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Words that rhyme withcoma

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 OW coda M
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
loma1Gomastomastroma
3 syllables
aromablastomalymphoma
4 syllables
Oklahoma1carcinomamelanomapapilloma
6 syllables
mesotheliomaretinoblastoma
17
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
Mona2Donajonahkronakroneshonazona
3 syllables
fiona1corona1daytona1persona1kimonoLatonaramonaVerona
4 syllables
Arizona2Barcelona2
5
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)
3 syllables
pneumonia1ammonia1begoniaLivonia
4 syllables
Catalonia1
mosaic rhyme
home to1
7
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
Noah1boa1GoaNOAA
3 syllables
Samoa1balboaOchoa
166
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
soda2Rosasofa2lola1cola2yoga1cobra3loca1coda1oprah1quota1rhoda1rota1scotia1Volta1bolacocacopradopaholamochamolanovaokaokraolaolgaOSHAsojaTodatogaXhosaZolamoment13moments2romanhomer1
3 syllables
Dakota3magnolia1iota1Toyota1travolta1ambrosiaAngolacanolaCoppolacordobaCordovacupolaEbolaEuropaFormosagranolaHizbollahIsoldeJehovahLakotaLoyolamimosaMoldovamucosapagodapayolasamosaSpinozasvoboda
4 syllables
Minnesota1motorola1saratoga1supernova1villanova1AgricolaayatollahcariocaConestogaFukuokagorgonzolaHispaniolaManitobaMaricopamariposaPensacolaponderosaSarasota
5 syllables
Navratilova
6 syllables
Apalachicola
20
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
comb6
2 syllables
como2combing1comas2combercomberscominsKomi
3 syllables
beachcomberbeachcomberscomitiescomityglaucomaglaucomassarcomasarcomasTacomahoneycomb1catacomb1
4 syllables
honeycombing1

“coma” at line end — from real songs

Mafia with diplomas keeping us in a comaTrying to own a piece of the "American Corona"
— Lauryn Hill, “The Mystery of Iniquity” · rhymes coma / corona
That he was all but lost, so deep was his comaShe'd married a banker and gone to Oklahoma
— Silver Jews, “I Remember Me” · rhymes coma / oklahoma

How to read the 208 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 17
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 5
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 7
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 166
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 20
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.