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Words that rhyme withcompton

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 AA coda M·P·T
37
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
talkin6common2gotten1rotten10robin2cotton4boughten1coppin1Laughton1robbin1Stockton1wanton1AachenAudenbobbinbodkinbrahmanbrahminbroaden
3 syllables
forgotten11begotten1downtrodden1guncottonmoroccanrwandantobogganuncommonWiesbaden
4 syllables
Coloradanmisbegotten
120
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
garden20nothin11often7arenpardon4martin2fallen3option4Johnson1Boston1darlin5coffin1bargain2CarsonWatsoncarmen1carbon2auctionAustinThompsonDawsonrollin2caution3Dalton3marvin2roxanne2arson1Baldwin1bronson1carlton1carton1cauldron1harmon1Hoffman1margin1marten1parkin1rodman1sovereign1watchman1arjunArminAustenBalkanbarmancarminecharlestonCochrandarkendarrenDarwindobsondoctrinedolmandolphinfaustianGauguinGawaingoblinhardenharkenheartenHodgkinHoffmann
3 syllables
concoction1exhaustion1padawan1adoptionalgonquincrestfallendioxininfarctionMcAllenprecautionrhodopsinsomaliansumatranWisconsinimpromptuimpromptus
4 syllables
kindergarten1aflatoxinantitoxinfluorocarbonguatemalanhydrocarbonnicaraguanTeleprompter

“compton” at line end — from real songs

Shanice, you're my piece from ComptonYou looking good in that one showing off your body
— Aretha Franklin, “Selfish” · rhymes compton / body
'Cause I'm from the streets of C-Compton (Compton)I told 'em all
— Eminem, “Forgot About Dre” · rhymes compton / all
Stuck a flag in my city, everybody's screamin', "Compton!"I should probably run for mayor when I'm done, to be honest
— Kendrick Lamar, “King Kunta” · rhymes compton / honest

How to read the 157 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.

Subtractive 37
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 120
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.