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Words that rhyme withbrow

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 AW coda —
48
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
now2how2bow1wow4cow1thou1vow5sow1plow3ciao1bough2Mao2POW2prow1dow1yow1chowFAOFrauGAOhaoHowelaolough
2 syllables
somehow1allow9kowtow1meow1southpaw1avowendowknow-howlandauLiaoluauMacaoMacaupowwowsnowplow
3 syllables
anyhow11curacaodisallowdisavowMindanao
515
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)
1 syllable
down541out1town214ground1sound100house64mouth75round60found71loud49crowd1doubt34proud25south26crown32brown24clouds22count9clown23shout16bound16cloud17bout8couch11wound2drown15mouse9gown15foul5pound5ouchdrowned6mount3doubts5frown13growls2shouts1scout2cows6towns7clowns7downs1mouths1bows8crowds5shroud4bounceblouse6owl4hound3howl5vows4frowns1drought2gowns3growl2mound3lounge1clout2crowned1crowns2ploughed2pout2scouts2snout2sowed1spouse1stout2tout2trout2vouch2browns1brows1crouch1douse1fowl1louse1lout1nouns1ounce1owls1ploughs1plowed1rousse1scowls1shrouds1slouch1
2 syllables
around290about71without12downtown16allowed9account5amount3background4throughoutwarehouse2announcehometown7allows1uptown8breakdown3aground6discountprofound2sundown2unwound3abound2aloud2arouse1courthouse2fairground2fallout2jailhouse1meltdown2outhouse2penthouse2showdown2surround1unsound2aroused1blackouts1blowout1breakdowns1comedown1devouts1doghouse1endowed1eyebrows1farmhouse1foreground1Georgetown1henhouse1hideout1hoedown1knockout1lookout1madhouse1Motown1playground1pronounce1rebound1renown1roadhouse1timeout1touchdowns1townhouse1unbound1wildflowers1workouts1alehouseall-outastound
3 syllables
underground16whereabouts1roundabout1battleground1chinatown1Morgantown1paramount1roundabouts1slaughterhouse1AdenauerAllentownboardinghousecatamountCharlottetowncharterhousecoffeehouseCooperstowncottonmouthcottonmouthscuracaosdisalloweddisallowsdisavoweddisavowsfirehouseHagerstownhereabouthereaboutsmenopausemispronounceMorristownovercrowdovercrowdspackinghousepowerhouseRittenhouserunaboutrunaboutssauerkrautsauerkrautsScaramouchshantytownshantytownsthereaboutsturnaboutturnabouts
4 syllables
merry-go-round
55
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
sounds11pounds1counts2grounds3rounds2hounds4bounds1bouncedflouncedfounds71jousts
2 syllables
accounts5announced1playgrounds1resounds1surrounds1abounds2amounts3astounds
3 syllables
battlegrounds1catamountsmispronouncedturnaroundsultrasounds
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)
2 syllables
eyebrow1highbrow

“brow” at line end — from real songs

I'm not gonna worry wrinkles in my brow'Cause nothin's ever gonna be alright no how
— Hank Williams, “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive” · rhymes brow / how
A thousand years from nowOr had that lofty brow
— Johnny Mercer, “The Phony King Of England” · rhymes brow / now
Everybody slaves by the sweat of his browWay down under the ground
— Anaïs Mitchell, “Way Down Hadestown” · rhymes brow / ground

How to read the 618 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 48
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 515
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 55
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.