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

suffocation

abdication

abrogation

advocation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

adulation

affirmation

animation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

affectation

allocation

allegation

annotation

annexation

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

avocation

bifurcation

cancellation

calibration

collocation

connotation

confiscation

celebration

convocation

correlation

combination

culmination

commendation

complication

commutation

compilation

consecration

consolation

coronation

consummation

decimation

cultivation

dedication

defamation

delegation

definition

degradation

desiccation

derivation

desecration

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desolation

destination

detonation

dilatation

designation

devastation

dissipation

distillation

divination

domination

education

elevation

duplication

emanation

elocution

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

fascination

fabrication

fluoridation

germination

granulation

habitation

hesitation

immigration

immolation

imitation

implication

inhalation

indication

inflammation

innovation

insulation

irrigation

intimation

intonation

invocation

inundation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

machination

litigation

medication

meditation

modulation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

obfuscation

obligation

occupation

ordination

oscillation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

penetration

propagation

population

profanation

presentation

proclamation

prosecution

provocation

publication

realization

recantation

recitation

reclamation

reformation

regulation

replication

renovation

revelation

reputation

resignation

revocation

revocations

sanitation

segregation

simulation

subluxation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

suffocating

supposition

syndication

tabulation

termination

titillation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

vacillation

vaccination

validation

vegetation

vindication

ventilation

violation

visitation

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

abstain

abstracts

abstruse

abstract

action

acton

affects

affixed

affect

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

basin

banyan

bacon

baldwin

bagman

bargain

barton

baron

barren

bason

bastion

baston

bayman

beckon

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

belgian

bellman

bison

beefsteak

begun

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bisson

blacken

bitten

baton

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bobbin

bobcat

bolden

bookman

boston

bracken

bordman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

brethren

brakeman

brazen

brighten

breton

briton

broaden

broken

brogan

bullion

cabin

caisson

bushman

cajun

button

bollen

burton

calvin

canyon

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

burgeon

burman

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

caxton

cayman

cauldron

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

christian

chicken

christen

children

captain

cheapen

chessman

chevron

chieftain

churchman

chosen

capstone

capstan

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

copeman

corban

bobcats

cordon

craftsman

cousin

craven

cotton

cowan

cretin

burden

cushion

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

damson

darken

daman

crimson

dalton

dampen

deacon

deaden

deafen

debased

dagan

dagon

crewman

burdon

defaced

deepen

defect

defects

delphian

depicts

depict

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

diffused

dipstick

dobson

divests

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dovecotes

dovecote

dozen

draftsman

drunken

dudgeon

dragon

driven

dromon

dungeon

dustman

eaten

eden

eavesdrop

dutchman

effects

effect

elan

earthen

divest

fashion

ensign

ermine

emption

evict

engine

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fasten

faustian

grecian

fatten

faulcon

felon

fireman

fielden

fission

fiction

flexion

flatten

floren

flashgun

fibrin

footman

fortune

fountain

fraction

friction

freshen

freshman

foreman

freeman

freedman

frighten

foreign

gallon

gammon

fusion

gascon

garden

firman

gentian

garron

georgian

frozen

function

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

golden

grandson

gorgon

gotten

gowan

goodman

german

graven

gumption

griffon

haitian

gudgeon

hackman

guardsman

hasten

harken

haven

headsman

harden

harten

headman

hausen

hearten

heathen

heighten

henchman

hempen

heaven

heron

hessian

hetman

homespun

hipsters

hogan

horseman

hidden

hoten

human

huntsman

houseman

hoven

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

hipster

hopscotch

hangman

ion

jason

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

junction

kalan

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

jetton

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

klansman

kirkman

kitten

kremlin

landsman

laden

layman

lampron

landman

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lesion

leman

leven

lichen

luncheon

lemon

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

linden

lineman

locken

linemen

liven

lion

lisbon

linen

listen

lobsters

lockman

london

lotion

longan

loosen

lopeman

logan

lumen

lobster

lyden

lynden

m1

loren

maiden

mahone

mangan

mansion

martian

mason

marksman

marchman

markman

margin

marlin

marten

martin

matron

happen

madden

mayan

mention

melton

melon

milken

million

minden

minion

mignon

mission

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

motion

morgan

mormon

mountain

molten

muslin

mutton

marron

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

silken

obstructs

ocean

offshoot

odin

onion

olden

omen

open

option

orphan

oven

outdone

outrun

othman

obstruct

organ

oxen

packman

pagan

panton

paean

pardon

passion

passman

parson

patron

patten

pectin

pavon

pathan

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

portman

pillion

pinion

plankton

piston

pitman

plantain

pigeon

platen

platten

poison

portion

ponton

pollan

pollen

pressman

prison

postman

potion

offset

offsets

prussian

pullen

offshoots

question

often

quicken

quipster

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

proven

rerun

resin

owen

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

ripostes

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

riposte

robust

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

satan

russian

saffron

samson

sadden

salesman

salmon

sanction

santon

satin

saxon

scallion

runnion

scullion

scotsman

scion

section

selden

seaman

season

seedsman

semen

session

sexton

shaken

sequin

seton

seven

sermon

shaman

shipman

shrunken

shorten

shotgun

shearman

shogun

showman

sicken

sharpen

scapegoat

scapegoats

siphon

siren

slacken

tartan

soften

smitten

sodden

sovereign

sovran

spartan

space-time

spearman

solon

spectral

spigots

spectrum

spectrums

spastic

spectre

spigot

stallion

sportsman

station

stepson

spokesman

squadron

stallman

statesman

stockman

spoken

steven

stiffen

straighten

stricken

strengthen

striven

sturgeon

stolen

suasion

stillion

substance

subsides

subside

substrates

substrate

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

sylvan

sweeten

sweepstakes

sweepstake

swollen

surgeon

syphon

taken

talon

soldan

tarpon

tappen

smarten

tension

teston

thicken

tighten

tillman

thousand

threaten

tipster

titan

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

token

toman

trillion

triton

treason

trodden

trojan

tubman

tuscan

tungsten

turban

typists

typist

undone

union

upshot

upsets

upstarts

upside

upstart

upset

upstream

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

villain

version

vision

vulcan

waken

whitson

wanton

warden

watchman

wagon

warren

weaken

weapon

webster

websters

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

tendon

woodman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woolman

worsen

zaman

yachtsman

workman

zion

written

yaupon

woven

yeoman

zircon

slogan

3 syllable words

abduction

abortion

abrasion

accession

ablution

abdomen

absorption

abstraction

abstention

abstractions

abstentions

abstracted

abstinence

abstinent

accretion

acumen

addition

adoption

adsorption

anglican

adhesion

admission

adrian

aegean

affecting

affective

aggression

african

alderman

alaskan

andean

aleutian

albion

albumin

alsatian

allusion

ambrosian

ambition

alien

anchorman

affected

apostate

apostles

apostle

appian

apportion

arkansan

arian

artisan

ascension

aryan

assassin

artesian

attraction

assertion

aspersion

attention

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

anyone

awaken

aversion

avian

baby-sit

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

badminton

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

biotin

bedridden

benjamin

beethoven

bitumen

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

citation

capsaicin

cartesian

carnation

carrion

cardigan

castration

caucasian

causation

catalan

cation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

charlatan

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

charwoman

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citizen

civilian

coercion

cognition

clarion

clergyman

cohesion

collegian

collision

collagen

combustion

collusion

commission

commotion

completion

complexion

compassion

companion

communion

compression

compulsion

compunction

concession

concussion

conception

concoction

condition

confession

confucian

conclusion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

congestion

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

convention

convection

contraption

contrition

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

confusion

clarendon

correction

corruption

countryman

cremation

corsican

creation

councilman

crestfallen

corrosion

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

defections

defective

deflection

deletion

deficits

deficit

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depictions

depletion

depicted

depression

deposits

derision

deposit

description

desertion

detection

destruction

detention

determine

digression

diffusion

devastate

diffraction

dictation

digestion

devotion

abandon

direction

discipline

discretion

dimension

discussion

dissection

dispersion

disruption

dilation

dissension

dilution

distraction

distinction

distortion

disunion

diversion

division

divestment

divestments

dorian

dominion

donation

downtrodden

duration

edition

eavesdropping

elation

ejection

egyptian

effectors

effector

election

elison

eleven

effective

emblazon

embolden

emission

emulsion

encryption

emotion

enlighten

enliven

episode

equation

episodes

epistle

erection

erosion

etruscan

englishman

eviction

evasion

everyone

evictions

exaction

eruption

exception

excision

exertion

exemption

excursion

exhaustion

expansion

exclusion

excretion

expression

extension

explosion

expulsion

extraction

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

fruition

formation

foundation

forewoman

forgotten

freemason

franciscan

freudian

forbidden

feminine

fustian

galleon

garrison

gentleman

gaussian

genuine

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guncotton

gyration

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

phoenician

grobian

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heavyweights

heroin

heroine

heavyset

heavyweight

horatian

horizon

hydration

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

imagine

immersion

illusion

impression

implosion

imprison

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

incursion

induction

indian

infection

inflation

infarction

inclusion

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

impassion

injection

injunction

inhuman

inscription

insertion

instruction

inspection

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

jamaican

italian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keratin

kantian

korean

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

laotian

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

lobbyist

lumberman

lobbyists

logician

lopsided

lutheran

silicon

malaysian

magician

malayan

mandarin

guardian

masculine

marian

margarine

medallion

medicine

median

menhaden

melanin

mexican

migration

misfortune

midshipman

misshapen

mistaken

misprision

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

musician

narration

nebraskan

navigate

navigates

nemean

niacin

nevadan

magdalen

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

objection

obfuscate

obsession

obstacle

obstacles

munition

nutrition

obstruction

obstructions

obstructive

occlusion

octillion

odeon

offsetting

puritan

obstinate

omission

oppression

optation

opinion

opposite

opposites

optician

oration

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

patrician

perfection

partisan

partition

pavilion

parthian

pelican

percussion

pentathlon

perfusion

perception

permian

permission

plantation

petition

physician

persuasion

perversion

peterman

phrygian

plebeian

policeman

oboist

position

pollution

porcelain

projection

possession

preclusion

precision

prediction

predestine

preemption

precession

prescription

pretension

prevention

presumption

privation

probation

procession

progression

profusion

promotion

precaution

proportion

prostration

proscription

protean

provision

quotation

ramadan

reaction

reception

recession

rebellion

recision

redemption

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

rendition

religion

remission

reopen

resection

repression

reptilian

rescission

resumption

retraction

restriction

retention

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

rhapsodize

rhapsody

revisits

rhapsodic

rifleman

rotation

robustly

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

revision

secretion

scythian

sedition

scorpion

secession

seclusion

sensation

revisit

simian

skeleton

singleton

subacute

snapdragon

solomon

spaghetti

sophistry

specimen

solution

spectacle

spectacles

spectator

spectators

spectrograph

stagnation

starvation

stygian

taxation

submersion

subtraction

subversion

subscription

subsidies

substances

subsidy

subsidize

succession

substantial

substantive

substitutes

substitute

suburban

suffocate

suggestion

submission

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

talisman

tamarin

tapestries

tapestry

temptation

technician

timberman

thespian

tradition

toboggan

transaction

transcription

translation

transgression

transfusion

transition

transmission

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unbroken

tuition

typesetting

uncommon

uneven

unison

unwritten

upside-down

upsetting

vacation

uterine

vatican

vibration

venetian

venison

veteran

vermilion

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

abnegation

absolution

abyssinian

acquisition

accordion

admiration

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

affectionate

affectively

agrarian

alabaman

algerian

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

albanian

aldebaran

american

amputation

ammunition

amphibian

apparition

apostolic

apostrophes

apostrophe

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocados

avocado

baby-sitter

baby-sitters

backwardation

babysitting

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

canadian

calculation

californian

businesswoman

capacitance

capacities

capacitors

capacitor

capacity

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

coloration

collodion

columbian

coloradan

comedian

committeeman

compensation

computation

competition

comparison

composition

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

concentration

condescension

conflagration

confrontation

confirmation

convolution

corp.

congregation

conjugation

conservation

constellation

constipation

consternation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

bohemian

corporation

bolivian

cotyledon

crucifixion

crocodilian

criterion

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decoration

deconstruction

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depositions

dereliction

depositors

depositor

desperation

destitution

devolution

deviation

devastating

devastated

disaffection

devonian

dietitian

dislocation

diminution

dispensation

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

disillusion

disposition

diocesan

disputation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

decompression

divestitures

dominican

draconian

divestiture

effectuate

electrician

effectively

elongation

embarkation

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

european

estonian

eustachian

evacuate

evocation

evolution

evocative

excavation

exclamation

explication

exploitation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

excitation

exhortation

expedition

expectation

exhumation

explanation

expiration

exploration

exposition

extradition

extrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

foliation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

galilean

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

gargantuan

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

hemoglobin

herculean

hegelian

hibernation

himalayan

hungarian

historian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

importation

incarnation

imposition

implantation

impregnation

imperfection

imputation

incantation

inattention

inclination

indentation

incubation

indecision

incrustation

indexation

infestation

indignation

indiscretion

indigestion

indonesian

information

infiltration

inquisition

installation

integration

instigation

inspiration

inhibition

institution

insurrection

interaction

interception

interruption

interdiction

intersection

interjection

intercession

intermission

intervention

interurban

interwoven

introduction

invitation

introspection

intuition

iranian

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

jordanian

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

planarian

macedonian

sicilian

malformation

mammalian

masturbation

manumission

maturation

melanesian

mediation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

misconception

minnesotan

miseration

misbegotten

misperception

moderation

missourian

molestation

mortification

moravian

napoleon

navigators

navigator

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

mongolian

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

obstetricians

polynesian

obstructionist

obstructionists

malnutrition

octahedron

officiates

officiate

protozoan

ohioan

olympian

opacity

operation

opposition

oppositions

orchestration

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

pagurian

paraguayan

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

perforation

penicillin

permutation

obstinacy

persecution

pigmentation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

obstetrical

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

predilection

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premonition

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procreation

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reelection

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repossession

reproduction

requisition

republican

obesity

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

retribution

retardation

resurrection

restitution

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rhapsodizes

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

self-deception

segmentation

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

situation

simonian

subdivision

smithsonian

sophisticate

sophisticates

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spectrometer

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spectroscopy

statistician

strangulation

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substitutions

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substituted

substantively

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syncopation

superstition

superhuman

supervision

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

toleration

topsy-turvy

transformation

transportation

transplantation

ubiquity

usurpation

utopian

valuation

valerian

variation

veneration

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

acceleration

academician

accreditation

accumulation

administration

affectionately

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

alleviation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

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approximation

appropriation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

association

attenuation

assemblywoman

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

canonization

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

centralization

cauterization

centenarian

christianization

coagulation

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

civilization

configuration

coordination

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

infatuation

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

depositary

depository

desalination

desegregation

determination

discoloration

dionysian

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

dramatization

elaboration

ejaculation

elimination

emancipation

electrocution

elizabethan

epicurean

enumeration

equalization

epistolary

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

evacuated

evacuations

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

excoriation

extermination

exoskeleton

expropriation

decomposition

fertilization

revaluation

harmonization

hybridization

hydrogenation

humiliation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

incineration

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

indoctrination

incorporation

incrimination

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interrogation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

ionization

investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

manifestation

magnetization

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

misinformation

metropolitan

misapplication

multiplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

modernization

mobilization

mississippian

navigational

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

nitroglycerine

obliteration

nickelodeon

obstructionism

maximilian

overproduction

oregonian

origination

organization

ornamentation

orientation

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

precipitation

premeditation

predisposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

reintegration

regeneration

reiteration

rejuvenation

renunciation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

repudiation

repository

repositories

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

scandinavian

pythagorean

sedimentation

simplification

hanoverian

solicitation

sophisticated

specialization

sterilization

subordination

subsidiary

subsidiaries

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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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.

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:

  • Month
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