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Words that rhyme withbuilding

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 IH coda L·D
1
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
gilding
8
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
tilting1jiltingliltingquilting1siltingwiltingmilking1bilking
135
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
kidding4willing5sitting2killing2picking8hittingdigging1kicking2clicking3sticking10filling1ticking1fitting3slipping4quittingdripping3spitting2thrilling3rigging2stripping2bidding1billing1chilling1gripping1splitting1
3 syllables
acquittingadmittingbefittingbullshittingcommittingdistillingemittingequippingforbiddingfulfilling2instillinglipsticking1nitpickingomittingoutbiddingoutfittingoutstrippingoutwittingpermitting
4 syllables
babysittingcounterfeiting1overfillingoverkillingpolitickingreadmittingresubmittingretrofittingunderbiddingunremitting
300
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
singing28living36missing1thinking10drinking5ringing6giving4winning8cheering3kissing7bringing1fishing1swimming6spinning8whistling3fixing3sinking8clearing3filming4blinking3hissing1sniffing1drifting3swinging1clinging2nearing2shifting2winging1wishing2stinking1glinting1grinning1kindling1linking1piercing1primping1shrinking1squinting1steering1thinning1twinning1twisting1whimming1bearding3biffingbinging2binningblitzing1bridgingbrimmingbriskingchinking1
3 syllables
beginning19thanksgiving1convincing1forgiving2appearing1shoplifting1uplifting1abridgingaddicting3adheringaffixingafflictingairliftingassistingbewitchingblacklisting1blueprintingcareering9cashiering1chagrinningcoheringconflicting1conscriptingconsistingconstrictingconvictingcrawfishingdelistingdepictingdesistingdismissing1eclipsingencryptingenlistingenrichingevictingevincingexisting15hamstringinghoodwinkingimpinging
4 syllables
engineering3disappearing2reminiscing1unforgiving1volunteering1auctioneering1coexistingcommandeeringcontradictingdomineeringfinanciering1fingerprinting1interdictinginterferinginterlinkingintermixingmicrofilmingmountaineeringperseveringpioneering1preexistingprofiteeringracketeeringreappearing4unconvincingunderpinning
5 syllables
electioneering1
6 syllables
bioengineering
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
build6ding1billed14
2 syllables
buildings5builder1builders1rebuild2
3 syllables
shipbuilding2homebuilderhomebuildersrebuilding2shipbuildershipbuildersshipbuildings2

“building” at line end — from real songs

When we were locked outside the buildingOver encouraged, only children
— Jason Isbell, “Only Children” · rhymes building / children
Drier than a downtown office buildingWaiting for the telephone to ring
— Andrew Bird, “Skin Is, My” · rhymes building / ring
Padlock around the buildingI'm in the city where the flag be gettin' thrown like it was pass interference
— Jimmy Webb, “tv off” · rhymes building / interference

How to read the 444 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 1
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 8
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.
Subtractive 135
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 300
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.