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Words that rhyme withhearted

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·T
13
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
started1parted2carted4charted3darted1farted1smarted14
3 syllables
departed1outsmarted1imparted2jumpstartedrestarted1uncharted
12
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
guarded2bardedcarded8lardedarbed
3 syllables
retarded3unguarded1bombardeddiscarded1regarded1safeguarded
4 syllables
disregarded1
33
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
spottedlauded1blottedclottedcoddeddottedjottedknottedlottednoddedplodded
3 syllables
applauded1allotedallottedbesottedboycottedcarotiddefraudedmarauded1topknotted
155
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
wanted18solid5haunted8halted1khalid1balded2bonded2congaedcosted24dauntedfaulted11flauntedfrosted11jauntedlofted3maltedoptedpromptedquaffedsalted3sambaedscaldedsqualidstolidtauntedvaulted1vauntedwaftedparty20parties4starting63martin2artist2carter1martyartists1smarter4garters3
3 syllables
exhausted1adopted1exalted1Muhammad1abscondedaccostedasphalted1assaultedco-optedconcocteddefaulted1defrosted1responded3undauntedunwantedarticle1arteries1partying1particles1articles1artisan1spartacus1arteryarticledartificeartisans1artistriesartistrybartering1
4 syllables
correspondedsomersaultedkindergarten1articlingartificesbipartisancartilageskindergartens1mozarteannonpartisannonpartisans
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 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
heart255hartHarte
2 syllables
hearty1hartingheartenheartenedheartenssweetheart3Eckhart1flockhart1newhart1
3 syllables
halfhearted1wholehearted1bighearteddisheartenedfaintheartedhalf-heartedheartening
4 syllables
disheartening

“hearted” at line end — from real songs

Bumming a ride back from where she startedYou could tell she was so broken hearted
— Bob Dylan, “Brownsville Girl” · rhymes hearted / started
While our flesh disregardedThe lack of space for the light-hearted
— Damien Rice, “Accidental Babies” · rhymes hearted / disregarded
Of even where I thought I wasHeavy are the open-hearted
— Dr. Dog, “True Love” · rhymes hearted / was

How to read the 213 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 13
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 12
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.
Subtractive 33
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 155
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 23
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.