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Words that rhyme withmanhattan

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 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
latin1satin2staten1battencratonfattenflattenPatonpattenplaten
mosaic rhyme
fat and1acrobat and1
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
gladdenmaddensaddenhappen9Makin1chacon1tappin1blackenbrackenlapinslackenTappandragon2cabin2wagon2lagan
3 syllables
AladdinNevadanbandwagon1snapdragon
83
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
action10captain3Jackson2franklin2brandonaspirin1landin1traction2amblin1aston1canton1chandon1datsun1fraction1napkin1raskin1actinadmanAkronAshtonaspenbackspinbagman
3 syllables
reaction2abandon5distraction4attraction3southampton1subtraction1transaction1abstractionalaskancontractioncontraptiondiffractionexactionextractioninactioninfractionNebraskan
4 syllables
satisfaction2interactionliquefactionMacrodantinphytoplanktonprostaglandin
5 syllables
dissatisfactionoverreaction
428
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
passion6fashion1alancanyon8cannon4mansion7baron1fallin2Allensharon2salmon1ballin1barren3gavinragin2savin2stallion2Calvinashen1bassman1fallon1famine1fasten1Manson1starin1talon1ShannonallanalvinAmmanbanyanbastioncanoncraftsmandamsondarrindraftsmangallongammonhangmanJansenjasmineKansanKlansmanlandsmanMallonPathanrationsaffronSamsonscallionTasmanmatter15battle4matters10chatter2pattern2status2cattle5static5mattered5pattySaturn3battles1scattered4patterns1attic1shattered4battered2rattle3shatter1attics1battled1catting1clattered1gattis1matic1matted1platter1scatter1
3 syllables
imagine3italian1companion6sebastianassassin2examinecompassion1Buchanan1expansion1medallion1ArkansanbackgammonbattalionGagarinMontananpentathlonTianjindramaticchattering2strategy2battery1natalieSeattle2catalog1clatteringecstatic2flattery1batteries1catapults1patrie1asthmaticAtticabatteningbatteringbattlementbattlementsbattlingbrattlingcatalancataloged1catalogs1catalystcatalystscataractcateringscaterwaulcaterwauledcaterwaulschitchattedchitchattingclimaticcombatantcombatantscombatingcombativecombattingdogmaticdramaticsembattleembattledembattles
4 syllables
Alabamanreexamineautomatic1mathematics2compatible1anatomy1Cincinnati1cinematic1acrobaticacrobaticsAdriaticaerobaticsanatomies1anatomistanatomistsantimatterantimattersapparatusaromaticasiaticatavismatavismsatavisticautocraticautomatics1battlementedbilateralbureaucraticcataloging1caterwaulingcharismaticcharismaticschromatogramchromatograms
5 syllables
incompatible1apparatusesaristocraticasymptomaticautomaticallyaxiomaticbilaterally
6 syllables
indefatigable1mathematically1
6
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
hat27
2 syllables
hattedhatterhattershatting
3 syllables
manhattans1

“manhattan” at line end — from real songs

Snow is falling in ManhattanIn a slow diagonal fashion
— Purple Mountains, “Snow Is Falling in Manhattan” · rhymes manhattan / fashion
Though I'm chugging along, put away by the crossing handWe'll be heading for Portland, or Limburgh or Lower Manhattan
— Rufus Wainwright, “I Don’t Know What It Is” · rhymes manhattan / hand

How to read the 541 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 83
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 428
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 6
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.