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Words that rhyme withhour

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 AW coda —
32
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
power8tower6shower2flower4sour1bower1dour1bauercowerflour
3 syllables
wildflower2devour1mayflower1willpower1bellflowerbrainpowerconeflower
4 syllables
cauliflowerEisenhowerfirepoweroverpowersuperpower
mosaic rhyme
wow herallow hercow herplow her
39
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
powder3counter7louder3outerchowder1flounder1pounder1prouder1bouncerbounderbrowserCowperdauberdoubter
3 syllables
announcer1encounter1cofounderdiscountergunpowder
4 syllables
thundershower
116
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
flowers21powers3coward2Howardtowel2towels3showers4bowels1bowers1Powell1sours1towers1bauersbowelbowered1cowards2coweredcowers
3 syllables
powerful1allowing1bowery1allowance1cowardly1flowery1powerless1towering1allowancedavowingbellflowersbowering1brainpowersconeflowers
4 syllables
allowances1allowableallowancingavowedlycauliflowerscowardicesdevouring1disallowingdisavowingeisenhowers
7
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
hours25ours1our1meow1Liaoluau
3 syllables
meowing1

“hour” at line end — from real songs

What is the story of the hour?One man's privilege and his power
— Bahamas, “Trick To Happy” · rhymes hour / power
Keep you waiting, hour after hourEvery night, in your lonely tower
— Arcade Fire, “We Don’t Deserve Love” · rhymes hour / tower
And the trail leads to a flowerEvery dreamed and waking hour
— Adrianne Lenker, “terminal paradise” · rhymes hour / flower

How to read the 187 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 32
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 39
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 116
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 7
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.