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Words that rhyme withheavens

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 V
6
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
evansbevinskevinsleavens1sevens13
3 syllables
elevens4
40
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
resins1deafensSteffenslessons4sessions1chechensfreshenshessianslessens1
3 syllables
impressions2possessions3confessions1professions1transgressions1accessionsaggressions1
4 syllables
decompressionsindiscretions1intercessions
5 syllables
delicatessens
115
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
questions13engines4mentions1belgiansbrethrens1chevrons1ensignsflexionsgentianskeelsonskelvinslengthensnelsons2pensionssections3sextons
3 syllables
directions7intentions5connections2corrections1erections1exceptions1extensions1infections1injections1intestines1reflections1suggestions1
4 syllables
imperfections1interventions1resurrections1apprehensionscircumspectionscircumventionscomprehensions1
5 syllables
angiotensins
191
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
weapons1lemons1Clemens1aarons1arensbeckons1Behrensbrennans1chairmansdeadensdentinsdextrinsfelonsgremlinshelensheronsjenkinskenyanskremlinslemmons1mellonsmelons1nektonspectinspenguinsreckons2reddenstendonsthreatensvegansever16never16devil9seven13level8clever4kevinlevels1evantrevorseventhlever1devils3sever2severed2Devonbevelled1
3 syllables
ephedrines1muskmelonsrebellions1tibetansforever90whatever8evidence5every2however3whoever1whenever2wherever1reverend3eleven4beverlyendeavor3reverie1leverage1reveries2brevity1daredevil1neverland1revelers1revelry1reverence1seventies1seventy1evelynbedevilbedeviledbedevilsbevelingbeverageBeveridgebrevities1cleverly
4 syllables
philodendronsrhododendronswatermelons1whatsoeverevidently2benevolence1bedevilingbenevolentdevilishlydishevelingendeavoring3endeavouringevidences5evidencingirreverenceirreverentleverages1longevities
5 syllables
inevitable1irrevocably1benevolences1inevitables1inevitablyirreverencesirrevocable
6
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)
2 syllables
heaven1heavy11heavies11
3 syllables
heavily1heavenly4heavier1

“heavens” at line end — from real songs

I was driving across the burning desertIt was the hexagram of the heavens
— Joni Mitchell, “Amelia” · rhymes heavens / desert
I'm guided by a signal in the heavensI'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
— Leonard Cohen, “First We Take Manhattan” · rhymes heavens / weapons
The children in the heavens'Cause all will be well say the bells
— Nick Cave, “Frogs” · rhymes heavens / bells

How to read the 352 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 6
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 40
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 115
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 191
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 6
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.