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Words that rhyme withgiving

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 V
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 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
living1sieving
3 syllables
outlivingreliving
37
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
bridgingfizzingfrizzingquizzingridgingwhizzingsniffing1biffingriffing1spiffingwhiffingmissing20kissing7
3 syllables
abridgingbewitchingcrawfishingdismissing1enrichingunhitching1
4 syllables
reminiscing1
70
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
whistling3fixing3drifting3shifting2piercing1twisting1blitzing1briskingcinching
3 syllables
convincing1shoplifting1uplifting1affixingairliftingassistingblacklisting1
4 syllables
coexistingintermixingpreexistingunconvincing
472
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
singing28thinking10building12drinking5ringing6kidding4willing1sitting2killing2winning8cheering3bringing1swimming6picking8hittingdigging1kicking2spinning8clicking3sticking10sinking8filling1clearing3filming4ticking1blinking3fitting3slipping4quittingdripping3spitting2swinging1thrilling3clinging2nearing2rigging2stripping2winging1stinking1bidding1billing1chilling1glinting1grinning1gripping1kindling1linking1milking1primping1shrinking1splitting1squinting1steering1thinning1tilting1tripping1twinning1whimming1shippingbearding3bibbingbilkingbinging2binningbittingbrimmingchinking1chinningchippingclinkingclippingcribbingcrickingcrimpingdearing41deering5dillingdimmingdinging1dinningdippingdrilling2earring
3 syllables
beginning19shipbuilding2appearing1acquittingaddicting3adheringadmittingafflictingbefittingblueprintingbullshittingcareering9cashiering1chagrinningcoheringcommittingconflicting1conscriptingconstrictingconvictingdepictingdistillingemittingencryptingequippingevictingforbiddingfulfilling2hamstringinghoodwinkingimprintinginflictinginstillinglipsticking1misprintingnitpickingomittingoutbiddingoutfittingoutstrippingoutwittingpermittingpredictingpremieringrebuilding2refittingrekindlingremittingrenegingreprintingrescindingrestrictingrethinkingreveringsubmittingtransmittingunfittingunstintingunthinkingunwillingunwittingunzippingupbringing
4 syllables
engineering3disappearing2volunteering1auctioneering1babysittingcommandeeringcontradictingcounterfeiting1domineeringfinanciering1fingerprinting1interdictinginterferinginterlinkingmicrofilmingmountaineeringoverfillingoverkillingperseveringpioneering1politickingprofiteeringracketeeringreadmittingreappearing4resubmittingretrofittingunderbiddingunderpinningunremittingdelivery2activity1oliviaoblivion5activities1captivity1deliverer1deliveries1oblivious1proclivities1undelivered1
5 syllables
electioneering1creativity1
6 syllables
bioengineering
7 syllables
20
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
give19
2 syllables
given10giver1givens10givers1forgive5misgive
3 syllables
forgiven10thanksgiving1forgiving2caregivercaregiversgivennesslife-givingmisgivingmisgivings
4 syllables
unforgiven1unforgiving1forgivable
5 syllables
unforgivable1

“giving” at line end — from real songs

Something even more important arrived givingSomething you should probably try willing
— Aesop Rock, “ZZZ Top” · rhymes giving / willing
We are the childrenSo let's start giving
— Bob Dylan, “We Are the World” · rhymes giving / children
Maybe I should give up givingGive up trying to be thin
— Laura Marling, “New Romantic” · rhymes giving / thin

How to read the 583 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 4
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 37
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 70
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 472
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 20
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.