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Words that rhyme withminute

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 N
1
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
linnet
mosaic rhyme
within it3win it2spin it2skin it1thin it1
2
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
limit2ringgit
5
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
ingotkismetsignettrinketWilmut
217
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
spirit7ticket9visit3cricket1midget3biscuit1bigot1billet1Bridget1brigitte1digit1Pickett1skillet1spigot1thicket1brisketcivetfidgetfrigategibletgigotmilletpicketpigletpivotrivetsnippettippettripletwicketwidgetwilletdinner7finished1finish1winner7winning8clinic1spinning8innerskinnylinen7sinner5sinners3thinner5winners2winnings1grinning1innards1Pliny1skinner1spinner1spinners1
3 syllables
tourniquet1revisit1elicitexhibitexplicitillicitimplicitinhibitprohibitsolicitbeginning1innocent5innocence5cinema1finishing4cinnamon2cynical3beginner1beginnings1trinity1beginners1innocents1purina1vinegar1Berlinerberlinersbreadwinnerbreadwinnerschagrinningcinemas1cinnamons2clinicalfinaglefinagledfinaglesfinickyfinisherfinishersfinisheslineagelineal
4 syllables
infinity3affinity1divinity1infinities1infinitum1innocently1affinities1antinomycarcinogencarcinogensclinicallycynicallydarwiniandefinitivedivinities1finagling
5 syllables
palestinians1alkalinitiesalkalinityargentinianargentiniansAugustinianaugustiniansCaroliniancarolinianscarthaginianfemininitiesfemininity
6 syllables
47
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
minminh1
2 syllables
minutes4minnow1minnows1miniminis
3 syllables
minister2ministry3minimum2mineral2diminishdiminishedlast-minuteminerals2
4 syllables
administeradministeredadministers
5 syllables
6 syllables
acetaminophenacetaminophens

“minute” at line end — from real songs

It only takes a minuteAnd it takes it, and it takes it, and it takes it, and it takes it
— Thom Yorke, “Last I Heard (...He Was Circling the Drain)” · rhymes minute / it
Breaking up the speed limitScaring the pedestrians for a minute
— Dire Straits, “Once Upon a Time in the West” · rhymes minute / limit
Pinhead kids of the minuteDrank Kool-Aid from a tube of acrylic
— Aesop Rock, “Rings” · rhymes minute / acrylic

How to read the 225 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 1
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 2
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 5
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 217
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 47
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.