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Words that rhyme withkissing

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
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 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
missing4hissing1dissing2
3 syllables
dismissing1
4 syllables
reminiscing1
41
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
fishing1sniffing1wishing2biffingdishing3ditching9hitching3itching3pitching4pithing
3 syllables
bewitchingcrawfishingenrichingunhitching1thanksgiving1forgiving2abridginglife-giving
4 syllables
unforgiving1
70
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
whistling3fixing3drifting3shifting2piercing1twisting1blitzing1briskingcinching
3 syllables
convincing1shoplifting1uplifting1affixingairliftingassistingblacklisting1
4 syllables
coexistingintermixingpreexistingunconvincing
481
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
singing28thinking10building12drinking5ringing6kidding4willing5sitting2killing2winning8cheering3bringing1swimming6picking8hittingdigging1kicking2spinning8clicking3sticking10sinking8filling1clearing3filming4ticking1blinking3fitting3slipping4quittingdripping3spitting2swinging1thrilling3clinging2nearing2rigging2stripping2winging1stinking1bidding1billing1chilling1glinting1grinning1gripping1kindling1linking1milking1primping1shrinking1splitting1squinting1steering1thinning1tilting1tripping1twinning1whimming1shippingbearding3bibbingbilkingbinging2binningbittingbrimmingchinking1chinningchippingclinkingclippingcribbingcrickingcrimpingdearing41deering5dillingdimmingdinging1dinningdippingdrilling2earring
3 syllables
beginning19shipbuilding2appearing1acquittingaddicting3adheringadmittingafflictingbefittingblueprintingbullshittingcareering9cashiering1chagrinningcoheringcommittingconflicting1conscriptingconstrictingconvictingdepictingdistillingemittingencryptingequippingevictingforbiddingfulfilling2hamstringinghoodwinkingimprintinginflictinginstillinglipsticking1misprintingnitpickingomittingoutbiddingoutfittingoutstrippingoutwittingpermittingpredictingpremieringrebuilding2refittingrekindlingremittingrenegingreprintingrescindingrestrictingrethinkingreveringsubmittingtransmittingunfittingunstintingunthinkingunwillingunwittingunzippingupbringingveneering3
4 syllables
engineering3disappearing2volunteering1auctioneering1babysittingcommandeeringcontradictingcounterfeiting1domineeringfinanciering1fingerprinting1interdictinginterferinginterlinkingmicrofilmingmountaineeringoverfillingoverkillingperseveringpioneering1politickingprofiteeringracketeeringreadmittingreappearing4resubmittingretrofittingunderbiddingunderpinningunremittingpublicityethnicity1solicitor1admissible
5 syllables
electioneering1electricity1elasticity1indivisible1astrophysicistastrophysicistsauthenticitiesauthenticity
6 syllables
bioengineeringanalyticitiesanalyticity
7
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
sing83kiss55singh
2 syllables
kisses9kisser1kissers1
3 syllables
Kissinger1

“kissing” at line end — from real songs

In my dreams we're kissingIt wakes me up, but you've gone missing
— Arcade Fire, “Peter Pan” · rhymes kissing / missing
Don’t it seem like a good time for kissing?One more kiss, one more kiss to last the years
— Adrianne Lenker, “Donut Seam” · rhymes kissing / years
I'll soon be kissingYour sweet little pussycat lips
— Burt Bacharach, “What’s New Pussycat?” · rhymes kissing / lips

How to read the 597 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 5
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 41
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 70
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 481
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 7
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.