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Words that rhyme withguessing

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 EH coda S
40
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
blessing6messing1dressing1pressing8stressing1hessinglessing22
3 syllables
addressing1depressing1undressing1accessingaggressingassessingcaressing3compressing
4 syllables
acquiescingcoalescingconvalescingdispossessingoverdressing
20
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
stretching1deafing3etchingfetchingfleshing15kvetchingmeshingsketchingthreshingdredgingedgingfledginghedgingpledgingrevvingsledgingwedging
3 syllables
enmeshingrefreshing1alleging
69
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
testing1resting1wrestling1cleansing1nesting1belchingbenching3benzing6besting63breasting18
3 syllables
suggestingprotesting1arresting2annexingattestingavengingburlesquingcommencing
4 syllables
manifesting1recompensing
1
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)
4 syllables
pirouetting
588
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
ending14wedding8wearing2getting2telling1helping2selling1letting1yelling1heading1staring3sending5checking14setting1spending11begging1sharing1blaring1spreading2caring1sweating2melting3bearing1steppingscaring8bettingtearing1bedding2bending2swearing1Bering1daring1dwelling1herring1mending1shedding1venting1wrecking1airing127baring54Behringbelling24belting9bening4benningblending4breading19brenningchairing38chequingdecking8delling3demingdemmingdenningdenting2dreading9ebbingegging3ellingerringfairing45felling28felting11fending1fettingflaringfleckingFlemingfrettinggaring1gellingglaringharing1hecklinghelling87helming1heming2hemminghenningjellingjenningjettingkeltingkenningknelling1legging
3 syllables
pretending5expecting4forgetting8protecting3preparingdefending2collecting2depending2ascending1descending1attending3dissecting1offending1propelling1regretting1suspending1accepting2abettingaffectingamending1appendingassentingattempting1augmentingbedeckingbefriendingbegettingbeheadingbesettingbewaringbloodlettingbobsleddingbootleggingcementing1childbearingcommendingcomparingcompellingcondemning2confectingconnecting1consentingcontemningcontendingcorrecting2declaringdefectingdeflectingdejectingdespairing14detecting1directing1dispellingdissemblingdissentingdistendingeffecting5ejectingelecting2embeddingensnaringerectingexcellingexcepting1exempting1expellingexpending
4 syllables
overwhelming1comprehending1condescending1unsuspecting1apprehendingbayonettingbottleneckingcircumventingcomplementingcomplimentingdisaffectingdisconnecting1discontentingdisinfectingdisrespecting2featherbeddingimplementinginterceptinginterjectinginterpretingintersectingintrospectingmisdirectingnever-endingorientingoverbearingoverspendingoversteppingparalleling1parallellingrecollecting2recommending1redirectingreelectingreinventingrepresenting2resurrectingretrospectingself-respectingsilhouetting
5 syllables
disorientingexperimenting1interconnectingmisrepresentingoverextendingoverprotecting
6 syllables
10
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
guess29
2 syllables
Gesellguesserguessersguesses29largesse1outguess
3 syllables
largessesoutguessesoutguessing

“guessing” at line end — from real songs

And when we love someone, we take 'em to heavenHow we get it done, we like to keep 'em guessing
— Jason Isbell, “Redesigning Women” · rhymes guessing / heaven

How to read the 718 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 40
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 20
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 69
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 1
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 588
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 10
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.