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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 AH coda L
1
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
muller
mosaic rhyme
dull her
25
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
culture1butler1sculpture1ulcer1vulgar1vulture1mulderbunglercouplercutlerguzzlermufflerpuzzlerrustlersculptor
3 syllables
subculture
4 syllables
agricultureaquaculturecounterculturehorticulture
198
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
other42mother24brother29lover1wonder25under15summer22number6cover9thunder8suffer5younger3hunter5butter6hunger6supper2structure3upperrubber1sucker2gutter7slumber4tucker2buster1bummer4buzzerbugger1drummer3mutter3shudder2stutter3shutterDumpster2flutter1gunner1tougher1youngster1bunker1cutter1dumber1hover1hummer1jumper1luster1plover1plunder1pucker1slugger1stunner1usher1blubberblufferblunderblusterBrucknerBuchnerbufferbumperbuskerBuSparbustierclustercluttercomercrushercumberCusterdufferdumperdunker
3 syllables
another40grandmother1discover6recover6asunder2bloodsucker1midsummer1abductoradjusteraflutterblockbustercocksuckerconductorencumberforerunnergodmothergunrunnerhardcoverheadhunterinductorinstructorlacklusternewcomeroutnumberrestructureroadrunnerspelunkerstepmotherstonecutteruncoverSullivandiscoloreddiscolorsgullibleGullivermedullamedullasmulliganmulliganssullivanssullyingunsullied
4 syllables
motherfucker12undercover1acupuncturefilibusterinfrastructurekilometrerediscoversuperstructurediscoloring
5 syllables
semiconductoradditionally
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
culcull
2 syllables
color6colors6colored1colours2coloured2culling
3 syllables
mcculloch1bucklercolorfulcoloring6colorlessdiscolorMcCullers
4 syllables
technicolor1multicolormulticoloredtechnicolors1watercolor
5 syllables

“colour” at line end — from real songs

The sky’s an unusual colourShaken, thinking something is coming
— Kae Tempest, “Three Sided Coin” · rhymes colour / coming
Sunset my colourDarkness she's my lover
— Roy Harper, “Me and My Woman” · rhymes colour / lover

How to read the 224 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 1
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 25
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 198
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.