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

acting

actions

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

astound

astounds

asthma

auction

auctions

austin

auden

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

baron

barren

bargain

barton

basin

bastion

baston

bastions

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bison

bisson

blacken

bludgeon

boatman

boasting

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

boston

bollen

bordman

basting

bookman

bookstand

boughten

cannon

bookstands

bracken

brakeman

brazen

brighten

brethren

breton

broaden

broken

bowman

briton

brogan

caisson

burgeon

bushman

burton

bourbon

bullion

burman

button

cajun

cabin

burden

calvin

canaan

burdon

canon

canton

canyon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

casting

carmine

carton

castings

cauldron

caution

cayman

certain

chaplain

chapman

chasten

charon

chairman

chastened

cheapen

chessman

chestnuts

chevron

classman

chicken

children

chieftain

christian

churchman

citron

chosen

claxon

christen

clinton

coachman

coasting

colon

chestnut

bason

common

corban

cordon

copeman

costing

costume

costumes

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

cretin

crimson

crewman

crouton

cuban

damson

cushion

custom

curtain

cumin

customs

dagan

dagon

dampen

daman

dalton

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

craven

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

destin

diction

dian

devon

dictum

disdain

disdained

distance

disdains

dolphin

distant

distend

doctrine

dobson

dolman

distinct

draftsman

dungeon

dragon

dudgeon

drunken

dozen

dukedom

driven

dromon

dustman

earthen

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

eighteens

eighteenth

eighteen

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

esteem

extant

latin

extend

extent

extinct

factions

falcon

fallen

fashion

fasten

fastened

famine

eyestone

fatten

faustian

faulcon

foreman

felon

fiction

fireman

fighting

fightings

fission

firman

festoon

flexion

flashgun

flatten

floren

foreign

footman

fortune

fountain

friction

fibrin

freshen

freshman

frighten

function

freeman

freedman

frozen

fictions

fusion

gallon

gammon

fielden

garden

gascon

georgian

garron

german

gentian

gibbon

gilden

gladden

gorgon

glisten

gotten

golden

goodman

gowan

given

glidden

grandson

gluten

graven

gumption

grecian

guardsman

gudgeon

griffon

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

headsman

harden

hasten

hastens

haven

harten

headman

hausen

hearten

homespun

harken

heathen

hessian

heighten

henchman

heightens

hempen

hetman

heron

hidden

hogan

horseman

heaven

hosting

hoten

houseman

huntsman

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

human

jason

jetson

ion

jackman

jargon

junction

jasmine

jorden

kansan

kalan

jetton

keelson

jordan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

keystone

klansman

lampron

landman

laden

kremlin

lactone

landsman

lasting

lagan

layman

leaden

leaven

keystones

legion

hoven

ledden

extends

mason

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lesion

lemon

leven

lichen

liken

lighten

lightens

lightman

lightning

lightnings

liman

lion

lighting

lineman

linemen

linden

linen

listen

lisbon

listens

listing

listings

liven

lockman

lotion

london

loren

logan

longan

luncheon

loosen

lumen

lyden

lopeman

lynden

m1

mansion

madden

mahone

mangan

marksman

maiden

margin

marchman

locken

markman

martian

marlin

marten

marron

martin

mayan

matron

leman

melton

melon

mention

million

minden

minion

mignon

milken

mission

mitten

moisten

motion

morgan

mormon

mountain

molten

muffin

mullen

muslin

mustang

mustangs

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

nightmare

nightmares

nighttime

notion

norman

nighttimes

oarsman

ocean

octane

ninon

often

olden

odin

onion

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

ousting

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

packman

pagan

paean

owen

panton

pardon

passion

passman

pathan

parson

patten

pastimes

pastime

patron

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

person

persian

perron

pectin

plankton

pillion

pinion

piston

pistons

pigeon

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

posting

postings

postmark

potion

peacetime

prison

pressman

prussian

pullen

question

questions

proven

quicken

ration

ragtime

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

rectum

redden

region

rerun

resting

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

robin

rosin

ripen

rincon

roasting

risen

right-hand

rotten

riven

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

runnion

sadden

sanction

samson

saffron

salmon

salesman

santon

scotsman

scallion

scullion

satan

satin

scion

seaman

season

saxon

section

sections

selden

semen

session

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

sexton

shakedown

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

shakedowns

shearman

shipman

shogun

showman

sicken

sighting

seedsman

silken

sightings

siren

sixteen

sixteenths

sixteens

sixteenth

sistine

slacken

smarten

smitten

sodden

slogan

soften

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

solon

spokesman

soldan

spoken

sportsman

squadron

stallion

station

statesman

stepson

stockman

stallman

stillion

stiffen

stolen

straighten

steven

strengthen

suasion

sturgeon

striven

suction

stricken

sudden

sustain

sullen

sultan

surgeon

sunken

summon

sustained

syphon

sustains

sweeten

sylvan

system

swollen

systems

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tasting

tastings

tension

tendon

testing

teston

siphon

titan

thicken

thousand

threaten

toasting

token

tillman

torsion

townsman

toughen

toman

touchdown

touchdowns

triton

tubman

trillion

treason

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tuscan

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

twisting

urine

vegan

version

vesting

victim

vestments

victims

vestment

villain

turban

vision

tighten

vulcan

wagon

waken

tightens

warden

wanton

wasting

watchman

warren

weaken

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

whitson

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wisdom

workman

yachtsman

worsen

zaman

zion

yaupon

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yeoman

yachting

zircon

3 syllable words

abrasion

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abduction

abstention

absorption

abstraction

academe

accident

accidents

acetone

acumen

adhesion

addition

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affection

affliction

african

aggression

albumin

albion

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

alien

allusion

addiction

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

ascension

arian

aryan

artesian

arkansan

artisan

aspersion

assassin

assumption

asthmatic

astounding

astonish

astounded

asthmatics

asuncion

attention

attrition

attraction

audition

aversion

auctioneer

australian

auctioneers

austrian

avian

backgammon

awaken

bandwagon

backwoodsman

badminton

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

begotten

beholden

benjamin

besetting

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

bystanders

bystander

campion

cambrian

bouillon

cartesian

carrion

cardigan

catalan

cation

cetacean

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

chairperson

chamberlain

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

civilian

clergyman

cinnamon

citizen

clarion

coercion

cognition

collection

collegian

collision

cohesion

collagen

collusion

clarendon

combustion

commission

commotion

compassion

communion

companion

conception

conflation

compression

concoction

compulsion

complexion

conclusion

concussion

confession

condition

conduction

confucian

confection

confusion

congestion

connection

connexion

conscription

conjunction

congressman

contagion

contention

consumption

constriction

construction

contortion

convention

contrition

convection

contusion

contraction

contraption

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corsican

corruption

corrosion

costumers

costumer

councilman

countryman

cremation

creation

croatian

crestfallen

customer

cyprian

decedent

customers

decadent

decadents

deception

decedents

customize

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deletion

deflection

denizen

dentition

depletion

depression

depiction

derision

delusion

description

desertion

completion

dilution

detection

detention

determine

dimension

destruction

devotion

destinies

destiny

diffraction

digression

digestion

diffusion

discretion

direction

discussion

disdainful

discipline

dissection

dissension

donation

dispersion

disruption

dissidence

dissident

dissidents

distortion

distances

distinction

disunion

distinctions

distinguished

distinctive

distinguish

distinctly

diversion

exception

division

distraction

distemper

dominion

downtrodden

duration

echidna

elation

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

emblazon

emission

eleven

elison

embolden

emotion

dorian

encryption

emulsion

equation

equations

equating

enlighten

enliven

erection

englishman

eruption

erosion

estimate

estimates

etruscan

evasion

everyone

exaction

eviction

exceeding

excision

excitement

exciting

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

expansion

exclusion

exhaustion

laotian

expression

expulsion

explosion

compunction

extension

extortion

extraction

extensions

extinction

extinguished

extinguish

extinctions

extrusion

fastener

fasteners

fastening

fastenings

fabian

forewoman

ferryman

extensive

filtration

fictional

fijian

franciscan

freemason

frustration

flotation

foramen

forbidden

fisherman

feminine

fenian

forgotten

fruition

freudian

galleon

fustian

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gordian

gillian

gravamen

guardian

guncotton

grobian

guesstimate

guesstimates

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

garrison

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hesitant

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

immersion

impassion

impression

imprison

illusion

implosion

in-person

inaction

inception

imagine

inspection

abandon

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

insertion

infection

inflation

infraction

infusion

inflection

infliction

ingestion

injection

inhuman

injunction

inscription

inclusion

incision

instruction

extender

extenders

intention

jettison

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

irishman

irian

julian

jacobin

jamaican

italian

kantian

javelin

jovian

intestine

korean

keynesian

lanolin

lastingly

istanbul

laurentian

keratin

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

lightening

liechtenstein

listener

listeners

listening

locating

locations

lumberman

logician

malaysian

lutheran

magdalen

magician

mandarin

malayan

macadam

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

melanin

median

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

munition

musician

myosin

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nicotine

nightmarish

nightingale

nitrogen

nobleman

parisian

norwegian

notation

nonunion

nubian

objection

obstruction

occlusion

occident

octillion

omission

odeon

oppression

optician

opinion

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

patrician

nutrition

nonhuman

partition

parthian

partisan

pavilion

phoenician

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

permission

permian

perfusion

persuasion

perfection

perversion

peterman

petition

physician

phrygian

possession

pollution

plebeian

policeman

position

porcelain

positions

post-mortem

precaution

precession

preclusion

precision

postnatal

postmasters

postmaster

prediction

preemption

pretension

prevention

presumption

progression

prescription

probation

production

profession

profusion

projection

prostration

proportion

propulsion

promotion

proscription

protean

protection

provision

puritan

pseudonym

pseudonyms

questioner

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

quotation

reaction

reactions

ramadan

recession

reception

recision

rebellion

rendition

relation

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

rejection

religion

regimen

remission

rectangles

rectangle

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

residents

resident

resumption

restriction

residence

retention

retraction

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

revision

reunion

rifleman

rotation

right-handed

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

secession

scorpion

predestine

scythian

seclusion

sectional

seduction

sedition

selection

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subversion

suburban

subtraction

succeeding

suggestion

suspension

sumatran

suppression

suspicion

superman

syrian

sustenance

systemic

technician

tamarin

talisman

tectonic

tectonics

testament

testaments

transition

thespian

timberman

ticketing

toboggan

toastmaster

transfusion

transgression

transcription

tradition

transaction

transmission

tuition

vocations

uncertain

uneven

unbutton

uncommon

unburden

unwritten

unison

uterine

unbroken

vatican

venetian

vermilion

venison

veteran

victimize

visiting

vitamin

volition

zambian

waterman

wesleyan

singleton

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

academic

academy

academies

accidental

accordion

acquisition

academics

actionable

admonition

adulation

advocation

adrenaline

adaptation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

albanian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

appalachian

application

approbation

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

arizonan

assemblyman

assyrian

astonishing

astonishment

athenian

augmentation

attribution

bolivian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

barbarian

chameleon

coloration

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

circulation

coalition

collocation

cogitation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

combination

comedian

compensation

commendation

commutation

committeeman

comparison

competition

compilation

condensation

complication

composition

comprehension

computation

condemnation

condescension

conservation

consolation

exhalation

desiccation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

congregation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

contemplation

conversation

contraception

contribution

contrarian

contravention

contradiction

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

coronation

corp.

correlation

corporation

desecration

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

criterion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

customary

customizes

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

dedication

defamation

deconstruction

definition

deformation

dehydration

delegation

degradation

decompression

derivation

demarcation

demonstration

demolition

deportation

depravation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desolation

desperation

deviation

designation

destination

destinations

devastation

detonation

destitution

devolution

dietitian

devonian

dilatation

dichotomy

dictionary

dictionaries

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disaffection

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

disillusion

dissertation

disposition

disinfection

dissipation

disinflation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

distinguishes

distinctively

distinguishing

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

emigration

elongation

emanation

elevation

embarkation

elocution

electrician

emulation

excavation

equitation

equestrian

estimation

estimations

erudition

estimated

eritrean

estimator

estonian

estimators

englishwoman

estonians

estimable

evocation

eustachian

evolution

european

exceedingly

exclamation

expectation

execution

concentration

exhibition

exhumation

exhortation

expedition

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

exposition

extendible

extrication

extinguishment

extinguishers

extensively

extenuate

extinguisher

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

fermentation

fragmentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

foliation

fluoridation

floridian

formulation

fumigation

legislation

galilean

gastrulation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

granulation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

hesitation

hibernation

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitantly

himalayan

hesitancy

historian

hegelian

gargantuan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

immigration

imitation

immolation

incantation

illustration

imperfection

implantation

importation

impregnation

imputation

imposition

implication

inattention

incarnation

inclination

inspiration

incrustation

indentation

incubation

indecision

indexation

indication

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

indigestion

infestation

information

inhalation

innovation

inflammation

inquisition

inhibition

infiltration

insulation

installation

instigation

institution

integration

insurrection

intercession

interception

interaction

intimation

intonation

intersection

interdiction

interruption

intervention

interurban

interjection

inundation

invocation

intermission

intuition

iranian

irrigation

invitation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

iteration

interwoven

introspection

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

introduction

isotonic

kindergarten

lancastrian

precondition

masturbation

legitimate

levitation

liberation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

liquidation

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

lubrication

locomotion

malformation

macedonian

maccabean

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

legitimize

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misconception

misbegotten

misdemeanor

misdemeanors

misperception

moderation

modulation

mitigation

missourian

molestation

motivation

mortification

moravian

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

observation

obfuscation

obsidian

obstetrician

oblivion

occupation

occidental

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

ostensible

ostensibly

pagination

ovulation

palpitation

pagurian

overburden

paraguayan

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

pedestrian

penicillin

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

population

pigmentation

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

plutonian

planarian

preconception

posthumously

praetorian

predilection

preignition

preelection

premonition

predetermine

presentation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

protestation

provocation

punctuation

publication

protozoan

questionable

readmission

realization

reassertion

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

reawaken

reconstruction

reformation

rectangular

refutation

reelection

reexamine

registration

regulation

reinspection

relocation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

replication

reputation

requisition

repossession

reposition

reproduction

republican

reservation

resignation

respiration

residential

restitution

resolution

residency

residences

restoration

resurrection

residencies

retardation

retribution

revocation

retrocession

revelation

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

sectarian

simulation

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

situation

speculation

smithsonian

statistician

strangulation

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

subluxation

substitution

subdivision

suffocation

supposition

surrogation

superstition

sustainable

supervision

superhuman

syndication

syncopation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

testimony

testimonies

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

trepidation

vindication

transplantation

tribulation

usurpation

valerian

utopian

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

visitation

watermelon

wagnerian

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abbreviation

abomination

academicians

academically

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

accidentally

academician

administration

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

agglomeration

amalgamation

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

authorization

authentication

augustinian

attenuation

babylonian

amazonian

beethovenian

canonization

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

commemoration

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

colonization

classification

christianization

civilization

coagulation

clarification

codification

collaboration

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communication

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conciliation

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confederation

configuration

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conglomeration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

customarily

decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

deification

degeneration

deliberation

delicatessen

decomposition

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

determination

discoloration

discrimination

dionysian

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

distinguishable

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

emancipation

edification

ejaculation

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

equivocation

eradication

equalization

enumeration

epicurean

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

ethiopian

excoriation

exfoliation

exoskeleton

exhilaration

expatriation

exoneration

expropriation

extermination

extenuating

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

gratification

glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

legalization

instrumentation

interconnection

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

ionization

irradiation

invalidation

investigation

justification

interpolation

juxtaposition

jeffersonian

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

lusitanias

macedonians

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

mobilization

modification

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

legitimizes

legitimately

nitroglycerine

legitimacy

notification

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nullification

participation

obliteration

orientation

ossification

organization

origination

oregonian

ornamentation

pacification

overproduction

panamanian

patagonian

pasteurization

pennsylvanian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

polarization

pomeranian

philadelphian

precipitation

predestination

preoccupation

premeditation

predisposition

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

purification

qualification

pythagorean

quantification

reaffirmation

ramification

ratification

reactionary

reactionaries

recommendation

recombination

renunciation

recrimination

recuperation

reforestation

rectification

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

repudiation

retaliation

resuscitation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sophistication

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

systematically

testamentary

testimonial

testimonials

theologian

triangulation

vulgarization

unification

vaporization

unitarian

utilization

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vegetarian

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

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