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Words that rhyme withfixing

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 IH coda K·S
3
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
mixing5nixing
4 syllables
intermixing
2
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
blitzing1
3 syllables
eclipsing
2
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
glimpsingjinxing
152
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
living36missing20kidding4giving4sitting2kissing7fishing1picking8hittingdigging1kicking2clicking3sticking10ticking1fitting3slipping4quittinghissing1sniffing1dripping3spitting2rigging2stripping2wishing2bidding1gripping1splitting1tripping1shippingbibbingbiffing
3 syllables
thanksgiving1forgiving2abridgingacquittingadmittingbefittingbewitchingbullshittingcommittingcrawfishingdismissing1emittingenrichingequippingforbiddinglife-givinglipsticking1misgivingnitpickingomittingoutbiddingoutfittingoutlivingoutstrippingoutwitting
4 syllables
reminiscing1unforgiving1babysittingcounterfeiting1politickingreadmittingresubmittingretrofittingunderbiddingunremitting
290
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
singing28thinking10building12drinking5ringing6willing5killing2winning8cheering3bringing1swimming6spinning8whistling3sinking8filling1clearing3filming4blinking3drifting3swinging1thrilling3clinging2nearing2shifting2winging1stinking1billing1chilling1glinting1grinning1kindling1linking1milking1piercing1primping1shrinking1squinting1steering1thinning1tilting1twinning1twisting1whimming1bearding3bilkingbinging2binningbrimmingbriskingchinking1chinningcinchingclinchingclinkingcrimping
3 syllables
beginning1convincing1shipbuilding2appearing1shoplifting1uplifting1addicting3adheringafflictingairliftingassistingblacklisting1blueprintingcareering9cashiering1chagrinningcoheringconflicting1conscriptingconsistingconstrictingconvictingdelistingdepictingdesistingdistillingencryptingenlistingevictingevincingexisting15fulfilling2hamstringinghoodwinkingimpingingimprintinginflictinginfringinginsisting2instillingmisprinting
4 syllables
engineering3disappearing2volunteering1auctioneering1coexistingcommandeeringcontradictingdomineeringfinanciering1fingerprinting1interdictinginterferinginterlinkingmicrofilmingmountaineeringoverfillingoverkillingperseveringpioneering1preexistingprofiteeringracketeeringreappearing4unconvincingunderpinningintermixes
5 syllables
electioneering1
6 syllables
bioengineering
16
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)
1 syllable
sing83fix8singhfickes
2 syllables
fixerfixersfixes8fixings3transfix
3 syllables
affixingfixativefixativestransfixestransfixingcrucifix2
4 syllables
crucifixes2

“fixing” at line end — from real songs

It'll be a long day of fixingMake something else your mission
— Bon Iver, “U (Man Like)” · rhymes fixing / mission
She passed out right when I was done fixingI made chicken late night in my boxers, burning up the kitchen
— Earl Sweatshirt, “Tabula Rasa” · rhymes fixing / kitchen
The whole world's broke and it ain't worth fixingIt's time to start all over, make a new beginning
— Tracy Chapman, “New Beginning” · rhymes fixing / beginning

How to read the 449 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 3
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 2
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 2
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 152
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 290
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 16
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.