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Words that rhyme withbutter

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 AH coda T
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 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
gutter7mutter3stutter3shutterflutter1cutter1clutternutterputtersputterutter
3 syllables
aflutterstonecutter
4 syllables
kilometre
mosaic rhyme
what her1
22
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
shudder2ruddersupper2uppersucker2tucker2pucker1scuppersuccortruckerrubber1bugger1slugger1blubberhuggerlubbermuggerscrubber
3 syllables
bloodsucker1cocksucker
4 syllables
motherfucker12
79
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
wonder25under15number6thunder8younger3hunter5hunger6structure3butler1slumber4buster1sculpture1youngster1bunker1jumper1luster1plunder1vulgar1mulderblunderblusterBruckner
3 syllables
asunder2abductoradjusterblockbusterconductorencumberheadhunterinductorinstructorlacklusteroutnumberrestructurespelunker
4 syllables
acupuncturefilibusterinfrastructuresuperstructure
5 syllables
semiconductor
mosaic rhyme
what for3
170
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
other42mother24brother29lover32summer22cover9color1suffer5culture1colour2bummer4buzzerdrummer3Dumpster2gunner1tougher1dumber1hover1hummer1plover1stunner1ulcer1usher1vulture1blufferbuffercomercrusherduffergusherguzzlerhussarlungermufflermullermummermusherplumberplungerpufferpuzzlerrunnerrusherrustlershoversmother
3 syllables
another3grandmother1discover6recover6midsummer1discolorforerunnergodmothergunrunnerhardcovernewcomerroadrunnerstepmothersubcultureuncoverfluttering1subtler1subtleties1subtly1Calcuttaclutteringcutawaycutawaysgluttoniesgluttonousgluttonyguttering7gutturalgutturalsmuttering3mutteringsputtererputterersputteringputtying
4 syllables
undercover1technicolor1agricultureaquaculturecounterculturehorticulturemulticolorrediscoverwatercolorkilometers1kilometresundercuttingutterances
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 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
but20butt6
2 syllables
button3buttons1buttock1butted6buttered6butters6butting6buttocks1buttoned3abut
3 syllables
abuttedabuttingButterfieldbutterfieldsbutteriesbuttering6buttery
4 syllables
unbuttoning

“butter” at line end — from real songs

I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butterHe’s never gonna need another, never need another
— Fiona Apple, “Hot Knife” · rhymes butter / another
Skipping the bread for the butterChanging our minds like we change our hair color
— Jason Isbell, “Redesigning Women” · rhymes butter / color
I'd really like some soup (Bread and butter?)Ah, nothing
— MF DOOM, “Beef Rapp” · rhymes butter / nothing

How to read the 285 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 14
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 22
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 79
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 170
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 30
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.