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Words that rhyme withdresses

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
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)
2 syllables
blesses1cressesguesses29messes43presses8stresses4tressesyeses36
3 syllables
accessesaggressesassessescaresses3confesses9depressesdigresses1
4 syllables
acquiescescoalescesconvalescesdispossessesreassesses
28
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
stretches1crechesetchesfetchesfleshesketcheskvetchesmeshesreshessketchesthresheswretchesedges1
3 syllables
enmesheshomestretcheshorsefleshesrefreshesallegescortegesstraightedges
63
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
senses5fences3trenches1exes1lenses2tenses1belchesbenchesbenzes6cleansesclenches
3 syllables
expenses1commences2offenses1defenses1pretenses1annexesapexes1avenges
4 syllables
consequences2conciergescybersexesfrankincenses
5 syllables
biosciences
285
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
extras1feliz1bellasdeltas2etnasgemmashennaslemmasmeccas1nairasparassennastetrasveras2message12lesson8lessons4jesse1blessing6guessing1messing1vessel1essence5blessings4jessiemessypressing8crescent1bessie1Essex1lessen1stressing1crescents1cressonEssenGesellguesserguessershessingKnessetlessened1lessens1lesserlessing22lessorlessors
3 syllables
agendas1antennas2calderascandelaschimerasdilemmas1magentas1mascaras1novellasomegaspatellasperfectasplacentasrubellassiennassierrasumbrellas2vendettasprofessorimpressive1messages1jessicarecipe3aggressive2Vanessamessengerdecimals3fluorescence2fluorescent1aggressor1depressing1expresso1incessant1messengers1
4 syllables
haciendasmozzarellasoperettaspalometassalmonellasincessantly3accessible1accessories1adolescence1adolescent1evanescence1obsolescence1accessoryacquiescenceacquiescentacquiescingadolescents1aggressivelyaggressivenessantecedent
5 syllables
acquiescencesadolescences1antidepressantantidepressants
6 syllables
24
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
dress44
2 syllables
dressing1dresser1dressers1dressings1dressyaddress9undress2redress1headdress
3 syllables
addressing1undressing1addresses9hairdresserhairdressershairdressingheaddresses
4 syllables
addressableoverdressesoverdressing

“dresses” at line end — from real songs

Greeting the monster in our Easter dressesFather says, "Bow your head like the Good Book says"
— Tori Amos, “Icicle” · rhymes dresses / says

How to read the 415 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.
Family rhyme 28
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 63
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 285
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 24
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.