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Words that rhyme withhow

masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 —
45
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)
1 syllable
now32bow11wow4cow6thou1brow2vow5sow1plow3ciao1bough2Mao2POW2prow1dow1yow1chowFAOFrauGAOlaoloughplough
2 syllables
allow1eyebrow1kowtow1meow1southpaw1avowendowhighbrowlandauLiaoluauMacaoMacaupowwowsnowplow
3 syllables
curacaodisallowdisavowMindanao
515
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)
1 syllable
down4out2town1ground149sound100house64mouth75round1found1loud1crowd1doubt34proud25south26crown32brown24clouds22count9clown23shout16bound16cloud17bout8couch11wound2drown15mouse9gown15foul5pound5ouchdrowned6mount3doubts5frown13growls2shouts1scout2cows6towns7clowns7downs5mouths1bows8crowds5shroud4bounceblouse6owl4hound3howl5vows4frowns1drought2gowns3growl2mound3lounge1clout2crowned1crowns2ploughed2pout2scouts2snout2sowed1spouse1stout2tout2trout2vouch2browns1brows1crouch1douse1fowl1louse1lout1nouns1ounce1owls1ploughs1plowed1rousse1scowls1shrouds1slouch1
2 syllables
around2about1without12downtown16allowed9account5amount3background4throughoutwarehouse2announcehometown7allows1uptown8breakdown3aground6discountprofound2sundown2unwound3abound2aloud2arouse1courthouse2fairground2fallout2jailhouse1meltdown2outhouse2penthouse2showdown2surround1unsound2aroused1blackouts1blowout1breakdowns1comedown1devouts1doghouse1endowed1eyebrows1farmhouse1foreground1Georgetown1henhouse1hideout1hoedown1knockout1lookout1madhouse1Motown1playground1pronounce1rebound1renown1roadhouse1timeout1touchdowns1townhouse1unbound1wildflowers1workouts1alehouseall-outastound
3 syllables
underground16whereabouts1roundabout1battleground1chinatown1Morgantown1paramount1roundabouts1slaughterhouse1AdenauerAllentownboardinghousecatamountCharlottetowncharterhousecoffeehouseCooperstowncottonmouthcottonmouthscuracaosdisalloweddisallowsdisavoweddisavowsfirehouseHagerstownhereabouthereaboutsmenopausemispronounceMorristownovercrowdovercrowdspackinghousepowerhouseRittenhouserunaboutrunaboutssauerkrautsauerkrautsScaramouchshantytownshantytownsthereaboutsturnaboutturnabouts
4 syllables
merry-go-round
55
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)
1 syllable
sounds11pounds1counts2grounds3rounds2hounds4bounds1bouncedflouncedfounds71jousts
2 syllables
accounts5announced1playgrounds1resounds1surrounds1abounds2amounts3astounds
3 syllables
battlegrounds1catamountsmispronouncedturnaroundsultrasounds
11
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
haoHowe
2 syllables
somehow43know-howHowardHowells
3 syllables
anyhow11howitzerhowitzers
4 syllables
Eisenhowereisenhowers

“how” at line end — from real songs

Oh God! Well look at you now!Oh! You lost it, but you don't know how!
— Arcade Fire, “Neon Bible” · rhymes how / now
Heaven found and the lights went downEveryone's broken now and no one knows just how
— Weyes Blood, “Wild Time” · rhymes how / down
You showed me howTo keep myself from burning out
— Adrianne Lenker, “Shoulders” · rhymes how / out

How to read the 615 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 45
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 515
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 55
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 11
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.