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Words that rhyme withdavid

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 EY coda V
4
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)
2 syllables
wasted9tasted2bastedpasted79
648
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
naked7hated2waited1sacred2hatred5painted1dated1faded2jaded2traded2fated1rated1tainted1aided2baited1bated8bladedbraidedcratedfainted3feintedfetedfreightedgated2gradedgratedmated6plaitedplatedraided4sainted11sated5shadedskatedslatedspadedstatedwadedweighted16favor9haven1saving2navy4favour2evafavors8savings1flavor3raven1ravens2craving1flavors2gravy2waving2aver1braver1cravings1lavers1nuevo1saver1savor1waivers1waver1avaavered1avers1avis1Avonbravingcavingcravencravens
3 syllables
created3related2locatedinflated3sedated3frustratedpersuaded2outdated1abatedablatedabradedacquaintedairfreightedawaitedbackdatedbelatedberatedblockadedbrigadedbrocadedcascadedcastratedcheckmatedcollatedconflatedcrusadedcurateddebateddeflateddegradeddictateddilateddissuadeddonateddowngradedelatedequatedevadedfixatedgestatedgyratedhydratedinvadedmandatedmigratedmisstatedmutatednarratednitratedparadedpervadedpostdatedpredatedprobatedproratedrebated
4 syllables
complicated3separatedoverrated7isolated1educatedgraduatedcalculated2celebrated1devastated2antiquated1constipated1fluctuated1masturbated1medicated1motivated1nominated1understated1abdicatedabrogatedacclimatedactivatedactuated
5 syllables
sophisticatedhumiliatedeliminatedappreciated1domesticated1emaciated1evaporated1exasperated1illuminated1orientated1reincarnated1abbreviatedacceleratedaccentuatedaccommodatedaccumulated
6 syllables
7 syllables
10
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
dave3
2 syllables
DavisDavy1deva1davids1davies1
3 syllables
davidson1
4 syllables
affidavitaffidavitsMoldavia

“david” at line end — from real songs

Your name came up (David)Only last night (Katherine, April)
— Stephen Sondheim, “Company” · rhymes david / april

How to read the 652 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.

Additive 4
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 648
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 10
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.