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Words that rhyme witharmed

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 R·M·D
8
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
charmed1farmed1harmed1
2 syllables
alarmed2unarmed2unharmed1disarmedforearmed1
3
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)
1 syllable
darnedlarnedyarned
810
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)
1 syllable
on293gone224long170wrong171song167are134god69car85want39far79not69star74strong64stop59got54dawn61bar54talk49lot57thought25dog31top28arm31rock30job28shot30hot23walk24block28spot27drop22clock22harm24mom12caught18pop15shop10farm16bought10bomb9lawn24john4shock11tom5don2taught10cop7calm3lock5brought1charm10pot6drawn1knock2bob1hop9ought1doc1Scott1fought3odd2rob2jar17squad2Todd2stock2sean1bond2fog15palm4barn4kong1scar8log6hongplot5fraud2chop3Ronblonde1mob5juan1
2 syllables
along74guitar34belong22upon8forgot14alarm8beyond5gunshot1respond3robotbelonged2moronabroad2radarsidewalk3Iraq2laptop1cigar4afar7bizarre2Milananton1anon2bedrock1birdsong3lamar3hogan1amar2applaud1avant2blacktop2Hitchcock1Iran1jaguar2rockstar1withdrawn2woodstock2Aesop1ajar1Alcott1aplomb1Armstrong1assad1Babar1baton1buckshot1bulldog1bullfrog1chiffon1crowbar1distraught1facade1forearm1foregone1hassan1heartthrob1hilltop1lapdog1lumbar1maraud1nascar1neutron1
3 syllables
restaurant5Vietnam3Babylon6dialogue1astronaut3reservoir2superstar4morningstar3afterthought1analog2apricot2avalon1barbershop1catalogue1confidant1debutante2echelon1escobar2juggernaut1motorcar1mountaintop2nonchalant2abattoir1amazon1autobahn1Camelot1caviar1cosmonaut1esplanade1hollyhock1intercom1lexicon1marathon1monologue1photoshop1synagogue1tomahawk1travelogue1Abidjanaftershockagitpropaileron
4 syllables
Agamemnon1automatonAzerbaijanbrachiopodcephalopodelectroshockemoticonIditarodphenomenonSaskatchewanthingamabobUlaanbaatar
5 syllables
middle-of-the-road
1934
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
all315heart1off116fall155dark107ah46wall128hard81was43arms61call83ya34lost74stars83start63songs43part40small43park41hearts39cars37hall36cause23law24walls36ball32cross20saw15tall31art26cost24yard23box18calls21nah11watch15cops15bars26thoughts14fault11cards15falls20mark13smart14called10dogs9starts13ahh10wants8boss9Paul7soft15guard10gods13rocks15charge9stopped7card8parts14loss12balls8shots9stops8dropped9doll12mall16draw6jobs7talked2locked4march7wash3lots1walked3Charles2large1talks5crossed7raw10sharp5
2 syllables
apart95because21involved10recall16across4sweetheart3applause6football2grandma1belongs2garage4grandparesponse3baseball1assaultgunshots3aha5massage1so-calledbackyard2Bernardwithdraw1regards2graveyard4regard1soniadepart6guitars3ha-hacigars5mirage5involvepostcard4resolve3dissolve3robots1alarms2courtyard3downfall2exhaust3hurrah3outlaw2rainfall3remark3remarks2rooftops1sidewalks1unlocked1aloft2atoll1barrage1bygones1cyclops1dada1dissolved2footfall2impart2jukebox1junkyards2mailbox2
3 syllables
alcohol5basketball1boulevard9protocolson-in-lawArkansas4cannonball4waterfall4waterfalls4bodyguard2restaurants2Montreal4Omaha1meadowlark3overalls2Pentecost2astronauts2debutantes2disembark2disregard2holocaust1Molotov2afterthoughts1albatross1applesauce1Bonaparte1butterscotch1camouflage1carrera1cosmonauts1firearms1fireball1hildegard1holocausts1lollipops1mastercards1mastodons1overcharged1Panama1paradox1
4 syllables
brother-in-lawsister-in-lawneanderthal1automatonsBaryshnikovbrachiopodscephalopodscholesterolcholesterolsdaughter-in-lawelectroshocksemoticonsfather-in-lawheterodoxKalashnikovmother-in-lawneanderthals1Sebastopolstate-of-the-artthingamabobs
178
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)
1 syllable
seemed3named1dreamed3warned2damned1claimed1formed15doomed3blamed1screamed4roamed4framed3tamed3climbed1aimed2scorned2bloomed1gleamed1jammed1shamed1slammed1timed1zoomed1beamed2boomed9breamedbrimmedbroomed5bummedcairnedchimedchromed
2 syllables
ashamed13confirmed1informed1assumedperformed1consumed2redeemed1transformed1unnamed1condemned1entombed1goddamned1programmed1acclaimedadornedaffirmedbarnstormedbrainstormedconformed1contemnedcostumeddaydreamed6declaimeddefameddeformed
3 syllables
misinformed1anagrammedchloroformedcounterclaimeddiagrammedhoneycombed1monogrammedoutperformedpantomimedpolychromedreaffirmedreconfirmedunadornedunashamedunconfirmeduniformed3
4 syllables
underperformed
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 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
rearmed

“armed” at line end — from real songs

Strapped up long as the chief of police armedTell 'em "Free Smalls," off Palm with the heat drawn
— Earl Sweatshirt, “Hive” · rhymes armed / drawn
My harpoons armedAnd oh my heart
— Mount Eerie, “O My Heart” · rhymes armed / heart

How to read the 2932 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 8
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 3
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.
Subtractive 809
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 1934
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 178
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 1
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.