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Words that rhyme withkeeper

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 P
8
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
deeper1sleeper4cheaper1reaper1sweeper1beepersteeper
3 syllables
minesweeper
mosaic rhyme
beep hersweep hersteep herheap her
52
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
bieber2Peter1speaker1sweeter3meter1heater1beaker1beater1streaker1weaker1cheater
3 syllables
ammeteranteaterbeefeaterDemeterloudspeakerrepeaterbeleaguerbirdfeedercheerleader
4 syllables
centimetercentimetredecilitergravimetermillilitermillilitre
10
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
easter1FiedlerfielderleisterseamsterteamsterZiegler
3 syllables
infielderoutfielder
4 syllables
centerfielder
6
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
skier
3 syllables
Melchiorrentiersightseer
4 syllables
overseer1nonlinear
124
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
fever7either1teacher2neither1creature2dealer4senior1Caesar1dreamer4cleaner1feature1ether1reefer3greener1preacher2Cheever1healer1steamer2bleacher1breather1femur1leaver1seizure1teaser1weaver1wheeler1beaverBeechercleavercreamerfeelerfreezergreasergrieverhearerleanerlemurpeelerpleaserreamerschemerscreamerscreenersealerstealerstreamertweezerwienerpeople33sleeping27beeping1creepy2weeping7sleepy1creeping4depot3steeple1steeples1sweeping1beepers1deepest1reaping1sheepish1sleepers1
3 syllables
procedure3believer4demeanor2receiver2retriever1achieverdemeanourMonsignorrelieverschoolteacherhousekeeping1cheapeningcreepinessdeepeninggroundskeepershousekeepersminesweeperspeacekeeperspeacekeepingpeoplingphilippePrincipeseepagessepiasepiassheepishlysleepilysleepinesstownspeopletownspeoples
4 syllables
nonbeliever1intervenormisdemeanorPasadenabusinesspeoplebusinesspeoplesoversleeping
5 syllables
underachiever
31
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
keep40
2 syllables
keeping4keepers5upkeep
3 syllables
bookkeeper1beekeeperbeekeepersbeekeepingbookkeepers1bookkeepingdoorkeeperdoorkeepersgamekeepergamekeepersgatekeepergatekeepersgoalkeepergoalkeepersgroundskeeper
4 syllables
Arequipa

“keeper” at line end — from real songs

Davey the brothel-keeperSaw the water getting deeper
— Bob Dylan, “Tempest” · rhymes keeper / deeper
Well, you're my speakerMy innocence-keeper
— Laura Marling, “Night After Night” · rhymes keeper / speaker
When you're the only other keeperWhy's that gotta mean
— Mitski, “I’ll Change for You” · rhymes keeper / mean

How to read the 200 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 8
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 52
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 10
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 6
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 124
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 31
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.