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Words that rhyme withdropping

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 AA coda P
23
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
shopping2stopping2flopping1popping1boppingchoppingcoppingcroppinghoppingloppingmoppingploppingproppingsloppingsoppingswapping
3 syllables
backstoppingbeboppingblacktopping
4 syllables
photoshopping
106
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
sobbing2throbbing1blobbingbobbingdaubingfobbinghobbingjobbinglobbingmobbingrobbingswabbingtalking20
3 syllables
hobnobbingsleepwalking2unlocking1allottingboycottingjaywalkingpadlockingrestockingspacewalkingundocking
4 syllables
antiknockinginterlockingoverstockingtomahawking1cataloguingdemagoguingescalading
104
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
starting63wanting3parking1barking1honkingboxing18spalding1frosting1parting1sparkling1
3 syllables
regarding1abscondingaccostingadoptingasphalting1assaultingbombardingconcocting
4 syllables
correspondingdisembarking2disregarding2somersaulting
22
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
drawing1clawing1awingcawingchawing1flawing2gnawinghawing1jawing3lawing24pawing3sawing15strawing2
3 syllables
withdrawing1guffawing1hurrahing3outlawing2seesawingwhipsawing
4 syllables
overdrawing
311
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
darling18calling10falling17watching5charming2coughing2starving1causingwashing3crossing20crawling2marching2yawning1bombing9charginglonging3snarling1dawning2stalling2barfing1sparring1alling315arching5arming31awningballing32bargingbarringbawling1bonging1bossing9botchingbrawling1bronzingcalming3carlingcarvingcharringclausing5coifingcollingconningdarning
3 syllables
revolving1recalling1absolvingalarming8appallingbarragingbecalmingbefallingbelonging22birdwatchingblackballingbrainwashingcaballingcatcallingcrayonningcrisscrossingdevolvingdisarmingdisbarringdischargingdishwashingdislodgingdissolvingembalmingembossingenlargingensconcingensnarlingenthrallingevolvingeyeballing1forearming1forestalling
4 syllables
arbitragingcamouflagingfirebombingoverarchingoverchargingoverhaulingreinstallingsabotagingsuperchargingmetropolis1microscopic1monopoly1necropolis1unstoppable1acropolisendoscopicGalapagosgyroscopic
5 syllables
6 syllables
encephalopathiesencephalopathy
7 syllables
cardiomyopathiescardiomyopathy
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
drop22
2 syllables
dropperdroppersdroppings1raindrop1backdropeavesdropeyedrop
3 syllables
eavesdropping

“dropping” at line end — from real songs

But them wheat prices kept on dropping'Til it was like we were getting robbed
— Bruce Springsteen, “Highway Patrolman” · rhymes dropping / robbed

How to read the 566 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 23
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 106
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 104
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 22
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 311
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.