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Words that rhyme withmelody

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 L
357
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
telling1jealous3fellow2yellow5selling1fella4yelling1Kelly1fellas2belly1Helenellenelliefellows2Stellacellar1jelly2ellabellow3telly3yellin1bellaDelhibello1cela1deli1dweller1dwelling1feliz1feller1fellers1jello1nellie1nelly1pellets1relics1Shelley1smelly1teller1bellasbelliedbellies1belling24bellowed3bellows3cellars1cellistcellistscellocelloesdelis1delladelling3dwellers1dwellings1ELAElamellingellisfelling28felonfelonsgellinghelenshellerhellershelling87hellishhelothelotsjelliedjellies2jellingjelloesKellerKelloggkelloggskellys1
3 syllables
Kennedy1remedy5parodyelephant1developed1relatives1delicate1elenaelements3relative2develop1elliotjealousy3element2umbrella2elegantrelevantfelony1HelenaeleanorEllington2jealously1skeleton1skeletons2elephants1cappella1celery1celibate1delancey1elegance1Eliot1estrella1Magellan1Medellin1misspellings1Othello1pirelli1propellants1propelling1relevance1telomeres1alleleallelesallelicangelicappellantappellantsappellatebedfellowbedfellowsbellowing3bellying1bestsellerbestsellersbooksellerbooksellersbordelloBruxellescandela
4 syllables
Schenectadyintelligence2intelligentdevelopmentdeveloping1accelerants1Cinderella1fidelity1Rockefeller1angelicaangelicallyangelicasantebellumcelibaciescelibacydelicaciesdelicacydelicatelydeveloperdevelopersdevelopmentselegances1elegantlyeligibleeloquenceseloquentlyembellishesembellishingembellishmentembellishmentsenvelopingfidelities1indelibleindelibly
5 syllables
infidelity2evangelicals1evangelicalexoskeletonexoskeletons
6 syllables
counterintelligence
7 syllables
counterintelligences
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
mel1
2 syllables
mellow2melon1melangemelangesmeling1mellingMellonmellonsmellowed2mellows2
3 syllables
melaniemelodies1carmelo1melanin1marshmallowmarshmallowsmelanins1
4 syllables
watermelon1watermelons1

“melody” at line end — from real songs

Deadly, when I play a dope melodyAnything less than the best is a felony
— David Bowie, “Ice Ice Baby” · rhymes melody / felony
Looped side by side, they go stepping out togetherAnd dare to discover the new melody
— Iris DeMent, “Sweet Is the Melody” · rhymes melody / together
And you'll sing to yourselfThe rising falling melody
— Jeff Tweedy, “I’ll Fight” · rhymes melody / yourself

How to read the 357 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.

Assonance 357
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.