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Words that rhyme withglasses

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 AE coda S
23
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
passes2classes1asses1masses2basses4brasses3chassesgases14grasses26sasses
3 syllables
molasses2Agassizamassesbypassescrevassesharassesimpasseslandmasses1morasses
4 syllables
overpasses1
53
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
ashes7matches1crashes2hatches1patches1flashes1gashes1latches1bashesbatches
3 syllables
eyelashes1abashesattachesbacklashesdetachesdispatchesmishmashesmismatches
4 syllables
balderdashesrazzmatazzes
57
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
chances6taxes5branches4dances2saxes1stanzas1waxes1alphasasthmasblanchescasbahs
3 syllables
advances1syntaxes1alfalfasbonanzasboraxescanastascollapsesearwaxes
4 syllables
circumstances2avalanches1happenstances
5 syllables
allegiances1extravaganzas
222
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
almas1annas1aquasArasbabkascallasdahliasgambasgammasgramashannahs1kappaslambdasmagmasmangas1mannasmantasmantras1nannasnapaspampaspandas1salahspassing8castle2massive5classic1acid1passage
3 syllables
bananas1cabanas1alpacasamandasbandanas1campanasdulcianasgitanaslantanasmalaccaspellagraspiranhas1savannahs1savannasverandas1passengers2assassin2passenger2classicalmasochist2massacre1brasserie1
4 syllables
cleopatras1docudramasmemorandaspachysandraspanoramaspropagandastramontanasambassador1capacity1Tallahassee1ambassadors1ambassadressaudacities
5 syllables
abracadabras2americanas
12
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
glass50
2 syllables
glassing50glassyeyeglassspyglasssunglass
3 syllables
sunglasses3eyeglasseshourglass2plexiglass1fiberglass
4 syllables
hourglasses2

“glasses” at line end — from real songs

Under your dark glassesCoyote was jumping straight up and making passes
— Joni Mitchell, “Coyote” · rhymes glasses / passes
Rings on my friends' left handsWhiskey in glasses
— Andy Shauf, “I Don’t Really” · rhymes glasses / hands
Hollywood status with the shaded glassesAnd in L.A., every chick's an actress
— Aretha Franklin, “Selfish” · rhymes glasses / actress

How to read the 355 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 23
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 53
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 57
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 222
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 12
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.