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Words that rhyme withamerica

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 EH coda R
1
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
erica
910
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
Paris5wearing2parents4very2harry2scary7buried5Sarahsheriffstaring3Jerry1ericlarrysara1Garybury2Karenterryterror6fairy1Aaron1parent2derekcarrie1sharing1error4haroldcherry2Harrisnarrow1era2Taravera2perrysparrow7blaring1caring1clarence1bearing1Erinscaring8erikcheryltearing1berries2cherish2Pharaoh2sparrows1terre2cherries1peril2prairie2swearing1terrace2jared17gerald1bearings1beret1Bering1berry1beryl1carats1carey1daring1derry1fairies1ferry1garish1garret1gerry1heiress1herring1kari1parrot1parrots1sheriffs1sheryl1terrors1wary1wearer1hairykaraaarons1aerieaeriesairesairing127
3 syllables
jessicareplica1Senecaarea1terrible2narrator1charity3character1embarrassed3therapy1terribly1heroin2jeremyterrorist2areas1terrorists1variouspreparingtherapist2Harrison1arrogant1heroine1chariot2embarrassclarity3aerial2carrion1heresy1burialharriet1alvero1apparent1arrogance1burials1canary1caramel1Cherokee1guerrero1heritage1herrera1janeiro1Kerouac1lariat1mascara1newbury1parable1parenting1Sahara1sombrero1strawberries1terrier1aberrantaberrantsaerials2AntaresArafatarielAzeribariumbariumsbaronessbaronetbaronetsbearableBeriaberrying1bewaring
4 syllables
angelicaHelveticanecessary1apparently1military1secretary1embarrassing3ordinary1experiment1cemetery4temporaryhilarious1january1experiments1february1scenarioiscariot1dictionary1hysteria1missionaries1posterity1prosperity2sincerity1legendaryBavaria1caricature1cemeteries1commissary1dictionaries1huckleberries1hysterical1hysterically1inheritance1literary1missionary1monastery1
5 syllables
necessarilyunnecessarychemotherapy1contemporaries1contemporary1illusionary1momentarily1obituaries1
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionary
7 syllables
8 syllables
74
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
mer3mare1
2 syllables
married10Mary4marry4marriage3merry2marrow2maring1marismarrieds10marries4marrows2meritmeritsnightmare5
3 syllables
marrying4primarymarilynMeredithcamaro1marriott1Maryland1marion1marriages1merrily1remarried1chimerachimerasdemeritdemeritshomeric
4 syllables
american3americans1americas5chimericalcustomaryemeritus
5 syllables
alphanumericalphanumericscustomarilyextramarital
7 syllables
african-americanafrican-americans

“america” at line end — from real songs

Jonny's in AmericaThey don't even just pretend
— David Bowie, “I’m Afraid of Americans” · rhymes america / pretend
America, AmericaI can't sleep at home tonight, send me a Hilton Hotel
— Lana Del Rey, “Arcadia” · rhymes america / hotel
I'm leavin' them as I was, five-foot-eight, Western beltBut you'll need a miracle, America
— Lana Del Rey, “Arcadia” · rhymes america / belt

How to read the 911 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 1
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Assonance 910
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 74
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.