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Words that rhyme withparked

masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 AA coda R·K·T
16
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)
1 syllable
marked1sparked1barked6harkedlarked2sharked1
2 syllables
earmarkedembarkedpockmarkedpostmarkedremarked3skylarked2trademarked1unmarked
3 syllables
disembarked2unremarked
4
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)
1 syllable
carpedharped3barbedgarbed
740
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)
1 syllable
heart255are134dark1god69car85hard81far79not69star74stop59got54bar54start63talk49lot57part40thought25park41dog31top28rock30job28shot30hot23walk24block28spot27drop22art26yard23clock22caught18mark13smart14pop15shop10bought10guard10stopped7card8shock11taught10cop7dropped9lock5talked2locked4brought1walked3pot6knock2bob1hop9ought1sharp5doc1Scott1fought3odd2rob2jar17squad2Clark2Todd2stock2knocked2fog15scar8log6plot5fraud2chop3shark1robbed2shocked1mob5cart4spark13argh2rod4dock6broad1blocked3
2 syllables
apart95guitar34forgot14sweetheart3gunshot1robotabroad2radarsidewalk3Iraq2laptop1backyard2Bernardcigar4graveyard4regard1afar7depart6bizarre2postcard4bedrock1courtyard3lamar3remark3unlocked1amar2applaud1blacktop2Hitchcock1impart2jaguar2rockstar1skylark2woodstock2adoptaardvark1Aesop1ajar1Alcott1Asgard1assad1Babar1ballpark1buckshot1bulldog1bullfrog1churchyard1crowbar1Denmark1discard1distraught1Eckhart1facade1flockhart1hallmark1heartthrob1hilltop1lapdog1lumbar1maraud1monarch1nascar1newhart1outlawed1
3 syllables
boulevard9dialogue1bodyguard2astronaut3reservoir2superstar4meadowlark3morningstar3afterthought1analog2apricot2barbershop1catalogue1disembark2disregard2escobar2juggernaut1motorcar1mountaintop2abattoir1Bonaparte1Camelot1caviar1cosmonaut1esplanade1hildegard1hollyhock1monologue1photoshop1synagogue1tomahawk1travelogue1watermark1aftershockagitpropalcazaranalogueantiknockAntiochaquanautAraratArawakargonautarthropod
4 syllables
brachiopodcephalopodelectroshockIditarodstate-of-the-artthingamabobUlaanbaatar
5 syllables
middle-of-the-road
1996
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)
1 syllable
on293all315gone224long170wrong171song167off116fall155ah46wall128was43arms61want39call83ya34lost74stars83strong64dawn61songs43small43hearts39cars37hall36arm31cause23law24walls36ball32cross20saw15tall31cost24box18harm24calls21nah11mom12watch15cops15bars26thoughts14fault11cards15falls20called10dogs9starts13ahh10farm16wants8boss9bomb9Paul7soft15gods13rocks15charge9lawn24john4tom5parts14don2loss12balls8calm3shots9stops8doll12mall16draw6jobs7charm10march7wash3lots1drawn14Charles2large1talks5
2 syllables
along74because21belong22upon8involved10recall16alarm8across4applause6beyond5football2grandma1belongs2garage4grandparesponse3baseball1respond3assaultbelonged2gunshots3moronaha5massage1so-calledwithdraw1regards2soniaguitars3ha-hacigars5mirage5involveresolve3dissolve3robots1Milananton1alarms2anon2birdsong3downfall2exhaust3hurrah3outlaw2rainfall3remarks2rooftops1sidewalks1hogan1alarmed2aloft2atoll1avant2barrage1bygones1cyclops1dada1dissolved2footfall2
3 syllables
restaurant5alcohol5Vietnam3basketball1protocolBabylon6son-in-lawArkansas4cannonball4waterfall4waterfalls4restaurants2Montreal4Omaha1overalls2Pentecost2astronauts2avalon1confidant1debutante2debutantes2echelon1holocaust1Molotov2nonchalant2afterthoughts1albatross1amazon1applesauce1autobahn1butterscotch1camouflage1carrera1cosmonauts1firearms1fireball1holocausts1intercom1lexicon1lollipops1
4 syllables
brother-in-lawsister-in-lawAgamemnon1neanderthal1automatonautomatonsAzerbaijanBaryshnikovbrachiopodscephalopodscholesterolcholesterolsdaughter-in-lawelectroshocksemoticonemoticonsfather-in-lawheterodoxKalashnikovmother-in-law
292
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)
1 syllable
fact24act11looked3worked3liked1picked3checked14packed7kicked1cooked1sucked5booked1hooked1cracked2strictfreaked3smokedtricked11tracked2wrecked4pact4ached2bucked1lacked2baked1backed310choked1clicked1cloaked1croaked1duct1leaked1licht1pricked1puked1quaked1smacked1soaked1stoked1tucked1whacked1beaked3bikedblacked75brakedBrechtbrooked2burkedcakedcheeked17chequedchicked3chuckedclacked3clerked3cluckedcokedcorkedcreaked2crickeddecked8dikedducked5dukeddykedfakedflakedfleckedflicked2forked
2 syllables
respect16perfect6expect4contact5protect3suspect1effect5correct2subject2attacked1contract1collect2exact1direct1impactconnect1react4affectaddict3intact5attract2destruct2distract1provoked3elect2neglect2reflect1abstract1detect1revoked1select1sidetracked1unchecked1abductafflictantiquedaspectbackpacked3backstrokedbacktracked1batikkedbedeckedblackjackedbushwhackedcarjackedconfectconstrictconstructconvokedcritiqueddeductdeflectdeject
3 syllables
architect1disrespect2aqueduct1dialect2disconnect1recollect2incorrect1artifactbellyachedbenedictbottleneckedcircumspectcontradictcounteractdeconstructderelictdisaffectdisinfectindirectinexactintellectinteractinterdictinterjectintersectintrospectmedivacedmisdirectmotorbikedoveractovercookedoverlookedoverworkedpaperbackedpiggybackedquarterbackedreconstruct
4 syllables
overreact1aftereffectcounterattackedinterconnectoverprotect

“parked” at line end — from real songs

Then my mind went darkWe both forgot where your car was parked
— Bright Eyes, “Lover I Don’t Have to Love” · rhymes parked / dark

How to read the 3046 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 16
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 4
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.
Subtractive 739
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 1996
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 291
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.