Words that rhyme with lighten
Top rhymes for lighten
titan, tighten, brighten and enlighten
7 common words rhyme with lighten. The most common are titan, tighten, brighten and enlighten.
Perfect rhymes for lighten
3 syllables
Near rhymes for lighten
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- writing
- fighting
- item
- exciting
- lighting
- citing
- inviting
- biting
- highlighting
- handwriting
- uniting
- sighting
- bison
- widen
- songwriting
- inciting
- rewriting
- underwriting
- reciting
- whiting
- reuniting
- firefighting
- siphon
- infighting
- igniting
- screenwriting
- lichen
- siting
- hyphen
- ripen
- glycine
- liken
- moonlighting
- psilocybin
- bullfighting
- delighting
- expediting
- spotlighting
- unexciting
- indicting
How lighten sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈlaɪtən/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (LIGHT-en) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -aɪtən |
Lighten has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with lighten?
- The most common rhymes for lighten are titan, tighten, brighten, enlighten, frighten and heighten.
- How many words rhyme with lighten?
- We found 7 common perfect rhymes for lighten, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in lighten?
- Lighten has two syllables, with the stress on the first.