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Words that rhyme withdecember

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 M·B
8
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
member1ember2
3 syllables
remember2november1september3dismembernonmember
4 syllables
misremember
35
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
temper2tender8bender4fender1lender1blender1gender1sender1spender1splendor1vendor1renderslendercenter1enter1centre2renterstentorventer
3 syllables
distempersurrender7bartender1pretender4contender1defenderengenderoffendersuspendertransgenderweekenderinventor1dissentertormentor
4 syllables
epicenter
5 syllables
experimenter
6
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
centneremptortemblorTemplarVentner
3 syllables
assembler
39
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
better1letter19sweater6pepper1tremor1beggar1cheddar1fetter1getter1tenner1tenor1bettorcheckerdebtordecker
3 syllables
bootleggerexchequerMacGregornewsletterpacesetterwoodpecker
4 syllables
countertenor
225
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
ever16weather37never16pleasure12pressure6clever4whether1shelter7treasure6leather12measure6terror6heather3error4feather12elderSpencer1lecture1hectortrevorcellar1sectorgesture1FletcherEdgarleisure3lever1Estherlesterskelter2tether2sever2dresser1dweller1feller1herder1jester1ledger1nectar1nether1peddler1sceptre1swelter1teller1texture1wearer1dexterChesterventurebearercensercensorcensurecleanserdentureDenveredgerElgareskeresterFechnerfesterfresherGesnerguesserhecklerhedgerhellerhelperKellerkelterKeplerlecherlectorlegerLeicesterlesserlessormedlar
3 syllables
together98forever90whatever8however3professorwhoever1directorwhenever2inspectorwherever1adventure2endeavor3projector2protector2aggressor1connector1defector1detector1objector1ancestorassessoravengerbellwetherbestsellerbooksellercollectorcompressorcondenserconjectureconnecterdebenturedeflectordigesterdispenserdispleasureeffectorelectorendeavourhairdresserhotelierindentureindexerinjectorinvestorManchestermolesteroppressorpossessorprefectureprocessorpropellerprospectorprotesterrathskellerreceptorreflectorrefresherrequesterRochesterseafarersemestersequester
4 syllables
whatsoeveraltogetherarchitecture1polyester1Rockefeller1countermeasurehelter-skelterinterceptorinterstellarmisadventuremultiplexerphilandererpredecessorstandard-bearerstorytellerstretcher-bearerremembering2dismemberingdismembermentdismembermentsmisrememberedmisremembersresembling
5 syllables
multiprocessormisremembering
15
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
assembled1assembleassemblesdissembledissembleddissembles
4 syllables
assembling1disassembled1disassembledisassemblesreassemblereassembledreassembles
5 syllables
disassemblingreassembling

“december” at line end — from real songs

Though all I knew of the rote universe were those Pleiades, loosed in DecemberI promised you I'd set them to verse so I'd always remember
— Joanna Newsom, “Emily” · rhymes december / remember
It's four in the morning, the end of DecemberI'm writing you now just to see if you're better
— Leonard Cohen, “Famous Blue Raincoat” · rhymes december / better
Born inside the winter, when? Day after December 10These simpletons — they mentionin' the synonym for feminine
— Mos Def, “RE:DEFinition” · rhymes december / feminine

How to read the 313 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 8
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 35
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 6
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 39
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 225
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 15
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.