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Words that rhyme withbobby

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 AA coda B
9
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
lobby1robbie1hobbyrobby2dhabi1knobbysnobby
3 syllables
kohlrabi
4 syllables
Hammurabi
68
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
copy4sloppy1choppyfloppypoppysoppybody32doggy1bawdydoggiefoggygaudygroggy
3 syllables
jalopy1somebody6nobody5embodyjihadiPeabodykarate2AlmatyAmatiMarathi
4 syllables
photocopyeverybody6antibodydisembodyIrrawaddyKiribatiliterati
90
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
party20hardly1softly5laundry2martyaudreynazi1zombierodney1donkey1sharply1Gandhi3godly2honky2salty1montyBarkley1blondie1darkly1faulty1fondly1hearty1lofty1opry1artieartybaldlybarbieblotchyboxybroadlyBronteChomskycockneyCopleycostlyCrosbydoxydropsyfoxyfrosty
3 syllables
autopsybacardi1Durante1McCartney1Tchaikovsky1epoxyfoolhardyhydroxymalarkeyungodlyVivaldi
4 syllables
hierarchy1diamantegaribaldiMalinowskimatriarchynonchalantlyoligarchyorthodoxypatriarchy
5 syllables
heterodoxy
mosaic rhyme
rob me2
1
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)
3 syllables
Masai
251
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
sorry17coffee8army5charlie5Johnny3mommy2tommy1molly1holly1Ali1Harvey1awfullybonnie1barney1ronnieconniejollystronglypollydolly1archiebarley2carly2Marley2posse2starry1wallyavi1Bali1Cali1chauncy1commie1gianni1harshly1marcy1parsley1poly1Raleigh1archlyariAussiebalmyBariBonneybonnybossybrawnybrollycalliecalmlycharleycharycolliecolly
3 syllables
atari1afghaniBaranybengalibialyBihariferrariFulaniHararehibachiIraniKarachiKigaliloblollyMacaulayMalawiMcCarthyMcCauleyMojavenepaliomanipastramiromanisafarisalamisomalitsunamiYamaniprobably1robbery1Robinson2probable1robberies1AqababonobobonoboesbonoboscarnaubacarnaubasCatawbaclobberingcobbling
4 syllables
melancholy1liberace1AshkenazicalamaridemagogygiovannikamikazemariachiMexicaliorigamiimprobable1improbablyxenophobic
5 syllables
azerbaijaniModiglianimulligatawny
6 syllables
Internationaleuncorroborated
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
bob1
2 syllables
baubles1baublebobberbobbersbobbies4bobbinbobbingbobbinsbobblebobbledbobbleskebab
4 syllables
thingamabob

“bobby” at line end — from real songs

Come onYou're on to something, Bobby
— Stephen Sondheim, “Being Alive” · rhymes bobby / on
Bobby, Bobby, Bobby, BobbyBobby (Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah)
— Stephen Sondheim, “Company” · rhymes bobby / bah
There was (Sweetheart)Something (Bobby)
— Stephen Sondheim, “Company” · rhymes bobby / sweetheart

How to read the 419 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 9
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 68
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 90
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 1
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 251
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.