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Words that rhyme witharkansas

masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 AA coda —
99
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)
1 syllable
ah46ya34law24nah11ahh10draw6raw1blah1moi6bra1straw2hah2jaw3paw3wah2Shawbah2thaw2yah1claw3awe2cha1bois1flaw2haw1trois2chaw1maw1naw1rah1cawcrawdawgnawschwaShahslawspaWaugh
2 syllables
grandma1grandpaaha5withdraw1soniaha-hahurrah3outlaw2dada1guffaw1AccraArtoisBanglabedstrawbourgeoisbylawchutzpahcoleslawDohahooplain-lawmacawMcGrawpashapatoisRorschachSanaascrimshawStaffastupa
3 syllables
son-in-lawOmaha1carrera1Panama1Saginaw1ApiabaccaratBogotabrouhahaChihuahuaChippewaDerridafermataha-ha-hakorunamackinawOttawaoverdrawquebecoisWarszawa
4 syllables
brother-in-lawsister-in-lawdaughter-in-lawfather-in-lawmother-in-law
2305
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)
1 syllable
on293all315heart255gone224long170wrong171song167are134off116fall1dark107wall128god69car85hard81was43want39call83lost74stars83far79not69star74strong64stop59got54dawn61bar54start63talk49lot57songs43part40thought25small43park41dog1cars37hall36top28arm31rock30cause23walls36job28ball32shot30hot23cross20walk24block28spot27drop22tall31art26cost24yard23box18clock22harm24calls21mom12caught18watch15cops15bars26thoughts14fault11falls20mark13smart14pop15shop10called10dogs9farm16boss9bought10bomb9Paul7
2 syllables
apart95along74guitar34because21belong22upon8forgot14recall1alarm8across4sweetheart3applause6beyond5football2belongs2garage4gunshot1response3baseball1respond3assaultrobotbelonged2gunshots3moronabroad2massage1radarsidewalk3Iraq2so-calledlaptop1backyard2Bernardcigar4graveyard4regard1afar7depart6guitars3bizarre2cigars5mirage5involvepostcard4resolve3dissolve3robots1Milananton1anon2bedrock1birdsong3courtyard3downfall2exhaust3lamar3rainfall3remark3rooftops1
3 syllables
restaurant5alcohol5Vietnam3basketball1boulevard9protocolBabylon6dialogue1cannonball4waterfall4waterfalls4bodyguard2astronaut3Montreal4reservoir2superstar4meadowlark3morningstar3overalls2Pentecost2afterthought1analog2apricot2astronauts2avalon1barbershop1catalogue1confidant1debutante2disembark2disregard2echelon1escobar2holocaust1juggernaut1Molotov2motorcar1mountaintop2nonchalant2abattoir1
4 syllables
Agamemnon1neanderthal1automatonautomatonsAzerbaijanBaryshnikovbrachiopodbrachiopodscephalopodcephalopodscholesterolcholesterolselectroshockelectroshocksemoticonemoticonsheterodoxIditarodKalashnikov
5 syllables
middle-of-the-road
340
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)
1 syllable
arms61hearts39cards15starts13wants8parts14Charles2guards3marks4armed2costs2charged1arts4yards3solved1parked1waltz9marked1charms9sharks1sparks5barks2charts5barnesbonds1honksbards1farms1farts2haunts2Marx2tarts2tonks2vaults2launchedbarns1blondes1Bronx1carbs1carts1charmed1darts1farmed1faults1harmed1harms1parks1ponds1salts1shards1sparked1starved1swamps1almsangstangstsarbsarched5arcs4arks2armesarpsauldsbalds2barbedbarbsbarfed1barfs1
2 syllables
involved10regards2alarms2remarks2alarmed2dissolved2junkyards2postcards1resolved2sweethearts2unarmed2embarks1evolves1forearms1involves1unharmed1aardvarks1abscondsabsolvedabsolvesaccostsadoptsasphalts1assaultsavants2backyards2ballparks1barnyardsbasaltsbenchmarksbernardsbirthmarksbismarksblowhardsboatyardsbombardsbrickyardscanardschurchyards1cobaltsconcoctscourtyards3croissantsdefaults1defrosts1departs6detentesdetoxed1devolveddevolvesdiehardsdisarmeddisarms
3 syllables
restaurants2debutantes2firearms1holocausts1mastercards1overcharged1unresolved1bodyguards2boulevards9commandantscorrespondscounterpartsdisembarked2disembarks2disregards2hildegardesKhabarovskleotardslumberyardsmatriarchesmeadowlarks3oligarchesoligarchspatriarchespatriarchssomersaultssuperchargedthunderboltsuninvolvedunremarkedwatermarks1
16
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
saw15
2 syllables
chainsaw1foresaw1backsawEsauhacksawhandsawjigsawseesawWarsawwhipsawsawing15
3 syllables
ChickasawMasaiseesawingwhipsawing

“arkansas” at line end — from real songs

Molly went to ArkansasShe got raped by Dobbin's dog
— John Prine, “Pretty Good” · rhymes arkansas / dog
Some folks say there ain't no bears in ArkansasSome folks say that bears go 'round eating babies raw
— Lyle Lovett, “Bears” · rhymes arkansas / raw
My brother died at Wilson's Creek and, Lord, I seen him fallWe fell back to the Boston Mountains in the North of Arkansas
— Steve Earle, “Ben McCulloch” · rhymes arkansas / fall

How to read the 2743 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 99
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 2304
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 340
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 16
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.