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RhymeZone RR 2014/058 Datamuse URL: www.rhymezone.com Last visited October 2013 Gratis
Keywords Electronic media, Poetry
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-10-2013-0265
"RhymeZone is a language arts resource free to everyone on the web and answers over 10 million queries monthly" (Datamuse, n.d.). At its most basic level, RhymeZone is an online rhyming dictionary. Type a word in the search box and the website will generate a list of words that are exact rhymes with the search term. If there are no exact rhymes, RhymeZone automatically generates a near rhyme list so you are never left without an answer. The results are automatically categorized by syllables with the most commonly rhymed words in bold font. At the top of this list, there are links to near rhymes, synonyms, definitions, homophones, similar sounding words, words with the same consonant, and related words. At the bottom of the results lists are links to seeing the word used in the context of Shakespeare, Mother Goose rhymes, the Bible and other quotations.
The lists at the top and bottom of the results page are also search options available on RhymeZone's homepage. RhymeZone's search function is easily customizable therefore it can be as basic or as complicated as the user wants. To make searching easier, RhymeZone automatically generates a list of associated words that appear in a dropdown menu under the search bar as you type in your search term. To fully customize your user...