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Words that rhyme withcity

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 T
13
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
pretty9pity2kittygritty2litty1ditty1bittywitty
3 syllables
committee1
4 syllables
itty-bittysubcommittee
5 syllables
mutuality
32
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
diddy3biddygiddykiddiekiddyrickyMickeynickynikkitrickyvickyhippie1dickeydickiedickyhickeyLippinippypicky
3 syllables
Philippiastilbe
4 syllables
Mississippi1
80
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
quickly4guilty3simply1whiskey3fifty2Sydneyrisky1cindykidney1strictlyLindsaywhisky2pinky1gypsy1sixty1swiftly2dixie1frisky1misty1pinkie1pygmy1rigby1shifty1sickly1bilbybrisklychintzyChristiechristycrisplycrispydiddleydinkyflintyFrisbeegliblyhindiindieinkyintijitney
3 syllables
BabinskiBemidjireentryStravinskyWyszynski
4 syllables
itsy-bitsyRawalpindi
mosaic rhyme
hit me4bullshit me1
407
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
really1busy8silly1clearly1jimmy1nearly1billy1theory1lily1filthy2gimme3merelywilliedizzy6weary4skinnyrichiewillychimney1lizziedearly2philly1missychili1dilly1dimly1dreary1eerie1Erie1fishy1flimsy1gilly1jiffy1leery1Pliny1siri1stiffly1stringy1teary1timmy1tizzy1willi1yearly1beerybillieblearycheerychilechillydearydinghydingyDisneydivvydrizzlyfiercelyfillyfrillygilliegrimlygrislygrizzlyguineahillyhinnyiffyitchykinglyKinseyLearyLillielillymillieminininnypithyprimly
3 syllables
sincerely3chantilly1austerelydistinctlyGuarnieriKissimmeeMcKinleyseverelysuccinctlyhospital6committed2Italy1critical2admittedhospitals1bitterly2belittled1bitterness1fittingly1glittering1litany1literal1pitiful1prettiest1acquittalacquittalsacquittedacquittingadmittanceadmittingarthriticarthriticsbefittedbefittingbelittlebelittlesbittering3Brittanybullshittingchitteringchitterlingscommittalcommittalscommittees3committingCushiticdendriticdittoingDoolittleembitterembitteredembittersemittedemitteremittersemittingfritteringfrostbittenglitterygranitic
4 syllables
cavalierlyfeverishlyhara-kiriignominyrockabillystaggeringlypolitical1literally1literature1legitimateadmittancesadmittedlyanalyticanalyticsbelittlingbenefited3catalyticcommitteemancounterfeited1counterfeitercounterfeiterscounterfeiting1criticallydiacriticdiacriticsembitteringepitomeepitomeshemolytic
5 syllables
cumulativelyillegitimate1alliterativeanalyticalanalyticallyapoliticaldiacriticalelectrolyticelectrolyticshermaphroditic
6 syllables
imaginativelyinvoluntarilygeopolitical
23
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
sit4
2 syllables
sitting2cities1sittersitters
3 syllables
citizens1citizen1baby-sit
4 syllables
ethnicity1parasitics1baby-sitterbaby-sittersbabysitterbabysittersbabysittingcitizenriescitizenryduplicitylubricity
5 syllables
authenticity

“city” at line end — from real songs

The kids were young and prettyThe Queen of New York City
— Lana Del Rey, “Old Money” · rhymes city / pretty
Oh, don't lean on me, man, 'cause you ain't got time to check itYou know my Suffragette City
— David Bowie, “Suffragette City” · rhymes city / it
And I can love the same man in the same bed in the same cityAnd I can't even enjoy him
— Fiona Apple, “Left Alone” · rhymes city / him

How to read the 532 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 13
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 32
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 80
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 407
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 23
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.