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Words that rhyme withflowing

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 OW coda —
45
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
going2growing2knowing8showing7blowing6throwing1glowing3crowing1owing1rowing1sowing1
3 syllables
ongoing1unknowing1bestowing1churchgoingdadoing1elbowing2farrowingforegoingforgoing
4 syllables
buffaloing2easygoingoceangoingoverthrowingradioing35torpedoing
229
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
holding3smoking8rolling4hoping2joking5closing2groaning1growling1moaning1floating1clothing6bowling4choking1votingroaming2tolling1boasting1coasting1combing1domingue1droning1foaming1folding1gloaming1hosing1hosting1molting1phoning1poking1posing1stoning1stowing1strolling1toasting1bloatingboating23bodingbolding6boling
3 syllables
approaching1controlling1unfolding1Wyoming2beholding1enfolding1exploding1imposing1revolting1atoningbackstrokingbankrollingbemoaningblindfolding1bulldozingcajolingcarloadingcharcoalingcomposingcomposting1condoningconnotingconsolingconvokingcorrodingdecodingdemotingdenotingdeposing
4 syllables
buttonholingchaperoningcobblestoningcreosotingdecomposingdecontrollingdiagnosinghoneycombing1interposingjuxtaposingmanifoldingmicrophoningmotorboatingovercoating2overdosingovergrowingoverloading2pigeonholing
5 syllables
kaleidoscoping1overexposing
99
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
lower1poem6joeypoet4chloeOwen2Noah1loiszoeJoelpoems3cohen3lowered2slower2boa1goers1Lowell1lowest1mower1Owens1blower
3 syllables
poetry2heroics1inchoate1Samoa1balboabalboaschurchgoerchurchgoersglassblowerglassblowersglowinglygoeringheroicheroines1jerboasknowingly
4 syllables
cenozoicheroicallyjeroboamjeroboamsjingoismjingoismsmesozoicmoviegoermoviegoersOhioanohioans
5 syllables
7
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
flow33flo2floe
3 syllables
inflowingoutflowingoverflow2
4 syllables
overflowing2

“flowing” at line end — from real songs

I'll never stop this vision flowingI look twice and you're still glowing
— David Bowie, “Word on a Wing” · rhymes flowing / glowing
Shell smashed, juices flowingWings twitch, legs are going
— Radiohead, “Let Down” · rhymes flowing / going
A young land started growingThe young blood started flowing
— Phil Ochs, “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” · rhymes flowing / growing

How to read the 373 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 45
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 229
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 99
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 7
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.