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Words that rhyme withdishes

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 SH
26
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
wishes1fishes2swishes
3 syllables
catfishescrawfishesdealfishesdogfishesflatfishesgoldfishesgoosefishesjewfisheslungfishesmilitias1pipefishesqueenfishesredfishes
4 syllables
angelfishescuttlefishesjellyfishesneedlefishes
39
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
kisses1riches3misses1witchessnitches2ditches2britches1glitches1missus1pitches1stitches1twitches1disasdisses2fitcheshisses4hitchesitcheskitschesmissisniches1switches
3 syllables
bewitchesdismisses1enrichesremissesunhitchesabridgesdrawbridges1
4 syllables
reminiscespepperidges
57
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
inches2hinges2princes2sixes2binges1fringes1mixes1twinges1blitzes1cinches
3 syllables
eclipses1syringes1aristasbatistescharismasconvincesellipses
4 syllables
crucifixes2intermixes
5 syllables
apocalypses
375
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
eras2incasKirgizlinguaslirasscillassigmasstigmastildesvillas1mission7issue1fishing1issues3bishopvicious5issued1fisherwishing1fishy1fission1fissures1missions1swisher1bishopsFischerfishersfissions1fissurefissuredsquishyswishing1Titian
3 syllables
chinchillas1gorillas1armillascyrillasechidnasenigmasflotillasguerillasguerrillasMadeirasmanilasmanillas1mantillasmarimbas1maxillasscintillastairasvanillas1position9permission6delicious4official1suspicious1commission2positions3aliciaambition3suspicionofficials1transmission1musician1magician1initialMichigan4ambitious1ambitions1submission2viciously2viciousness2efficientadmission1attrition1cognition1deficient1fictitious1ignition1ignitions1militia1musicians1nutrition1omission1permissions1remission1suspicions1tuition1admissions1ambitioned3archbishoparchbishopsattritions1auspiciousbeauticianbeauticiansbishopricscapriciousclinicianclinicianscognitions1commissioned2commissions2contritioncontritionscrawfishing
4 syllables
maravillaspedophiliascompetition2commissioner1officially1politicians1recognition4repetition2ammunition3composition1intuition1opposition2premonitions1superstition2politician1artificialcompositions1demolition1electrician1inhibition1inhibitions1initially1premonition1proposition1superficial1superstitious1transitioning1abolitionabolitionsacquisitionacquisitionsadmonitionadmonitionsambitioning3ambitiouslyammunitions3apparitionapparitionsbeneficentbeneficialcapriciouslycoalitioncoalitionscoefficientcoefficientscommissioners1
5 syllables
exhibitionist1mathematician1mathematicians1abolitionistabolitionistsacademicianacademiciansartificiallybeneficially
6 syllables
eosinophilias
7 syllables
57
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
dish3
2 syllables
disher1dishing3
3 syllables
condition5conditions2tradition1audition1additionedition1rendition1traditions1additionsauditioned1auditions1conditioned5editions1judicial
4 syllables
traditionalexpeditionadditionalauditioning1conditionalconditionerconditionersconditioning5
5 syllables
unconditional1air-conditioningconditionally
6 syllables

“dishes” at line end — from real songs

I got the oven on, I got the onions wishingThey hadn't made me cry, filling the sink with dishes
— Big Thief, “Red Moon” · rhymes dishes / wishing
Bedding Taylor Swift every night inside the Oculus RiftAfter mister and the missus finish dinner and the dishes
— Father John Misty, “Total Entertainment Forever” · rhymes dishes / rift
Pack up all your dishesMake note of all good wishes
— Guy Clark, “L.A. Freeway” · rhymes dishes / wishes

How to read the 496 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 26
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 38
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 57
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 375
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 57
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.