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Words that rhyme withideas

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 —
21
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
piasrheasshias
3 syllables
tortillas1aliyahsaltheasdyspneasgarcias1marias3ureas
4 syllables
valkyries1diarrheasdiarrhoeasdulcineasgonorrheasinsigniasischemiaspanaceaspizzerias
5 syllables
basophilias
mosaic rhyme
be his2
130
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
pieces11beaches6reaches2pleases3cheetahs2peaches1sneezes2speeches2breezes1leeches1pizzas1preaches1visas1beechesbleachesbreachesbreeches
3 syllables
diseases5arenas2baristas1increases1subpoenas1ameliasamnesias3amoebasappeasesbeseechesbesiegescapricescarissas
4 syllables
sandinistas1altarpiecesanaesthesiasanesthesias1antifreezesargentinasballerinascenterpieces1
5 syllables
241
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
being8seeing7Leo1beings2ianmialiamLeontheoRio1neon2creole2cleo1fleeing1Freon1ClioeoneonsEosfeeing6freeing262freons1Gaeageeing1keying27kneeing26leahleos1neopaeanpaeanspeeing3peonpeonspiarhearios1
3 syllables
maria3museum2theater2theatreserialKorea1koreanandreasophia1garcia1cranium2museums1Sofiakeisters1koreans1theaters1achaeanaegeanAeneidagreeing16aliyahaltheaAnzioaseaASEANbarrios1Beatricebooleanchevying1
4 syllables
antonio1europeancoliseum1Colosseum1europeans1Galileo1librarian1mausoleums1overseer1Prometheus1vehemently1Abyssiniaagreeablealveolaralveolars
5 syllables
vegetarians1absenteeismabsenteeismsamericiumamericiums
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
idea2idiot3idiots3deismdeismsdeitiesdeityJudea
4 syllables
immediateinsidious
5 syllables
immediately1immediaciesimmediacy

“ideas” at line end — from real songs

To get a head full of ideasGive me a hand on the wheel
— Andy Shauf, “To Be” · rhymes ideas / wheel
He's got a head full of ideasWith a mouth full of steam
— Andy Shauf, “To Be” · rhymes ideas / steam
You're getting ideasThey develop into sweet dreams
— Black Box Recorder, “The Facts of Life” · rhymes ideas / dreams

How to read the 392 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 21
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 130
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 241
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.