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Words that rhyme withissues

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 IH coda SH
407
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
igloosmission7wishes5fishing1dishes5bishopvicious5fishes2fisherwishing2disher1fishy1fission1fissures1missions1swisher1bishopsdishing3Fischerfishersfissions1fissurefissuredsquishyswishesswishing1Titian
3 syllables
continues1curlicuesposition9condition5permission6delicious4official1conditions2suspicious1tradition1commission2positions3audition1aliciaambition3additionsuspicionofficials1transmission1musician1magician1initialMichigan4ambitious1edition1ambitions1submission2viciously2viciousness2efficientadmission1attrition1cognition1deficient1fictitious1ignition1ignitions1militia1musicians1nutrition1omission1permissions1remission1rendition1suspicions1traditions1additionsadmissions1ambitioned3archbishoparchbishopsattritions1auditioned1auditions1auspiciousbeauticianbeauticiansbishopricscapriciouscatfishesclinicianclinicianscognitions1commissioned2commissions2conditioned5contritioncontritionscrawfishescrawfishingdealfishesdentitiondentitionsdogfisheseditions1emissionemissionsfactitiousfisheriesfisheryfissuringflatfishesgoldfishesgoosefishesinitialedinitialsjewfishes
4 syllables
discontinuescompetition2commissioner1officially1traditionalpoliticians1recognition4repetition2expeditionammunition3composition1opposition2premonitions1superstition2additionalpolitician1artificialcompositions1demolition1electrician1inhibition1inhibitions1initially1premonition1proposition1superficial1superstitious1transitioning1abolitionabolitionsacquisitionacquisitionsadmonitionadmonitionsambitioning3ambitiouslyammunitions3angelfishesauditioning1beneficentbeneficialcapriciouslycoalitioncoalitionscoefficientcoefficientscommissioners1commissioning2competitions2conditionalconditionerconditionersconditioning5cuttlefishesdecommission
5 syllables
unconditional1exhibitionist1mathematician1mathematicians1abolitionistabolitionistsacademicianacademiciansair-conditioningartificiallybeneficiallycompositionalconditionally
6 syllables
7 syllables
24
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
ish1
2 syllables
issue1issued1
3 syllables
tuition1fruitionfruitionsissuanceissuerissuersissuingreissuereissuedreissues
4 syllables
intuition1apparitionapparitionsintuitions1issuancesparishionerparishioners

“issues” at line end — from real songs

I been wrote off before, I got abandonment issuesI went to Robben's Island analysing; that's where his cell is
— Kendrick Lamar, “Mortal Man” · rhymes issues / is
And I still check Yahoo! cause we both got attachment issuesAnd North Korea's got practice missiles
— Open Mike Eagle, “Dark Comedy Late Show” · rhymes issues / missiles

How to read the 407 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.

Assonance 407
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 24
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.