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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 EH coda T
10
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
better11sweater3fetter1getter1bettordebtorpettersetterwetter
3 syllables
pacesetter
mosaic rhyme
met her8forget her4get her3upset her2sweat her1
20
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
cheddar1headershredderspreaderpepper1checkerdeckerDekkerleperneckerstepperwreckerbeggar1eggerjaegerweber
3 syllables
exchequerwoodpeckerbootleggerMacGregor
134
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
shelter7center1member1enter1tender8centre2temper2elderlecture1hectorsectorEdgarbender4Estherlesterskelter2ember2fender1lender1blender1gender1herder1jester1nectar1peddler1sceptre1sender1spender1splendor1swelter1texture1vendor1dexterChestercentnerElgaremptoreskeresterFechnerfesterhecklerhelperkelterKeplerlectorLeicestermedlarmetiernesterNestorpesterrectorrender
3 syllables
remember35surrender7directorinspectordecember5november1september3bartender1pretender4contender1projector2protector2connector1defector1detector1inventor1objector1ancestorassemblercollectorconjectureconnecterdefenderdeflectordigesterdismemberdissenterdistempereffectorelectorengenderindexerinjectorinvestorManchestermolesternonmemberoffenderprefectureprospectorprotesterreceptorreflectorrequester
4 syllables
architecture1polyester1epicenterhelter-skelterinterceptormisremembermultiplexer
5 syllables
experimenter
mosaic rhyme
get there7
424
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
ever16weather37never16pleasure12pressure6clever4whether1treasure6leather12measure6terror6heather3error4feather12Spencer1trevorcellar1gesture1Fletcherleisure3lever1tether2sever2tremor1dresser1dweller1feller1ledger1nether1teller1tenner1tenor1wearer1venturebearercensercensorcensurecleanserdentureDenveredgeremmerfresherGesnerguesserhedgerhellerJennerKellerlecherlegerlesserlessorMesmerpledgersellersensorsharershellerspellerSpenserstarerstellarStellerstemmerstressorstretchertelfertensortenurethreshertrencherwelcherzephyrgetting2settle5metal4settled2setting1threatened1betty1pettythreatenghetto6sweating2betting
3 syllables
together98forever1whatever8however3professorwhoever1whenever2wherever1adventure2endeavor3aggressor1assessoravengerbellwetherbestsellerbooksellercompressorcondenserdebenturedispenserdispleasureendeavourhairdresserhotelierindentureoppressorpossessorprocessorpropellerrathskellerrefresherseafarersuccessorsuppressortransgressorforgetting8pathetic2threatening1geneticsettlement1cetera1spaghetti3magnetic1aesthetics2beretta1confetti1cosmetics1falsetto1Gettysburg1machete1metaphor1poetic1regretting1rosetta1settling1tetanus1veteran1veterans1abettedabettingaceticaestheticasceticasceticsasthmaticsbegettingberettas1
4 syllables
whatsoeveraltogetherRockefeller1countermeasurecountertenorinterstellarmisadventurephilandererpredecessorstandard-bearerstorytellerstretcher-bearerSerengeti1amaretto1competitor1competitors1Connecticut1empathetic1etcetera1repetitive1sympathetic1aestheticallyalphabeticamarettoesanaestheticanaestheticsanestheticanestheticsapatheticarithmeticarithmeticsbayonettedbayonettingcarburetedclarinetistclarinetistscompetitive
5 syllables
multiprocessoralphabeticalalphabeticallyantitheticalapologeticapologeticscompetitivelycompetitiveness
6 syllables
apologetically
28
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
let1
2 syllables
letters12letting1lettuce1lettered19Lettishoutlet2inlet1ColetteGillette
3 syllables
athleticathleticsbloodlettinglettering19lettermanlettuces1
4 syllables
cappelletticappellettishomiletichomiletics

“letter” at line end — from real songs

I shouldn't have done it, but I read it in your letterYou said to a friend that you wish you were doing better
— Lana Del Rey, “California” · rhymes letter / better
Then I'll knit a sweaterWhile you write a letter
— Stephen Sondheim, “By the Sea” · rhymes letter / sweater
But by the time we metSo I never wrote a letter
— Arcade Fire, “We Used to Wait” · rhymes letter / met

How to read the 588 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 10
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 20
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 134
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 424
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 28
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.