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Words that rhyme withdriving

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 AY coda V
14
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
diving1hivingjivingstrivingthriving
3 syllables
arriving2surviving1archivingconnivingcontrivingdeprivingderivingnosedivingreviving
262
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
rising16prizingscythingsizingtithingwrithingknifingicing2dicingpricing
3 syllables
surprising1advising1arising1despising1apprisingbaptizingcapsizing
4 syllables
advertising1analyzing1appetizing1hypnotizing1
5 syllables
economizing1
6 syllables
7 syllables
5
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
heistingriflingsightsing7stiflingtrifling
118
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)
2 syllables
dying44crying1trying23lying13flying7buying16sighing5spying1eyeing1vying1drying40dyeing1frying3guying36
3 syllables
defying2denying2relying1applying1complying1decryingdescryingimplyingoutcryingreplying17retrying
4 syllables
terrifyinghorrifying1alibiing1amplifying1
5 syllables
electrifying1acidifyingbeatifying
6 syllables
286
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
fighting6shining12hiding5lightning10smiling8writing1finding1riding2timing2firingclimbing3diningsigning37lighting1liking1whining1blinding1lining1binding1sliding1wilding2biting1chiding1minding1pining1twining1winding1wiring1biding3bightingbikingblightingbribingbriningchimingcitingdikingdiming13dykingfilingfiningflighting31frighting10gibingglidinggriming4grinding11griping12guiding
3 syllables
exciting1inviting1beguiling1compiling1conspiring1deciding1freestyling1subsiding1abidingacquiringadmiringaffiningalighting4aligning4aliningascribingaspiringassigning1backbitingbackslidingbenightingbetidingblindsidingbroadsidingbullfightingcollidingcombiningconfidingconfiningconsigningdateliningdecliningdefiningdelighting14deridingdescribingdesigning13
4 syllables
intertwining1redefining1circumscribingcoincidingcopyrightingcounterstrikingdisincliningdynamitingexpeditingextraditingfirefighting1mastermindingmotorbikingoverridingoverwritingpantomimingperoxidingprototypingrealigningreassigningrecombiningreconcilingredesigningreignitingreuniting
5 syllables
heterodyning
9
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
drive41
2 syllables
driver2drivers2
3 syllables
cabdrivercabdriversscrewdriverscrewdriversoverdrive1
4 syllables
overdriving

“driving” at line end — from real songs

I wanna sleep in your car while you're drivingLay in your lap whеn I'm crying
— Adrianne Lenker, “anything” · rhymes driving / crying
The English motorway system can be quite hypnotizingYou achieve a Zen like state, as someone else's driving
— Black Box Recorder, “The English Motorway System” · rhymes driving / hypnotizing
We go drivingInto the moonlight
— Kate Bush, “Nocturn” · rhymes driving / moonlight

How to read the 685 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 14
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 262
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 5
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 118
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 286
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 9
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.