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Words that rhyme withattacking

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 K
38
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
tracking35packing2cracking1backing310lacking1smacking1blacking75clacking3hacking1jacking14
3 syllables
backpacking3backtracking1blackjackingbushwhackingcarjackingfullbackinghijackingkayaking
4 syllables
piggybackingquarterbacking
91
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
draggingbragging1baggingflagginggagginglaggingnaggingraggingsagging
3 syllables
sandbaggingunflaggingkidnappingbackslappingbootstrappingcatnappingchitchatting
4 syllables
copycattinghandicappingoverlappingthermostattingwiretapping
162
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
standing6asking4acting3landing5pantinggasping1chantinghandlingrattling2camping5crackling2ranking1rambling1blasting1grambling1grasping1tasking1anding41anglingbanding59banking14basking1blanding1blanking2
3 syllables
outstanding1collapsing3demanding1adapting1newscasting1relaxing1withstanding1abstracting1attracting2backhandingbroadcastingclimaxingcommanding11contacting5contrasting1decampingdecantingdetractingdiffracting
4 syllables
understanding3everlasting3counteractingflabbergastinginteractingnotwithstandingoveractingovercasting1overdraftingovertaxingrebroadcasting
5 syllables
misunderstanding1overreacting1
280
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
dancing8laughing8passing8having3hanging4planningcatching1crashing2banging9flashing3smashing1Lansing1manning1prancing1scratching1slamming1slashing1splashing1tanning1thrashing1ashing4badgingbanningbashing2batching1blanchingbranching2branningcachingcadgingcalvingcanningcashing26chaffing1chancingchanningchassingclammingclangingclashing1classing12crammingdammingdamning13dashing2fanningganging9gashing2
3 syllables
romancing1advancing1financing1abashingamassingattaching1backlashingbypassingcanallingcorrallingdetachingdispatchingenhancingentanglingfreelancingharanguingharassingjapanningmismatchingoutclassingprograming1programmingrehashingsuntanningsurpassingtrespassing1untanglingtobacco1bacharach1faculties1linebacker1alpacaalpacasbackpackerbackpackersblackening
4 syllables
anagrammingautographing2avalanchingboomeranging1caravanningdiagramingdiagramminghectographinglithographingoverhangingparagraphingphotographing7refinancingtelegraphingfirecracker1firecrackers1implacabletabernacletabernacles
5 syllables
mimeographing
14
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
tack1
2 syllables
tackled1tacky1tackertackerstacking1tackletacklesattack20
3 syllables
attackerattackershackmatack
4 syllables
counterattack
5 syllables
counterattacking

“attacking” at line end — from real songs

Has been found with kisses smackingAnd two bodies there attacking
— Bonnie Prince Billy, “After I Made Love to You” · rhymes attacking / smacking

How to read the 571 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 38
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 91
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 162
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 280
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 14
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.