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Words that rhyme withcanyon

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·Y
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
banyan
3 syllables
companion2
13
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
cannon1salmon1famine1ShannonAmmancanongammon
3 syllables
examineBuchanan1backgammonMontanan
4 syllables
Alabamanreexamine
195
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
happen9action10captain3passion6fashion7dragon2Jackson2alancabin2wagon2latin1mansion7franklin2baron1brandonfallin2Allensharon2Makin1ballin1barren3gavinaspirin1landin1ragin2satin2savin2stallion2traction2Calvinamblin1ashen1aston1bassman1canton1chacon1chandon1datsun1fallon1fasten1fraction1Manson1napkin1raskin1starin1staten1talon1tappin1actinadmanAkronallanalvinAshtonaspenbackspinbagmanbastionbattenblackenbrackencalkinCamdenCancuncaplincapstancaptionCaxtonchaplainChaplinchapmanclaxoncraftsmancratondampendamsonDantondarrindraftsmanfactionfalconfattenflashgunflattenGadsdengallonGaltongaskin
3 syllables
imagine3reaction2italian1abandon5manhattan3sebastianassassin2distraction4compassion1attraction3bandwagon1expansion1medallion1southampton1subtraction1transaction1abstractionAladdinalaskanArkansanbattalioncontractioncontraptiondiffractionexactionextractionGagarininactioninfractionNebraskanNevadanNorthamptonpentathlonprolactinretractionsnapdragonTianjinugandanmanualannualcompanions3granular1annularcompanioned6Espanamanuals
4 syllables
satisfaction2interactionliquefactionMacrodantinphytoplanktonprostaglandinemmanuel1Oceania1annuallycompanioning6manually
5 syllables
dissatisfactionoverreactionsemiannual
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 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)
2 syllables
canyons2

“canyon” at line end — from real songs

For her home she gathers flowers and Estrella, dear companionColors up the sunshine hours pouring music down the canyon
— Joni Mitchell, “Ladies of the Canyon” · rhymes canyon / companion
There is a castle that standsHigh in the canyon
— Adrianne Lenker, “Capacity” · rhymes canyon / stands
And I walked it off, how long I'd lastSore-ring to cope, whole band on the canyon
— Bon Iver, “00000 Million” · rhymes canyon / last

How to read the 210 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.
Subtractive 13
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 195
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 1
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.