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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 EY coda T
1
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
greatest3
3
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
sadistrapistdegased
1
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
waitressed2
1
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)
3 syllables
essayist
1095
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
racistplaylist2bassistwaiting31data3hated2waited1dating3greater1katie1Satan7traitor1nativewaiterdated1fatal1haters3straighteneighty2gators2hating2skater2skating2cater1crater1eighties1fated1freighter1grating1kato1katy1natal1rated1ratings1straighter1theta1Atenbaited1baiting1bated8bating8betabetasblatantcatered1caters1claytoncratedcratered1craters1cratingdatas3Daytonfating9fetedfetingfreightedfreighters1freightinggaitergaitersgated2gating2gatorgratedgratergratersHaitihaitishatermated6mateymating6nativesNATOpaterpaterspeytonplaitedplaitingplatedplaterplatersplatiesplatingPlatoplaty
3 syllables
created3potato2creative2potatoes1creatinglocatedcreator3inflated3sedated3tomato1tomatoes1frustratedawaiting1Decatur1Beethoven1debater1debating1outdated1abatedabatingablatedablatingairfreightedairfreightingawaitedbackdatedbackdatingberatedberatingblatantlycastratedcastratingcaterercatererscatering1checkmatedcheckmatingconflatedconflatingcreators3curatedcuratordebateddebaters1deflateddeflatingdeflatordeflatorsdictateddictatingdictatordictatorsdonateddonatingeightietheightiethsequatedequatingequatorequatorsEuphratesfatalistfatalistsfatallyfixatedfixatingfrustrating
4 syllables
complicated3elevator2fascinatingseparatedoperator2celebrating1operatingoverrated7educatedgraduatedgenerator2activator2alligator2celebrated1devastated2instigator2permeating2antiquated1aviator1complicating1constipated1debatable1demonstrating1fluctuated1generating1imitating1imitators1inflatable1levitating1
5 syllables
investigatingsophisticatedinvestigatorrefrigerator1humiliatedanticipating2eliminatedaccelerator1appreciated1cooperating1domesticated1emaciated1evaporated1evaporating1exasperated1illuminated1intimidating1
6 syllables
7 syllables
85
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)
2 syllables
breakfast4noticed1artist2biggest1august3highestfocused1oldest1hardest1dentist1witnessed1strongestyoungest1fastest1slightestmodestlongest1truest1brightest1buddhist1cutest1deepest1lowest1practiced1sexist1sickest1smartest1tempest1wildest1AugBaptistbiasedbuttressedcaucusedchartistcompassed1
3 syllables
Adventistapprenticedbicyclistcanoeistdefeatistelitistencompassedeyewitnessedlibrettistrefocusedsoloistunbiasedunfocusedunnoticed
4 syllables
absolutistAnabaptistclarinetistmanicuristorthodontistorthopedistpropagandist
5 syllables
encyclopedist
209
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
late65
2 syllables
later13latentlatests1relate7dilate1translate1collateelate
3 syllables
related2relating1belatedcollatedcollatingdilateddilatingelatedelatinglatencieslatencylatexestranslatedtranslatingcalculate1escalate1
4 syllables
isolated1calculated2calculator1percolator1adulated
5 syllables
manipulator1accumulatedaccumulatingaccumulativeaccumulatoraccumulators
6 syllables

“latest” at line end — from real songs

And all this was before he caught this case that's brought the latestThreatenin' him with child support so that the court can seize and garnish wages
— Smokey Robinson, “Man Up Above” · rhymes latest / wages

How to read the 1185 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 1
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 2
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 1
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 1
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 1095
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 85
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 209
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.