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Words that rhyme withmurdered

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 ER coda D
58
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
furthered5murmurednurturedperjuredburden6thirty3verdict1girdle1sturdy2
3 syllables
burdening6burdensomegirdlinghurdlerhurdlershurdlingreworded
4 syllables
absurdity2absurdities2overburdenoverburdened
5 syllables
343
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are different.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / live — both end in V; AH versus IH

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
tired27bastard5fired4figured1ordered1coward2hiredawkward3standard1Howardwondered2entered1Edwardcapturedshepherd3mattered5scattered4shattered4blackbird4cupboard1mustard3battered2numbered1starboard2wandered1whispered2wired3lowered2mastered2slaughtered2blistered1buggered1clattered1cluttered1conquered1custard1daggered1faltered1laundered1leopard1muttered1neutered1peppered1Shepard1splintered1squandered1structured1tattered1upward1altered1anchored3angered3auguredbackwardbantered1barbered1bartered1Bayardbeggared1bettered69bickeredbittered3
3 syllables
remembered2considered1inspired3requiredretired1desired3expired3surrendered2admired1bewildered1inquired1outnumbered1acquiredaspiredattiredbackfiredbelaboredbeleagueredconfiguredconjecturedconspireddevoured1disfigureddismembereddisordered2distemperedembitteredembroideredempoweredencountered1encumberedengenderedenquiredenrapturedheadquarteredhigh-poweredmeanderedmisfirednonstandardperspiredphilanderedre-enteredrecapturedreconqueredremaindered1reorderedrestructuredrewiredsandpapered
4 syllables
uninspired4alligatored2filibusteredgerrymanderedmanufacturedmisrememberedoverpoweredoverwinteredreconnoiteredreconnoitredreconsidered1unencumberedunexpired
8
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
murder7murders7Murdochdemurred
3 syllables
murderer1murderers1murdering7murderous

“murdered” at line end — from real songs

But I ain't tryna have none of my people hurt or murderedThan to just say that I love y'all too much to see the verdict
— Eminem, “Like Toy Soldiers” · rhymes murdered / verdict
'Cause he knows that he will lyrically get murderedAnd he's too scurred to answer me with words
— Eminem, “The Ringer” · rhymes murdered / words
A baby's bein' born, same time a man is murderedFreedom or jail, clips inserted
— Nas, “Nas Is Like” · rhymes murdered / inserted

How to read the 401 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 58
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 343
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 8
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.