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Words that rhyme withbleeding

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 IY coda D
34
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
reading2leading16feeding2needing2breeding1speeding1beadingcedingheeding3kneading
3 syllables
receding1cheerleading1proceeding1succeeding1accedingconcedingexceeding1
4 syllables
intercedingoverfeedingsuperseding
79
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
beating1meeting1eating2cheating3treating5greeting2fleeting1cleatingheating46pleatingseating29sheeting5sleeting2sweeting49tweetingleaguingsleeping27speaking3keeping4beeping1freaking3weeping7seeking2creaking2sneaking1creeping4leaking3sweeping1peaking1peeking1reaping1shrieking1
3 syllables
repeating5competing2deleting1retreating1browbeatingcompletingconcretingdefeating8depletingentreatingexcretingmistreatingreceipting1repletingsecreting7unseatingfatiguing1intriguing1blitzkrieginghousekeeping1antiquingbatikkingbeekeepingbespeakingbookkeeping
4 syllables
overeatingoverheatingoversleeping
10
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
beadlingfeasting13fielding13needlingseedlingshielding5weaklingwieldingyielding3
3 syllables
unyielding
30
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
being8seeing7fleeing1feeing6freeing262geeing1keying27kneeing26peeing3
3 syllables
agreeing16chevying1decreeing1emceeing2foreseeingprecissingsightseeing
4 syllables
companying10disagreeing11filigreeingftping
331
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
feeling35leaving23evening12dreaming17screaming15meaning12breathing14ceiling15hearing1stealing5dealing3teaching1cleaning55freezing4screeching1healing9reaching2grieving6squealing1reeling2weaving1preaching2gleaming1peeling2steaming2streaming2breezing1kneeling1scheming1screening1seeming1seething1beaching33beaming2beaning3beefing9bleachingbreaching1breamingbreechingbriefing3ceasingcheesingcleavingcreaming12creasingdeemingdiesing22easingfleecinggleaning1greasinggreening52heavingheeling2helingjeeringkeelingkeening2leachingleafing2leaning7leashing5leasingleechingleming
3 syllables
believing8receiving1revealing4deceiving4appealing2bereaving1conceiving1daydreaming1increasing1policing1relieving1achievingaggrievingannealingappeasingbequeathing1beseechingbesiegingcareeningcartwheelingconcealing3congealingconveningDarjeelingdebriefingdeceasingdecreasingdemeaningdispleasingendearingesteeming3freewheelinghousecleaningimpeaching1machiningmainstreaming1perceivingredeemingrehearingreleasingrepealingreprievingresealingretrievingsubleasingunceasingunfeelingunleashingunreasoningunsealingmedia1
4 syllables
buccaneeringcontraveningdisbelievingguillotininginterleavinginterveninginterweavingmisconceivingmisperceivingoverhearing1overreachingpreconceivingquarantiningreconveningsnowmobilingsubmariningunappealingunbelievingalameda2comedian1comedians1remedial1antecedentsArchimedescopyreadercopyreaderscotyledoncotyledons
5 syllables
automobilingdisobedience1obediently1disobedient
6 syllables
encyclopedia1disobediences1encyclopaedia
2
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
bleed19
2 syllables
nosebleed

“bleeding” at line end — from real songs

Nor the blood of you bleedingIt's not the open weaving
— Adrianne Lenker, “Not” · rhymes bleeding / weaving
Why do we turn away when our brother is bleeding?Why do we build the wall and then call it freedom?
— Anaïs Mitchell, “Chant (Reprise)” · rhymes bleeding / freedom
Painfully recedingAnd also they were bleeding
— Bonnie Prince Billy, “Today I Was an Evil One” · rhymes bleeding / receding

How to read the 484 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 34
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 79
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 10
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 30
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 331
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 2
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.