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Words that rhyme withbutton

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
3
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
Huttonmuttonsutton
3
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
sudden2dugan1
60
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
London3justinfunction1DuncanHudson1pumpkingrundman1junction1Tubman1tumblin1Vulcan1drunkenbumpkinDublindustbindustmangumptionHustonLublin
3 syllables
production1destruction1construction2corruption1malfunction1reduction2seduction1dysfunction1instruction1abductionassumptioncompunctionconductionconjunctionconsumption
4 syllables
deconstructioninterruptionintroductionliposuctionreconstructionreproduction
5 syllables
overproductionreintroduction
148
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
cousin5russian1dozen2oven1dungeon3Bunyan1gunman1huffman1luncheon1onion1rushin1summon1bludgeoncovendudgeonDutchmangudgeonhuntsmanmuffinmuslinprussianRunyonscullionsullentoughentruncheonputtingcuttinggutter7shuttlesubtle2gutters2mutter3stutter3shutterflutter1
3 syllables
discussion1curmudgeon1Asuncioncombustioncompulsionconcussionconvulsionemulsionexpulsionhalf-dozenMcGuffinpercussionpropulsionrevulsionfluttering1subtler1subtleties1subtly1aflutterCalcuttaclutteringcutawaycutawaysgluttoniesgluttonousgluttonyguttering7guttural
4 syllables
repercussionRobitussinkilometers1kilometrekilometresundercuttingutterances
5 syllables
multivitamin
32
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
but20butt6ton1tonne
2 syllables
butter6buttons1buttock1butted6buttered6butters6butting6buttocks1buttoned3
3 syllables
abuttedabuttingButterfieldbutterfieldsbutteriesbuttering6
4 syllables
unbuttoning

“button” at line end — from real songs

I finally crunched the budget up and punched the buttonShe called my name out and pushed me into an oven
— Aesop Rock, “Shrunk” · rhymes button / oven
Rain forks into mutton, no abort buttonPoor lummox, unexplained ailments and doesn't work well with others
— Aesop Rock, “Leisureforce” · rhymes button / others
Then fire them we mustOne push of the button
— Bob Dylan, “With God on Our Side” · rhymes button / must

How to read the 214 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 3
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 3
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 60
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 148
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 32
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.