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Words that rhyme withdancing

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 AE coda N·S
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
Lansing1prancing1chancingglancinglancingsansing1trancing
3 syllables
romancing1advancing1financing1enhancingfreelancing
4 syllables
refinancing
6
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
blanchingbranching2ranching3stanchingNanjing
4 syllables
avalanching
116
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
laughing8passing8having3hanging4planningcatching1crashing2banging9flashing3smashing1manning1scratching1slamming1slashing1splashing1
3 syllables
abashingamassingattaching1backlashingbypassingdetachingdispatchingharanguingharassingjapanningmismatching
4 syllables
anagrammingautographing2boomeranging1caravanningdiagramingdiagramminghectographinglithographing
5 syllables
391
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
standing1asking4acting3landing5pantinggasping1tracking35packing2chantinghandlingrattling2cracking1camping5draggingcrackling2clapping2ranking1flapping2rambling1backing310blasting1bragging1catting1grambling1grasping1lacking1rapping1slapping1smacking1tasking1trapping1wrapping1yapping1adding3anding41anglingbaggingbanding59banking14basking1battingblabbingblacking75blanding1blanking2braddingbranding1cabbingcantingcappingcasting9champing2chappingchattingclacking3claddingclampingclankingclasping2crabbingcrafting2
3 syllables
kidnappingattacking1outstanding1collapsing3demanding1adapting1newscasting1relaxing1withstanding1abstracting1attracting2backhandingbackpacking3backslappingbacktracking1blackjackingbootstrappingbroadcastingbushwhackingcanallingcarjackingcatnappingchitchattingclimaxingcombatingcombattingcommanding11contacting5contrasting1corrallingdecampingdecantingdetractingdiffractingdisbanding1distracting1elapsingenactingencampingenchantingentanglingentrappingexacting1expanding1extractingforecasting1formatting
4 syllables
understanding3everlasting3copycattingcounteractingflabbergastinghandicappinginteractingnotwithstandingoveractingovercasting1overdraftingoverlappingovertaxingpiggybackingquarterbackingrebroadcastingreenactingreprimandingsubcontractingtelecastingthermostattingwiretappingcircumstances2answerableanticancerhappenstancesintransigence
5 syllables
misunderstanding1overreacting1counterattackingallegiances1intransigences
7
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
dance37
2 syllables
dancer6dancers3dances2dancings1danser1sundance1

“dancing” at line end — from real songs

When I'm dancingThat laughs
— Arcade Fire, “My Body Is a Cage” · rhymes dancing / laughs
Trying to sound like Charlie MansonYeah, the white man dancing
— Leonard Cohen, “The Future” · rhymes dancing / manson
Ah we're drinking and we're dancingAnd the band is really happening
— Leonard Cohen, “Closing Time” · rhymes dancing / happening

How to read the 526 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 6
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 116
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 391
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 7
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.