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Words that rhyme withlaughter

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 F·T
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
after5drafterrafter
3 syllables
hereafterthereafter
mosaic rhyme
draft hershaft her
40
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
faster12master6pastor2plaster2Astor1blaster1astercastercastorpaster
3 syllables
disaster1ringmaster1schoolmaster1broadcasterforecastergrandmasterheadmaster
4 syllables
alabasterburgomasteroleasterquartermasterMadagascar
5
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
gangster1baxterhamsterKastlerprankster
91
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)
2 syllables
matter15ratherchatter2gather2ladder4rapper7shatter1catcher1cracker1sadder1stagger2badger1dagger1dapper1Jagger1madder1passer1platter1scatter1slacker1snatcher1splatter1tracker1trapper1adderAshurattarazurebackerbatterblabberbladderblatherbraggerCather
3 syllables
kidnapper1linebacker1attackerbackpackercadaverdispatcherflycatchergallbladdergnatcatcherharasserhijackernutcrackersandbaggerstepladderwildcatter
4 syllables
firecracker1antimattercarpetbaggerhandicapper
167
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
answer14cancer8actor4anger3hammer4dancer6capture1manner2chapter3amber1factor1anchor3Amor2tannergambler2panther2akbar1banger2pasture1stamper1banker1banner1banter1camper1danser1fracture1grammar1hamper1hangar1hanger1Sanger1stammer1tractor1Algeramblerampereanglerantler
3 syllables
commander1bystander1Duvalier1reactor1adapteradaptoradvancercliffhangercontractordetractorenamorenchanterenhancerenraptureespalierfreelancerHighlanderjackhammerLeanderLysandermeanderpanhandlerphilanderprogrammerrecapturesledgehammerTrafalgarafterwardsafterward
4 syllables
Alexander1benefactor1anticancerchiropractorcoriandergerrymandermalefactormanufacturenecromanceroleandersalamandersubcontractorsupertankeroverdrafting
5 syllables
velociraptor
2
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
laughed4
2 syllables
laughters14

“laughter” at line end — from real songs

But the tears on her cheeks are from laughterHe could die happily ever after
— Bob Dylan, “Tombstone Blues” · rhymes laughter / after
I gave up my laughterTo pay off my ransom
— Damien Jurado, “Lou-Jean” · rhymes laughter / ransom
I'm a slaphappy rap master, my favorite sound is the sound of laughterI do unseen good deeds like I'm Casper
— Jason Isbell, “Clips” · rhymes laughter / casper

How to read the 308 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 40
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 5
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 91
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 167
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 2
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.