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2 syllable words
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2 syllable words

abstain

action

abstruse

acton

abstracts

abstract

affect

affects

affixed

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

asian

aspen

ashen

auction

atman

auden

austin

baton

baldwin

banyan

bargain

baron

billman

bastion

billion

basin

bason

baston

barren

batten

batton

beacon

belgian

beckon

begun

bellman

beaten

beefsteak

bellon

bayman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

bobcat

bobcats

bolden

bookman

bordman

boston

bollen

boughten

bourbon

brakeman

bowman

bracken

brazen

brethren

briton

breton

broken

brighten

broaden

brogan

bullion

bushman

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

capstan

capstone

caption

carman

carmine

calvin

captain

cauldron

carton

caution

caxton

cayman

carbon

certain

chairman

christen

chicken

children

cheapen

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

charon

chasten

chosen

christian

citron

chaplain

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

churchman

colon

bacon

bagman

barton

common

copeman

cousin

corban

cordon

cretin

cotton

craftsman

craven

cushion

crimson

crewman

cuban

crouton

cumin

dampen

curtain

dalton

damson

cowan

dagan

darken

dagon

deacon

deaden

deafen

daman

debased

defects

defect

delphian

demon

depict

depicts

desman

defaced

deepen

devon

diffused

dipstick

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

divests

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dovecote

dovecotes

dragon

divest

drunken

dungeon

driven

dustman

dudgeon

effects

effect

eden

elan

emption

eavesdrop

engine

ensign

eaten

ermine

evict

gudgeon

falcon

faction

gumption

fashion

fasten

fallen

famine

fatten

faulcon

felon

flexion

fission

fielden

fireman

firman

flashgun

flatten

floren

freshen

footman

fraction

freedman

fortune

freeman

foreman

fountain

freshman

foreign

frighten

frozen

function

fibrin

fusion

gascon

garden

garron

gentian

gibbon

georgian

german

gilden

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

goodman

golden

gorgon

gluten

gotten

gowan

grecian

griffon

grandson

gammon

graven

guardsman

gallon

hessian

hackman

haitian

heathen

faustian

hangman

happen

headsman

harken

headman

hasten

heaven

harden

harten

hearten

hausen

haven

henchman

hidden

hempen

hetman

heron

heighten

dromon

dutchman

hipster

hipsters

hogan

homespun

hopscotch

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

mignon

huntsman

ibsen

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

junction

jordan

jorden

kitchen

keelson

kelson

kitten

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

kalan

kansan

landsman

landman

laden

lopeman

lagan

lampron

legion

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lesion

leven

leaden

lichen

latin

linden

lisbon

linen

lightman

liken

lineman

linemen

listen

layman

lighten

liman

lion

liven

lobster

lockman

london

locken

loosen

longan

logan

loren

lotion

lynden

luncheon

m1

lumen

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marchman

martian

marksman

markman

margin

marlin

marron

mason

martin

matron

mayan

melton

marten

lobsters

melon

milken

million

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

minden

motion

muffin

mullen

molten

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

obstruct

obstructs

ocean

oarsman

olden

odin

often

offshoot

offshoots

offsets

offset

omen

onion

open

morgan

mormon

mountain

option

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

packman

paean

panton

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pathan

patron

pectin

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

patten

owen

oxen

perron

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

person

plantain

platen

platten

pagan

poison

portion

portman

ponton

postman

potion

pollen

pollan

mention

pressman

prison

earthen

spearman

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

quipster

reckon

redden

region

proven

rerun

resin

ridden

seedsman

rincon

ribbon

risen

riven

ripostes

selden

riden

ripen

robin

sanction

rosin

russian

saffron

runnion

rotten

rowen

rumen

ruin

salesman

sadden

rowan

samson

salmon

riposte

satin

saxon

scullion

seaman

scallion

scion

scapegoats

season

section

scotsman

satan

santon

semen

robust

roman

sequin

rosen

shipman

sexton

shearman

seton

seven

shaken

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

scapegoat

sermon

shaman

shogun

silken

sicken

session

smitten

showman

shrunken

slacken

smarten

siphon

siren

slogan

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spastic

space-time

spectral

spectrum

spectre

spectrums

sportsman

spigot

spokesman

spoken

spigots

squadron

stallion

stallman

stepson

statesman

stillion

station

stockman

strengthen

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

stolen

straighten

sylvan

substance

suction

substrate

substrates

sudden

subsides

sunken

sultan

sullen

summon

surgeon

sweepstake

sweeten

sweepstakes

swollen

subside

thicken

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

syphon

tendon

tension

teston

threaten

woman

women

thousand

tillman

traction

torsion

token

toughen

tipster

titan

toman

townsman

treason

trillion

tuscan

tungsten

tubman

typists

trojan

typist

trodden

turban

undone

upsets

union

triton

upset

upshot

upside

urson

urchin

urban

urine

vegan

whitson

vision

villain

version

vulcan

waken

wanton

warden

watchman

wagon

warren

upstream

weaken

weapon

webster

websters

wheaten

upstart

whiten

wiccan

tighten

widen

wizen

upstarts

written

woodman

woolman

workman

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

abstention

abstentions

absorption

abstinence

abstraction

abstinent

accession

accretion

acumen

abstracted

abstractions

adhesion

affections

admission

adoption

adrian

aegean

adsorption

affecting

affected

affective

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

alderman

alien

ambition

alsatian

allusion

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apostle

apostles

apostate

apportion

appian

ascension

assertion

arian

artesian

arkansan

asuncion

artisan

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assumption

attention

attrition

audition

attraction

aversion

avian

austrian

australian

awaken

cognition

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

bedouin

benjamin

collision

beethoven

biotin

bitumen

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cetacean

carrion

causation

cartesian

castration

caucasian

cation

catalan

cessation

chairwoman

chairperson

civilian

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

citation

champion

clarion

clarendon

chamberlain

clergyman

coercion

baby-sit

collegian

cohesion

collagen

collusion

backgammon

combustion

complexion

completion

compassion

exhaustion

commotion

companion

communion

compulsion

compunction

compression

concession

concoction

concussion

conception

conclusion

condition

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

conjunction

conscription

congressman

contention

construction

consumption

contortion

contagion

contraction

contraption

convention

convection

constriction

contrition

convulsion

contusion

conversion

correction

corruption

corsican

countryman

corrosion

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

councilman

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

declension

defective

deflation

deficits

dentition

delusion

denizen

deposits

deposit

derision

description

desertion

destruction

determine

deficit

devastate

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

dilation

dilution

digression

discussion

direction

discretion

discipline

disruption

dissection

dictation

dispersion

distraction

distortion

disunion

diversion

divestment

divestments

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

etruscan

duration

elison

effectors

effector

eavesdropping

effective

elation

egyptian

eleven

englishman

emotion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

emblazon

embolden

equation

eruption

erosion

episode

episodes

evasion

everyone

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

excretion

exemption

exertion

excursion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extraction

extortion

extinction

fabian

extrusion

ferryman

fenian

forbidden

filtration

fisherman

fijian

fixation

freemason

flirtation

flotation

fruition

formation

foundation

franciscan

foramen

freudian

frustration

forewoman

fustian

galleon

feminine

forgotten

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

gestation

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gyration

guncotton

hammerman

handwoven

halogen

halcyon

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

heavyweight

heavyweights

heavyset

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

impassion

illusion

imagine

immersion

impression

imprison

implosion

in-person

incision

inclusion

inception

incursion

indian

inflection

abandon

infarction

inflation

infraction

ingestion

inhuman

injunction

insertion

inscription

instruction

jettison

intention

intestine

infusion

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

presumption

hydration

julian

jovian

keratin

korean

kantian

keynesian

lactation

laotian

libration

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

lanolin

ligation

laurentian

lobbyist

location

logician

lopsided

lumberman

lutheran

lobbyists

mandarin

magician

malaysian

malayan

marian

margarine

medicine

median

masculine

medallion

melanin

magdalen

preemption

mexican

menhaden

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

optician

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

narration

muskmelon

nutrition

mutation

myosin

negation

nebraskan

navigate

navigates

nemean

nevadan

niacin

obsession

obstructions

nitrogen

nobleman

nonunion

nonhuman

objection

obstruction

opinion

notation

nubian

obfuscate

omission

oboist

occasion

norwegian

obstacles

obstinate

occlusion

octillion

obstructive

odeon

offsetting

obstacle

oppression

optation

oration

opposite

opposites

origin

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

perfusion

oxygen

orion

partition

patrician

parisian

parthian

partisan

perfection

pavilion

pelican

perception

pentathlon

percussion

perversion

permission

phoenician

permian

peterman

persuasion

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

possession

precision

precaution

predation

preclusion

precession

predestine

prescription

midshipman

migration

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

procession

profession

profusion

proportion

promotion

proscription

prostration

protean

provision

rebellion

puritan

reaction

quotation

ramadan

redemption

regression

regimen

progression

relation

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

restriction

resumption

revision

retraction

reversion

retention

reunion

revisit

revisits

rhapsodic

rhapsodize

rhapsody

rhodopsin

saccharin

rifleman

rotation

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

secretion

sedation

robustly

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

sophistry

spaghetti

specimen

spectacles

spectrograph

spectator

spectators

submission

stagnation

starvation

submersion

stygian

subacute

subscription

technician

substantial

subsidize

subsidies

subsidy

succession

subtraction

suburban

substantive

substitute

substitutes

subversion

suppression

suffocate

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suspension

summation

tactician

substances

temptation

syrian

talisman

tamarin

taxation

tapestry

tapestries

thespian

timberman

transaction

transcription

toboggan

transition

transmission

translation

transfusion

transgression

truncation

tuition

typesetting

unbroken

unburden

uneven

unwritten

unbutton

uncommon

uncertain

unison

upsetting

wesleyan

upside-down

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

zambian

spectacle

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

acquisition

acclamation

adaptation

abyssinian

acclimation

accusation

accordion

activation

affectionate

admonition

advocation

adrenaline

adoration

admiration

adulation

affectation

affectively

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

agrarian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

ammunition

amputation

american

amphibian

animation

annexation

annotation

apostrophe

apostolic

apostrophes

appalachian

apparition

application

appellation

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

aviation

attribution

athenian

augmentation

avocado

avocados

avocation

cogitation

benediction

babysitting

baby-sitters

bifurcation

barbarian

bavarian

backwardation

collocation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

baby-sitter

calculation

calibration

cancellation

canadian

capacitance

capacitor

capacity

capacities

capacitors

celebration

centurion

coalition

carcinogen

circumspection

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumvention

californian

coloration

collodion

combination

comedian

coloradan

columbian

commendation

comparison

committeeman

competition

compensation

commutation

complication

compilation

dedication

composition

comprehension

computation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

consecration

conjugation

connotation

congregation

conservation

constipation

contradiction

concentration

consolation

contemplation

consultation

consummation

constellation

consternation

constitution

contraception

convocation

conversation

contravention

contribution

contrarian

convolution

cultivation

copernican

corp.

corporation

corinthian

coronation

correlation

cotyledon

copenhagen

culmination

criterion

crocodilian

cyclopean

custodian

darwinian

decimation

decompression

deconstruction

declaration

decoration

dandelion

defamation

definition

degradation

deformation

dehydration

delegation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

dereliction

deposition

depositions

depravation

depredation

deportation

depositors

depositor

deprivation

derivation

desecration

desiccation

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

detonation

deviation

devolution

devastation

devonian

disposition

dilatation

diminution

dietitian

diocesan

devastated

disaffection

disillusion

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

dissolution

devastating

dislocation

dissertation

dissipation

disputation

distillation

distribution

divestitures

divination

domination

dominican

divestiture

draconian

duplication

himalayan

embarkation

education

effectively

effectuate

elevation

electrician

elocution

emanation

elongation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

estimation

federation

estonian

european

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

evocative

exposition

explanation

evacuate

explication

exhibition

hesitation

exhalation

exploration

exhortation

execution

expectation

expedition

expiration

exploitation

exhumation

extradition

eustachian

fabrication

fallopian

extrication

fascination

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

foliation

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

fumigation

fragmentation

formulation

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

granulation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

historian

hungarian

hypertension

iberian

hyperion

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

ideation

imperfection

implication

imitation

immolation

immigration

implantation

imposition

importation

impregnation

illustration

imputation

inclination

inattention

incantation

incarnation

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indexation

indication

indentation

indigestion

indignation

infestation

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhalation

inhibition

interdiction

innovation

instigation

inspiration

inquisition

institution

interjection

intermission

installation

insurrection

insulation

interaction

integration

interception

intercession

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

introspection

intuition

inundation

introduction

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

iteration

isolation

jacobean

preparation

jurisdiction

jubilation

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

librarian

liquidation

liquefaction

lilliputian

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

malformation

preignition

masturbation

medication

meditation

mediation

maturation

melanesian

jordanian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

menstruation

miseration

oppositions

misconception

misperception

modulation

moderation

molestation

orchestration

missourian

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

moravian

navigation

navigator

navigators

nicaraguan

nigerian

nestorian

noblewoman

newtonian

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obesity

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

observation

obstructionist

occupation

obstetrician

obstetricians

obstructionists

obstetrical

obstinacy

octahedron

olympian

obfuscation

officiate

officiates

ohioan

operation

opacity

opposition

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

mongolian

oxidation

perspiration

palpitation

paraguayan

pagurian

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

persecution

pagination

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

politician

planarian

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

precondition

predetermine

preconception

praetorian

predilection

premonition

presentation

meridian

preservation

procreation

profanation

proclamation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

revocations

publication

provocation

radiation

reassertion

punctuation

realization

readmission

reawaken

recitation

reexamine

recantation

recollection

recreation

reclamation

recognition

reconstruction

registration

reformation

refutation

regulation

reinspection

reparation

relocation

relaxation

repercussion

renovation

repetition

replication

reposition

repossession

reproduction

reputation

republican

restitution

resolution

respiration

resignation

reservation

restoration

resurrection

requisition

revelation

retribution

retardation

retrocession

revocation

rhapsodizes

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

protozoan

segregation

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

segmentation

self-deception

simonian

separation

sequestration

simulation

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

situation

smithsonian

sophisticates

sophisticate

spectacular

spectrometer

spectrometry

spectroscopy

speculation

syncopation

statistician

stipulation

stimulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

substantially

subsidizes

substantiate

substitution

substitutions

substantively

substituted

suffocation

suffocating

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

suppositions

surrogation

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

substantiates

termination

tetrahedron

tribulation

toleration

topsy-turvy

transportation

transformation

transplantation

ubiquity

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

valerian

variation

validation

valuation

veneration

vegetation

vacillation

ventilation

vindication

violation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

affectionately

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

administration

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authentication

authorization

augustinian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

codification

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centralization

centenarian

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

babylonian

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

conciliation

configuration

confederation

confabulation

concatenation

consolidation

consideration

congratulation

conglomeration

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

depositary

depository

desalination

desegregation

determination

dissatisfaction

disinclination

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

dissemination

disintegration

dissociation

domestication

dionysian

dramatization

edification

elaboration

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

ejaculation

emancipation

epicurean

enumeration

equivocation

epistolary

equalization

eradication

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

evacuations

evacuated

exaggeration

examination

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exfoliation

expatriation

exoskeleton

exoneration

expropriation

facilitation

extermination

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

imagination

immunization

illumination

improvisation

incineration

incrimination

inauguration

incarceration

incorporation

inactivation

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

initiation

insinuation

inoculation

insemination

interconnection

instrumentation

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

presupposition

justification

juxtaposition

localization

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

manipulation

magnification

magnetization

manifestation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

hybridization

misapplication

misapprehension

predisposition

misinformation

miscalculation

modification

mobilization

mississippian

multiplication

modernization

mummification

neapolitan

navigational

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

obstructionism

origination

orientation

organization

oregonian

ossification

overproduction

pacification

participation

ornamentation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

metropolitan

prevarication

specification

prognostication

pronunciation

procrastination

purification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recrimination

recuperation

recommendation

rectification

refrigeration

regeneration

reforestation

rejuvenation

remuneration

reiteration

renunciation

repatriation

reintegration

repudiation

representation

repository

repositories

proliferation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophisticated

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

subsidiary

subsidiaries

synchronization

substantiation

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

verification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

proletarian

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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  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
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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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