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Words that rhyme withclasses

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 S
25
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
glasses7passes4asses6masses2basses4brasses3chassesgases14grasses26sasses
3 syllables
molasses2sunglasses3Agassizamassesbypassescrevasseseyeglassesharasses
4 syllables
overpasses1hourglasses2
53
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
ashes7matches1crashes2hatches1patches1flashes1gashes1latches1bashesbatches
3 syllables
eyelashes1abashesattachesbacklashesdetachesdispatchesmishmashesmismatches
4 syllables
balderdashesrazzmatazzes
57
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
chances6taxes5branches4dances2saxes1stanzas1waxes1alphasasthmasblanchescasbahs
3 syllables
advances1syntaxes1alfalfasbonanzasboraxescanastascollapsesearwaxes
4 syllables
circumstances2avalanches1happenstances
5 syllables
allegiances1extravaganzas
212
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
almas1annas1aquasArasbabkascallasdahliasgambasgammasgramashannahs1kappaslambdasmagmasmangas1mannasmantasmantras1nannasnapaspampaspandas1salahspassing8castle2massive5
3 syllables
bananas1cabanas1alpacasamandasbandanas1campanasdulcianasgitanaslantanasmalaccaspellagraspiranhas1savannahs1savannasverandas1passengers2assassin2passenger2masochist2massacre1
4 syllables
cleopatras1docudramasmemorandaspachysandraspanoramaspropagandastramontanasambassador1capacity1Tallahassee1ambassadors1ambassadress
5 syllables
abracadabras2americanas
19
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
class12
2 syllables
classic1classics1classing12classyfirst-classoutclassworld-class
3 syllables
classicalclassicallyclassicalsclassicistclassicistsoutclassesoutclassingmiddle-classunderclass
4 syllables
neoclassic
5 syllables
neoclassical

“classes” at line end — from real songs

You so pretty, hate you show off your titties for silly classesBut, hey Kim, how's Minneapolis?
— Aretha Franklin, “Selfish” · rhymes classes / minneapolis

How to read the 347 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 25
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 53
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 57
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 212
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 19
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.