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Words that rhyme withboring

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 AO coda R
30
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
roaring2snoringpouring1flooring2warring2scoring1soaring1storing1whoring1coringdoring
3 syllables
exploring1ignoring1abhorringadoringdeploringencoringimploringmentorringoutpouring
4 syllables
stevedoringunderscoring
100
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
morning45warning17boarding10forming6mourning1forcingcourting2warming1corning1swarming1chording5cording2corkingcoursing
3 syllables
according1recording3reporting1performing1supporting4absorbing1abortingadorningaffording7assortingawarding2
4 syllables
checkerboardingchloroformingmisinformingoutperformingprerecordingreabsorbingreinforcing
5 syllables
479
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
story19glory22stories1forest4foreign1laura1orange4warrantchorus6horror1moralwarren1lauren1Lawrence1norastorageMorrisroryFlorencecoral2forests2Taurus2cory1aura1florists1fora1foreigns1forrest1gorey1gory1Horace1horrors1laurel1laurels1laurent1lorry1maury1mora1morals1morra1norah1oral1oro1porridge1quarrel1quarrels1laurieauralauras1chloratechlorateschloridechlorideschlorinechlorineschoralchoralschoricchorused6Coracorals2coreyCorinthcorriecorriesdoradoricdoriesDorisdoryDvorakflorafloralfloralsflorasFloreyfloridflorinflorinsFloryforageforaged
3 syllables
horrible2Florida2warrior1gloria2warriors2dorothyglorious1corridor3coroner1origin1aurora3Morrison1Gomorrah2oranges2Oregon2coroners1corridors1decorum1fedora1fedoras1foreigners1horribly1laureate1moralist1morally1moria1moribund1abhorrenceabhorrentAndorraAngoraangorasauroralauroras3balmoralbalmoralscaloricCamorrachlorophyllchlorophyllschoruses6chorusing6clitoriscoraclecoraclescorrelatesdecorums1deforestdeforestsdoloresdoriandoriansdysphoriceuphoricexplorerexplorersFlorioforagesforagingforayingforeignerforested4forester
4 syllables
authority2territory2authorities2Victoriaadorable2prioritymajority1memorial1laboratory1historical1purgatory1mandatory1notorious1brontosaurus1cacciatore1euphoria1salvatore1statutory1tutorials1abhorrencesallegoriesallegoryauditorycategoriescategory
5 syllables
editorial1accusatoryadmonitoryadvertorialadvertorialsaleatoryallegoricalambulatoriesambulatoryauditoriumauditoriumsbaccalaureatebaccalaureatescelebratorycephalosporin
6 syllables
ambassadorialanticipatoryarticulatory
7 syllables
15
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
bore11boarBoerBohr
2 syllables
borisborin1borerborersboricAborGabor
4 syllables
arboreallaborious
5 syllables
Hyperboreanlaboriously

“boring” at line end — from real songs

He said it's perfect when you're finally performingBut all this waitin' 'round just gets so boring
— Cassandra Jenkins, “Understudies” · rhymes boring / performing
Memories for storingOne would be so boring
— Stephen Sondheim, “Any Moment / Moments in the Woods” · rhymes boring / storing
About these rappers that I came after when they was boringLucy give you no worries, Lucy got million stories
— SZA, “For Sale? (Interlude)” · rhymes boring / stories

How to read the 609 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 30
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 100
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 479
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 15
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.