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Words that rhyme withtelevision

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
10
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
decision8incision3precision2collision1derision1excisionparisianrescission
4 syllables
indecision1circumcision
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
given10prison9driven2pigeon2risen2smidgenmission7fission1Titianlisten1kitchen27griffinglisten3christengriffonstiffentiffin
3 syllables
religion1forgiven10imprisonposition9condition5permission6tradition1commission2audition1ambition3additionsuspiciontransmission1musician1magician1edition1submission2admission1attrition1cognition1ignition1nutrition1omission1remission1rendition1tuition1beauticiancliniciancontritiondentitionemissionfruitionlogicianmorticianmunitionopticianpartitionpatricianpetitionphysicianrecissionseditiontacticiantechniciantransitionvolition
4 syllables
unforgiven1competition2recognition4repetition2expeditionammunition3composition1intuition1opposition2superstition2politician1demolition1electrician1inhibition1premonition1proposition1abolitionacquisitionadmonitionapparitioncoalitiondecommissiondefinitiondepositiondieticiandietitiandispositioneruditionexhibitionexpositionextraditionimpositioninquisitionintermissionmalnutritionmanumissionobstetrician
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
98
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
children1women21million4chicken4written3hidden4Dylan3billionBritainLincoln2villain5thinkin3linen7kitten2killin2flippin1ribbon2stricken2bitten1Clinton1hickman1hilton1pippen1thicken1trilon1BrintonbritonBrittencitrincitrondillonfinnangibbonGilman
3 syllables
opinion4civilian1grandchildren1mcmillan1pavilion1badmintonbalbrigganbedriddenbouillonbraziliandominionfrostbittenhandwrittenmidshipmanoctillionreptilianunwrittenvanillinvaudevillianvermilionvermillionVirginianzaireandecisions2collisions1derisions1excisions
4 syllables
penicillin1crocodiliancircumcisionsindecisions1
5 syllables
amoxicillin
28
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
vision1visions5
3 syllables
division2visual1envision2provisions1revision1divisions2envisioned2envisions2provisionprovisioned
4 syllables
supervision1divisionalenvisioning2provisionalprovisioning
5 syllables
provisionally
6 syllables
audiovisualaudiovisuals

“television” at line end — from real songs

Turning the two-fork taped-up televisionInto tunnel vision
— Adrianne Lenker, “Time Escaping” · rhymes television / vision
All the gods are watching wars on televisionPlacing their bets and telling jokes about religion
— John Moreland, “Harder Dreams” · rhymes television / religion
Watch the water boil and I listenTurn off the television
— Lucinda Williams, “Right In Time” · rhymes television / listen

How to read the 287 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 10
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 98
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 28
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.