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Words that rhyme withpassing

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 AE coda S
11
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
chassingclassing12gassingglassing50grassing26hassingmassing2sassing
3 syllables
amassingharassingoutclassing
52
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
laughing2catching1crashing2flashing3smashing1scratching1slashing1splashing1thrashing1
3 syllables
abashingattaching1backlashingdetachingdispatchingmismatchingrehashing
4 syllables
autographing2hectographinglithographing
5 syllables
mimeographing
67
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
dancing8asking4gasping1blasting1grasping1Lansing1prancing1tasking1basking1blanchingbranching2casting9chancing
3 syllables
collapsing2romancing1advancing1financing1newscasting1relaxing1broadcastingclimaxingcontrasting1elapsing
4 syllables
everlasting3avalanchingflabbergastingovercasting1overdraftingovertaxingrebroadcasting
453
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
standing6acting3hanging4planninglanding5pantingtracking35banging9packing2chantinghandlingrattling2cracking1camping5draggingcrackling2clapping2ranking1flapping2rambling1backing310bragging1catting1grambling1lacking1manning1rapping1slamming1slapping1smacking1tanning1trapping1wrapping1yapping1adding3anding41anglingbaggingbanding59banking14banningbattingblabbingblacking75blanding1blanking2braddingbranding1branningcabbingcanningcantingcappingchamping2channingchappingchattingclacking3claddingclammingclamping
3 syllables
kidnappingattacking1outstanding1demanding1adapting1withstanding1abstracting1attracting2backhandingbackpacking3backslappingbacktracking1blackjackingbootstrappingbushwhackingcanallingcarjackingcatnappingchitchattingcombatingcombattingcommanding11contacting5corrallingdecampingdecantingdetractingdiffractingdisbanding1distracting1enactingencampingenchantingentanglingentrappingexacting1expanding1extractingformattingfreestandingfullbackinggrandstandingharanguinghijackingimpactingimplantingjapanning
4 syllables
understanding3anagrammingboomeranging1caravanningcopycattingcounteractingdiagramingdiagramminghandicappinginteractingnotwithstandingoveractingoverhangingoverlappingpiggybackingquarterbackingreenactingreprimandingsubcontractingthermostattingwiretappingambassador1Tallahassee1ambassadors1ambassadressaudacitiesaudacityefficaciesefficacy
5 syllables
misunderstanding1overreacting1counterattacking
46
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
pass33
2 syllables
passes4passagepasser1passive1passelpasselspassers1passives1bypassimpassesurpass
3 syllables
passengers2passenger2passengered1passersby1bypassesbypassingimpassesimpassivepacifist
4 syllables
capacity1overpasses1capacitancecapacities1
5 syllables
capacitances

“passing” at line end — from real songs

Did you hear the devil laughingFrom the ambulance passing?
— John Moreland, “No Glory in Regret” · rhymes passing / laughing
Won't you lend your lungs to me? Mine are collapsingPlant my feet and bitterly breathe up the time that's passing
— Townes Van Zandt, “Lungs” · rhymes passing / collapsing
The fields and clouds all passingEleanor was thrashing
— Bonnie Prince Billy, “Ease Down the Road” · rhymes passing / thrashing

How to read the 583 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 11
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 52
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 67
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 453
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 46
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.