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Words that rhyme withexperience

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 IH coda R
266
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
mirror25hero3zero4cheering3heroes5theory1seriesmirrors9weary4clearing3dearestnearestlyrics5clearer2earrings2kiratheories1nearer2nearing2zeros1dreary1eerie1Erie1Hera1leery1sera1siri1steering1teary1wearied1xerox1beeryBiroblearycerescheerycirrusclearanceCyrildearestsdeariesdearing41dearydeering5earringeras2erosfearing71fleeringgearing8heros3Learyliraliraslirelyriclyristlyristsmiro
3 syllables
serious5miracle2periodappearance1miracles1pyramids2cheerios2pyramid1tyranny2appearing1cereal1lyrical1lyrically1lyricists1Pyrenees1ramirez1weariness1adherenceadherentadherentsadheringcareering9careeristcareeristscashiering1cereals1cheerioclearancescoherencecoherentcoheringeerilyGuarnieriinherentirritantirritantslyricistMadeiraMadeirasmiriammirroring25myriadmyriadspeeragesperiodspremiering
4 syllables
resilienceseriously1material2mysterious2superior1imperialengineering3materials1disappearing2delirious2interior1imperious1appearances1bacteria1imperials1inferior1interference1irritable1volunteering1adherencesAlgeriaalgeriananterioranteriorsarterialAssyriaAssyrian
5 syllables
electioneering1mysteriously1
6 syllables
antibacterialantibacterials
28
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
spear3Speer
2 syllables
spirit7spirits1spearing3Shakespeare2
3 syllables
spirited7spiriting7
4 syllables
experiencedconspiracy2conspiracies1conspiratorconspiratorsdispiriteddispiritinghigh-spirited
5 syllables
experiences4experiencinghigh-spiritednessinexperience
6 syllables

“experience” at line end — from real songs

Today I had a strange experienceAnd I wanted to show him
— Andy Shauf, “Living Room” · rhymes experience / him
Countdown to ultimate concert experienceCop tickets—ah, the plot thickens
— Aesop Rock, “Blood Sandwich” · rhymes experience / thickens
It's based off experiencePast life regressions to know my conditions
— Kendrick Lamar, “Mr. Morale” · rhymes experience / conditions

How to read the 266 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.

Assonance 266
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 28
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.