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Words that rhyme withma

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 AA coda —
109
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
ah46ya34law24saw15nah11ahh10draw6raw10blah1moi6bra1straw2hah2jaw3paw3wah2Shawbah2thaw2yah1claw3awe2cha1bois1flaw2haw1trois2chaw1naw1rah1cawcrawdawgnawschwaShahslawspaWaughyaw
2 syllables
grandpaaha5withdraw1soniaha-hahurrah3outlaw2dada1chainsaw1foresaw1guffaw1AccraArtoisbacksawBanglabedstrawbourgeoisbylawchutzpahcoleslawDohaEsauhacksawhandsawhooplain-lawjigsawmacawMcGrawpasha
3 syllables
son-in-lawArkansas4Omaha1carrera1Saginaw1ApiabaccaratBogotabrouhahaChickasawChihuahuaChippewaDerridafermataha-ha-hakorunamackinawOttawaoverdrawquebecoisWarszawa
4 syllables
brother-in-lawsister-in-lawdaughter-in-lawfather-in-lawmother-in-law
2305
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
on293all315heart255gone224long170wrong171song167are134off116fall155dark107wall128god69car1hard81was43want39call83lost74stars83far1not69star74strong64stop59got54dawn61bar54start63talk49lot57songs43part40thought25small43park41dog31cars37hall36top28arm31rock30cause23walls36job28ball32shot30hot23cross20walk24block28spot27drop22tall1art26cost24yard23box18clock22harm24calls21mom12caught18watch15cops15bars26thoughts14fault11falls20mark13smart14pop15shop10called10dogs9farm16boss9bought10bomb9Paul7
2 syllables
apart95along74guitar34because21belong22upon8forgot14recall16alarm8across4sweetheart3applause6beyond5football2belongs2garage4gunshot1response3baseball1respond3assaultrobotbelonged2gunshots3moronabroad2massage1radarsidewalk3Iraq2so-calledlaptop1backyard2Bernardcigar4graveyard4regard1afar7depart6guitars3bizarre2cigars5mirage5involvepostcard4resolve3dissolve3robots1Milananton1anon2bedrock1birdsong3courtyard3downfall2exhaust3lamar3rainfall3remark3rooftops1
3 syllables
restaurant5alcohol5Vietnam3basketball1boulevard9protocolBabylon6dialogue1cannonball4waterfall4waterfalls4bodyguard2astronaut3Montreal4reservoir2superstar4meadowlark3morningstar3overalls2Pentecost2afterthought1analog2apricot2astronauts2avalon1barbershop1catalogue1confidant1debutante2disembark2disregard2echelon1escobar2holocaust1juggernaut1Molotov2motorcar1mountaintop2nonchalant2abattoir1
4 syllables
Agamemnon1neanderthal1automatonautomatonsAzerbaijanBaryshnikovbrachiopodbrachiopodscephalopodcephalopodscholesterolcholesterolselectroshockelectroshocksemoticonemoticonsheterodoxIditarodKalashnikov
5 syllables
middle-of-the-road
340
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
arms61hearts39cards15starts13wants8parts14Charles2guards3marks4armed2costs2charged1arts4yards3solved1parked1waltz9marked1charms9sharks1sparks5barks2charts5barnesbonds1honksbards1farms1farts2haunts2Marx2tarts2tonks2vaults2launchedbarns1blondes1Bronx1carbs1carts1charmed1darts1farmed1faults1harmed1harms1parks1ponds1salts1shards1sparked1starved1swamps1almsangstangstsarbsarched5arcs4arks2armesarpsauldsbalds2barbedbarbsbarfed1barfs1
2 syllables
involved10regards2alarms2remarks2alarmed2dissolved2junkyards2postcards1resolved2sweethearts2unarmed2embarks1evolves1forearms1involves1unharmed1aardvarks1abscondsabsolvedabsolvesaccostsadoptsasphalts1assaultsavants2backyards2ballparks1barnyardsbasaltsbenchmarksbernardsbirthmarksbismarksblowhardsboatyardsbombardsbrickyardscanardschurchyards1cobaltsconcoctscourtyards3croissantsdefaults1defrosts1departs6detentesdetoxed1devolveddevolvesdiehardsdisarmeddisarms
3 syllables
restaurants2debutantes2firearms1holocausts1mastercards1overcharged1unresolved1bodyguards2boulevards9commandantscorrespondscounterpartsdisembarked2disembarks2disregards2hildegardesKhabarovskleotardslumberyardsmatriarchesmeadowlarks3oligarchesoligarchspatriarchespatriarchssomersaultssuperchargedthunderboltsuninvolvedunremarkedwatermarks1
3
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
maw1
2 syllables
grandma1
3 syllables
Panama1

“ma” at line end — from real songs

"Cleanin' Out My Closet" and all them other songs but regardless, I don't hate…The brunt of it, but as stubborn as we are, did I take it too far?
— Eminem, “Headlights” · rhymes ma / far
Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me, Ma?My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't
— Eminem, “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” · rhymes ma / wasn't
The rumors are not true, got to maNo prob, got the job, hot bod, heartthrob
— MF DOOM, “That’s That” · rhymes ma / heartthrob

How to read the 2753 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 109
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 2304
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 340
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 3
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.