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Words that rhyme withdestroy

masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 OY coda —
39
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)
1 syllable
boy40joy17toy1choiploy1cloycoygoysoy
2 syllables
enjoy1cowboy2deploy2alloy1employ1malloy1playboy1polloi1annoybellboybusboycarboyconvoydecoydoughboyenvoy
3 syllables
Illinois1Iroquois1corduroyFauntleroyredeploy
246
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)
1 syllable
voice19boys2choice16noise15goin2point5oil5join2joint5soil5toys7joined2coin2coins4spoil1void9Lloyd1spoiled1boydJoyce2doyleboil2coil2floyd1moines1moist1noir2toil2boyz1coiled1foil1foils1foist1Freud1joys1loins1poise1royce1soiled1soir1voids1boies40boiled2boils2boyesBoyleboylesBoynebroilbroiledbroilscloyedcloyscoiffecoiffedcoiffes
2 syllables
destroyed2avoid1enjoyed5annoyed1rejoice2employed1recoil1cowboys1Detroit1gunpoint1unspoiled1android1anoint1bitcoin1schoolboys1topsoil1uncoil1adjoinadjoinedadjoinsadroitairfoilairfoilsalloyed1alloys1androids1annoysappointavoids2bellboysbitcoins1boudoirboudoirsBurgoynebusboyscarboyscheckpointconjoinconjoinedconjoinsconvoyedconvoys
3 syllables
paranoid2disappoint1asteroid2overjoyed2unemployed1Polaroid1Schadenfreude1adenoidadenoidsalkaloidalkaloidsamyloidamyloidsasteroids2celluloidcelluloidscorduroyedcorduroyscounterpointhemorrhoidhemorrhoidshumanoidhumanoidshydrofoilhydrofoilsmaladroitmongoloidmongoloidsneedlepoint
4 syllables
underemployed
5 syllables
corticosteroidcorticosteroids
20
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)
1 syllable
points1joints1foists1hoistsjoists
2 syllables
anoints1appointscheckpointsdisjointsendpointsflashpointsgunpoints1midpointspinpointsstandpointsviewpointswellpoints
3 syllables
counterpointsdisappoints1needlepoints
6
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
roy1troy1ROI
3 syllables
destroying6destroyers2destroyer1

“destroy” at line end — from real songs

He'll wrap you up in his arms, tell you that you've been good girls and boysHe'll rekindle all of those dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy
— Nick Cave, “Red Right Hand (Immortal)” · rhymes destroy / boys
Scatter and destroyEvery power you enjoy
— Big Thief, “Strange” · rhymes destroy / enjoy
You that never done nothing but build to destroyYou play with my world like it's your little toy
— Bob Dylan, “Masters of War” · rhymes destroy / toy

How to read the 305 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 39
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 246
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 20
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 6
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.