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Words that rhyme withquestions

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
suggestions1congestionsdigestionsingestions
4 syllables
indigestions
47
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
heavens4lessons3evanssessions1bevinschechensdeafensfreshenshessians
3 syllables
impressions2possessions3confessions1professions1transgressions1accessionsaggressions1
4 syllables
decompressionsindiscretions1intercessions
5 syllables
delicatessens
159
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
weapons2engines4lemons1mentions1Clemens1aarons1arensbeckons1Behrensbelgiansbrennans1brethrens1chairmanschevrons1deadensdentinsdextrinsensignsfelonsflexions
3 syllables
directions7intentions5connections2corrections1erections1exceptions1extensions1infections1injections1intestines1reflections1abstentionsadvectionsaffections13
4 syllables
imperfections1interventions1resurrections1apprehensionscircumspectionscircumventionscomprehensions1condescensionscontraceptions
5 syllables
angiotensins
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
question10questioned10
3 syllables
questioning1questionerquestionersquestionings1unquestioned
4 syllables
questionableunquestioning
5 syllables
unquestionableunquestionably

“questions” at line end — from real songs

Long lines of questionsAnd lessons (lessons, lessons)
— Bon Iver, “666 ʇ” · rhymes questions / lessons
Oh, emptinessI cover you with questions
— Adrianne Lenker, “zombie girl” · rhymes questions / emptiness
They punish the people that's askin' questionsWhen will I finally get to rest through this oppression?
— Burt Bacharach, “Me Against the World” · rhymes questions / oppression

How to read the 211 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 47
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 159
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.