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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 EY coda SH
646
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
stations3nations4haitians1
3 syllables
relations4carnations1creations1formations1sensations1summations1vibrations1ablationsalsatianscastrationscausationscessationscremationscroatianscrustaceansdalmatiansdamnations1deflationsdilationsdonationsdurations1elations1filtrationsfixationsfoundations1frustrations1gestationsgradationsgyrationshydrationsinflations1librationsligationslocations4migrationsnarrationsnegations1orationsovations1playstations1predationsprivationsprobations1
4 syllables
conversations1operations2situations5generations3constellations3complications2explanations1reservations2revelations3consolations1tribulations1allegations1applications1aspirations1celebrations1combinations1destinations1implications1indignations1innovations1renovations1regulationsabdicationsaberrations1
5 syllables
congratulations1communications1associations1considerations1ejaculations1investigations1negotiations1organizations1recriminations1abbreviations
6 syllables
7 syllables
8 syllables
30
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
basins1caissonschastenshastensmasons2asianssuasionsravens2brazenscajunscravens
3 syllables
freemasons1capsaicinswashbasinsoccasions1abrasionscaucasiansequations1evasions
4 syllables
Appalachians1
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)
2 syllables
rayons2
793
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
maidens1patrons1agins1aikensakensaprons1bacons2caymansdamonshagens1ladens1macons1matronspagansreagans1sabinssatans7shamansstatinsstraightenswakens1station28nation15patient9patience7patients2gracious1facials1glacial1glacier1haitian1Seychelles1facialgeishageishasglaciers1racialspacialspaciousspatialstationed28
3 syllables
australiansawakensforamensjamaicansmenhadensvacation11location4creation5foundation1salvation3translation2probation1sensation4formation2frustration1patiently2relationdamnation1duration1elation1impatient1inflation1negation1ovation1playstation1ablationacaciaacaciasalsatianaudaciousbiracialcapaciouscarnationcastrationcausationcessationcremationCroatiacroatiancrustaceancrustaceousdalmatiandeflationdilationdonationfallaciousfiltrationfixationgestationgraciouslygraciousnessgradationgyrationherbaceoushydrationIgnatiusimpatienceinpatientinpatientslibrationligationloquaciousmendaciousmigrationnarrationnonracialorationoutpatientoutpatientspalatialpatiences7predaceouspredationprivationprorationprostrationraciallyreflationsalacioussebaceoussedationstagflationstagnationstarvationstationerstationersstationing28substationsummationtaxation
4 syllables
phenolphthaleinsreawakensvenezuelansconversation10situation11information4operation2education3generation7destination11explanation1celebration7population2inspiration5medicationcombination1radiationapplicationreservation1revelation5corporation1graduation1desperation4separation1observation1dedication3concentration1complication2isolation1liberation1motivation2demonstration1occupation2confirmation2congregation2constellation1consternation1desolation1detonation1fascination1realization2registrationaberration1accusation1affirmation1altercation1animation1aviation1
5 syllables
imagination5investigation2organizationcommunication1associationcivilization1administrationcooperationabomination5interrogationillumination2consideration1annihilation1discrimination1exaggeration1hallucination2reincarnation1examinationanticipation1clarification1
6 syllables
identification
7 syllables
8 syllables
191
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)
3 syllables
temptation5mutations2rotation2flirtation1plantation1quotations1temptations1cetaceancetaceanscitationcitationscretaceousdictationdictationsflirtations1flirtatiousflotationflotationslactationlactationsmutationnotationnotationsplantations1quotationrotations2
4 syllables
reputation1invitation3presentationexpectation2hesitation4imitation1invitations2confrontation2limitation1limitations1meditation2reputations1affectations1amputations1computations1consultation1consultations1imitations1levitation1palpitation1transportation1visitations1adaptationadaptationsaffectationagitationagitationsamputationannotationannotationsaugmentationaugmentationscogitation
5 syllables
orientation1interpretation1representation1accreditationaccreditationsargumentationargumentations
6 syllables
disorientation1rehabilitation1

“expectations” at line end — from real songs

With no explanationsHave no expectations
— Bahamas, “No Expectations” · rhymes expectations / explanations
The livelihoods, the expectationsPiled alive with associations
— Mount Eerie, “I Walk” · rhymes expectations / associations

How to read the 1470 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 646
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 30
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 1
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 793
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 191
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.