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Words that rhyme withelements

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 L
356
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
telling1jealous3fellow2yellow5selling1fella4yelling1Kelly1fellas2belly1Helenfellows2Stellacellar1jelly2bellow3telly3yellin1bellamellow2Delhibello1cela1deli1dweller1dwelling1feliz1feller1fellers1jello1melon1nellie1nelly1pellets1relics1Shelley1smelly1teller1bellasbelliedbellies1belling24bellowed3bellows3cellars1cellistcellistscellocelloesdelis1delladelling3dwellers1dwellings1felling28felonfelonsgellinghelenshellerhellershelling87hellishhelothelotsjelliedjellies2jellingjelloesKellerKelloggkelloggs
3 syllables
tenements2regiments1detrimentsexcrements1sedimentssentiments1temperamentstestamentsmelody7developed1relatives1delicate1relative2develop1jealousy3umbrella2melanierelevantfelony3melodies1Helenajealously1skeleton1skeletons2cappella1carmelo1celery1celibate1delancey1estrella1Magellan1Medellin1melanin1misspellings1Othello1pirelli1propellants1propelling1relevance1telomeres1alleleallelesallelicangelicappellantappellantsappellatebedfellowbedfellowsbellowing3bellying1bestsellerbestsellersbooksellerbooksellersbordello
4 syllables
experiments1impedimentsintegumentsintelligence2intelligentdevelopmentdeveloping1accelerants1fidelity1Rockefeller1watermelon1angelicaangelicallyangelicasantebellumcelibaciescelibacydelicaciesdelicacydelicatelydeveloperdevelopersdevelopmentsembellishesembellishingembellishmentembellishmentsenvelopingfidelities1indelibleindelibly
5 syllables
infidelity2evangelicals1evangelicalexoskeletonexoskeletons
6 syllables
counterintelligence
7 syllables
counterintelligences
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 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
ell
2 syllables
ellenellieellaELAElamellingellismorelnoel
3 syllables
elephant1elenaelliotelement2eleganteleanorEllington2elephants1elegance1Eliot1elater
4 syllables
Cinderella1elegances1elegantlyeligibleeloquenceseloquentlymateriel

“elements” at line end — from real songs

It's evident I'm Heaven-sent with Thomas Edison elementsReverence for what I represent should show my benevolence
— Joanna Newsom, “Right On” · rhymes elements / benevolence
Across the elementsAcross the weather
— Kate Bush, “Sat in Your Lap” · rhymes elements / weather
And we, we, the immoral menWe dare, naked and fearless in the elements
— Roy Harper, “Short and Sweet” · rhymes elements / men

How to read the 356 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.

Assonance 356
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 39
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.