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Words that rhyme withliving

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 IH coda V
7
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
giving1sieving
3 syllables
thanksgiving1forgiving2life-givingmisgiving
4 syllables
unforgiving1
37
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
bridgingfizzingfrizzingquizzingridgingwhizzingsniffing1biffingriffing1spiffingwhiffingmissing20kissing7
3 syllables
abridgingbewitchingcrawfishingdismissing1enrichingunhitching1
4 syllables
reminiscing1
70
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
whistling3fixing3drifting3shifting2piercing1twisting1blitzing1briskingcinching
3 syllables
convincing1shoplifting1uplifting1affixingairliftingassistingblacklisting1
4 syllables
coexistingintermixingpreexistingunconvincing
456
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
singing1thinking10building12drinking5ringing6kidding4willing5sitting2killing2winning1cheering3bringing1swimming6picking8hittingdigging1kicking2spinning8clicking3sticking10sinking8filling1clearing3filming4ticking1blinking3fitting3slipping4quittingdripping3spitting2swinging1thrilling3clinging2nearing2rigging2stripping2winging1stinking1bidding1billing1chilling1glinting1grinning1gripping1kindling1linking1milking1primping1shrinking1splitting1squinting1steering1thinning1tilting1tripping1twinning1whimming1shippingbearding3bibbingbilkingbinging2binningbittingbrimmingchinking1chinningchippingclinkingclippingcribbingcrickingcrimpingdearing41deering5dillingdimmingdinging1dinning
3 syllables
beginning2shipbuilding2appearing1acquittingaddicting3adheringadmittingafflictingbefittingblueprintingbullshittingcareering9cashiering1chagrinningcoheringcommittingconflicting1conscriptingconstrictingconvictingdepictingdistillingemittingencryptingequippingevictingforbiddingfulfilling2hamstringinghoodwinkingimprintinginflictinginstillinglipsticking1misprintingnitpickingomittingoutbiddingoutfittingoutstrippingoutwittingpermittingpredictingpremieringrebuilding2refittingrekindlingremittingrenegingreprintingrescindingrestrictingrethinkingreveringsubmittingtransmittingunfittingunstintingunthinkingunwillingunwitting
4 syllables
engineering3disappearing2volunteering1auctioneering1babysittingcommandeeringcontradictingcounterfeiting1domineeringfinanciering1fingerprinting1interdictinginterferinginterlinkingmicrofilmingmountaineeringoverfillingoverkillingperseveringpioneering1politickingprofiteeringracketeeringreadmittingreappearing4resubmittingretrofittingunderbiddingunderpinningunremittingactivity1oblivion5activities1captivity1oblivious1proclivities1unforgiven1ambivalence
5 syllables
electioneering1creativity1unforgivable1ambivalences
6 syllables
bioengineering
7 syllables
32
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)
2 syllables
liver1livers1livings36outliverelive
3 syllables
deliver5delivered1delivers5livableliveriesliverwortliverwortsliveryLivingston
4 syllables
delivery2oliviadeliverer1deliveries1undelivered1bolivia
5 syllables

“living” at line end — from real songs

Just to stay livingI finally took out the upstairs bathroom garbage that was sitting there forgott…
— Mount Eerie, “Toothbrush/Trash” · rhymes living / here
An anthem of forgivingA manual for living
— Leonard Cohen, “Going Home” · rhymes living / forgiving
We can't stop living (When we can't stop living)Live life for the children (Live life for the children!)
— Marvin Gaye, “Save the Children” · rhymes living / children

How to read the 570 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 7
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 37
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 70
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 456
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 32
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.