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Words that rhyme witheminem

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 M
133
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
lemon2demo1lemons1memo2tremor1Clemens1Lemmon1nemo1premise1semi1semis1blemishblemishedBremenchemistchemistsclementclementsdemingdemmingdemoed1demoes
3 syllables
memory17memories14chemical1chemistry2remedy5feminine3chemicals2nemesis2dilemma1femina1pandemic1remedies1blemishesblemishingchemicallychemistries2clematis
4 syllables
academics1extremities1academicbiochemistbiochemistsdemonstrableeffeminate
5 syllables
academicallybiochemicalbiochemistriesbiochemistry
6 syllables
5
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are different.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / live — both end in V; AH versus IH

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
3 syllables
homonymlanthanumtympanum
4 syllables
aluminum2aluminium
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
numb10
2 syllables
emmaemmeremmersemmetemmetsEmmyemmys
3 syllables
emily2emanatesemeriesEmersonemeryemigrantemigrants
4 syllables
eminenceseminentlypreeminencepreeminent
5 syllables
preeminences

“eminem” at line end — from real songs

On the block, white is selling like EminemOn the block, it jump off like Kim and 'em
— Sam Cooke, “The Food” · rhymes eminem / em
The reincarnation of '98 Eminem60 Crip and Grizzly and some RMK Denim
— Earl Sweatshirt, “AssMilk” · rhymes eminem / denim
Feminist women love EminemAnd Dr. Dre said
— Eminem, “The Real Slim Shady” · rhymes eminem / said

How to read the 138 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 133
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 5
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 24
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.