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Words that rhyme withchicken

feminine
Masculine

Ends on a stressed syllable — a one-syllable rhyme, or a multisyllable word whose primary stress lands last. The rhyme hits the final beat, the way most rhymes in songs do.

Examples

love · dove · today · believe · forgot

Feminine this word

Ends with an unstressed syllable trailing the stressed one — always at least two syllables. The rhyme lands a beat earlier and trails off softly.

Examples

river · mother · follow · breaking · mountain

Masculine and feminine endings rarely sing together (the rhyme lands on a different beat), so they're kept apart here.

 vowel IH coda K
5
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels (if any) are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cat / hat — same AE vowel, same T ending

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
stricken2thicken1quickensickenwiccan
21
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels come from the same phonetic family (e.g. T↔D, P↔B, M↔N).
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cat / pad — AE vowel; T and D are both stops

Family chart
PlosivesFricativesNasals
VoicedbdgvTHzzhjmnng
Unvoicedptkfthsshch

Each column is a family pair — same place + manner, only the voicing differs.

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
tigonwritten3Britainkitten2flippin1bitten1pippen1britonBrittenLyttonmittenPippinsmittenhidden4ribbon2
3 syllables
balbrigganfrostbittenhandwrittenunwrittenbedridden
73
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical, with one extra consonant on one side.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / loved — extra D on one side

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
children36Lincoln2thinkin3winstonfiction1SimpsonNixon2diction2dixon1Clinton1friction1hickman1hilton1Ibsen1Kingston1liftin1vixen1BrintoncitrincitronCrichtoncrispenCrispinGibsonintronligninlindenLippmannLisbonListon
3 syllables
description3conviction4prescription2addiction6prediction1affliction1egyptian1encryption1grandchildren1infliction1badmintonconniptionconscriptionconstrictiondepictiondistinctionevictionextinctionfranciscaninscriptionmidshipmannonfictionproscriptionrestriction
4 syllables
benediction1contradiction1crucifixion1derelictioninterdictionjurisdiction
374
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are the same.
  2. The consonants after the vowel are not phonetically related.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / dot — both AH, but V and T have nothing in common

Assonance rhymes always have consonants after the vowels, but the consonants cannot be phonetically related.

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
listen30women21kitchen27vision19given10prison9million4mission7christian3Wilson3Dylan3billiondriven2villain5linen7pigeon2griffinglisten3killin2risen2fission1Nilsson1sizzlin1trilon1christencrimsondillonfinnanGilmangriffonjillionminionninonpillionpinionpitchmansmidgenSpillanestiffensylvantiffinTitiantrillionVinsonwingmanzillionticket9tickets2liquor8picking8rickywicked3kicking2Mickeyclicking3sticking10quicker2nickynikkitrickyticking1vickycricket1flicker1hiccup2sticker2thicker1crickets1fickle1knickers1nickel1nickels1Pickett1ricans1sicker1sickest1sickle1sickles1thickens1thicket1vicar1bickerbickeredbickersbricklecrickingdickens
3 syllables
position9decision8religion10condition5opinion4permission6forgiven10division2tradition1commission2audition1ambition3additioncivilian1suspiciontransmission1musician1magician1edition1incision3envision2precision2submission2admission1attrition1cognition1collision1derision1englishmen1ignition1mcmillan1nutrition1omission1pavilion1remission1rendition1revision1tuition1beauticianbouillonbraziliancliniciancontritiondentitiondominionemissionexcisionfruitionimprisonlogicianmorticianmunitionoctillionopticianparisianpartitionpatricianpetitionphysicianprovisionrecissionreptilianrescissionseditiontacticiantechniciantransition
4 syllables
television5competition2recognition4repetition2expeditionammunition3composition1indecision1intuition1opposition2superstition2politician1demolition1electrician1inhibition1penicillin1premonition1proposition1supervision1unforgiven1abolitionacquisitionadmonitionapparitioncircumcisioncoalitioncrocodiliandecommissiondefinitiondepositiondieticiandietitiandispositioneruditionexhibitionexpositionextraditionimpositioninquisitionintermission
5 syllables
mathematician1academicianamoxicillindecompositiongeriatricianjuxtaposition
5
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels (if any) are identical.
  3. The syllables begin the same — repetition, not a rhyme.
How it feels

Off the rhyme scale — identity is repetition, not resolution. Shown so you can spot it, not reach for it.

Example

fuse / confuse — both stressed syllables are 'fuse'

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
1 syllable
chick3
2 syllables
chickens1chickened4chicots
3 syllables
chickening4

“chicken” at line end — from real songs

Is there a hole for me to get sick in?”Saying, "The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken"
— Bob Dylan, “Tombstone Blues” · rhymes chicken / in
Don't they see the darkness rising? Good luck fingering oblivionYou're welcome, boys, have the last of the smokes and chicken
— Father John Misty, “I Love You, Honeybear” · rhymes chicken / oblivion
He brushed 'em off and walked back to the Kentucky Fried ChickenCrooked cops told Anthony he should kick it
— Kendrick Lamar, “DUCKWORTH.” · rhymes chicken / it

How to read the 473 results

Tiers follow Pat Pattison's stability scale — pick the resolution your line needs, not just the closest sound. Bold words are common in lyrics; a struck-through word with a cliché flag is an overworked pair; a vermilion dot counts how often the pair appears at line end in our corpus of real songs.

Perfect rhyme 5
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 21
The consonants after the vowel are swapped for phonetic siblings — T↔D, M↔N, S↔Z. Nearly as stable as perfect rhyme, with far more word choices.
Additive 73
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 374
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 5
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.