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Words that rhyme withkisses

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 S
9
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
misses1missus1disasdisses2hisses4missis
3 syllables
dismisses1remisses
4 syllables
reminisces
56
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
wishes1dishes1fishes2riches3witchessnitches2ditches2britches1glitches1pitches1stitches1twitches1fitcheshitches
3 syllables
bewitchescatfishescrawfishesdealfishesdogfishesenrichesflatfishesgoldfishesgoosefishesjewfisheslungfishesmilitias1
4 syllables
angelfishescuttlefishesjellyfishesneedlefishespepperidges
57
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
inches2hinges2princes2sixes2binges1fringes1mixes1twinges1blitzes1cinches
3 syllables
eclipses1syringes1aristasbatistescharismasconvincesellipses
4 syllables
crucifixes2intermixes
5 syllables
apocalypses
197
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
eras2incasKirgizlinguaslirasscillassigmasstigmastildesvillas1listen30missing20whistle1listened2whistles1missilemissiles2hissing1glisten3listens1missybristles1thistle1whistled1bristlebristledchristenchristenedchristens
3 syllables
chinchillas1gorillas1armillascyrillasechidnasenigmasflotillasguerillasguerrillasMadeirasmanilasmanillas1mantillasmarimbas1maxillasscintillastairasvanillas1listening15Melissa1discipline1glistening4
4 syllables
maravillaspedophiliaspublicityethnicity1reminiscing1solicitor1admissible
5 syllables
electricity1elasticity1indivisible1astrophysicistastrophysicists
6 syllables
eosinophiliasanalyticitiesanalyticity
5
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
kiss55
2 syllables
kissing7kisser1kissers1
3 syllables
Kissinger1

“kisses” at line end — from real songs

In a restless world like this isAnd too many moonlight kisses
— E.Y. Harburg, “When I Fall in Love” · rhymes kisses / is
Above the sink, they make me thinkAnd I blow it with kisses
— Jeff Tweedy, “Via Chicago” · rhymes kisses / think
We weren't baggin' up the work, wouldn't be no dishesBe no Christmas, mistletoe, be no kisses
— John Lennon, “Dreamin Of The Past” · rhymes kisses / dishes

How to read the 318 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 9
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 55
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 57
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 197
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 5
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.