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Words that rhyme withessence

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 S
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)
3 syllables
fluorescence2quintessencesenescence
4 syllables
adolescence1evanescence1obsolescence1coalescenceconvalescenceluminescence
2
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
presence5
4 syllables
omnipresence
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
vengeance1
300
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
sentence6entrance4clarence1penance1semblanceTerencemessage12lesson8lessons4jesse1blessing6guessing1messing1dressing1dresses2vessel1blessings4jessiemessypressing8crescent1bessie1dresser1dressers1lessen1stressing1blesses1crescents1cressescressondressings1dressyGesellguesserguessersguesses29hessingKnessetlessened1lessens1lesserlessing22lessorlessorsmessagedmesses43Nessienestlenestlednestlespresagepresaged
3 syllables
repentance3attendance2remembrance2resemblance1acceptanceascendancedependenceforbearancetranscendenceprofessorimpressive1messages1jessicarecipe3aggressive2Vanessamessengerdecimals3fluorescent1addressing1aggressor1depressing1expresso1incessant1messengers1oppressive1possessive1precedent1precipice1professors1sesame1specimen1transgressors1undressing1wrestler1accessesaccessingaddresses9aggresses
4 syllables
independence1incessantly3accessible1accessories1adolescent1accessoryaddressableadolescents1aggressivelyaggressivenessantecedentcoalescescoalescingconvalescentconvalescentsconvalescesconvalescingdepressinglydesiccated
5 syllables
interdependenceadolescences1antidepressantantidepressantscoalescencesconvalescencesdelicatessendelicatessens
6 syllables
61
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)
2 syllables
distance20patience7science2conscience6license1absence2nuisance2grievance1licenceProvenceprovincetreasons6
3 syllables
resistance3existence3assistance1allianceallegiance1allowance1defiance1persistence1abeyanceannoyanceapplianceclairvoyance
4 syllables
biosciencecoexistencecoinsurancecovarianceneurosciencenoncompliancepersecutions1pseudoscience
15
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
Essex1Essencaress3
3 syllables
caresses3caressing3essences5quiescentacquiesce
4 syllables
acquiescenceacquiescentacquiescesacquiescingphosphorescence
5 syllables
acquiescencesphosphorescences

“essence” at line end — from real songs

Be grateful for blessings, don't ever change, keep your essenceDon't settle for less, even the genius asks his questions
— Burt Bacharach, “Me Against the World” · rhymes essence / questions
Though I was too drunk to make senseI felt her Essence
— Cass McCombs, “The Lonely Doll” · rhymes essence / sense
Timing is of the essenceLeaves a message when she knows they won't be in yet
— Cassandra Jenkins, “A Break from the Barrage” · rhymes essence / yet

How to read the 373 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.
Family rhyme 2
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.
Additive 1
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 300
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 61
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 15
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.