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Words that rhyme withcannon

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
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 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
Shannon
3 syllables
Montanan
mosaic rhyme
fan and1
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
salmon1famine1Ammangammon
3 syllables
examinebackgammon
4 syllables
Alabamanreexamine
47
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
canyon1mansion7franklin2brandonlandin1amblin1bassman1canton1chandon1Manson1admanbagmanbanyanCamdenCancunchapmandampen
3 syllables
abandon5companion6expansion1southampton1ArkansanNorthamptonTianjinugandan
4 syllables
Macrodantinphytoplanktonprostaglandin
408
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
happen9action10captain3passion6fashion7dragon2Jackson2alancabin2wagon2latin1baron1fallin2Allensharon2Makin1ballin1barren3gavinaspirin1ragin2satin2savin2stallion2traction2Calvinashen1aston1chacon1datsun1fallon1fasten1fraction1napkin1raskin1starin1staten1talon1tappin1actinAkronallanalvinAshtonaspenbackspinbastionbattenblackenbrackencalkincaplincapstancaptionCaxtonchaplainChaplinclaxoncraftsmancratondarrindraftsmanfactionfalconfattenflashgunflattenGadsdengallonGaltongaskingladdenlaganlandsmanlapinmaddenMallonPathanPatonpattenPaxtonplatenrationsaddensaffronsaxonscallion
3 syllables
imagine3reaction2italian1manhattan3sebastianassassin2distraction4compassion1attraction3bandwagon1medallion1subtraction1transaction1abstractionAladdinalaskanbattalioncontractioncontraptiondiffractionexactionextractionGagarininactioninfractionNebraskanNevadanpentathlonprolactinretractionsnapdragonanimals4animal1piano4manager3Diana1managementbananasanity2vanity1organicmannequin2analysts2cabana2deanna1Havana1mannequins1titanic2anarchy1annabelle1annulment1bananas1bandana1cabanas1channeling1hannigan1johanna1managers1manicures1manilow1Montana1panicking1panoply1savannah1Susanna1Aeneasafghanis
4 syllables
satisfaction2interactionliquefactionhumanity3Indiana1insanity1Johannesburg1manageable1Arianabiannualbotanicalbotanicalscaravanningcyanamidcyanamidsempanelinghumanities3impanelinginanimateinorganicinsanities1magnanimousmanicuringmanifestlyMarianasmessianicmismanagementmismanagementsmismanagesmismanagingoceanicorganicallypakistanipakistanispomegranatepomegranates
5 syllables
dissatisfactionoverreactionLouisiana1instantaneous1Christianityinhumanitiesinhumanity
6 syllables
instantaneouslyLouisianianlouisianians
320
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are different.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / live — both end in V; AH versus IH

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
woman2women21mountain12human8mention9London3ruin7engine3common2german1ryan1demon3Simon2lion3union1brian1Johnson1romanianchairmanOwen2lemon2norman1Lincoln2tension3fountain5thinkin3Duncancarmen1linen7Damondungeon3semen3Zion1brennan1pensioncohen3Lennon2bensondenton1lineman2rayon2sermon1vermin1Hermanboatman1bronson1Bunyan1Canaan1Clinton1daemon1footman1freeman1Goodman1gunman1harmon1hickman1Hoffman1huffman1hymen1Lemmon1luncheon1onion1quentin1rodman1Sherman1summon1Tubman1vernon1wanton1watchman1whiteman1drunkenairmanArminbarmanbellmanBeninBentonBergmanbookmanbowmanBozeman
3 syllables
attention15opinion4policeman1intention2koreandetermineconvention1reunion1dimension3invention1detention1ascension2communion2bitumen1englishmen1Orion1suspension1abdomenabstentionachaeanacumenaegeanalbuminASEANAsuncionbadmintonbooleancationchairwomancontentiondeclensiondissensiondisuniondominionextensionforamenfustianghanaianhawaiianinhumanlibyanmalayanMcLuhanmidshipmanminoannonhumannonunionOkenPhilemonplebeianpolicemenPotemkinpretensionpreventionproteanretentionrwandansaleswomansamoanspokeswomansubhumanuncommonVirginianWisconsin
4 syllables
europeancomprehension1intervention2superhuman1librarian1serotonin1apprehensionbusinesswomancircumventioncondescensioncongresswomancontraventioncouncilwomancyclopeandandelionEnglishwomaneritreangalileangentlewomangreco-romanhimalayanhypertensionhypotensioninattentionjacobeanliberianmacedonianmarkovianmelatoninmycenaeannoblewomanOhioanOklahomanovarianparaguayanpolicewomanpredetermine
5 syllables
angiotensinassemblywomanepicureanlibertarianmisapprehensionmultivitaminnonintervention
6 syllables
indo-european
44
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
can87none23nun5kan1
2 syllables
cannot1canalescanningcannoned4cannons4cannycanoncanonskanisSpokane1cancan
3 syllables
Canada2cannabis2mechanic1Buchanan1canisters1cannibal1canopy1buchanans1
4 syllables
mechanicalcanopying1
5 syllables
Americanaamericanas
7 syllables
electromechanical

“cannon” at line end — from real songs

Make a move, pause, make a move break cannonHolocaust freak, heckle shiesty brain headroom shaped planet
— Aesop Rock, “9-5ers Anthem” · rhymes cannon / planet
Four deep in a Rover cannonRiding dirty through a Saugus canyon
— Earl Sweatshirt, “Whoa” · rhymes cannon / canyon
So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannonThey want you to lose your mind every time you mad
— Eminem, “Sing for the Moment” · rhymes cannon / mad

How to read the 785 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 2
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.
Additive 47
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 408
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 320
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 44
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.