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Words that rhyme withdestiny

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 S·T
2
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)
3 syllables
stephanieebony
195
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
testing1westerntested1resting1Estherlesterfestive2bested1breasted1heston1jester1jesters1nesting1westin1Chesterbesting63breasting18chested48chesterscrested2cresting2esterestersestesfesterfestered
3 syllables
melaniefelony1yemeniarrested1festival1suggestedancestors1suggestingrequested2domestic1asbestos1intestines1protesting1arresting2ancestorattestedattestingcelestacelestasChesterton
4 syllables
hegemonymanifesto1polyester1contestabledecongestantdecongestantsdigestibledivestituredivestituresdomesticallyestimableguesstimatedguesstimating
5 syllables
6 syllables
gastrointestinal
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 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
destin2destined2
3 syllables
clandestinedestinies4predestinepredestinedpredestines
4 syllables
predestining

“destiny” at line end — from real songs

Saw you making a date with DestinyOh, you were just a roller coaster memory
— Dire Straits, “It Never Rains” · rhymes destiny / memory
Strictly livin' longevity to the destinyIt wouldn't be no such thing as jealousies, or B Felony
— Lauryn Hill, “If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)” · rhymes destiny / felony
And I always thought that you having my child was our destinyBut I can't even vibe with you sexually
— Mos Def, “Bittersweet Poetry” · rhymes destiny / sexually

How to read the 197 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.

Subtractive 2
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 195
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 8
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.