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Words that rhyme withpaper

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 EY coda P
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 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
vapor2caper2taper1draperraperscraper
3 syllables
skyscraper1landscaper
mosaic rhyme
escape hertape herrape hervideotape herscrape her
169
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
neighbor6labor4labour1neighbour1saber1Habersabretaborlater13greater1traitor1baker2waitermaker1skater2acre1cater1crater1faker1freighter1quaker1raker1shaker1straighter1taker1breakergaitergatorgraterhaterpaterplaterpraterslaterstatertaterfader1
3 syllables
belaborcreator3Decatur1debater1caretakercarmakercuratordeflatordictatordressmakerequatorfilmmakerglassmakerhatmakerhaymakerhomemakericebreakerinflatorkingmakerlawbreakerlawmakerLemaitrelocatormatchmakerMercatormuckrakerpacemakerpeacemakerprintmaker
4 syllables
elevator2operator2generator2activator2alligator2instigator2aviator1calculator1percolator1respirator1separator1undertaker1actuatoragitator
5 syllables
investigatorrefrigerator1accelerator1manipulator1accumulatoradministrator
10
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
chamber5painter1patzertasterwaster
3 syllables
remainder1attainderbedchamberfinagler
4 syllables
antechamber
22
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
mayor2player2layer1sayer2Mayer1Bayerpayerslayersprayerstayerstrayer
3 syllables
conveyor1assayerballplayerbricklayerconveyernaysayerpurveyorratepayersoothsayer
154
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
stranger28danger23nature5favor9major4failure5Taylorfavour2sailor6savior12safer1trailer2ranger1laser1flavor3manger4tailor5razor2chaser3changer1frasieraver1braver1gainer1glacier1jailer1Mainer1pager1plainer1racer1saver1savor1wager1waver1bailorbatherblazerbracerDaimlerfacerframerFrazerGlaserglazerGraingergrangergraverkramer
3 syllables
behavior6behaviour2teenagercontainer1eraser1inhaler1appraiserarrangercampaignercomplainerdenaturedisclaimerdisfavorendangerengraverexchangerfundraiserlifesaverno-brainerretailerretainerstargazertrailblazerwholesalercapable1escaping3skyscrapers1capering2draperiesdraperylandscaperslandscapingmisshapenNapierrapierrapiersreshapingsapiens1
4 syllables
misbehavior1entertainerlegislaturenomenclaturesemitrailerteetotalerincapable
5 syllables
inescapableinescapablyvideotaping
20
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
papers9papalpapered15
3 syllables
newspaper1newspapers2wallpaper1flypaperflypaperspapaciespapacypapering15paperysandpapersandpaperedsandpaperswallpapered1wallpapers1
4 syllables
newspapering1sandpaperingwallpapering1

“paper” at line end — from real songs

And the croon, distant as paperChildren burn, faceless vapor
— Big Thief, “The Toy” · rhymes paper / vapor
I read the body count out of the paperAnd now it’s written all over my face
— Bright Eyes, “Road to Joy” · rhymes paper / face
I have a friend, he's mostly made of painHe once cut one of my nightmares out of paper
— Bright Eyes, “Waste of Paint” · rhymes paper / pain

How to read the 362 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 8
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 169
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 10
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 22
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 153
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 20
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.