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Words that rhyme withengines

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 N·JH
35
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
tensions3mentions1ensignsgentianslengthenspensionsstrengthens
3 syllables
intentions5abstentionsextensions1ascensions2attentions15contentionsconventions1declensions
4 syllables
circumventionscontraventionsinattentionsinterventions1
5 syllables
angiotensins
51
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
heavens4lessons4evanslemons1Clemens1sessions1bevinsbrennans1chechensdeafens
3 syllables
impressions2possessions3confessions1professions1transgressions1accessionsaggressions1
4 syllables
decompressionsindiscretions1intercessionsnonaggressions
5 syllables
delicatessens
127
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
questions13weapons2aarons1arensbeckons1Behrensbelgiansbrethrens1chairmanschevrons1deadensdentinsdextrinsfelonsflexionsgremlinshelens
3 syllables
directions7connections2corrections1erections1exceptions1infections1injections1intestines1reflections1suggestions1advectionsaffections13collections2
4 syllables
imperfections1resurrections1circumspectionscontraceptionsdisaffectionsdisconnectionsdisinfectionsepinephrines
5 syllables
2
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
engine3engined

“engines” at line end — from real songs

Wendy let me in, I wanna be your friendAnd strap your hands across my engines
— Bruce Springsteen, “Born to Run” · rhymes engines / friend
Where the girls would shine like the enginesSpanish teacher she tried to help
— Phil Ochs, “Boy In Ohio” · rhymes engines / help
Surrender then start your enginesFor those on horseback or dog sled
— Tori Amos, “Liquid Diamonds” · rhymes engines / sled

How to read the 213 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.

Family rhyme 35
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.
Subtractive 51
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 127
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 2
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.