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Words that rhyme with failure — 331 rhymes by quality | Rhyme Land
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Words that rhyme withfailure

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 L·Y
36
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
mayor2player2Taylorsailor1trailer2tailor5layer1sayer2jailer1Mayer1bailorBayermailer
3 syllables
conveyor1inhaler1assayerballplayerbricklayerconveyernaysayerpurveyorratepayer
4 syllables
semitrailerteetotaler
295
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
stranger28later13danger1paper15nature5favor9major4neighbor6greater1favour2chamber5labor4traitor1baker2savior12waitersafer1maker3ranger1laser1painter1flavor3labour1neighbour1manger4razor2chaser3changer1vapor2caper2skater2frasieracre1aver1braver1cater1crater1fader1faker1freighter1gainer1glacier1Mainer1nager1pager1plainer1quaker1racer1raker1saber1saver1savor1shaker1straighter1taker1taper1wager1waver1agarbatherblazerbracerbreakerDaimlerdraperfacerframerFrazergaitergatorGlaserglazergraderGraingergrangergratergraverHaber
3 syllables
behavior6newspaper1behaviour1teenagercreator3skyscraper1Decatur1container1debater1eraser1remainder1wallpaper1appraiserarrangerattainderbedchamberbelaborcampaignercaretakercarmakercomplainercrusadercuratordeflatordenaturedictatordisclaimerdisfavordressmakerendangerengraverequatorexchangerfilmmakerfinaglerflypaperfundraiserglassmakerhatmakerhaymakerhomemakericebreakerinflatorinvaderkingmakerlandscaperlawbreakerlawmakerLemaitrelifesaverlocatormatchmakerMercatormuckrakerno-brainerpacemakerpeacemakerprintmakerrainmakerretainer
4 syllables
elevator2operator2generator2activator2alligator2instigator2aviator1calculator1misbehavior1percolator1respirator1separator1undertaker1actuatoragitatorallocatoralternatoranimatorannotatorantechamberapplicatorarbitratorautomakerbasketmakercandlemakercarburetorcommentatordecorator
5 syllables
investigatorrefrigerator1accelerator1manipulator1accumulatoradministratoramphitheateramphitheatreappropriatorcollaboratorcommunicatorconciliatorcoordinatordefibrillator
1
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
failures2

“failure” at line end — from real songs

So here's a mighty revelationAnd everyone's a failure
— Andrew Bird, “The New Saint Jude” · rhymes failure / revelation
And so I've learned to retreat at the first sign of dangerAnd ambition, I've found, can lead only to failure
— Bright Eyes, “Let’s Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved)” · rhymes failure / danger
And there is beauty in a failureAnd there's a dumpster in the driveway
— Death Cab for Cutie, “Black Sun” · rhymes failure / driveway

How to read the 331 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.

Subtractive 36
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 295
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 1
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.