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Words that rhyme withmeadow

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 EH coda D
13
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
ghetto6Legoecho2decogeckoGreco
3 syllables
falsetto1librettopalmettoParetostilettocanseco1
4 syllables
amaretto1
27
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
elbow2expo1tempo2velcro1fresco1metro1puerto1techno1lento
3 syllables
crescendo1allegroconcertoflamencomementorobertoUNESCO
4 syllables
manifesto1innuendopentimento
5 syllables
divertimento
248
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
fellow2yellow5narrow1sparrow7marrow2bellow3Pharaoh1demo1mellow2memo2bello1elmo1eno1jello1nemo1airflowcelloceroDarrowfarofarrowFresnomezzotaroready15wedding8steady7headed1credit1eddieheading1teddy2freddyspreading2freddiepedal4bedding2weddings2cheddar1credits1dreaded1eddy1edie1heady1leaden1reddish1shedding1beddedbreaded19breading19cheddars1deadendeadeneddeadensdreading9
3 syllables
camaro1alvero1carmelo1expresso1guerrero1janeiro1Othello1sombrero1bedfellowbolerobordellobraceroespressoLongfellowlorenzomarshmallowmorelloPalermoPasseroSalernotangelowheelbarrowalready7federaleditorpedestal1unleaded2unsteady2credible1embedded1pedicure1pedigree1predator1sedative1sedatives1accreditaccreditsairheadedbackpedalbackpedaledbackpedalsBedouin
4 syllables
PirandelloPocatelloincredible1incrediblydedicated2Armageddon1accreditedaccreditingbackpedalingconfederateconfederatescreditablecreditablydiscrediteddiscreditingedificesEdinburghfeatherbeddedfeatherbeddingfederalistfederalistsfederallyhereditiesheredityimpediment
5 syllables
confederaciesconfederacyconfederatedconfederating
24
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
MEd
2 syllables
medal1medals2meddle1meddledmeddles1medicmedics
3 syllables
medicine8medical1medalistmedalistsmeddlesomemeddlingmedically
4 syllables
mediciningparamedicparamedics
5 syllables
biomedicalbiomedicals

“meadow” at line end — from real songs

Warbling chime through the meadowStuck to the wind like Velcro
— Adrianne Lenker, “Sparrow” · rhymes meadow / velcro
Molten rock and meadow"Turns to dust and petal
— Adrianne Lenker, “Time Escaping” · rhymes meadow / petal
Set to the sky in a flying spree, for the sport of the pharaohLittle while later the Pharisees dragged a comb through the meadow
— Joanna Newsom, “Emily” · rhymes meadow / pharaoh

How to read the 288 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.

Family rhyme 13
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 27
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 248
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 24
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.