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Words that rhyme withandy

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
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)
2 syllables
candy7randysandy1brandy5handy2mandydandy1bandyshandyTandy
18
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
auntiesanti1anteanticantypantyscantyshantyfrankie1campycrankyhankeyhankylankyyankee
3 syllables
Chianti
4 syllables
vigilantenamby-pamby
11
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
angry5franklypantry1blankly1amplyantsyblandlygantrygrandlylamprey
4 syllables
polyandry
mosaic rhyme
understand me3stand me1
63
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
happy15daddy6danny1annie2maggieabby1jackiesammy1grannynanny1pattyfanny1mannymaddiecaddy2sadie2blackie1cabbie1gabby1grammy1lackey1snappy1tacky1abbeabbeybaggybattycabbycaddiecannycattychattyclammycrabbycraggycrannycrappiecrappyfattyflabbyHanimaddymattynatty
3 syllables
unhappy2Miami1granddaddyiraqislaphappyuncanny
4 syllables
Cincinnati1pakistani
322
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
valley16carry1fancy3alley7badly1taxi2nasty2sally3barryNancy2Stanleyashleycathy1sadly1daphneangiecassiekathyrallygladly1madly3acne1galley2tally1acme1alfie1algae1bally1camry1Capri1crabtree1halsey1lassie1pansy1taffy1aptlyASCIIashyassayAttleeBarrieBradleybrassycadreCagneycatchychaffychallischancychassisclassycraftydallydraftyflashyflatlyganglyghastlyglassygrassyhackneyHalleyjazzylallylangleylastlylatchkeymanlymaxipalfreypatchypatsyramsayraspysassysavvy
3 syllables
exactly1apache2chimpanzee1finale1Comanchefianceesteadfastlyverballycommander1abandoned5amandaabandon5candidate1bandages2scandalous3outstanding1demanding1Orlando2bystander1candyman1Kandahar1remanded1withstanding1abandons5amandasbackhandedbackhandingbandagingbanditriesbanditrybandyingblandishmentblandishmentsBrandenburgbrandishesbrandishingbystanders1candidacandidascandidates1candidlycandlingcandying7commanded11commanders1commanding11commandodemanded4disbanded1disbanding1expanded1expanding1fernandoforehandedfreehandedfreestandinggrandstandinghandedness
4 syllables
Tallahassee1AnasaziAriadnedillydallyefficacyintermarrynecromancyneuropathyprofligacyrhinoplastysatisfactorysuperfamilyunderstanding3Alexander1abandoning1abandonment1abandonments1alexanders1candidaciescandidacydemandinglyempty-handedevenhandedexpandablegerrymandergerrymanderedgerrymandersmanhandlingnotwithstandingoutstandingly
5 syllables
angioplastyhomeopathyimmeasurablyinterminablymisunderstanding1understandable1evenhandedlygerrymanderingmisunderstandings
6 syllables
lymphadenopathy
23
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
andersAndesanding41
3 syllables
Andersonmiranda1veranda1andeanAndersenandersonsLeandermeandermeanderedmeanders
4 syllables
coriandercoriandersmeanderingmemorandamemorandasmemorandummemorandums

“andy” at line end — from real songs

And the second mate was AndyBy Christ he had a dandy
— Loudon Wainwright III, “Good Ship Venus” · rhymes andy / dandy

How to read the 424 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 18
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 11
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 63
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 322
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 23
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.