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Words that rhyme withladder

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 AE coda D
4
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
sadder1madder1adderbladder
mosaic rhyme
had heradd her
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
matter1chatter1shatter1platter1scatter1splatter1attarbatterclatterflatterhatterlatternatterpattersmatterspattertatterstagger1dagger1Jagger1blabberbraggergrabberswagger
3 syllables
wildcattersandbaggerkidnapper1linebacker1attackerbackpackerhijackernutcracker
4 syllables
antimattercarpetbaggerfirecracker1handicapper
139
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
after21laughter14faster12master6actor4anger3capture1chapter3amber1pastor2factor1anchor3gangster1gambler2plaster2akbar1Astor1blaster2Casper2stamper1baxterbanker1banter1camper1fracture1hamper1jasper1tractor1amblerampereangler
3 syllables
disaster8commander1bystander1reactor1ringmaster1schoolmaster1adapteradaptorbroadcastercontractordetractorenchanterenraptureforecastergrandmasterheadmasterhereafterHighlanderLancasterLeanderLysanderMcMastermeandernewscaster
4 syllables
Alexander1benefactor1alabasterburgomasterchiropractorcoriandergerrymanderMadagascarmalefactormanufactureoleanderoleasterquartermastersalamandersubcontractorsupertanker
5 syllables
velociraptor
210
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
answer14cancer8ratherhammer4dancer6gather2manner2Amor2tannerpanther2banger2catcher1pasture1badger1banner1danser1grammar1hangar1hanger1passer1Sanger1snatcher1stammer1AlgerAshurazureblatherCatherclamorclamourcrammerflashergangerglamorglamourjammerKrasnerLafferlancerlasherlather
3 syllables
Duvalier1advancercadavercliffhangerdispatcherenamorenhancerespalierflycatcherfreelancergnatcatcherharasserjackhammerprogrammersledgehammerMadisonradical1radically1adages1adamantadamantsaddisonadditiveadditivesaddlingadductedadductingadequateastraddlecaddying2eyeshadow
4 syllables
anticancernecromanceracademy1inadequate1academies1adamantlyadequaciesadequacyadequatelyforeshadowinghorseradishesovershadowovershadowedovershadowssporadically
5 syllables
eradicableinadequaciesinadequacyinadequatelyovershadowing
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 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
lad1
2 syllables
ladders2laddered4
3 syllables
Aladdingallbladderladdering4stepladder
5 syllables
maquiladora

“ladder” at line end — from real songs

Before his jaw shattered, climbing up the Lord's ladderHater talkin' never made me mad
— Carole King, “Devil In a New Dress” · rhymes ladder / mad
I'm coming up the ladderSome grey and white matter
— Kate Bush, “Sat in Your Lap” · rhymes ladder / matter
Down the snakes and up the ladderSo we struggle and we stagger
— Leonard Cohen, “Closing Time” · rhymes ladder / stagger

How to read the 409 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 4
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 56
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 139
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 210
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 8
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.