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Words that rhyme withcosts

masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 S·T·S
5
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)
1 syllable
frosts11losts74
2 syllables
defrosts1exhausts3ripostes
7
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)
1 syllable
croftslofts3waftsmosqueswasps1
2 syllables
hayloftskiosks
1
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)
1 syllable
angsts
1060
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)
1 syllable
off2god69was43lost74not69stop59got54talk49lot57thought25dog31top28rock30cause23job28shot30hot23cross20walk24block28spot27drop22cost24box18clock22caught18watch15cops15thoughts14pop15shop10dogs9boss9bought10soft15gods13rocks15shock11taught10loss12cop7shots9stops8lock5jobs7brought1wash3lots1pot6knock2bob1hop9talks5crossed7ought1doc1Scott1fought3odd2watched2rob2sauce5walks5squad2goshTodd2coslaws4causedstock2odds6joshfog15socks7fox3Ross1blocks5log6plot5fraud2chop3
2 syllables
because21forgot14across4applause6garage4gunshot1robotgunshots3abroad2massage1sidewalk3Iraq2laptop1mirage5robots1bedrock1exhaust3rooftops1sidewalks1aloft2applaud1barrage1blacktop2cyclops1Hitchcock1jukebox1mailbox2matchbox2raindrops2sandbox2treetops2woodstock2Aesop1Alcott1applauds1assad1breadbox1buckshot1buckshots1bulldog1bullfrog1bullfrogs1collage1defrost1detox1dislodged1distraught1facade1grandmas1grandpas1heartthrob1hilltop1icebox1lapdog1maraud1outlawed1outlaws1padlocks1panache1pawnshop1Punjab1raindrop1
3 syllables
dialogue1astronaut3Pentecost2afterthought1analog2apricot2astronauts2barbershop1catalogue1holocaust1juggernaut1Molotov2mountaintop2afterthoughts1albatross1applesauce1butterscotch1Camelot1camouflage1cosmonaut1cosmonauts1esplanade1hollyhock1lollipops1monologue1paradox1photoshop1synagogue1tinderbox1tomahawk1travelogue1aftershockaftershocksagitpropagitpropsanalogs2analogueanaloguesantiknockantiknocksAntioch
4 syllables
BaryshnikovbrachiopodbrachiopodscephalopodcephalopodselectroshockelectroshocksheterodoxIditarodKalashnikovthingamabobthingamabobstriceratopsunorthodox
5 syllables
middle-of-the-road
1681
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)
1 syllable
on293all315heart255gone224long170wrong171song167are134fall155dark107ah46wall128car85hard81arms61want39call83ya34stars83far79star74strong64dawn61bar54start63songs43part40small43park41hearts39cars37hall36arm31law24walls36ball32saw15tall31art26yard23harm24calls21nah11mom12bars26fault11cards15falls20mark13smart14called10starts13ahh10farm16wants8bomb9Paul7guard10charge9stopped7card8lawn24john4tom5parts14don2balls8calm3dropped9doll12mall16draw6talked2locked4charm10march7walked3drawn14Charles2large1
2 syllables
apart95along74guitar34belong22upon8involved10recall16alarm8sweetheart3beyond5football2grandma1belongs2grandparesponse3baseball1respond3assaultbelonged2moronaha5radarso-calledbackyard2Bernardcigar4withdraw1regards2graveyard4regard1soniaafar7depart6guitars3ha-habizarre2cigars5involvepostcard4resolve3dissolve3Milananton1alarms2anon2birdsong3courtyard3downfall2hurrah3lamar3outlaw2rainfall3remark3remarks2unlocked1hogan1alarmed2amar2atoll1avant2
3 syllables
restaurant5alcohol5Vietnam3basketball1boulevard9protocolBabylon6son-in-lawArkansas4cannonball4waterfall4waterfalls4bodyguard2restaurants2Montreal4Omaha1reservoir2superstar4meadowlark3morningstar3overalls2avalon1confidant1debutante2debutantes2disembark2disregard2echelon1escobar2motorcar1nonchalant2abattoir1amazon1autobahn1Bonaparte1carrera1caviar1firearms1fireball1hildegard1
4 syllables
brother-in-lawsister-in-lawAgamemnon1neanderthal1automatonautomatonsAzerbaijancholesterolcholesterolsdaughter-in-lawemoticonemoticonsfather-in-lawmother-in-lawneanderthals1phenomenonSaskatchewanSebastopolstate-of-the-artUlaanbaatar
268
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are different.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / live — both end in V; AH versus IH

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
1 syllable
ghosts7gaspsguests1gifts5tests1asks1tastes2breasts2risks3wrists6fists3lasts4priests2beasts2coasts2crisps2lifts1masts1rests2masks1blasts1bursts1desks1discs1hosts1krafts1nests1pests1posts1shifts1tasks1trysts1
2 syllables
exists3suggestsinsists1assists1conquests1requests1adjusts1aircrafts1airliftsarmrestsarrests2attestsbackrestsbehests1bequestsblacklists1broadcastsburlesquescamshaftschecklists1cloudbursts1combustscongestsconsists
3 syllables
aftertastesalkahestsanarchistschloroplastscoexistsflabbergastshandicraftshovercraftsjihadistslymphoblastsmanifests1moralists1nativistsoculistsovercasts1
4 syllables
anthologistsenthusiastsiconoclastsmonetaristsnumismatistspodiatrists
5 syllables
7 syllables
epidemiologists
2
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)
2 syllables
accosts
3 syllables
holocausts1

“costs” at line end — from real songs

So I don't care what it costsBaby, dust that old thing off
— Justin Townes Earle, “One More Night in Brooklyn” · rhymes costs / off

How to read the 3021 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 5
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 7
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 1
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 1059
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 1681
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 268
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 2
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.