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Words that rhyme with candidate — 227 rhymes by quality | Rhyme Land
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Words that rhyme withcandidate

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 AE coda N·D
227
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
standing6handle8andy1landing5standard1landed4handed3random3randysandy1brandy5brandonscandal1handled1handy2standards1mandyrandallbrando3dandy3sandals3stranded2bandits1handles2landin1vandal2chandon1panda1scandals1tandem1andersAndesanding41bandagebandagedbanded59bandiedbandiesbanding59banditbandyblanding1branded1brandies5
3 syllables
validatecommander1abandoned5amandaabandon5Andersonmiranda1bandages2scandalous3outstanding1demanding1Orlando2bystander1remanded1veranda1withstanding1abandons5amandasandeanAndersenandersonsbackhandedbackhandingbandagingbanditriesbanditrybandyingblandishmentblandishmentsBrandenburgbrandishesbrandishingbystanders1commanded11
4 syllables
understanding3Alexander1abandoning1abandonment1abandonments1alexanders1coriandercoriandersdemandinglyempty-handedevenhandedexpandablegerrymandergerrymanderedgerrymandersmanhandlingmeanderingmemorandamemorandasmemorandum
5 syllables
misunderstanding1understandable1evenhandedlygerrymandering
21
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
canned
2 syllables
candy7candle8candles3candid1candiedcandies7candledcandorcandors
3 syllables
candyman1Kandahar1candidacandidascandidates1candidlycandlingcandying7
4 syllables
candidaciescandidacy

“candidate” at line end — from real songs

The dead presidential candidateRoll like Monopoly, advance
— Nas, “Dead Presidents II” · rhymes candidate / advance

How to read the 227 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.

Assonance 227
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 21
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.