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Words that rhyme withcharacter

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 EH coda R
938
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
married10Mary4Paris5marry4wearing2parents4very2marriage3harry2scary7buried5Sarahsheriffstaring3Jerry1ericlarrymerry2sara1Garybury2terryterror6fairy1Aaron1parent2dereksharing1error4haroldcherry2Harrisnarrow1era2Taravera2perrysparrow7blaring1clarence1bearing1Erinscaring8erikmarrow2cheryltearing1berries2cherish2Pharaoh2sparrows1terre2cherries1peril2prairie2swearing1terrace2jared17gerald1bearings1beret1Bering1berry1beryl1daring1derry1fairies1ferry1garish1garret1gerry1heiress1herring1parrot1parrots1sheriffs1sheryl1terrors1wary1wearer1hairyaarons1aerieaeriesairesairing127airy
3 syllables
area1terrible2narrator1charity3embarrassed3therapy1terribly1heroin2jeremyterrorist2marrying4areas1terrorists1variouspreparingtherapist2primaryHarrison1ericaarrogant1heroine1marilynchariot2embarrassclarity3Meredithaerial2camaro1heresy1marriott1Maryland1burialharriet1alvero1apparent1arrogance1burials1canary1Cherokee1guerrero1heritage1herrera1janeiro1lariat1marion1marriages1mascara1merrily1newbury1parable1parenting1remarried1Sahara1sombrero1strawberries1terrier1aberrantaberrantsaerials2AntaresArafatarielAzeribariumbariumsbaronessbaronet
4 syllables
America5american3necessary1apparently1military1secretary1americans1embarrassing3ordinary1experiment1cemetery4temporaryhilarious1january1experiments1february1scenarioiscariot1dictionary1hysteria1missionaries1posterity1prosperity2sincerity1legendaryBavaria1cemeteries1commissary1dictionaries1huckleberries1hysterical1hysterically1inheritance1literary1missionary1monastery1
5 syllables
necessarilyunnecessarychemotherapy1contemporaries1contemporary1illusionary1momentarily1obituaries1
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionary
7 syllables
8 syllables
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
care113
2 syllables
Karencarrie1caring1carats1carey1kari1karacaratcarobcarobscarols
3 syllables
carrion1caramel1Kerouac1caramels1Caroluscarringtoncarrions1charactered1keratin
4 syllables
caricature1
5 syllables
precariously1apothecariesapothecarycaricaturing

“character” at line end — from real songs

Unlike these other people I actually have characterI’m telling you the story of me and I’m the narrator
— Open Mike Eagle, “Forum Cypher” · rhymes character / narrator

How to read the 938 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 938
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 44
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.