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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 IH coda R
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
pyrrhics
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
pinpricks1
315
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
physicsgimmicks1civicsclinics1critics2cynicshillocksLinuxmimicsmystics1nitpickspiddockssilextriptychestriptychsmirror25spirit7hero3zero4cheering3heroes5theory1spirits1seriesmirrors9weary4clearing3dearestnearestclearer2earrings2kiratheories1nearer2nearing2zeros1dreary1eerie1Erie1Hera1sera1siri1steering1teary1wearied1xerox1beeryBiroblearycerescheerycirrusclearanceCyrildearestsdeariesdearing41dearydeering5earringeras2erosfearing71fleeringgearing8heros3
3 syllables
olympics1pacifics1specifics1statistics1acrylics1arthriticsballisticsbulimicseclipticsheuristicslinguisticslogisticspatristicsphilippicsserious5miracle2periodappearance1miracles1pyramids2cheerios2pyramid1tyranny2appearing1cereal1Pyrenees1ramirez1weariness1adherenceadherentadherentsadheringcareering9careeristcareeristscashiering1cereals1cheerioclearancescoherencecoherentcoheringeerilyGuarnieriinherentirritantirritantsMadeiraMadeirasmiriammirroring25
4 syllables
parasitics1analyticsastrophysicsbiophysicsdiacriticsfuturisticshieroglyphicshonorificsmetaphysicsparalyticspatronymicsscientifics1thrombolyticsexperience4seriously1material2mysterious2superior1experiencedconspiracy2imperialengineering3materials1disappearing2interior1imperious1appearances1bacteria1conspiracies1imperials1inferior1
5 syllables
characteristicselectrolyticsexperiences4electioneering1
6 syllables
25
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
Lear2ricks
2 syllables
leery1Learyliraliraslirelyriclyristlyrists
3 syllables
lyrical1lyrically1lyricists1lyricistchandelier1bandolier
4 syllables
delirious2deliriumdeliriumsIllyrian

“lyrics” at line end — from real songs

Lil' Base sits up there on the base (Refugees up in here)Ayo, L, you know you got the lyrics
— Lauryn Hill, “Killing Me Softly With His Song” · rhymes lyrics / here
And businessAnd cheap, stupid lyrics
— Lou Reed, “The Murder Mystery” · rhymes lyrics / business
I got colorful lyricsWe twinning
— Marvin Gaye, “My PYT” · rhymes lyrics / twinning

How to read the 317 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.
Additive 1
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 315
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 25
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.