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Words that rhyme withjoin

masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 OY coda N
10
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)
1 syllable
goin2coin1Boynegroinloinquoin
2 syllables
bitcoin1Burgoynepurloin
3 syllables
tenderloin
58
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)
1 syllable
point5joint5points1joined2coins1moines1joints1loins1coined2goines
2 syllables
gunpoint1anoint1adjoinedadjoinsanoints1appointappoints
3 syllables
disappoint1counterpointcounterpointsdisappoints1needlepoint
43
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)
1 syllable
boy40joy17toy9roy1troy1choiploy1cloycoygoyROIsoy
2 syllables
enjoy5destroy6cowboy2deploy2alloy1employ1malloy1playboy1polloi1annoybellboybusboycarboyconvoydecoydoughboyenvoyhighboyKilroy
3 syllables
Illinois3Iroquois1corduroyFauntleroyredeploy
193
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)
1 syllable
voice19boys13choice16noise15oil5soil5toys7spoil1void9Lloyd1spoiled1boydJoyce2doyleboil2coil2floyd1moist1noir2toil2boyz1coiled1foil1foils1foist1Freud1joys1poise1royce1soiled1soir1voids1boies40boiled2boils2boyesBoyleboylesbroilbroiledbroilscloyedcloyscoiffe
2 syllables
destroyed2avoid2enjoyed5annoyed1rejoice2employed1recoil1cowboys1Detroit1unspoiled1android1schoolboys1topsoil1uncoil1adroitairfoilairfoilsalloyed1alloys1androids1annoysavoids2bellboysboudoirboudoirsbusboyscarboysconvoyedconvoysdecoyeddeployed2deploys2destroys6devoid
3 syllables
paranoid2asteroid2overjoyed2unemployed1Polaroid1Schadenfreude1adenoidadenoidsalkaloidalkaloidsamyloidamyloidsasteroids2celluloidcelluloidscorduroyedcorduroyshemorrhoidhemorrhoidshumanoidhumanoidshydrofoilhydrofoils
4 syllables
underemployed
5 syllables
corticosteroidcorticosteroids
1214
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are different.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / live — both end in V; AH versus IH

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
1 syllable
down541on293in278man307gone224mine275one197town214sun174done173line196rain170pain159own119then97can87fine115moon96run93been63son79mean72stone72wine86soon84fun81seen68train60men59gun67skin69phone60known62dawn61shine73when48green52brain52plan59born36turn35clean55win41scene42bone44sign37burn30queen27screen40sin33none23learn26won24tune31chain25crown32thin22brown24plane22ten17pen22than7grown18lane21nine14clown23van15fan16vain26plain15lawn24john4ran7horn11spin14don2an3june11jane5gain13
2 syllables
again332alone286someone33insane50between34machine29begin25explain27within24return15begun32upon8remain17downtown16sunshine23began6unknown17design13amen6complain14champagne6divine13concern4japan6cocaine14online4undone18routine6campaign2berlin3refrain13batman2maintain3balloon7fifteen2morondianemarine1grandson1shotgun3christineairplane3contain3hometown7reborn7skyline6uptown8irenebreakdown3grapevine5resign3elaine1define5moonshine4nineteen5unseen5jolene3align4canteen3decline4
3 syllables
everyone42anyone21afternoon19telephone20magazine8caroline7honeymoon6seventeen14valentine4halloween2hurricane10Babylon6gasoline6limousine6violin3businessmankerosene5microphone4trampoline4evergreen2mandolin1borderline3cellophane3clementine3fisherman4overgrown3submarine2unicorn3columbine3Frankenstein3guillotine3josephine1Palestine2windowpane1entertain1Abilene1avalon1caravan1chaperone1crystalline2
4 syllables
Afghanistan1evangeline3econoline1Agamemnon1aquamarine1acetyleneadenosineamphetamineanticycloneassemblymanautomatonAzerbaijancatamaranclomipraminecomedienneConcepcioncontrabassoon
5 syllables
hydrocortisone1antisubmarine
6 syllables
australopithecine
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 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)
2 syllables
adjoinconjoinenjoinrejoinjoining2joyner2joinerjoiners
3 syllables
adjoiningconjoiningenjoiningjoineriesjoineryrejoining

“join” at line end — from real songs

Now when people are lost, they need people to joinBut beware of the three-sided coin
— Kae Tempest, “Three Sided Coin” · rhymes join / coin
To shipmates he must joinShe's counting up the coins
— Phil Ochs, “Pleasures of the Harbor” · rhymes join / coins

How to read the 1518 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 10
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 58
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 43
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 193
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 1214
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 14
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.