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Words that rhyme withdisappearing

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 IH coda R
40
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
cheering3clearing3nearing2steering1dearing41deering5earringfearing71fleering
3 syllables
adheringcareering9cashiering1coheringpremieringreveringveneering3
4 syllables
engineering3volunteering1auctioneering1
5 syllables
electioneering1
6 syllables
2
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
piercing1bearding3
602
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
singing28living36missing20thinking10building12drinking5ringing6kidding4willing5giving4sitting2killing2winning8kissing7bringing1fishing1swimming6picking8hittingdigging1kicking2spinning8whistling3clicking3sticking10fixing3sinking8filling1filming4ticking1blinking3fitting3slipping4quittinghissing1sniffing1drifting3dripping3spitting2swinging1thrilling3clinging2rigging2shifting2stripping2winging1wishing2stinking1bidding1billing1chilling1glinting1grinning1gripping1kindling1linking1milking1primping1shrinking1splitting1squinting1thinning1tilting1tripping1twinning1twisting1whimming1shippingbibbingbiffingbilkingbinging2binningbittingblitzing1bridgingbrimmingbriskingchinking1chinningchippingcinchingclinchingclinkingclippingcribbing
3 syllables
beginning19thanksgiving1convincing1forgiving2shipbuilding2shoplifting1uplifting1abridgingacquittingaddicting3admittingaffixingafflictingairliftingassistingbefittingbewitchingblacklisting1blueprintingbullshittingchagrinningcommittingconflicting1conscriptingconsistingconstrictingconvictingcrawfishingdelistingdepictingdesistingdismissing1distillingeclipsingemittingencryptingenlistingenrichingequippingevictingevincingexisting15forbiddingfulfilling2hamstringinghoodwinkingimpingingimprintinginflictinginfringinginsisting2instillinglife-givinglipsticking1misgivingmisprintingnitpickingomittingoutbiddingoutfittingoutlivingoutstrippingoutwittingpermittingpersistingpredictingrebuilding2
4 syllables
reminiscing1unforgiving1babysittingcoexistingcontradictingcounterfeiting1fingerprinting1interdictinginterlinkingintermixingmicrofilmingoverfillingoverkillingpolitickingpreexistingreadmittingresubmittingretrofittingunconvincingunderbiddingunderpinningunremittingexperience4seriously1material2mysterious2experiencedconspiracy2materials1delirious2interior1bacteria1conspiracies1inferior1interference1irritable1adherencesAlgeriaalgeriananterioranteriorsarterial
5 syllables
experiences4mysteriously1
6 syllables
antibacterialantibacterials
38
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
ring57pier6peer2wring
2 syllables
peeragepyrrhicpyrrhicsappear13
3 syllables
periodappearance1pyramids2pyramid1appearing1Pyrenees1peeragesperiodsdisappear36reappear4
4 syllables
superior1imperialimperious1appearances1imperials1disappearanceempiricalempiricistempiricistsHyperionpyramided1pyramiding1
5 syllables
disappearancesempiricallyimperialistimperialists

“disappearing” at line end — from real songs

I've been trying my best to feel you nearWithout me disappearing
— Laura Marling, “Tough Love” · rhymes disappearing / near
Pagans and pageants were all disappearingThe Savior or somebody must be appearing
— Phil Ochs, “When in Rome” · rhymes disappearing / appearing

How to read the 644 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 40
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 2
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 602
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 38
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.