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Words that rhyme withfavors

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
13
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
flavors2lavers1waivers1avers1graversquaversraverssavers1savors1shaverswavers1
3 syllables
engraverslifesavers
33
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
lasers1majors1raisers1razors1bathersblazersbraziersglazerslazarsmasersmazers
3 syllables
teenagers1appraisersfundraisersstargazerstrailblazersdenatureserasers1
4 syllables
legislaturesnomenclatures
16
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
strangers1rangers1dangers1changers1grangersmangers4patzerssaviors12tasterswasters
3 syllables
arrangersbehaviors6behaviours2endangersexchangers
4 syllables
misbehaviors1
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
players2layers1bayersmayers1mayors2payerssayers2slayerssprayersstayersstrayers
3 syllables
assayersballplayersbricklayersconveyersconveyors1naysayerspurveyorsratepayerssoothsayers
317
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
papers9neighbors2sailors2chambers1acres4neighbours1haters3failures2makers1vapors2fakers2gators2lakers1shakers1tailors1takers1traders1trailers1agarsbailorsbakers2breakerscapers2caters1craters1drapersframersfreighters1gainers1gaitersgradersgratersjailers1labors4labours1mailersmainers1nadirsnamerspainters1patersplanersplaterspratersquakers1raidersrakers1rapers
3 syllables
newspapers2containers1skyscrapers1attaindersbedchambersbelaboresbelaborscampaignerscaretakerscarmakerscomplainerscreators3crusadersdebaters1deflatorsdictatorsdisclaimersdressmakersduvaliers1equatorsfilmmakersfinaglersflypapersglassmakershatmakershaymakershomemakersicebreakersinflatorsinhalers1invaderskingmakerslandscaperslawbreakerslawmakerslocatorsmatchmakers
4 syllables
entertainers1imitators1activators2actuatorsagitatorsalligators2allocatorsalternatorsanimatorsannotatorsantechambersapplicatorsarbitratorsautomakersbasketmakerscalculators1candlemakers
5 syllables
negotiators1refrigerators1accelerators1accumulatorsadministratorsamphitheatersamphitheatresappropriators
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
favor9favour2favored9favoured2favours2
3 syllables
favorite3favourite2favorites1disfavordisfavoreddisfavorsfavoring9favouring2favourites2
4 syllables
disfavoringfavorablefavorably
5 syllables
unfavorableunfavorably

“favors” at line end — from real songs

I been sleeping in a stable, mateNot gonna do you no favors
— Bon Iver, “10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄” · rhymes favors / mate
While you been gone you must have done a lot of favorsAbout my past mistakes
— Jason Molina, “I’ve Been Riding With the Ghost - Live” · rhymes favors / mistakes
Relyin' on the kindness of strangersTyin' cherry knots, smilin', doin' party favors
— Lana Del Rey, “Carmen” · rhymes favors / strangers

How to read the 401 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 13
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 33
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 16
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 317
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.