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Words that rhyme withquestion

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 EH coda S·CH
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)
3 syllables
suggestion1congestiondigestioningestion
4 syllables
indigestion
50
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical, but one side stops one consonant earlier.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cried / cry — one side missing the final D

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
heaven36seven13lesson8kevinsession3evanDevonleaven1lessen1resin1BevinchechencressondeafenEssenfreshengretchenhessian
3 syllables
confession9impression1eleven4expression3possession1depression1profession1obsession1succession1aggression1discretion1oppression1progression1recession1accessioncompressionconcessiondigressionprecessionprocessionregressionrepressionsecessionsuppressiontransgression
4 syllables
indiscretion1decompressionintercessionnonaggressionrepossessionself-expression
5 syllables
delicatessen
211
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
mention9engine3weapon4section3KarenHelenreckon2ellenAaron1chairmannelson2lemon2tension3threatenErinbrennan1pensionLennon2yellin1bensondenton1destin2beckon1brethren1chevron1henchmen1heston1leaden1Lemmon1melon1quentin1texan1westin1airmanbelgianbellmanBentonBremenbrendanBretonCharonchessmandeadendelphiandentindextrinDresdenEdwinEkmanelfinensignfelonflexionfreshmangentiangremlinheadmanheadsmanHellmanhempenhenchmanHensonheronJensenkarankeelsonkelvinKennankenyankremlin
3 syllables
attention15direction11protection10connection7affection13collection2election1reflection9intention2objectionreceptionperfection9infectionexception2convention1dimension3invention1inspection2perception1detention1conception3redemption1ascension2complexion2deception1selection2correction1detection1ephedrine1erection1excedrin1inflection1Magellan1Medellin1projection1rebellion1rejection1suspension1abstentionadvectionclandestineconfectionconnexioncontentionconvectiondeclensiondefectiondeflectiondissectiondissensionejectionexemptionextensioninception
4 syllables
Armageddon1comprehension1intersection2intervention2resurrection2imperfection1watermelon1apprehensioncircumspectioncircumventioncondescensioncontraceptioncontraventiondisaffectiondisconnectiondisinfectionepinephrinehypertensionhypotensioninattentioninsurrectioninterceptioninterjectionintrospectionmisconceptionphilodendronpreconceptionpredilectionrecollectionreelectionrhododendronself-deceptionindigestions
5 syllables
angiotensininterconnectionmisapprehensionnoninterventionoverprotection
11
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)
2 syllables
questions13questioned10
3 syllables
questioning1questionerquestionersquestionings1unquestioned
4 syllables
questionableunquestioning
5 syllables
unquestionableunquestionably

“question” at line end — from real songs

In answer to every questionWhat if I had stood there at the end and said again and again
— Bill Callahan, “Riding for the Feeling” · rhymes question / again
I just want to ask a question:Who really cares to save a world in despair?
— Marvin Gaye, “Save the Children” · rhymes question / despair
All this leaving is never endingI kept hoping for one more question
— Bill Callahan, “Riding for the Feeling” · rhymes question / ending

How to read the 266 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.
Subtractive 50
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 211
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 11
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.