Rhyming dictionary
Words that rhyme with protection
Protection has 3 syllables. The second syllable is stressed. There are 43 perfect rhymes and 80 near rhymes below, grouped by syllables.
Top rhymes for protection: section, flexion, election, collection, direction, connection, selection, infection.
Perfect rhymes for protection
432 syllables
- section
- flexion
3 syllables
- election
- collection
- direction
- connection
- selection
- infection
- reflection
- inspection
- detection
- injection
- perfection
- correction
- affection
- rejection
- projection
- objection
- erection
- complexion
- convection
- deflection
- ejection
- dissection
- defection
- inflection
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- resection
- confection
4+ syllables
- intersection
- resurrection
- reelection
- recollection
- insurrection
- introspection
- interconnection
- imperfection
- disinfection
- disconnection
- redirection
- predilection
- disaffection
- interjection
- circumspection
Near rhymes for protection
80Same vowel sound, different consonants. Closest-sounding first.
2 syllables
3 syllables
- elections
- depression
- expression
- possession
- impression
- connections
- directions
- collections
- profession
- infections
- succession
- aggression
- discretion
- obsession
- progression
- confession
- recession
- compression
- oppression
- projections
- corrections
- objections
- selections
- suppression
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- reflections
- protections
- inspections
- concession
- procession
- injections
- repression
- regression
- accession
- secession
- affections
- transgression
- rejections
- erections
- defections
- inflections
- confections
- digression
- dissections
- complexions
- exception
- reception
- perception
- conception
- deception
- inception
- expressions
- possessions
- impressions
4+ syllables
- imperfections
- intersections
- recollections
- decompression
- intercession
- indiscretion
- interconnections
- repossession
- interjections
- predilections
- nonaggression
- interception
- contraception
- misconception
- preconception
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Questions
- What rhymes with protection?
- The closest perfect rhymes for protection are section, flexion, election, collection, direction, connection, selection, infection, reflection and inspection. There are 43 in all, grouped by syllables on this page.
- How many syllables are in protection?
- Protection has 3 syllables. The second syllable is stressed.
- What are some near rhymes for protection?
- Near rhymes keep the vowel sound but change the consonants, which is often what a lyric needs. For protection, try question, session, sections, reckon and freshen.
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Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University). Word frequency from wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0), word lists from SCOWL, offensive-word filtering from LDNOOBW (CC BY 4.0).