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Words that rhyme withdecision

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 ZH
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 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
vision2
3 syllables
division2envision1collision1derision1revision1parisianprovision
4 syllables
television5supervision1subdivision
121
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
given10prison9driven2pigeon2risen2smidgenmission7fission1Titianlisten30kitchen27griffinglisten3christengriffonstiffentiffin
3 syllables
religion10forgiven10imprisonposition9condition5permission6tradition1commission2audition1ambition3additionsuspiciontransmission1musician1magician1edition1submission2admission1attrition1cognition1ignition1nutrition1omission1remission1rendition1tuition1beauticiancliniciancontritiondentitionemissionfruitionlogicianmorticianmunitionopticianpartitionpatricianpetitionphysicianrecissionseditiontacticiantechniciantransitionvolition
4 syllables
unforgiven1competition1recognition4repetition2expeditionammunition3composition1intuition1opposition2superstition2politician1demolition1electrician1inhibition1premonition1proposition1abolitionacquisitionadmonitionapparitioncoalitiondecommissiondefinitiondepositiondieticiandietitiandispositioneruditionexhibitionexpositionextraditionimpositioninquisitionintermissionmalnutritionmanumissionobstetrician
5 syllables
mathematician1academiciandecompositiongeriatricianjuxtapositionpediatrician
58
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
christian3Wilson3winstonfiction1SimpsonNixon2diction2dixon1friction1Ibsen1Kingston1liftin1Nilsson1sizzlin1vixen1CrichtoncrimsoncrispenCrispinGibsonLisbonListonpistonpitchmanPrincetonsiskinsylvanVinson
3 syllables
description3conviction4prescription2addiction6prediction1affliction1egyptian1encryption1englishmen1infliction1conniptionconscriptionconstrictiondepictiondistinctionevictionextinctionfranciscaninscriptionnonfictionproscriptionrestriction
4 syllables
benediction1contradiction1crucifixion1derelictioninterdictionjurisdiction
112
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
children36women21million4chicken4written3hidden4Dylan3billionBritainLincoln2villain5thinkin3linen7kitten2killin2flippin1ribbon2stricken2bitten1Clinton1hickman1hilton1pippen1thicken1trilon1BrintonbritonBrittencitrincitrondillon
3 syllables
opinion4civilian1grandchildren1mcmillan1pavilion1badmintonbalbrigganbedriddenbouillonbraziliandominionfrostbittenhandwrittenmidshipmanoctillionreptilianunwrittenvanillinvaudevillianvermilionvermillionVirginianzairean
4 syllables
penicillin1crocodiliandivisionalenvisioning2provisionalprovisioningrevisionistrevisionistssubdivisionssupervisions1televisions5visionaries1
5 syllables
amoxicillinprovisionally
6 syllables
audiovisualaudiovisuals
13
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
decisions2incision2precision2excisionexcisionsincisions3precisions2rescissionrescissions
4 syllables
indecision1circumcisioncircumcisionsindecisions1

“decision” at line end — from real songs

And then You expelled all decisionAs I may stand up with a vision
— Bon Iver, “22 (OVER S∞∞N)” · rhymes decision / vision
Now comes the moment of great, great decisionDoctor is making his first incision
— Lou Reed, “Lady Godiva’s Operation” · rhymes decision / incision
I still feel it weighin' on my heart, my first tough decisionIn the shadows clingin' to my soul as my only critic
— Kendrick Lamar, “Mother I Sober” · rhymes decision / critic

How to read the 302 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 11
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 121
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 58
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 112
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 13
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.