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Words that rhyme withparis

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 EH coda R
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
Harristerrace2heiress1ferrousmaris
3 syllables
embarrassPolaris
mosaic rhyme
care usshare usbear uswear ussquare usdare us
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
careless1airbusairlessestrousestrusfairnesshairlessrareness
3 syllables
awarenessunfairness
985
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
Texas12jealous3precious2fellas2necklace4dennis1helpless4Elvis2endless3tennisMemphis7restless5reckless5lexus4Venicelettuce1menace1premise1prentice1selfless1senseless1wetness1bennisbreathlesscensuscrevicedeafnessdextrousellisfecklessfreshnessheadlessleglesslevislexisMetisNevisnexuspelvisplexusprefacerednesssepsissexlesstemptresstrelliswellnesszealousmarried10Mary4marry4wearing2very2marriage3harry2scary7buried5Sarahsheriffstaring3Jerry1ericlarrymerry2sara1Garybury2Karenterryterror6fairy1Aaron1derekcarrie1sharing1error4haroldcherry2narrow1era2Taravera2sparrow7blaring1caring1clarence1bearing1
3 syllables
tremendous1alexis1defenseless2asbestos1infectious1pretentious1rebellious1relentless1apprenticeberettas1Bruxellesconsensuscontentiouscorrectnessdirectnesshorrendousimpetuousincestuousineptnesslicentiousmomentousportentousprospectusprosthesisstupendoustelexestendentioustransgressesarea1terrible2narrator1charity3character1embarrassed1therapy1terribly1heroin2jeremyterrorist2marrying4areas1terrorists1varioustherapist2primaryHarrison1ericaarrogant1heroine1marilynchariot2clarity3Meredithaerial2camaro1carrion1heresy1marriott1Maryland1burialharriet1alvero1arrogance1burials1canary1caramel1Cherokee1
4 syllables
ambidextrousconscientiousoverzealoussacrilegioussemipreciousunpretentiousAmerica5american3necessary1military1secretary1americans1embarrassing3ordinary1experiment1cemetery4temporaryhilarious1january1experiments1february1scenarioiscariot1dictionary1hysteria1missionaries1posterity1prosperity2sincerity1legendaryBavaria1caricature1cemeteries1commissary1dictionaries1huckleberries1hysterical1hysterically1
5 syllables
necessarilyunnecessarychemotherapy1contemporaries1contemporary1illusionary1
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionary
7 syllables
8 syllables
75
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
pair6pear2pare
2 syllables
parents4parent2perryperil2parrot1parrots1pairing6paraparasparing3parriedparriesParrishparry
3 syllables
preparingapparent1parable1parenting1comparinggrandparentgrandparentsimpairingimperilimperiled
4 syllables
apparently1comparativecomparativescomparisoncomparisonsimperative
5 syllables
comparatively

“paris” at line end — from real songs

Our summers in ParisWe had a child there
— Aimee Mann, “Bigger Than Love” · rhymes paris / there
Well, I've been to London and I've been to gay ParisSometimes my burden is more than I can bear
— Bob Dylan, “Not Dark Yet” · rhymes paris / bear
If you step up and tell her whereFor a dime you can see Kankakee or Paris
— E.Y. Harburg, “Lydia the Tattooed Lady” · rhymes paris / where

How to read the 1002 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.
Additive 10
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 985
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 75
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.