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Words that rhyme withfamilies

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 AE coda M
222
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
damage3hammer4sammy1dammit1damagedsalmon1Amor2ammo2camel2Camus2hammond1camels1grammar1grammy1grammys1hammers1mahmood1mammals1slamming1stammer1amentamentsAmmanclammingclammyclamorclamoredclamorsclamourclamouredclamourscrammercrammerscrammingdamaskdamasks
3 syllables
camera2cameras3Miami1cameronexamineHamiltonamateur1stamina1amethyst1Camembert1dynamic1enamels1examined1goddammit1pamela1ramadan1amethysts1amitiesamityamoristamoristsamorousbackgammonbackgammonsBamakocameronscamisole
4 syllables
philateliesAlabama6cameraman2panoramic2calamity1diameter1Alabamanalabamansamicableamicablyanagrammingcalamities1calamitouscontaminantcontaminantsdiagramingdiagramming
5 syllables
aerodynamicaerodynamics
6
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
famine1famished1famines1
3 syllables
family12
4 syllables
subfamiliessubfamily

“families” at line end — from real songs

A conversation not bein' addressed in Black familiesI pray our children don't inherit me and feelings I attract
— Kendrick Lamar, “Mother I Sober” · rhymes families / attract
Becomin' enemies of their own familiesBlackula comes to the ghetto (Stick 'em up), jacks an Acura
— Lauryn Hill, “Fu-Gee-La” · rhymes families / acura

How to read the 222 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 222
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 6
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.