Words that rhyme with contrition
Top rhymes for contrition
position, addition, commission and competition
97 common words rhyme with contrition. The most common are position, addition, commission and competition.
Perfect rhymes for contrition
3 syllables
- position
- addition
- commission
- condition
- edition
- permission
- tradition
- transition
- transmission
- petition
- physician
- admission
- nutrition
- submission
- musician
- suspicion
- tuition
- ambition
- audition
- emission
- technician
- ignition
- partition
- magician
- rendition
- cognition
- omission
- fruition
- remission
- attrition
- sedition
- clinician
- volition
- patrician
- tactician
- munition
- dentition
- optician
- beautician
- mortician
- logician
4 syllables
- competition
- definition
- opposition
- recognition
- exhibition
- composition
- acquisition
- coalition
- politician
- expedition
- ammunition
- proposition
- prohibition
- demolition
- exposition
- intuition
- abolition
- deposition
- disposition
- repetition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- extradition
- electrician
- malnutrition
- superstition
- imposition
- intermission
- statistician
- apparition
- reposition
- dietitian
- requisition
- obstetrician
- premonition
- precondition
- supposition
- admonition
- readmission
- dietician
- erudition
- retransmission
- decommission
- manumission
5 syllables
- decomposition
- mathematician
- pediatrician
- juxtaposition
- predisposition
- academician
- redefinition
- presupposition
- theoretician
Show 6 rare words
- rhetorician
- recondition
- biostatistician
- geriatrician
- reimposition
- preignition
Near rhymes for contrition
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- given
- decision
- written
- listen
- division
- prison
- television
- religion
- kitchen
- chicken
- vision
- driven
- fishing
- provision
- precision
- collision
- supervision
- wishing
- griffin
- risen
- revision
- forgiven
- kitten
- subdivision
- pigeon
- stricken
- bitten
- handwritten
- circumcision
- arisen
- rewritten
- envision
- incision
- unwritten
- smitten
- imprison
- quicken
- derision
- pippin
- indecision
How contrition sounds
| Pronunciation | /kənˈtɹɪʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (con-TRI-tion) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɪʃən |
Contrition has three syllables, with the stress on the second. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
Questions
- What rhymes with contrition?
- The most common rhymes for contrition are position, addition, commission, competition, mission and condition.
- How many words rhyme with contrition?
- We found 97 common perfect rhymes and 6 rarer words for contrition, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in contrition?
- Contrition has three syllables, with the stress on the second.