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Words that rhyme withempty

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·P·T
0
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)
mosaic rhyme
exempt me
50
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
ready15many3any4steady7plenty3twenty6eddiepenny2jenny1teddy2kenny2betty1wendydebbie1pettybennyfreddybecky1peggyfreddielenny1dennyeddy1edie1heady1jenni1semi1sweaty1bennieEmmyjettyleggypeppytechietrendyyeti
3 syllables
already7spaghetti3unsteady2confetti1giuseppe1kilkenny1machete1EntebbeRossetti
4 syllables
Serengeti1innocenti1cappellettiDonizettiGiacometti
294
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
heavy11Mary4marry4very2harry2scary7henry1barely1sexy3Jerry1friendly2Kelly1larryhealthy1merry2Garyjesse1bury2belly1terrygently6envy1fairy1deadly2carrie1cherry2entrylesliefairlyelliewealthy2perryjessierarelyjeffreymessyreggie1jelly2chelseatelly3belfry2bentley2carefree2prairie2Delhiberry1bessie1carey1chevy1deathly1deli1derry1ferry1frenzy1gentry1gerry1kari1lefty1nellie1nelly1Presley1Shelley1smelly1wary1hairyaerieairyBeckleyBenchleybetsybevyclarydairydeftlyDempseydenselydressyedgyespyeyriefleshyfreshlygeoffreyheftyhenrilengthyleveelevymedflymedleyNessieparryPepsipeskyscarcelysentryshelby
3 syllables
especially1directly1excellencyprimarycorrectlyassemblymckenzie2unhealthy1canary1newbury1pirelli1unfairly1AlbertialleleAzeribasenjiblackberryblueberryBradburycranberrydewberryexpresslyGillespieGlengarrygooseberrygrotesquelyGuarnerihackberryimmenselyineptlyintenselyintentlyMackenziemulberryraspberryremarryrosemarystrawberrySudburyunfriendlyunwaryWoodburyattempted1attempting1exempted1exempting1redemptive
4 syllables
necessary1military1secretary1ordinary1cemetery4temporaryjanuary1february1dictionary1legendarycommissary1indirectly1literary1missionary1monastery1sanctuary1secondary1visionary1actuaryadversaryancillaryapoplexyarbitraryaviarybangladeshibudgetaryCanterburycapillarycassowarycautionarycentenarycometarycommentarycomplementarycorollarycoronaryculinarycustomarydietarydignitary
5 syllables
unnecessarycontemporary1illusionary1obituary1apothecarybicentenaryconfectionaryconfectioneryconstabularydeflationarydepositary
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionarybeneficiary
7 syllables
cardiopulmonary
8 syllables
counterrevolutionary
12
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)
2 syllables
empties2emptied1emptoremptorspreempt
3 syllables
emptiness4emptying10pre-emptivepreemptedpreemptingpreemptive
4 syllables
peremptory

“empty” at line end — from real songs

And now the town is emptyEmpty as the harbor and the barber's chair
— Anaïs Mitchell, “Of a Friday Night” · rhymes empty / chair
That all the love inside has been emptyThe world we made has been ending
— Angel Olsen, “Creator, Destroyer” · rhymes empty / ending
Open hands emptyI'll return back again
— Big Thief, “Wolf” · rhymes empty / again

How to read the 344 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.

Subtractive 50
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 294
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 12
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.