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Words that rhyme withforeign

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 AO coda R
8
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
warren1lauren1borin1florinLoren
4 syllables
Ecuadoransalvadoran
5 syllables
cephalosporin
36
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
fortune3gordon1Morgan1Jordan3norman1organ1wardenorphan1horsemen1Gorgon1portion1cordonforemangeorgianhorsemanmorgenmormonMortonnortonoarsman
3 syllables
abortionmisfortune1distortion2endorphin1proportion1absorptionadsorptionapportioncontortionextortionoutdoorsman
4 syllables
californian
470
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
sportsmanstory19glory22stories2boring3laura1orange4warrantchorus6horror1moralroaring2Lawrence1norastorageMorrisroryFlorencesnoringpouring1boriscoral2flooring2Taurus2warring2cory1aura1florists1gorey1gory1Horace1horrors1laurel1laurels1laurent1lorry1maury1mora1morals1morra1norah1oral1oro1porridge1quarrel1quarrels1scoring1soaring1storing1whoring1laurieauralauras1borerborersboricchloratechlorateschloridechlorideschlorinechlorineschoralchoralschoricchorused6Coracorals2coreycoringCorinthcorriecorriesdoradoricdoriesdoringDorisdoryDvorakflorafloralfloralsflorasFlorey
3 syllables
horrible2Florida2warrior1gloria2warriors2dorothyglorious1corridor3coroner1origin1aurora3Morrison1Gomorrah2oranges2Oregon2coroners1corridors1decorum1exploring1fedora1fedoras1horribly1ignoring1laureate1moralist1morally1moria1moribund1abhorrenceabhorrentabhorringadoringAndorraAngoraangorasauroralauroras3balmoralbalmoralscaloricCamorrachlorophyllchlorophyllschoruses6chorusing6clitoriscoraclecoraclescorrelatesdecorums1deploringdoloresdoriandoriansencoringexplorerexplorersFlorioglorying22GongorahistoricHorowitzimmoralimploring
4 syllables
authority2territory2authorities2Victoriaadorable2prioritymajority1memorial1laboratory1historical1purgatory1mandatory1notorious1brontosaurus1cacciatore1salvatore1statutory1tutorials1abhorrencesallegoriesallegoryarborealauditorycategoriescategory
5 syllables
editorial1accusatoryadmonitoryadvertorialadvertorialsaleatoryallegoricalambulatoriesambulatoryauditoriumauditoriumsbaccalaureatebaccalaureatescelebratorycephalosporinscirculatory
6 syllables
ambassadorialanticipatoryarticulatoryconciliatory
7 syllables
50
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
for117four18fore
2 syllables
forest4forests2fora1foreigns1forrest1forageforagedforayforayed
3 syllables
foreigners1deforestdeforestsdysphoriceuphoricforages
4 syllables
euphoria1deforesteddeforestingeuphorias1
5 syllables

“foreign” at line end — from real songs

Diamonds 'round my neck, they really wet, I could've copped a foreignGivenchy shoes, I came a long way from Ralph Lauren
— Burt Bacharach, “I Am Who They Say I Am” · rhymes foreign / lauren

How to read the 514 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 8
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 36
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 470
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 50
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.