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Words that rhyme withabandoned

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 AE coda N·D
2
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
cantoned1dampened
2
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
sanctioned
3 syllables
unsanctioned
14
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
happened1hammond1battenedblackenedcabined2cannoned4fattenedflattenedgladdenedmaddenedsaddenedslackened
3 syllables
examined1
4 syllables
reexamined
241
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
fashioned1actioned10bastionedcaptained3captionedclaxonedfalconedfastened1fractioned1Garandrationedtaloned1standing6handle8candy7andy1candle8landing5standard1landed4handed3random3randysandy1candles3brandy5brandonscandal1handled1handy2standards1mandyrandallbrando3dandy3sandals3stranded1handles2landin1vandal2candid1chandon1panda1scandals1tandem1andersAndesanding41
3 syllables
imagined1old-fashionedcompanioned6impassionedcommander1amandacandidate1Andersonmiranda1scandalous3outstanding1demanding1Orlando2bystander1candyman1Kandahar1remanded1veranda1withstanding1amandasandeanAndersenandersonsbackhandedbackhandingblandishmentblandishmentsBrandenburgbrandishesbrandishingbystanders1candidacandidascandidates1candidlycandlingcandying7
4 syllables
unimaginedunderstanding3Alexander1alexanders1candidaciescandidacycoriandercoriandersdemandinglyempty-handedevenhandedexpandablegerrymandergerrymanderedgerrymandersmanhandlingmeanderingmemorandamemorandasmemorandummemorandums
5 syllables
misunderstanding1understandable1evenhandedlygerrymandering
66
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are different.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / live — both end in V; AH versus IH

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
second10England10opened2diamond5frightened3threatened1raymondsummoned2ermined1tightened1weakened1almondbeaconed1
3 syllables
determined1awakened2enlightened1illuminedmalfunctioned1reopenedtobogganedunburdenedunbuttoned
4 syllables
millisecondnanosecondoverburdenedpredeterminedreawakenedundetermined
29
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)
1 syllable
band59banned1dunned1
2 syllables
bandits1bandagebandagedbanded59bandiedbandiesbanding59bandit
3 syllables
abandon5bandages2abandons5bandagingbanditriesbanditry
4 syllables
abandoning1abandonment1abandonments1

“abandoned” at line end — from real songs

New Year's Day, it's 6 o'clock AMI've never seen Sunset this abandoned
— Father John Misty, “Leaving LA” · rhymes abandoned / am
And you're really feeling fragileAnd you really feel abandoned
— Guy Clark, “Old Friends” · rhymes abandoned / fragile
I am a railroad track abandonedWith the sunset forgetting I ever happened
— Jeff Buckley, “Opened Once” · rhymes abandoned / happened

How to read the 325 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.

Family rhyme 2
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 2
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 14
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 241
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 66
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 29
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.