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Words that rhyme withnumbers

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 M·B
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 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
slumbers1cumberslumbers
3 syllables
encumbers
23
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
jumpers1bumpersdumperslumpersstumperswonders1mongers1blundershungers6plunders1sundersthunders8youngers3hunters5bunkers1dunkershunkersJunkers
3 syllables
headhuntersspelunkers
7
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
dumpsters1tumblers1bunglersjuncturespuncturessumpters
4 syllables
acupunctures
53
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
summers4gutters2runners1stutters2cutters1gunners1rubbers1truckers1blubbersbuggers1bummers4
3 syllables
bloodsuckers1cocksuckersforerunnersgunrunnersmidsummers1newcomersroadrunnersstonecutters
4 syllables
motherfuckers1kilometers1kilometres
175
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
brothers21others9lovers19mothers5colors6covers8sculptures2busters1cultures1sculptors1smothers1structures1vultures1colours2bluffersblustersbuffersbuskersbustiersbutlers1buzzersclusterscouplerscrusherscutlersdruthersduffersdustersflustersgushershovers1huckstershussarslusters1lustresmufflersmullersmushersmusters
3 syllables
blockbusters1grandmothers1abductorsadjustersconductorsconstructorsdiscolorsdiscovers6godmothershardcoversinductorsinstructorsMcCullersrecovers6restructuresstepmotherssubculturesuncoversrumblingcrumbling2bumblebee1cumbersome1jumbotron1lumbering1mumbling1rumblings1slumbering1stumbling1bumblingColombo
4 syllables
undercovers1agriculturesaquaculturescounterculturesfilibustershorticulturesinfrastructuresrediscoverssuperstructurestechnicolors1watercolorsColombia1Columbia1colombiancolombianscolumbiancolumbiansencumberingincumbenciesincumbency
5 syllables
semiconductors
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 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
number6numbered1
3 syllables
outnumbered1numbering6outnumberoutnumbers
4 syllables
outnumbering

“numbers” at line end — from real songs

As the largest Pez dispenser on record recouped his numbersIt took a couple summers puking pills behind the dumpster
— Aesop Rock, “Catacomb Kids” · rhymes numbers / dumpster
Song finished, and she whisper, "Honey, let's exchange numbers"Heatin' my blood up like the Arizona summer
— Aretha Franklin, “Ms. Fat Booty” · rhymes numbers / summer
How did the Bad Girl feel when she looked at them numbers?I read a case about Rihanna's accountant and wondered
— Kendrick Lamar, “FEAR.” · rhymes numbers / wondered

How to read the 262 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 4
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 23
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 7
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 53
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 175
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 7
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.