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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 R
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 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
terror2wearer1bearersharerstarer
3 syllables
seafarer
4 syllables
philandererstandard-bearerstretcher-bearer
mosaic rhyme
scare her1
1
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
herder1
mosaic rhyme
care for2there for1
1162
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
better69ever16weather37letter19never16pleasure12pressure6clever4whether1shelter7center1treasure6leather12member1enter1tender8measure6centre2sweater6heather3feather12temper2elderSpencer1pepper1lecture1hectortrevorcellar1sectorgesture1FletcherEdgarbender4leisure3lever1Estherlesterskelter2tether2ember2fender1lender1sever2tremor1beggar1blender1cheddar1dresser1dweller1feller1fetter1gender1getter1jester1ledger1nectar1nether1peddler1sceptre1sender1spender1splendor1swelter1teller1tenner1tenor1texture1vendor1dexterChesterventurebettorcensercensorcensurecentnercheckercleanserdebtordeckerDekkerdentureDenveredgereggerElgar
3 syllables
together98forever90remember35whatever8surrender7however3professorwhoever1directorwhenever2inspectorwherever1december5november1adventure2september3bartender1pretender4endeavor3contender1projector2protector2aggressor1connector1defector1detector1inventor1objector1ancestorassemblerassessoravengerbellwetherbestsellerbooksellerbootleggercollectorcompressorcondenserconjectureconnecterdebenturedefenderdeflectordigesterdismemberdispenserdispleasuredissenterdistempereffectorelectorendeavourengenderexchequerhairdresserhotelierindentureindexerinjectorinvestorMacGregorManchestermolesternewsletternonmemberoffender
4 syllables
whatsoeveraltogetherarchitecture1polyester1Rockefeller1countermeasurecountertenorepicenterhelter-skelterinterceptorinterstellarmisadventuremisremembermultiplexerpredecessorstorytellerAmerica5american3necessary1apparently1military1secretary1americans1embarrassing3ordinary1experiment1cemetery4hilarious1experiments1february1scenarioiscariot1dictionary1hysteria1missionaries1posterity1prosperity2sincerity1legendaryBavaria1
5 syllables
experimentermultiprocessornecessarilyunnecessary
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionary
7 syllables
8 syllables
91
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
air127heir1ere1errEyre
2 syllables
ericAaron1era2Erinerikheiress1aarons1aerieaeriesairesairing127airyArendtarensAriesarumarumserranderrandserranterringerrors4eyrie
3 syllables
area1areas1ericaarrogant1aerial2arrogance1guerrero1herrera1aerials2ArafatarielEhrenbergericasheiresses1sierrasierrasjavier
4 syllables
temporaryjanuary1literary1Riviera1sanctuary1
5 syllables
contemporaries1contemporary1obituaries1obituary1actuarial
6 syllables
peculiarity1

“error” at line end — from real songs

She had a mindful of tyranny and terrorBut I just err, baby, I do, I error
— Nick Cave, “Do You Love Me?” · rhymes error / terror
As if sacrifice was a meaningful end in itselfYour trial and error is error and error
— Men I Trust, “Say Can You Hear” · rhymes error / itself
It was neatly trimmed but a patch was bareI knew it wasn't new wave, it was human error
— Silver Jews, “San Francisco B.C.” · rhymes error / bare

How to read the 1172 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 9
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 1
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 1162
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 91
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.