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Words that rhyme withcharity

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
28
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)
3 syllables
clarity3parityrarityverity
4 syllables
posterity1prosperity1sincerity1asperityausterityceleritydexteritydisparityhilaritypolarity
5 syllables
singularity1familiarityinsularitypopularity
6 syllables
peculiarity1irregularity
3
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)
3 syllables
scarcity1
4 syllables
celebrity2integrity3
958
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
married10Mary4Paris5marry4wearing2parents4very2marriage3harry2scary7buried5Sarahsheriffstaring3Jerry1ericlarrymerry2sara1Garybury2Karenterryterror6fairy1Aaron1parent2derekcarrie1sharing1error4haroldHarrisnarrow1era2Taravera2perrysparrow7blaring1caring1clarence1bearing1Erinscaring8erikmarrow2cheryltearing1berries2Pharaoh2sparrows1terre2peril2prairie2swearing1terrace2jared17gerald1bearings1beret1Bering1berry1beryl1carats1carey1daring1derry1fairies1ferry1garish1garret1gerry1heiress1herring1kari1parrot1parrots1sheriffs1sheryl1terrors1wary1wearer1hairykaraaarons1aerie
3 syllables
deputybrevity1enmity1equity1densityentitylevityvelvetyarea1terrible2narrator1character1embarrassed3therapy1terribly1heroin2jeremyterrorist2marrying4areas1terrorists1variouspreparingtherapist2primaryHarrison1ericaarrogant1heroine1marilynembarrassMeredithaerial2camaro1carrion1heresy1marriott1Maryland1burialharriet1alvero1apparent1arrogance1burials1canary1caramel1guerrero1heritage1herrera1janeiro1Kerouac1lariat1marion1marriages1mascara1merrily1newbury1parable1parenting1remarried1Sahara1sombrero1strawberries1terrier1aberrantaberrantsaerials2
4 syllables
identity1intensity1obscenity2fidelity1inequity1serenity1amenitycomplexityextremityheredityindemnitylongevitynecessitynonentityperplexitypropensitysolemnityYosemiteAmerica5american3necessary1apparently1military1secretary1americans1embarrassing3ordinary1experiment1cemetery4temporaryhilarious1january1experiments1february1scenarioiscariot1dictionary1hysteria1missionaries1legendaryBavaria1
5 syllables
infidelity2necessarilyunnecessary
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionary
7 syllables
8 syllables
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
chair38
2 syllables
cherry2cherish2cherries1chairing38cherished2cherubcherubswheelchair1armchair
3 syllables
chariot2Cherokee1bracerobraceroeschariots2charities3cherishes
4 syllables
charioted2charioting2charitably

“charity” at line end — from real songs

I surrenderTo your charity
— Bill Callahan, “Held” · rhymes charity / surrender
Single parents weh need some charityYutes weh need some love and prosperity
— Irving Berlin, “Road to Zion” · rhymes charity / prosperity
Giving all your clothes to charityLast night the wife said, “Poor boy, when you're dead
— The Beatles, “The Ballad of John and Yoko” · rhymes charity / dead

How to read the 989 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 28
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 3
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 958
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.