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Words that rhyme withdescription

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 P·SH
3
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
egyptian1encryption1conniption
24
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
Ibsen1Gibsonfiction1Nixon2diction2dixon1friction1vixen1
3 syllables
conviction4addiction6prediction1affliction1infliction1constrictiondepictionevictionnonfictionrestriction
4 syllables
benediction1contradiction1crucifixion1derelictioninterdictionjurisdiction
3
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
Simpson
3 syllables
distinctionextinction
166
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
listen30kitchen27vision19given10prison9mission7chicken4written3hidden4driven2Britainpigeon2kitten2griffinglisten3flippin1ribbon2risen2stricken2bitten1fission1pippen1thicken1britonBrittenchristengibbongriffonLyttonmittenPippinquickensickensmidgensmittenstiffentiffintigonTitianwiccan
3 syllables
position9decision8religion10condition5permission6forgiven10division2tradition1commission2audition1ambition3additionsuspiciontransmission1musician1magician1edition1incision3envision2precision2submission2admission1attrition1cognition1collision1derision1ignition1nutrition1omission1remission1rendition1revision1tuition1balbrigganbeauticianbedriddencliniciancontritiondentitionemissionexcisionfrostbittenfruitionhandwrittenimprisonlogicianmorticianmunitionopticianparisianpartitionpatricianpetitionphysicianprovisionrecissionrescissionseditiontacticiantechniciantransitionunwrittenvolition
4 syllables
television5competition2recognition4repetition2expeditionammunition3composition1indecision1intuition1opposition2superstition2politician1demolition1electrician1inhibition1premonition1proposition1supervision1unforgiven1abolitionacquisitionadmonitionapparitioncircumcisioncoalitiondecommissiondefinitiondepositiondieticiandietitiandispositioneruditionexhibitionexpositionextraditionimpositioninquisitionintermissionmalnutritionmanumissionobstetricianprecondition
5 syllables
mathematician1academiciandecompositiongeriatricianjuxtapositionpediatricianpredisposition
86
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
children36women21million4christian3Wilson3Dylan3billionLincoln2villain5thinkin3winstonlinen7killin2Clinton1hickman1hilton1Kingston1liftin1Nilsson1sizzlin1trilon1BrintoncitrincitronCrichtoncrimsoncrispenCrispindillonfinnan
3 syllables
opinion4civilian1englishmen1grandchildren1mcmillan1pavilion1badmintonbouillonbraziliandominionfranciscanmidshipmanoctillionreptilianvanillinvaudevillianvermilionvermillionVirginianzaireanconniptionsegyptians1encryptions1
4 syllables
penicillin1crocodilian
5 syllables
amoxicillin
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
prescription1prescriptions1conscriptionconscriptionsdescriptions3inscriptioninscriptionsproscriptionproscriptionssubscriptionsubscriptionstranscriptiontranscriptions

“description” at line end — from real songs

Not just based on my descriptionIt's probably a 110% different
— Eminem, “Beautiful” · rhymes description / different
I give the doctor a descriptionAnd he just writes a prescription
— Bahamas, “No Depression” · rhymes description / prescription

How to read the 282 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 3
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 24
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 3
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 166
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 86
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.