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Words that rhyme withmemphis

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 M·F
8
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
census
3 syllables
pretentious1consensuscontentiouslicentioustendentious
4 syllables
conscientiousunpretentious
2
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
senseless1
3 syllables
defenseless2
15
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical, but one side stops one consonant earlier.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cried / cry — one side missing the final D

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
precious2dennis1tennisVenicemenace1premise1benniscrevicelevisNevispreface
3 syllables
prosthesistransgresses
4 syllables
sacrilegioussemiprecious
78
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
Texas12Paris5jealous3fellas2necklace4helpless4Elvis2Harrisendless3restless5reckless5lexus4careless1lettuce1terrace2heiress1prentice1selfless1wetness1airbusairlessbreathlessdeafnessdextrousellisestrousestrus
3 syllables
tremendous1alexis1embarrassasbestos1infectious1rebellious1relentless1apprenticeawarenessberettas1BruxellescorrectnessdirectnesshorrendousimpetuousincestuousineptnessmomentousPolarisportentousprospectus
4 syllables
ambidextrousoverzealousgemfibrozilgemfibrozils

“memphis” at line end — from real songs

So she picks a direction, it's ninety to MemphisPredictably winds up thinking of Elvis
— Phoebe Bridgers, “Graceland Too” · rhymes memphis / elvis
And a horrible offenseWell that's the way we do things in West Memphis
— Lucinda Williams, “West Memphis” · rhymes memphis / offense
They got no common senseBut that's the way they do things in West Memphis
— Lucinda Williams, “West Memphis” · rhymes memphis / sense

How to read the 103 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 8
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 2
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 15
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 78
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.