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Words that rhyme withmonkey

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 AH coda NG·K
7
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
funky3junkie1chunkyclunkyjunkypunkyspunky
7
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
bumpydumpyfrumpygrumpyjumpylumpy
3 syllables
burundi
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
country10hungry11bluntlyhumbly
3 syllables
cross-country
mosaic rhyme
funk me1
50
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
money48honey21funny11buddy5lucky5bloody1study1mummy1sunny4bunny2sonny1puppy1dummy2tummy2buggy2muddy2crummy1huggy1ruddy1runny1yuppie1chubbychummyclubbycruddycuddyduckygrubbygummygunnyguppyhubbymuckymuggynuttypluckyputtyrummyscrubbyshrubbysmuttystubbytubbyTunneytunny
3 syllables
Kentucky4unlucky1
4 syllables
understudy1
129
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
lovely5ugly6rusty1bubbly3comfy2fuzzy2curry1clumsy1comely1crunchy1dusty1Guthrie1husky1hussy1musty1brushybrusquelybuffybulkybunchybungeebusbybustychutneycomfreycoveycrustycuddly
3 syllables
recovery2Montgomery1abruptlyBiloxibimonthlycorruptlyDebussyMcGuffeyrobustlyunjustlyspelunking1bunkering1debunkingdrunkennessgrandunclegranduncleshunkeringjunketedjunketingspelunkerspelunkers
4 syllables
rediscovery
5 syllables
additionallyinextricably
4
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
monk3
2 syllables
monkeys4monkeyed3
3 syllables
monkeying3

“monkey” at line end — from real songs

He's got more balls than a big brass monkeyHe's a whacked-out weirdo and a lovebug junkie
— Iris DeMent, “In Spite of Ourselves” · rhymes monkey / junkie
And the thought troubled the monkeyFor he was afraid of spelunking
— Joanna Newsom, “Monkey & Bear” · rhymes monkey / spelunking
I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkeyYou hate my people, your plan is to terminate my culture
— Kendrick Lamar, “The Blacker the Berry” · rhymes monkey / culture

How to read the 198 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 7
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 7
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.
Subtractive 50
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 129
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 4
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.