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Words that rhyme withdeadly

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 EH coda D·L
1
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
medley
1
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
Beckley
15
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
friendly2gently6bentley2deftlyWembley
3 syllables
directly1correctlyassemblygrotesquelyineptlyintentlyunfriendly
4 syllables
indirectly1incorrectlyreassembly
49
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
ready15steady7eddieKelly1belly1teddy2betty1debbie1pettyelliefreddybecky1peggyfreddiejelly2telly3Delhideli1eddy1edie1heady1nellie1nelly1Shelley1smelly1sweaty1jettyleggypeppyshellytechieyeti
3 syllables
already1spaghetti3unsteady2confetti1giuseppe1machete1pirelli1alleleEntebbeRossetti
4 syllables
Serengeti1cappellettiDonizettiGiacomettiTorricelliunderbelly
5 syllables
Machiavelli
278
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
empty10heavy11Mary4many3any4marry4very2harry2scary7plenty3twenty6henry1barely1sexy3Jerry1larrypenny2jenny1healthy1merry2Garyjesse1bury2terrykenny2envy6fairy1carrie1cherry2entrywendylesliefairlybennywealthy2perryjessierarelylenny1jeffreymessyreggie1dennychelseabelfry2carefree2prairie2berry1bessie1carey1chevy1deathly1derry1ferry1frenzy1gentry1gerry1jenni1kari1lefty1Presley1semi1wary1hairyaerieairyBenchleybenniebetsybevyclarydairyDempseydenselydressyedgyEmmyespyeyriefleshyfreshlygeoffreyheftyhenrilengthyleveelevymedflyNessieparryPepsipeskyscarcelysentryshelbysherrysketchySperrysquarelystealthysweltrytarry
3 syllables
especially1excellencyprimarymckenzie2unhealthy1canary1kilkenny1newbury1unfairly1AlbertiAzeribasenjiblackberryblueberryBradburycranberrydewberryexpresslyGillespieGlengarrygooseberryGuarnerihackberryimmenselyintenselyMackenziemulberryraspberryremarryrosemarystrawberrySudburyunwaryWoodbury
4 syllables
necessary1military1secretary1ordinary1cemetery4temporaryjanuary1february1dictionary1legendarycommissary1innocenti1literary1missionary1monastery1sanctuary1secondary1visionary1actuaryadversaryancillaryapoplexyarbitraryaviarybangladeshibudgetaryCanterburycapillarycassowarycautionarycentenarycometarycommentarycomplementarycorollarycoronaryculinarycustomarydietarydignitarydromedarydysentery
5 syllables
unnecessarycontemporary1illusionary1obituary1apothecarybicentenaryconfectionaryconfectioneryconstabularydeflationarydepositarydisciplinarydiscretionarydiversionary
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionarybeneficiaryeleemosynary
7 syllables
cardiopulmonary
8 syllables
counterrevolutionary
1
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)
3 syllables
deadliness

“deadly” at line end — from real songs

I’ve burnt thousands alreadySo get ready, lyrics are deadly
— Lorenz Hart, “Fake MC’s” · rhymes deadly / already
Which for several reasons we won't mentionA little bit harder, a little bit deadly
— Rufus Wainwright, “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk” · rhymes deadly / mention

How to read the 344 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 1
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 1
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 15
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 49
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 278
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 1
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.