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Words that rhyme withchildren

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 IH coda L·D·R
47
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
chicken4written3hidden4Dylan3Britainvillain5kitten2killin2flippin1ribbon2stricken2bitten1hilton1pippen1thicken1trilon1britonBrittencitrincitrondillongibbonLyttonMiltonmitten
3 syllables
mcmillan1balbrigganbedriddenbouillonfrostbittenhandwrittenunwrittenvanillinzairean
4 syllables
penicillin1
5 syllables
amoxicillin
238
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
listen30women1kitchen1vision1given10prison9million4mission7christian3Wilson3billiondriven2Lincoln2thinkin3winstonfiction1linen7Simpsonpigeon2griffinglisten3Nixon2diction2dixon1risen2Clinton1fission1friction1hickman1Ibsen1Kingston1liftin1Nilsson1sizzlin1vixen1BrintonchristenCrichtoncrimsoncrispenCrispinfinnanGibsonGilmangriffonintronjillionligninlindenLippmannLisbonListonminionninonpigmanpillionpinionpistonpitchmanpitmanPrincetonsiskinsmidgenstiffensylvantiffinTitiantrillionVinsonWhitmanwingmanzillionmildred
3 syllables
position9decision8religion10condition5opinion4permission6forgiven10division2tradition1description3commission2audition1ambition1additioncivilian1suspicionconviction4prescription2transmission1musician1addiction6magician1edition1incision3envision2precision2prediction1submission2admission1affliction1attrition1cognition1collision1derision1egyptian1encryption1englishmen1ignition1infliction1nutrition1omission1pavilion1remission1rendition1revision1tuition1badmintonbeauticianbrazilianclinicianconniptionconscriptionconstrictioncontritiondentitiondepictiondistinctiondominionemissionevictionexcisionextinctionfranciscanfruitionimprisoninscriptionlogicianmidshipmanmorticianmunitionnonfictionoctillionopticianparisian
4 syllables
television5competition2recognition4repetition2expeditionammunition3composition1indecision1intuition1opposition2superstition2politician1benediction1contradiction1crucifixion1demolition1electrician1inhibition1premonition1proposition1supervision1unforgiven1abolitionacquisitionadmonitionapparitioncircumcisioncoalitioncrocodiliandecommissiondefinitiondepositionderelictiondieticiandietitiandispositioneruditionexhibitionexpositionextraditionimpositioninquisitioninterdictionintermissionjurisdictionmalnutritionmanumissionobstetrician
5 syllables
mathematician1academiciandecompositiongeriatricianjuxtaposition
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 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
childrens36
3 syllables
grandchildren1

“children” at line end — from real songs

I have seen too much, you haven't seen enough, you haven't seen itWomen and children first, and children first and children
— Radiohead, “Idioteque” · rhymes children / it
When we were locked outside the buildingOver encouraged, only children
— Jason Isbell, “Only Children” · rhymes children / building
You spin me all around and then you ask me not to spinYou say you wanna be alone and then you want children
— Adrianne Lenker, “Vampire Empire” · rhymes children / spin

How to read the 285 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.

Subtractive 47
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 238
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 2
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.