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Words that rhyme withharder

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 AA coda R·D
3
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
larder1ardoryarder
mosaic rhyme
guard hercard herregard herdisregard herbarred her
24
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
carter1smarter2starter1barter1garter1martyr1charterdartersartortartarharbor1harbour1barber1arborarbourParker1harperdarker1barkercarpermarkersharper
3 syllables
nonstarterenlarger
7
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
partner3GardinerGardnerLardnerlarkspur
3 syllables
copartner
4 syllables
kindergartner
mosaic rhyme
hard for1
80
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)
2 syllables
water1daughter30proper1walker2locker1soccer1copper1chopper2slaughter5potter1hotter3rocker1talker1blogger1broader1lager1totter1whopper1augeraugurblockerblotterbobber
3 syllables
granddaughtermanslaughter1stillwater1backwaterbreakwaterfreshwatergrasshopperheadwaterimproperleafhoppermaraudermeltwaterrainwatersaltwaterseawatersharecroppersleepwalkerstepdaughter
4 syllables
underwater5catalogerimprimatur
213
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
father2longer12doctor9dollar1stronger7honor5monster9offer3bother3lawyer1rogerhonour2Arthur1Waltersmaller4foster2Oscarcollar6farmer2largerconnoryonder1author2altar2armor1holler4conquer1wander3archerPalmertaller4farther1goner3ponder3prosper1lobsterboxer1falter2launcher2parlour1saucer1softer2aller1alter1armour1baller1bomber1Mahler1parlor1posture1roster1scholar1somber1alderBalderbottlerCaldercallercarverchargercharmerChaucercobblercoffercolliercondorcongerconjurecrawlerdarnerdodgerDonarDopplerFalknerfallerFaulknergarnerGloucester
3 syllables
grandfatherrevolver2departure1godfather1dishonor1impostor1adoptercoauthorcosponsordefaulterdishwasherdissolverfishmongerforefatherGibraltarimposterMacArthurmassagerreconquerresponderstepfathertransponderVermonterwarmongerwoodcarverguardian1regarding1retarded3cardigan2cardio1gardening2cardinalbacardi1Ricardo1unguarded1ardentlybombardedbombardingcardamomcardamomscardiacardiascardigans2cardinalsdiscarded1discarding1gardenergardenersguardedlyguardians1pardoning4regarded1retardantretardantsretardeds3retardingsafeguardedsafeguardingtardinessyardages
4 syllables
helicopter3afrikanerarbitragerarbitrageurcounterofferEurodollarTeleprompterdisregarded1disregarding2guardianshipguardianshipsLeonardoProcardia
5 syllables
bradycardiabradycardiasmyocardialmyocardiummyocardiums
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
hard81
2 syllables
hardest1hardened4hardenhardensharders13harding81hardyblowharddiehard
3 syllables
foolhardyhardening

“harder” at line end — from real songs

Close to post-mortem, it only grows harderGod only knows he's grown farther from home, he's no father
— Eminem, “Lose Yourself” · rhymes harder / father
Maybe I should pray a little harderOr work a little smarter
— SZA, “Anything” · rhymes harder / smarter
I don't know why I don't try harderI feel like throwing towels into water
— Bon Iver, “Weird Goodbyes” · rhymes harder / water

How to read the 327 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 3
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 24
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 7
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 80
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 213
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.