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Words that rhyme withidea

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 IY 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)
2 syllables
miaGaealeahpiarheaShiaShiahTheaTIA
3 syllables
maria3Korea1andreasophia1garcia1Sofiaaliyah
4 syllables
AbyssiniaCaesarea
5 syllables
basophiliaCassiopeia
117
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
lisa1pizzarita1tinaNinaginasheila1Lenadiva3cheetah2Pisa2zebra1rica1xenaceliaFEMAGilaglebagretaingaivaJenaLedalilalinalizaminaPimapitaPrimaRigarimaschemashivasimavenaVila
3 syllables
christinaTeresaserena2marinasabrinaamnesia3aretha1cecilia1geneva2hyena2selena1tequila1ameliacohiba1Eureka1Felicia1ibiza1katrina1Lolita1ophelia1paprika1reina1subpoena1AbilaamoebaanitaAntiguaarena
4 syllables
alameda2angelina2anesthesia1Hiroshima1Indonesia1anaesthesiaArgentinaballerinaCartagenaconcertinaConstantinaCuritibaemphysemaMagdalenamargaritaMicronesiaPolynesiasemolina
5 syllables
memorabilia
mosaic rhyme
see you35be you10free you1
217
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
being8seeing7Leo1beings2ianliamLeontheoRio1neon2creole2cleo1fleeing1Freon1ClioeoneonsEosfeeing6freeing262freons1geeing1keying27kneeing26leos1neopaeanpaeanspeeing3peonpeonspiasrheas
3 syllables
museum2theater2theatreserialkoreancranium2museums1keisters1koreans1theaters1tortillas1achaeanaegeanAeneidagreeing16aliyahsaltheasAnzioASEANbarrios1Beatricebooleanchevying1craniums2decreeing1dyspneas
4 syllables
antonio1europeancoliseum1Colosseum1europeans1Galileo1librarian1mausoleums1overseer1Prometheus1valkyries1vehemently1agreeablealveolar
5 syllables
vegetarians1absenteeismabsenteeisms
6 syllables
7 syllables
27
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
dee1DEA
2 syllables
deo1deistdeistsDIAvendee
3 syllables
ideas6idiot3idiots3deismdeismsdeitiesdeityJudea
4 syllables
immediateinsidious
5 syllables
immediately1immediaciesimmediacy

“idea” at line end — from real songs

Big brother, big idea, '9-0, 16Yup! Not a part of the machine
— Aesop Rock, “Blood Sandwich” · rhymes idea / machine
Which is a feminine ideaDoing macrame, knotting, and weaving which is a feminine technique
— Cassandra Jenkins, “Hard Drive (Security Guard)” · rhymes idea / technique

How to read the 379 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 117
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 217
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 27
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.