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Words that rhyme withmatters

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
17
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
scatters1shatters1tatters1attarsbatterschatters2clattersflattershatterslattersnatterspattersplatters1smattersspatterssplatters1
3 syllables
wildcatters
42
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
ladders2addersbladdersmadders1rappers7crackers1backers1clappersflappershackers
3 syllables
gallbladdersstepladdersattackersbackpackershijackerskidnappers1linebackers1
4 syllables
firecrackers1handicapperscarpetbaggers
123
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
actors1masters5rafters4gangsters2chapters1gamblers1handlers1plasters1ramblers1samplers1stragglers1afters21ambers1
3 syllables
disasters1adaptersadaptorsbroadcastersbystanders1commanders1contractorsdetractorsenchanters
4 syllables
benefactors1alabastersalexanders1burgomasterschiropractors
5 syllables
velociraptors1
353
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
answers13manners2dancers3mathers1gathers3azures1bangers1cancers1hammers1panthers1bachelors1badgers1banners1blatherscathersclamorsclamourscrammersflashersgangersglamorsglamoursgrammars1hangars1hangers1jammerslancerslasherslathersmanorspanzerspassers1pastures1placersplannersprancersprankstersrammersranchersscammersscannersslammersslashersslatherssmasherssnatchers1spannersstaffersstammers1statures
3 syllables
cadavers1advancerscliffhangersdispatchersenamorsenhancersespaliersflycatchersfreelancersgnatcatchersharassersjackhammersprogrammerssledgehammerschattering2strategy2battery1nataliemanhattan3Seattle2catalog1clatteringecstatic2flattery1batteries1catapults1manhattans1patrie1Atticabatteningbatteringbattlementbattlementsbattlingbrattlingcatalancataloged1catalogs1catalyst
4 syllables
necromancerscompatible1anatomy1Cincinnati1acrobaticacrobaticsAdriaticaerobaticsanatomies1anatomistanatomistsapparatusasiaticatavismatavismsatavisticautocraticbattlementedbilateralbureaucraticcataloging1caterwauling
5 syllables
incompatible1apparatusesaristocraticbilaterally
6 syllables
indefatigable1
78
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
mattmat6matte
2 syllables
matter1mattered5matic1matted1Matissemattingmattocksmattyformat1doormat
3 syllables
dramaticasthmaticclimaticdogmaticdramaticsformattedformattingmattering15phlegmatic
4 syllables
automatic1mathematics2cinematic1antimatterantimatters
5 syllables
6 syllables
mathematically1

“matters” at line end — from real songs

Nothing rеally mattersTakes home the laugh
— Andy Shauf, “Green Glass” · rhymes matters / laugh
When all material scattersThe only place that matters
— Big Thief, “The Only Place” · rhymes matters / scatters
Get it down to nothing, everything that mattersFever flashes, eyelashes and traffic patterns
— Bon Iver, “Weird Goodbyes” · rhymes matters / patterns

How to read the 535 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 17
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 42
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 123
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 353
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 78
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.