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masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 IH coda K·S·T
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 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)
1 syllable
mixed5sixed1nixed
2 syllables
betwixtunmixed
3 syllables
intermixed
3
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)
1 syllable
blitzed1midst1
2 syllables
eclipsed
3
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)
1 syllable
glimpsedjinxedmidsts1
774
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)
1 syllable
it2this1is104with51kiss55kid50give19lips43kids37sick1bit25quick27hit23wish14ship19big10his15miss13bridge14list16fit16quit19rich1six1trip13gift13stick10pick8fish10sit4if5fix8shift16which2trick11lived5missed7lift10split9risk3kick5switch9witch8dig7nick4its1piss8fist14tricks12slip8tip6kissed9pig3ships5ridspit8chris1smith3wrist17grip12hid9hits5thick7cliff6lip9pissed2chick3lit10dish3hip9sticks5rickpit4chips4pigs5ditch9rip2
2 syllables
exist15forgive5bullshit5admit6commit2resist5insist2outfit2permitdismissed1picnic1forbid1lipstick1eyelids5spaceship4assistabyss5sidekick5catfish2submitaxes1cockpit2facelift2homesick1Madrid1misfits2toothpick2transmit2abridged1admits1adrift1armpits1blacklist1checklist1dismiss1drawbridge1eclipse1eyelid1goldfish1Kubrick1locksmith1outfits1picnics1starfish1starship1swordfish1unfit1unhitch1abridgeacquitacquitsad-libairliftairshipairshipsairstripairstripsamissarmpitbefit
3 syllables
politics9fingertips13lunatic1leadershipscholarship1candlestick3chandeliers1crucifix2censorship1counterfeit1hypocrite1jellyfish1lunatics1showmanship1sportsmanship1anarchistangelfisharrowsmithauthorshipauthorshipsbaby-sitbailiwickbailiwicksbattleshipbattleshipsbolshevikbolsheviksbolshevistbrinkmanshipbrinkmanshipscandlesticks3censorships1chairmanshipchairmanshipscoexistconsulshipconsulshipscoppersmithcounterfeits1craftsmanship
4 syllables
relationship2relationships2championship1apocalypse1agronomiesanthologistapprenticeshipapprenticeshipsassociativechampionships1citizenshipcitizenshipscompanionshipcompanionshipsdictatorship
5 syllables
ambassadorshipambassadorshipsbiostatisticscorroborativedeterminative
7 syllables
1204
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)
1 syllable
in278here270him138thing115things57years84will65sing83been63still64wind59skin69fear71year60ring57hill59clear67think50dear41king49hear50win41lives20near40ear42wings29ears29sin33drink23beer29kill20spring29bring18thin22rings19fill20wing23bill14since9weird13killed10pills17fears25swim11sins21milk10hills15spin14swing15jim8bills15prince6brings9sink12string13film4chill11drinks5build6gives2kings14thinks1till2built3picked3cheers2pink5kim2gear8filled1link5gym6cheer4pill8pin5phil1fifth5gifts1guilt4tim
2 syllables
begin25within24until7begins14appear13career9appears4convinced1convinceberlin3exists3appeared3severe1sincere8addict3brazilShakespeare2fulfill2frontier6precinct1premiere2reindeer3unclear3uphill1veneer3addicts1chagrin1coiling2forgives2fulfilled2goodwill2insists1kingpin2landfill1offspring2plaything2rebuild2whirlwind2Advil1akin1arrears1Asheville1assists1blueprints1Boleyn1careers1cashier1deville1downhill1extinct1footprint1footprints1hoodwinked1lavigne1newsprint1pigskin1playthings1puking1Rainier1revere1
3 syllables
everything65anything29disappear36disappeared9atmosphere5indistinctengineer3fingerprints3interfere1volunteer1disappears6violin3mandolin1violins4reappear4souvenir2souvenirs1stratosphere2chandelier1insincere1labyrinth1musketeers2mutineer2volunteers1auctioneer1daffodils1engineers1everythings1financier1fingerprint1gondoliers1hemispheres1hyacinth1Jacksonville1mandeville1mandolins1manuscripts1overhear1persevere1pioneer1
4 syllables
acycloviracyclovirsanthologistsathleticismathleticismsbellyachingconventioneerconventioneerselectioneerelectioneeredelectioneersionosphereionospheresmonetaristsNovosibirsknumismatistspodiatristspostmodernism
5 syllables
determinatives
7 syllables
epidemiologists
36
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are different.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / live — both end in V; AH versus IH

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
1 syllable
next13text4vexed1blotchedboxed18coaxedcoxedfaxedflexed1fluxed2
2 syllables
relaxed2collapsedperplexed3relapsed1climaxeddetoxed1duplexedelapsed
3 syllables
hypertextovertaxed
4
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
transfixed1affixedprefixedsuffixed

“fixed” at line end — from real songs

There's a hole in the drywall still not fixedI just haven't gotten around to it
— Julien Baker, “Turn Out the Lights” · rhymes fixed / it
Waiting to be fixedBut to leave me pricked?
— Damien Rice, “Prague” · rhymes fixed / pricked
And I know better than to think that it can be fixedThe best that I can do is just to learn to live with this
— Justin Townes Earle, “Talking To Myself” · rhymes fixed / this

How to read the 2022 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 6
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 3
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 3
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 770
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 1204
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 36
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 4
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.