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Words that rhyme withfavor

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 V
14
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
flavor1aver1braver1saver1savor1waver1graverlaverquaverravershaverwaiver
3 syllables
engraverlifesaver
mosaic rhyme
save her2gave her1
36
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
major4laser1razor2frasierpager1wager1batherblazerFrazerGlaserglazerlazarmasermazerraiserstagersafer1
3 syllables
teenagerappraiserfundraiserstargazertrailblazereraser1denature
4 syllables
legislaturenomenclature
18
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
stranger28danger23savior1ranger1manger4changer1GraingergrangerpatzertasterwasterXavier
3 syllables
behavior1behaviour2arrangerendangerexchanger
4 syllables
misbehavior1
mosaic rhyme
wave there1
22
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
mayor2player2layer1sayer2Mayer1Bayerpayerslayersprayerstayerstrayer
3 syllables
conveyor1assayerballplayerbricklayerconveyernaysayerpurveyorratepayersoothsayer
331
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
later13paper1failure5neighbor6greater1Taylorchamber5labor4sailor6traitor1baker2waitertrailer2maker3painter1labour1neighbour1tailor5vapor2caper2skater2acre1cater1crater1fader1faker1freighter1gainer1jailer1Mainer1nager1plainer1quaker1raker1saber1shaker1straighter1taker1taper1agarbailorbreakerDaimlerdraperframergaitergatorgradergraterHaberhaterkramermailernadirnamerpaterplanarplanerplaterpraterraiderrapersabrescalarscraperSederslaterstatertabortamertatertradertrainerwaderwhalerhaven1David1saving2navy4
3 syllables
newspaper1creator3skyscraper1Decatur1container1debater1inhaler1remainder1wallpaper1attainderbedchamberbelaborcampaignercaretakercarmakercomplainercrusadercuratordeflatordictatordisclaimerdressmakerequatorfilmmakerfinaglerflypaperglassmakerhatmakerhaymakerhomemakericebreakerinflatorinvaderkingmakerlandscaperlawbreakerlawmakerLemaitrelocatormatchmakerMercatormuckrakerno-brainerpacemakerpeacemakerprintmakerrainmakerretailerretainersandpapershoemakersteelmakerstrikebreakertoolmakertranslatorwholesaleraverybravery1avian1davidson1avering1
4 syllables
elevator2operator2generator2activator2alligator2instigator2aviator1calculator1percolator1respirator1separator1undertaker1actuatoragitatorallocatoralternatoranimatorannotatorantechamberapplicatorarbitratorautomakerbasketmakercandlemakercarburetorcommentatordecoratordemonstrator
5 syllables
investigatorrefrigerator1accelerator1manipulator1accumulatoradministratoramphitheateramphitheatreappropriatorcollaboratorcommunicatorconciliatorcoordinatordefibrillator
19
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
favour2favors8favored9favoured2favours2
3 syllables
favorite3favourite2favorites1disfavordisfavoreddisfavorsfavoring9favouring2favourites2
4 syllables
disfavoringfavorablefavorably
5 syllables
unfavorableunfavorably

“favor” at line end — from real songs

So do me a favorIf I should waver
— Aimee Mann, “Deathly” · rhymes favor / waver
Happy holidays, sad sick saviorThe leaving lover that I still favor
— Elliott Smith, “Junk Bond Trader” · rhymes favor / savior
Like I'm the reason he's homeless and askin' me for a favorHe's starin' at me, his eyes followed me with no laser
— Kendrick Lamar, “How Much a Dollar Cost” · rhymes favor / laser

How to read the 421 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 14
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 36
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 18
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 22
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 331
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 19
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.