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Words that rhyme withclearly

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 R·L
8
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
nearly1merelydearly2yearly1
3 syllables
sincerely3austerelyseverely
4 syllables
cavalierly
41
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
really1silly5billy1theory1lily1willieweary4willyphilly1chili1dilly1dreary1eerie1Erie1gilly1leery1siri1teary1willi1beerybillieblearycheerychilechillydearyfillyfrillygilliehillyLearyLillielillymillieThiry
3 syllables
chantilly1Guarnieri
4 syllables
hara-kirirockabilly
6 syllables
involuntarily
194
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
city52pretty23busy8quickly4guilty3pity5jimmy1simply1whiskey3rickyfilthy2fifty2kittygimme3MickeySydneydizzy6risky1skinnycindykidney1strictlynickynikkitrickyrichievickyLindsaychimney1diddy3gritty5whisky2biggie3pinky1gypsy1lizzielitty2sixty1swiftly2missydimly1ditty1dixie1fishy1flimsy1frisky1hippie1jiffy1misty1piggy1pinkie1Pliny1pygmy1rigby1shifty1sickly1stiffly1stringy1timmy1tizzy1biddybilbybittybrisklychintzyChristiechristycrisplycrispydickeydickiedickydiddleydinghydingydinkyDisneydivvydrizzlyfiercelyflintyFrisbeegiddygliblygrimlygrislygrizzlyguineahickeyhindihinnyiffyindieinkyintiitchyjitneykiddiekiddykinglykinkyKinseyLibby
3 syllables
committee3astilbeBabinskiBemidjidistinctlyKissimmeeMcKinleyPhilippireentryStravinskysuccinctlyWyszynski
4 syllables
Mississippi5feverishlyignominyitsy-bitsyitty-bittyRawalpindistaggeringlysubcommittee
5 syllables
cumulativelymutuality
6 syllables
imaginatively

“clearly” at line end — from real songs

Listen to me, I cannot see clearlyNearly here
— Jeff Buckley, “Lilac Wine” · rhymes clearly / here

How to read the 243 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 8
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Subtractive 41
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 194
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.