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Words that rhyme withhammer

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 M
14
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
Amor2grammar1stammer1clamorclamourcrammerglamorglamourjammerrammerscammerslammer
3 syllables
enamorprogrammer
mosaic rhyme
damn herslam herscam herspam her
13
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
manner2tannerbanger2banner1hangar1hanger1Sanger1gangermanorplannerscannerspanner
3 syllables
cliffhanger
77
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
answer14cancer8anger3dancer6amber1anchor3gangster1gambler2panther2stamper1banker1banter1camper1danser1hamper1ambler
3 syllables
commander1bystander1advancerenchanterenhancerfreelancerHighlanderLeanderLysandermeanderpanhandlerphilander
4 syllables
Alexander1anticancercoriandergerrymandernecromanceroleandersalamandersupertanker
368
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
after21matter15laughter14faster12master6ratheractor4chatter2gather2capture1ladder4chapter3rapper7pastor2factor1plaster2shatter1akbar1Astor1blaster2Casper2catcher1cracker1pasture1sadder1stagger2baxterbadger1dagger1dapper1fracture1Jagger1jasper1madder1passer1platter1scatter1slacker1snatcher1splatter1tracker1tractor1trapper1adderAlgerAshuraskerasperasterattarazurebabblerbackerbatterblabberbladderblatherbraggercaptorCasparcastercastorCatherclapperclatterdrafterflapperflasherflatterGaspargrabberhackerhatterKastlerlacquerLafferlasherlather
3 syllables
disaster8Duvalier1kidnapper1linebacker1reactor1ringmaster1schoolmaster1adapteradaptorattackerbackpackerbroadcastercadavercontractordetractordispatcherenraptureespalierflycatcherforecastergallbladdergnatcatchergrandmasterharasserheadmasterhereafterhijackerLancasterMcMasternewscasternutcrackerpilasterpostmasterrecapturesandbaggerscoutmastersportscasterstepladdertaskmasterthereaftertoastmasterTrafalgarwebmasterwildcatterfamily12camera2families2cameras1Miami1cameronexamineamateur1stamina1amethyst1Camembert1dynamic1enamels1examined1goddammit1pamela1
4 syllables
benefactor1firecracker1alabasterantimatterburgomastercarpetbaggerchiropractorhandicapperMadagascarmalefactormanufactureoleasterquartermastersubcontractorAlabama6cameraman2panoramic2calamity1diameter1Alabamanalabamansamicableamicablyanagrammingcalamities1calamitouscontaminantcontaminantsdiagramingdiagrammingdiameters1docudramadocudramasdynamicallyenamelingenamoringexaminerexaminersexamining
5 syllables
velociraptoraerodynamicaerodynamics
25
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
ham2
2 syllables
hammond1hammers1hammered4Hammetthamminghammockhammockshammonds1
3 syllables
HamiltonHamelinhamiltonshammering4jackhammerjackhammersMohammedsledgehammersledgehammeredsledgehammers
4 syllables
sledgehammering

“hammer” at line end — from real songs

Well, I'd stun and I'd stammerHelp me reach the hammer
— Bon Iver, “666 ʇ” · rhymes hammer / stammer
And the clock hit me like a hammerAnd the breeze cooled me like aspirin
— Cassandra Jenkins, “Devotion” · rhymes hammer / aspirin
Only Lord knows I've been goin' hammerDodgin' paparazzi, freakin' through the cameras
— Kendrick Lamar, “DNA.” · rhymes hammer / cameras

How to read the 472 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 14
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 13
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 77
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 368
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 25
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.