Quantcast
Words that rhyme with excited — 250 rhymes by quality | Rhyme Land
RhymeLand

the rhymes and the songs that used them

Words that rhyme withexcited

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 AY coda T
29
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
bightedblightedfrighted10kitedknighted1lighted284nighted550righted296slighted1
3 syllables
invited2united1delighted14indicted1benightedhighlighted1ignited
4 syllables
uninvited1copyrighteddynamitedexpedited
29
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
guided1sided1bided1chidedglidedpridedtidedlipid
3 syllables
decided2provideddividedlopsided3blindsided1collided1abided
4 syllables
undecided2coincidedperoxidedsubdividedundivided
8
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
blinded2minded2heistedhybrid
3 syllables
reminded1anhydridehigh-minded
4 syllables
masterminded
1
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)
4 syllables
jeremiad
183
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
fighting6frightened3writing1writer2title2mighty3fighter1lighter3itemvitalitemslighting1fighters1brighter3tighter3frighten2writers1slightestbiting1brightest1tighten1tightened1titles1bightingbiterbitersblightingbrightenbrightenedbrightensBrighton
3 syllables
subtitlesalmighty1entitled1inviting1frightening2typewriter1enlightened1songwriter1vitamin1vitamins1alighting4arthritisbackbitingbenightingbrighteningbronchitisbullfighterbullfightersbullfightingchitinousdelighting14detritusdogfighting1
4 syllables
enlightenment1hepatitis1Aphroditeaphroditescopyrightingcopywritercopywritersdermatitisdynamitingenlighteningenlightenments1entitlemententitlementsentitlingexpediting
5 syllables
encephalitis
6 syllables
50
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
sight73site1cite1
2 syllables
citedcitingsighted73sighting73sightingssited4siting4website1eyesight2campsite1foresight1hindsight1
3 syllables
exciting1incited1farsightedforesighted1incitingnearsightedrecitalrecitals
4 syllables
excitableexcitedlyfarsightednessnearsightedness
5 syllables
appendicitis

“excited” at line end — from real songs

We hopped in a cab, you were so excitedTo stretch out in bed, it was such a long flight
— Andy Shauf, “Thirteen Hours” · rhymes excited / flight
Far too excited,Mate, I used to storm the stages uninvited
— Kae Tempest, “Renegade” · rhymes excited / uninvited
Well, you think you pull your boots on rightEven Moses got excited
— Lyle Lovett, “That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas)” · rhymes excited / right

How to read the 250 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 29
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 29
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 8
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 1
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 183
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 50
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.