prediction

predestine

precaution

misprision

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

rendition

incursion

privation

privations

procession

production

probity

probative

profession

profiting

profusion

profiteers

profiteer

progression

prohibit

projection

prohibits

promotion

propulsion

proscription

protean

protection

prostration

providence

provident

provided

providers

proportion

provider

provision

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reception

recession

rebellion

reaction

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

rejection

regression

privately

relation

remission

religion

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

reunion

revulsion

probation

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

reversion

reopen

rotation

saleswoman

saccharin

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scriptural

selection

secretion

sedation

seduction

secession

seclusion

sedition

scythian

sensation

servitude

silicon

singleton

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

stagnation

specimen

starvation

stygian

submission

subscription

submersion

subtraction

summation

succession

suggestion

sumatran

suburban

suppression

superman

subversion

suspension

suspicion

taxation

technician

syrian

tactician

talisman

tamarin

temptation

unbroken

thereafter

thespian

transaction

toboggan

tradition

transcription

torpedoes

torpedos

torpedo

transfusion

transgression

translation

transition

wesleyan

transmission

truncation

troubadour

tuition

turpitude

unbutton

uneven

unison

unwritten

uncommon

uncertain

vacation

uterine

vatican

venison

venetian

vermilion

veteran

verbatim

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

unburden

timberman

zambian

4 syllable words

allocation

abnegation

abdication

aberration

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

activation

adaptation

acquisition

admonition

adulation

advocation

affectation

adoration

adrenaline

affirmation

aggravation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

aggregation

admiration

ammunition

application

american

altercation

alternation

alteration

amphibian

amputation

animation

appellation

annexation

annotation

apparition

appalachian

approbation

apprehension

aspiration

arbitrations

arbitrageurs

arbitrary

arbitragers

arbitrager

arbitrageur

arbitration

arizonan

arbitrators

arbitrator

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

assemblyman

arabian

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

attribution

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

circulation

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

cancellation

calculation

businesswoman

calibration

celebration

canadian

californian

carpetbaggers

carcinogen

carbohydrates

carbohydrate

carpetbagger

complication

centurion

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

chameleon

commutation

compilation

collocation

combination

coloration

columbian

collodion

coloradan

comedian

comparison

compensation

commendation

committeeman

competition

composition

coalition

incrustation

computation

concentration

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

condescension

designation

confirmation

conjugation

congregation

connotation

consolation

constellation

constipation

consummation

consultation

constitution

conservation

consternation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contrarian

contravention

conversation

convocation

consecration

convolution

copernican

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

corruptible

corinthian

cotyledon

copenhagen

desiccation

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

defamation

culmination

cultivation

custodian

depravation

dandelion

deprivation

darwinian

decimation

declaration

dedication

decompression

deconstruction

definition

depredation

decoration

degradation

delegation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deformation

deposition

derivation

desecration

dereliction

derivative

expectation

desolation

destination

desperation

destitution

devastation

deviation

devolution

detonation

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

dispensation

dislocation

disinflation

disposition

disillusion

disinfection

disputation

distillation

dissolution

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

devonian

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

elevation

divination

electrician

emanation

embarkation

elocution

elongation

emigration

emulation

equestrian

englishwoman

equitation

estimation

erudition

eritrean

estonian

european

eustachian

excavation

evolution

evocation

excitation

exclamation

exhalation

exhortation

exhibition

execution

exhumation

expedition

explanation

explication

expiration

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extrication

fabrication

extradition

fallopian

fascination

fermentation

federation

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

graduation

fumigation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

forfeitable

gastrulation

generation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

incubation

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hesitation

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

imitation

immigration

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

hyperion

ibuprofen

hypertension

illustration

iberian

immolation

implication

imputation

impregnation

implantation

importation

imposition

imperfection

inclination

incantation

incarnation

inattention

indentation

indication

indexation

indignation

indonesian

indigestion

indiscretion

inhalation

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

information

inhibition

innovation

inspiration

inquisition

installation

instigation

interjection

institution

insulation

integration

interception

insurrection

intercession

interdiction

interaction

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

intersection

intervention

interwoven

interurban

inundation

introduction

introspection

invocation

intuition

invitation

irrigation

iranian

irritation

isolation

jacobean

iteration

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

medication

meditation

cyclopean

laceration

levitation

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

leviathan

locomotion

liberian

librarian

litigation

limitation

liquefaction

lilliputian

liquidation

maccabean

machination

macedonian

lubrication

malformation

mammalian

manumission

malnutrition

mediation

masturbation

maturation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

miseration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

preparation

misperception

preignition

mitigation

modulation

moderation

missourian

mongolian

moravian

molestation

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

morbidity

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

neuropathy

nigerian

nomination

nonprescription

noblewoman

nonpartisan

overburden

obligation

occupation

obfuscation

obstetrician

observation

obsidian

oblivion

octahedron

operation

opposition

ohioan

olympian

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

paraguayan

pagurian

pedestrian

penetration

pelagian

pavlovian

penicillin

perspiration

perforation

permutation

perpetual

perpetuals

perpetrators

perpetrator

persecution

planarian

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

population

polynesian

polyhedron

preconception

precondition

predilection

praetorian

predetermine

preelection

premonition

presentation

preservation

indecision

relocation

profanation

proclamation

procreation

probationer

probationers

prohibition

prohibitions

prohibitive

propagation

proposition

prostitution

prosecution

protestation

provocation

reclamation

protozoan

providential

publication

recitation

punctuation

radiation

recognition

profitable

realization

recantation

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

recollection

reparation

refutation

reformation

reexamine

reelection

renovation

regulation

recreation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

reconstruction

replication

repercussion

repetition

repossession

resolution

reposition

reproduction

reputation

respiration

republican

resignation

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revolution

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therapeutics

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validation

valuation

usurpation

vaccination

valerian

utopian

variation

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vindication

veneration

violation

visitation

wagnerian

victorian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

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administration

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alliteration

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amazonian

amelioration

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arbitrarily

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brobdingnagians

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dissatisfaction

domestication

dionysian

dramatization

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electrocution

ejaculation

elaboration

elizabethan

emancipation

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equalization

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equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

examination

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exacerbation

exaggeration

evaluation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expropriation

falsification

extermination

facilitation

fertilization

fortification

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humiliation

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hanoverian

hydrogenation

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incrimination

immunization

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inactivation

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incineration

incarceration

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inhabitation

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irradiation

irrefutable

jeffersonian

justification

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legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

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manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

premeditation

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

modernization

modification

mobilization

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multiplication

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normalization

nickelodeon

negotiation

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nonintervention

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nitroglycerine

notification

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orientation

organization

oregonian

ornamentation

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mississippian

pacification

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pasteurization

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pennsylvanian

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polarization

pomeranian

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word perpetuation

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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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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Different Types of Rhymes
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