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Words that rhyme withmiddle

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 IH coda D
5
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
fiddle2riddle2diddlepiddletwiddle
46
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
little8brittle1spittle1skittletittlewhittledribble1sigel1dibblegigglejigglekibblenibble
3 syllables
hospital6acquittalbelittlecommittalDoolittletransmittaltesticleventricle
4 syllables
noncommittalparticiplepumpernickel
47
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
simple6single5signal1crystal3symbol2pistol2jingle2mingle2Bristol1cristal1cymbal1dimple1nimble1spindle1thimble1tingle1tinkle1twinkle1binglebrindledingledistaldwindlefiscalfistfulfitfulgrindlekindlelintelmistralpimplepistilpixel
3 syllables
rekindle1bilingualcommingle
4 syllables
interminglemonolingual
167
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
whistle1Mitchell1missiledismal2fearful2blissful1cheerful1chisel1drivel1thistle1vigil1bristleCyrildrizzlefissilefizzlefrizzlegristlegrizzlehymnalminstrelmissalriffleshrivelsinfulsizzleskillfulsniffleswiveltearfultinsel
3 syllables
official1initialabysmalbaptismaldismissalepistlefamilialjudicialprovincialuncivilvideo2consider1considered1Lydia2videos1hideous4gideon2hasidic1riddling1widower1acidicbedriddenbiddableconsiders1
4 syllables
artificialsuperficial1beneficialinterstitialmultilingualprejudicialsacrificialunofficialconsidering1stupidity1considerate1reconsider1aciditiesacidity
5 syllables
considerableconsiderably
6 syllables
antemeridian
13
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)
2 syllables
middledmiddles6
3 syllables
Middletonmiddling
4 syllables
humidity1humidities1Numidiatimiditiestimidity
5 syllables
dehumidifieddehumidifies
6 syllables
dehumidifierdehumidifiers

“middle” at line end — from real songs

And the beginning isn't prettyBow around the middle ('round the middle, 'round the middle...)
— Aesop Rock, “Drawbridge” · rhymes middle / pretty
Gray light, new day leaks through the windowWe walk the forty blocks to the middle
— Bright Eyes, “Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)” · rhymes middle / window
It doesn't get much worse than thisIn beds in little rooms, in buildings in the middle
— Counting Crows, “Perfect Blue Buildings” · rhymes middle / this

How to read the 265 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 5
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 46
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 47
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 167
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 13
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.