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Words that rhyme withpositions

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 SH
80
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
missions1fissions1
3 syllables
conditions2ambitions1ignitions1permissions1suspicions1traditions1additionsadmissions1attritions1auditions1beauticians
4 syllables
politicians1premonitions1inhibitions1abolitionsadmonitionsammunitions3apparitions
5 syllables
mathematicians1academicians
32
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
listens1christensglistens3griffinsgriffonsgryphonskitchens27stiffenstiffins
3 syllables
decisions2collisions1provisions1derisions1divisions2envisions2excisions
4 syllables
circumcisionsindecisions1subdivisionssupervisions1
43
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
christians2fictions1pistons1crimsonscrispensdictions2dixons1frictions1gibsons
3 syllables
convictions1afflictions1distinctions1prescriptions1addictions6conniptionsconscriptions
4 syllables
benedictions1contradictions1crucifixions1derelictions
354
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
millions1chickens1billionshigginsmittens2ribbons2villains1kittens1ricans1simmons1thickens1wiggins1bigginsbritainsbritonschildrens36chitlinscitrinscitronsclintons1dickensdigginsdylans3finnansgibbonshiltons1intronsjillionsligninslincolns2lindenslinens7minionsninonspickinspillionspinionspippinsquickenssickensSiddonsSymonstigonstrillionsWilkinszillionsmission7wishes5issue1fishing1issues3dishes5bishopvicious5fishes2issued1fisherwishing2disher1fishy1fission1fissures1swisher1bishopsdishing3Fischerfishersfissurefissuredsquishyswishesswishing1Titian
3 syllables
civilians1opinions4badmintonsbalbriggansbouillonsbraziliansdominionsoctillionspavilions1reptiliansvanillinsvaudevilliansvermilionsvirginianszaireanscondition5permission6delicious4official1suspicious1tradition1commission2audition1aliciaambition3additionsuspicionofficials1transmission1magician1initialMichigan4ambitious1edition1submission2viciously2viciousness2efficientadmission1attrition1cognition1deficient1fictitious1ignition1militia1nutrition1omission1remission1rendition1tuition1ambitioned3archbishoparchbishopsauditioned1auspiciousbeauticianbishopricscapriciouscatfishescliniciancommissioned2conditioned5
4 syllables
crocodilianspenicillins1competition2commissioner1officially1traditionalrecognition4repetition2expeditionammunition3intuition1superstition1additionalpolitician1artificialdemolition1electrician1inhibition1initially1premonition1superficial1superstitious1abolitionadmonitionambitioning3ambitiouslyangelfishesapparitionauditioning1beneficentbeneficialcapriciouslycoalition
5 syllables
amoxicillinsunconditional1exhibitionist1mathematician1abolitionistabolitionistsacademicianair-conditioningartificiallybeneficially
6 syllables
7 syllables
56
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)
3 syllables
position9musician1musicians1physicianphysicianspositioned9transitiontransitionedtransitions
4 syllables
composition1opposition2compositions1proposition1transitioning1acquisitionacquisitionsdeposition
5 syllables
compositionaldecompositiondecompositions

“positions” at line end — from real songs

All God's critters hold positionsSome are violent, some are victims
— Aesop Rock, “Pigs” · rhymes positions / victims
Empty traditions, reaching social positionsTeaching ambition to support the family superstition?
— Lauryn Hill, “The Mystery of Iniquity” · rhymes positions / superstition
Cornish hens switching positionsGone, an' more important spawning, torn in, poor men sworn in
— MF DOOM, “That’s That” · rhymes positions / in

How to read the 509 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 80
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 32
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 43
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 354
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 56
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.