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Words that rhyme withintelligence

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 L
1
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)
3 syllables
negligence
348
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
jealous3fellow2yellow5selling1fella4yelling1Kelly1fellas2belly1Helenellenelliefellows2Stellacellar1jelly2ellabellow3yellin1bellamellow2Delhibello1cela1deli1dweller1dwelling1feliz1feller1fellers1jello1melon1nellie1nelly1pellets1relics1Shelley1smelly1bellasbelliedbellies1belling24bellowed3bellows3cellars1cellistcellistscellocelloesdelis1delladelling3dwellers1dwellings1ELAElamellingellisfelling28felonfelonsgellinghelenshellerhellershelling87hellishhelothelotsjelliedjellies2jellingjelloesKellerKelloggkelloggskellys1knelling1
3 syllables
melody7elephant1developed1relatives1delicate1elenaelements3relative2develop1elliotjealousy3element2umbrella2elegantmelanierelevantfelony3melodies1HelenaeleanorEllington2jealously1skeleton1skeletons2elephants1cappella1carmelo1celery1celibate1delancey1elegance1Eliot1estrella1Magellan1Medellin1melanin1misspellings1Othello1pirelli1propellants1propelling1relevance1alleleallelesallelicangelicappellantappellantsappellatebedfellowbedfellowsbellowing3bellying1bestsellerbestsellersbooksellerbooksellersbordelloBruxelles
4 syllables
developmentdeveloping1accelerants1Cinderella1fidelity1Rockefeller1watermelon1angelicaangelicallyangelicasantebellumcelibaciescelibacydelicaciesdelicacydelicatelydeveloperdevelopersdevelopmentselegances1elegantlyeligibleeloquenceseloquentlyembellishesembellishingembellishmentembellishmentsenvelopingfidelities1indelibleindeliblyindelicateinterstellar
5 syllables
infidelity2evangelicals1evangelicalexoskeletonexoskeletonsineligibleinfidelities2
6 syllables
39
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
tell75
2 syllables
telling1telly3teller1tellers1tellies3hotel31motel8intelcartel
3 syllables
telomeres1foretellingpatellapatellasretellingtelamon
4 syllables
intelligent
5 syllables
intelligences2
6 syllables
counterintelligence
7 syllables
counterintelligences

“intelligence” at line end — from real songs

I've been too negligent with my intelligence'Cause nothing's ever good enough for a perfectionist
— Jason Isbell, “Clips” · rhymes intelligence / perfectionist
Let you benefit from my intelligenceI'll show you benevolence, fly us away on a Pegasus
— Jason Isbell, “Clips” · rhymes intelligence / pegasus

How to read the 349 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.

Additive 1
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 348
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 39
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.