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Words that rhyme withinstrumental

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 N·T
14
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
gentle5dentallentilrental
3 syllables
parental
4 syllables
transcendental1accidentalcontinentalincidentaloccidentaloriental
5 syllables
coincidentaltranscontinental
6 syllables
intercontinental
12
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
KendallLendlMendeltemple10tremble1BengalStengel
3 syllables
assembledissembleresemble
4 syllables
disassemblereassemble
5
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
central4ventral
3 syllables
eventfulresentful
4 syllables
uneventful
28
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical, but one side stops one consonant earlier.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cried / cry — one side missing the final D

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
settle5metal4rebel6medal1pedal4kettle1petal1meddle1mettle1treble1betelfennelfreckleheckleHegelkennel
3 syllables
backpedalresettleunsettle
4 syllables
departmental
277
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
special9devil9level8careful1several2helpfulvessel1pencil2dreadfulcherylperil2beryl1ethel1pretzel1sheryl1stressful1vengeful1bestialbethelbeveldarrylethylFarrellferalfretfulGesellhealthfulMelvillemethylnestleprayerfulrectalrestfulrevelspectralstencilsteriletensiletrestlevestalwrestlezestfulplenty3center1twenty6sentence6enter1centre2entered1dentist1rented1sentenced1dentists2denton1centers1centres1prentice1quentin1scented1twenties1
3 syllables
potential2successful1essential1suspensefulcelestial1daredevil1forgetful1ancestralbedevilcredentialdishevelembezzlehigh-levelimperillow-levelneglectfulorchestralprojectileprudentialregretfulrespectfulsequentialtangentialtorrentialunhealthfulunhelpfulutensilgentlemen7gentleman1invented1entering1sentences3presented8incentive1repentance3gentleness2sentiment1contented1entities1inventor1magenta1pentium1prevented1Adventistadventistsapprentice
4 syllables
confidential1existential1influential1colorectalconsequentialdeferentialdifferentialdisrespectfulepithelialexponentialinferentialmultilevelnonessentialpreferentialpresidentialprovidentialquintessentialresidentialreverentialunsuccessfulidentity1identicaldiscontented1incidentals1innocenti1
5 syllables
experientialinconsequentialjurisprudentialnonresidentialvice-presidentialaccidentally2representative
6 syllables
97
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
meant8
2 syllables
mental4mentoredmentorscement1lament1augmentfermenttorment
3 syllables
mentally1momentum2augmentedaugmentingcemented1cementing1clementes
4 syllables
sentimental1instrumentals1
5 syllables
documentarydocumentaries1
6 syllables

“instrumental” at line end — from real songs

But if you make me need you I will need you less-----Long Instrumental-----
— Keren Ann, “My Name Is Trouble” · rhymes instrumental / less
This that brand new instrumentalThat boy Kells so influential
— Warren Zevon, “All Night Long” · rhymes instrumental / influential

How to read the 336 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 14
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 12
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 5
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 28
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 277
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 97
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.