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Words that rhyme withfaces

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 S
54
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
places13cases1traces1races3laces5graces2spaces3aces1basesbraceschases
3 syllables
suitcases2debases1embraces1shoelaces1airspacesatlases1birthplacesbookcases
4 syllables
aerospacescommonplacescyberspaces1databasesfireplaces1
5 syllables
64
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
geishaspraises1phrases1blazes1crazes1mazes1phases1baizesbraiseschaisesdazes
3 syllables
acaciasamazesappraiseskinasesmalaisesrephrasesukasesaphasias
4 syllables
mayonnaisesoxidasesparaphrasespolonaisesproteases
5 syllables
15
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
changes16granges1mangesranges10selvastraipses
3 syllables
abasiasarranges1derangesestrangesexchanges5
4 syllables
anaplasiasinterchangesprearrangesrearranges1
132
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
betasdatas3galas1thetas1zetasJason1chasing2mason2basic1racing1basis2caseyTracyracistchaser3pacing3basics1basin1casing1chasers1lacy1peso1pesos1racer1basalbasined1
3 syllables
azaleascicadaspesetasregalias1resedas2basicallyadjacent2complacent1embracing1eraser1erasing1freemasons1oasis1persuasive1abrasiveabrasivescapsaicincapsaicinschastening
4 syllables
bacchanaliascomplacenciescomplacencycomplacentlyerasablefreemasonriesfreemasonryIglesiasinterlacingobeisances
5 syllables
paraphernaliasirreplaceable1homeostasis
20
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
face250
2 syllables
facing2facerfacersfacings2Scarface2typeface1boldfacedefaceefface
3 syllables
effacing1boldfacesboldfacingdefacesdefacingeffacestypefaces1face-to-faceinterface
4 syllables
interfaces

“faces” at line end — from real songs

And now ya' step inside, but ya' don't see too many facesCompetition in other places
— Dire Straits, “Sultans of Swing” · rhymes faces / places
Mama tried to wash their facesBut these kids they lost their graces
— Damien Rice, “Older Chests” · rhymes faces / graces
In a screaming ring of facesAnd I've been riding on a ghost train
— Dire Straits, “Tunnel of Love” · rhymes faces / train

How to read the 265 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 54
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 64
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 15
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 132
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 20
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.