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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 AW coda N·T·S
4
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
mounts3
2 syllables
amounts3surmounts
3 syllables
catamounts
31
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
sounds11pounds1grounds3rounds2hounds4bounds1founds71mounds3
2 syllables
playgrounds1resounds1surrounds1abounds2astoundsbackgrounds4campgroundsconfounds
3 syllables
battlegrounds1turnaroundsultrasoundsundergrounds16
398
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
down541out275town214ground149sound100house64mouth75round60found71loud49crowd41doubt34proud25south26crown32brown1clouds22count9clown23shout16bound16cloud17bout8couch11wound2drown15mouse9gown15pound5ouchdrowned6mount1doubts5frown13shouts1scout2cows6bows8crowds5shroud4blouse6hound3vows4drought2mound3clout2crowned1ploughed2pout2scouts2snout2sowed1spouse1stout2tout2trout2vouch2brows1crouch1douse1louse1lout1ploughs1plowed1rousse1shrouds1slouch1spout1stoute1Strauss1klausboughed2boughs2bousebouts8bowed11browed12Brownebrowned24browsechowsciaos1clouts2clowned23cowed6Crousedhows
2 syllables
around290about71without12downtown16allowed9account5amount3background4throughoutwarehouse2hometown7allows1uptown8breakdown3aground6discountprofound2sundown2unwound3abound2aloud2arouse1courthouse2fairground2fallout2jailhouse1meltdown2outhouse2penthouse2showdown2surround1unsound2blackouts1blowout1comedown1devouts1doghouse1endowed1eyebrows1farmhouse1foreground1Georgetown1henhouse1hideout1hoedown1knockout1lookout1madhouse1Motown1playground1rebound1renown1roadhouse1timeout1townhouse1unbound1workouts1alehouseall-outastoundavowedavowsBeantownblackoutblockhouseblowouts1
3 syllables
underground16whereabouts1roundabout1battleground1chinatown1Morgantown1paramount1roundabouts1slaughterhouse1AllentownboardinghousecatamountCharlottetowncharterhousecoffeehouseCooperstowncottonmouthcuracaosdisalloweddisallowsdisavoweddisavowsfirehouseHagerstownhereabouthereaboutsmenopauseMorristownovercrowdovercrowdspackinghousepowerhouseRittenhouserunaboutrunaboutssauerkrautsauerkrautsScaramouchshantytownthereaboutsturnaboutturnaboutsturnaroundultrasoundupside-downWatertown
4 syllables
merry-go-round
182
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
now305how49bow11wow4cow6thou1foul5brow12growls2vow5towns7clowns7downs5mouths1sow1bounceowl4howl5plow3ciao1frowns1gowns3growl2lounge1bough2crowns2Mao2POW2prow1browns1dow1fowl1nouns1ounce1owls1scowls1slouched1yow1bouncedbousedbowsed8browsed1chowcouched11cowlcowledcowlscrouched1douseddowerdowerred
2 syllables
somehow43allow9announceannounced1eyebrow1aroused1breakdowns1kowtow1meow1pronounce1southpaw1touchdowns1wildflowers1avowcarousedclampdownsclosedownscomedowns1countdownscrackdownsdelouseddenouncedenounceddowntowns16endowespousedfrogmouthsgodownshighbrowhometowns7knockdownsknow-howlandauletdownsLiaolockdownsluauMacaoMacaumeltdowns2
3 syllables
anyhow11AdenauercottonmouthscuracaodisallowdisavowMindanaomispronouncemispronouncedshantytownsunannouncedwaterfowlwaterfowls
299
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
wants8pants10thanks6drinks5thinks1gruntspoints1banks5cents6plants1prints1stinks1tanks2francsants5glimpse3saints2blanks2blunts2camps2champs2temps2honksamps2aunts2fronts2haunts2ranks2sinks2stunts1tonks2blancs1blimps1blinks1Bronx1chumps1chunks1cramps1drunks1dunks1joints1jumps1links1lumps1minks1monks1Nantes1paints1pumps1punks1ramps1stamps1stumps1swamps1tents1tints1bankesbents6bonks
2 syllables
events4complaints2blueprints1footprints1rembrandts1shoeprints1acquaintsadventsaffrontsanoints1appointsascentsassentsaugmentsavants2cements1checkpointsconfrontsconsentsconstraintscroissantsdachshundsdebunksdecampsdecantsdescents2detentesdisjointsdissentseggplantsencampsenchantsendpointsextents2fermentsflashpointsforefrontsgangplanksgunpoints1hoodwinksimplantsimprintsindentsintents1invents
3 syllables
fingerprints3represents2restaurants2debutantes2presidents1underpants1battlefrontscircumventscommandantsconfidantesconfidants1contretempscounterpointsdisappoints1discontentsdoublethinksfingerpaintsfiredampsinterlinksmalcontentsneedlepointsnoneventsoccidentsoceanfrontsorientspeppermintsreinventsriverbanks1self-tormentswaterfronts1
4 syllables
disorientsmisrepresents
6
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
accounts5discountsheadcountsmiscountsrecountsviscounts

“counts” at line end — from real songs

Well, the deputy walks on hard nails, and the preacher rides a mountBut nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
— Bob Dylan, “Shelter from the Storm” · rhymes counts / mount
It's only what I say and convey that countsWho needs to care whether I'm black white or brown?
— Jason Isbell, “Clips” · rhymes counts / brown

How to read the 914 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 4
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 31
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.
Subtractive 398
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 182
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 299
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 6
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.