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Words that rhyme withlaughs

masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 F·S
24
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)
1 syllable
chaffs1gaffesgaffsgraphsstaffs1staphs
2 syllables
carafesflagstaffsgiraffesriffraffs
3 syllables
photographs1allographsautographs2epitaphshectographslithographsmonographsparagraphs
4 syllables
choreographsmimeographs
15
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)
1 syllable
baths8lathsmaths6wraths3calves1halveshaves27paths1
2 syllables
bloodbaths2footpathswarpaths
3 syllables
aftermaths3psychopaths1yugoslavs
4 syllables
sociopaths1
6
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)
1 syllable
ralphs1valves
2 syllables
bivalvesrhodanthes
3 syllables
amaranthscoelacanths
165
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)
1 syllable
yeah124glass50have27laugh39ass38pass33grass2cash1path18half13class12gas14has3as1match6catch1trash9bath8flash12crash7staff1scratch6mass2math6jazz3ash4bass4badge1patch2smash2brass3dash2rash1hatchcalf3splash2wrath3stash3bash2bras1crass2gash2hash1mash2batch1chaff1clash1gras1lash1Nash1Plath1snatch1spaz1hathAschAshebrashcachecadgecasschassedasfahsgaffgaffegnashGrafgraphhajjhalveKachlasslatchlathmasseRAFRAS
2 syllables
behalf1moustache3mustache3alas1bloodbath2whereasdispatchattach1badass1Diaz1eyelash1landmass1trespass1whiplash1abashamassbacklashbluegrassbypasscarafecrevassedetachdumbasseelgrasseyeglassfail-safeFalstafffirst-classflagstafffootpathgiraffeharassimpassejackassmishmashmismatchmorassoutclasspizzazzpotashpotlatchrehashrematchriffraffshortgrassslapdashspyglasssunglasssurpasstallgrasstopazwarpathworld-class
3 syllables
photograph7autograph2aftermath3hourglass2overpass2alcatraz2underpass2phonograph1plexiglass1psychopath1allographbalderdashepitaphfiberglasshectographlithographmiddle-classmonographparagraphpolygraphrazzmatazzsassafrasspectrographtelegraphunderclass
4 syllables
sociopath1choreographmimeograph
1862
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)
1 syllable
man307back310that208hand1hands1can87land115bad76am56last88fast81past79had62black75stand74dance37at46band59plan59chance42sand47sad40mad39track35plans29hat27bag20damn13dad17ask17fact24passed17tracks19bank14than7glad15cat14grand17jack14van15fan16crack17bags10flat15gang9act11pants10drag19fat9planned15thanks6asked5map9ran7trap13pack11Sam6hang3an3rat10thank3France8bang9camp5facts10stands11max3shall1cast9rap18pal5frank1crap2cab4lap10grab2flag7tank7bat8dan2
2 syllables
attack20began6command11goddamn5romance14relax6perhaps1contact5japan6advance5program1attacked1contract1demand4exact1kidnapped2comrade1demands4attached3batman2examattacks1impactreact4dianecollapse3advancedcomrades1aircraft1contacts1broadcastrelaxed2intact5programme1homeland1kidnapexams2collapsedmustang2attract2rehab1quicksand4finance2distract1backpack3canal1commands3expanse2Lowlands1madman3Thailand2wasteland3Cognac2comeback2entranced2expand1hashtag1ipad2knapsack2mismatched1
3 syllables
understand125understands10cadillac10circumstance8maniac3telegram1businessmanfisherman4habitat3Amsterdam3Birmingham1Abraham1caravan1diplomats2hologram2Laundromat2motherland2pussycat2wonderland1acrobat1ampersand1avalanche1boomerang1bureaucrat1caravans1cataracts1chaparral1contraband1diaphragm1diplomat1Disneyland1Dixieland1Ferdinand1habitats1handicap1instagram1journeyman1lumberjacks1marianne1milligram1
4 syllables
Afghanistan1amnesiac1aristocrat1insomniac1misunderstand1overreact1afghanistans1amnesiacs1analysandanalysandsangiogramangiogramsantiaircraftaristocrats1assemblymanbiofeedbackbiofeedbackscatamaranchoreographedcounterattack
5 syllables
6 syllables
7 syllables
189
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)
1 syllable
scoffscoughs1deaths82sniffs1breaths4cliffs2truths3ifs2puffs1briefs1cuffs1griefs1leafs1moths1myths1offs1roofs1
2 syllables
beliefs6handcuffs1bequeaths1blacksmithsblastoffschildbirthscutoffsdalethsdebriefsdrop-offsdyestuffsearmuffsengulfs
3 syllables
arrowsmithsbulletproofs1coppersmithscottonmouthsdisbeliefs2fireproofsfisticuffshieroglyphsleitmotifs
4 syllables
aperitifs

“laughs” at line end — from real songs

Needles, guns, and grassLots of laughs, lots of laughs
— Joni Mitchell, “Blue” · rhymes laughs / grass
(laughs)Held her in my naked hands
— Anaïs Mitchell, “Chant II” · rhymes laughs / hands
And I catch her handShe smiles and laughs
— Andy Shauf, “Martha Sways” · rhymes laughs / hand

How to read the 2260 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 24
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 15
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 6
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 165
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 1861
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 189
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.