Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with direction
Words that share the ending of direction — election, collection, protection and more. 3 syllables, a nasal ending, pronounced D ER0 EH1 K SH AH0 N.
Sound structure
direction has 3 syllables and is pronounced D ER0 EH1 K SH AH0 N. Its ending, N, is a nasal ending.
An n, m or ng ending hums, so it carries to the end of a bar and leaves room before the next line starts.
The closest matches are election, collection, protection, section.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- D ER0 EH1 K SH AH0 N
- Syllable breakdown
- D · ER0 · EH1 · K · SH · AH0 · N
- Syllable count
- 3 syllables
- Ending sound
- N
- Ending type
- a nasal ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- election IH0 L EH1 K SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · common
- collection K AH0 L EH1 K SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · standard
- protection P R AH0 T EH1 K SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · standard
- section S EH1 K SH AH0 N · 2 syllables · standard
- connection K AH0 N EH1 K SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · standard
- by-election B AY1 AH0 L EH2 K SH AH0 N · 4 syllables · standard
- interconnection IH2 N T ER0 K AH0 N EH1 K SH AH0 N · 5 syllables · standard
- radioprotection R EY2 D IH0 OW0 P R AH0 T EH1 K SH AH0 N · 6 syllables · rare
- flexion F L EH1 K SH AH0 N · 2 syllables · standard
- selection S AH0 L EH1 K SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · standard
- re-election R IY2 AH0 L EH1 K SH AH0 N · 4 syllables · standard
- microinjection M AY2 K R OW0 AH0 N JH EH1 K SH AH0 N · 5 syllables · rare
- antivivisection AE2 N T IY0 V IH2 V AH0 S EH1 K SH AH0 N · 6 syllables · rare
- lection L EH1 K SH AH0 N · 2 syllables · rare
- c-section S IY1 S EH2 K SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · standard
- pre-election P R IY2 AH0 L EH1 K SH AH0 N · 4 syllables · standard
- superinfection S UW2 P AH0 R AH0 N F EH1 K SH AH0 N · 5 syllables · rare
- cardioprotection K AA2 R D IY0 OW0 P R AH0 T EH1 K SH AH0 N · 6 syllables · rare
- flection F L EH1 K SH AH0 N · 2 syllables · rare
- perfection P ER0 F EH1 K SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- action AE1 K SH AH0 N · 2 syllables · common
- attention AH0 T EH1 N SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · common
- information IH2 N F ER0 M EY1 SH AH0 N · 4 syllables · common
- question K W EH1 S CH AH0 N · 2 syllables · common
- one W AH1 N · 1 syllable · common
- production P R AH0 D AH1 K SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · common
- single-action S IH2 NG G AH0 L AE1 K SH AH0 N · 4 syllables · standard
- self-education S EH2 L F EH2 JH AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N · 5 syllables · standard
- self-organization S EH1 L F AO2 R G AH0 N AH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N · 6 syllables · standard
- de-identification D IY2 AY0 D EH2 N T AH0 F AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N · 7 syllables · standard
- taken T EY1 K AH0 N · 2 syllables · common
- from F R AH1 M · 1 syllable · common
- reaction R IY0 AE1 K SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · standard
- education EH2 JH AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N · 4 syllables · common
- re-education R IY0 EH2 JH AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N · 5 syllables · standard
- re-examination R IY2 AH0 G Z AE2 M AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N · 6 syllables · standard
- self-identification S EH2 L F AY0 D EH2 N T AH0 F AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N · 7 syllables · standard
- seven S EH1 V AH0 N · 2 syllables · common
- done D AH1 N · 1 syllable · common
- pump-action P AH1 M P AE2 K SH AH0 N · 3 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 객선 2 syllables · noun · standard
- クレーム 4 syllables · common
- 블랙번 3 syllables · noun · standard
- クラウン 4 syllables · common
- 개선 2 syllables · noun · standard
- メーカー 4 syllables · common
- 개전 2 syllables · noun · standard
- レーザー 4 syllables · common
- 김택천 3 syllables · noun · standard
- エール 3 syllables · common
- 건 1 syllable · noun · standard
- あわ アワ · 2 syllables · common
- 이태리전 4 syllables · noun · standard
- センター 4 syllables · common
- 가요대제전 5 syllables · noun · standard
- ホテル 3 syllables · common
- 상상연애대전 6 syllables · noun · standard
- バー 2 syllables · common
- 개천 2 syllables · noun · standard
- レーバー 4 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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