Rhyming words for kids
Free rhyming words for kids lists and pictures PDFs. These easy English words are perfect for matching activities and much more. Rhyming helps kids to retain vocabulary and develop phonic awareness.
Through sets of rhyming words, children gain early language skills. Similarly spelt and sounding words are straightforward to remember. Children also find it easier to identify and recognise new words when only 1 or 2 sounds have changed from something they are already familiar with. Words that rhyme are extremely helpful for learning pronunciation or any new language.
The rhyming words for kids picture printables
These printables have 4 pairs of rhyming words each. After printing them out, you can cut them out and get your kids to match the correct rhyming pairs together. If you like these activities you won’t want to miss the pairs of rhyming words worksheets. On that page, you will also find some more suggested ideas on what you can do with rhyming word cards.
There are also the free printable rhyming picture cards which also contain words under the pictures to help younger kids with spelling and word recognition.
The pictures on each of the downloadable PDFs represent –
Sheet 1 (above) – Cab and Crab, Log and Frog, Goat and Boat, Fox and Ox
Sheet 2 (below left) – Lake and Rake, Fig and Pig, Pot and Yacht, Snail and Whale
Sheet 3 – Ben and Queen, Clam and Jam, Wheel and Seal, Stairs and Pairs
Sheet 4 – Net and Jet, Sky and Cry, Jewel and Pool, Drop and Shop
The rhyming words for kids lists
The word rhyming lists below have been arranged in order of sounds by vowels. Only one-syllable words are listed as they are easiest for children.
These lists are not exhaustive there are plenty more sounds and words to be added. Hopefully, you will find them useful when creating or adding to your own rhyming activities.
Sound | Words that rhyme |
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ab | crab - grab - cab - lab - scab - jab - flab - dab |
ad | dad - bad - sad - pad - mad - rad - add - glad - had |
ag | bag - rag - sag - tag - wag - hag - flag - mag - stag |
ail | pail - sail - whale - kale - mail - male - tail - tale - pale - pail - rail - jail - wail - nail - trail - veil - hail - gale - snail - quail - bale - sale - scale |
ake | make - take - bake - lake - cake - wake - rake - break - shake - snake - ache - steak - fake - sake - quake - stake |
air | near - hair - chair - there - where - care - square - fair - pear - pair - wear - scare - bear - bare - mare - tear - swear - stare - stair |
am | dam - lamb - gram - ham - jam - clam - yam - tram - cram - wham |
an | can - fan - man - pan - ran - van - than - nan - scan - plan - clan |
ane | rain - train - brain - cane - main - mane - plane - wane - chain - grain - vein - crane - stain - pain - lane - gain - drain |
ap | cap - map - tap - zap - lap - rap - yap - nap - gap - slap - trap - clap |
ar | car - star - bar - far - jar - tar - scar - are- par |
at | cat - bat - that - mat - rat - sat - hat - flat - pat - fat |
ay | day - may - bay - tray - way - say - hay - pay - they - play - ray - grey |
Sound | Words that rhyme |
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ee | bee - me - see - sea - knee - we - he - tree - free - three - key - tea - pea - flea - quay - glee - fee |
eel | eel - peel - meal - feel - wheel - keel - deal - real - steel - heel - seal |
een | bean - been - mean - green - clean - seen - queen - screen - lean - gene - dean - keen - teen |
ell | bell - shell - smell - hell - tell - well - smell - spell - sell - fell - yell - gel |
en | men - ten - then - hen - pen - when - wren - den - yen |
et | bet - set - met - wet - jet - pet - vet - yet - get - net - let - set |
ew | you - new - two - zoo - who - blue - through - grew - do - shoe - glue - chew - stew - boo - few - true - view - dew - to |
eye | eye - sky - my - pie - tie - fry - dye - high - try - why - bye - guy - cry - fly - shy - rye |
Sound | Words that rhyme |
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id | kid - bid - lid - grid - skid - slid - quid - squid - rid - hid |
ig | big - twig - dig - fig - pig - wig - jig - zig |
ill | ill - hill - bill - still - fill - till - mill - chill - grill - dill - pill - drill - will - trill - quill - frill - swill |
in | pin - bin - thin - skin - fin - tin - win - spin - grin - kin - gin |
ip | pip - tip - whip - zip - lip - hip - dip - ship - drip - clip - flip - sip - chip - skip - rip - nip - grip |
ish | wish - dish - fish - swish - squish |
it | hit - bit - sit - knit - pit - lit - nit - fit - split - kit - quit - spit - grit - skit |
Sound | Words that rhyme |
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od | cod - rod - odd - nod - pod - trod - clod - wad - sod - quad - squad - prod - plod |
og | dog - cog - log - fog - bog - frog - hog - jog - smog - blog - flog |
ool | pool - stool - tool - cool - school - rule - fuel - jewel - cruel - mule - fool - ghoul - spool - drool |
oon | soon - moon - spoon - tune - dune - prune - loon - noon - boon |
op | cop - stop - mop - hop - shop - top - bop - drop - swap - crop - pop - bop - lop - chop - flop |
or | door - four - ,ore - core - more - roar - wore - store - floor - score - poor - pour - bore - shore - oar - snore - your |
ot | hot - dot - pot - got - not - got - shot - knot - rot - yacht - trot - blot - jot - cot - lot - slot |
ox | box - fox - rocks - socks - blocks - clocks - flocks - ox - locks - stocks |
Sound | Words that rhyme |
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ug | bug - tug - slug - plug - mug - jug - hug - rug - mug - snug - pug - dug - shrug - thug - lug - chug |
um | mum - rum - come - thumb - some - drum - slum - chum - sum - glum - plum - bum - hum - crumb - swum |
un | bun - done - sun - son - fun - won - run - one - gun - ton - nun - pun - none - stun - shun |
ut | hut - but - cut - shut - gut - mutt - nut - putt |