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Words that rhyme withpassion

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 SH
3
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
fashion7ashen1ration
7
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
fasten1Pathangavinragin2savin2
3 syllables
assassin2imagine3
62
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
action10Jackson2mansion7aspirin1traction2Calvinaston1bassman1datsun1fraction1Manson1raskin1alvinAshtonaspenbackspinbastioncapstancaptionCaxton
3 syllables
reaction2sebastiandistraction4attraction3expansion1subtraction1transaction1abstractionalaskanArkansancontractioncontraptiondiffractionexactionextraction
4 syllables
satisfaction2interactionliquefaction
5 syllables
dissatisfactionoverreaction
226
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
happen9captain3dragon2alancabin2canyon8wagon2latin1cannon4franklin2baron1brandonfallin2Allensharon2salmon1Makin1ballin1barren3landin1satin2stallion2amblin1canton1chacon1chandon1fallon1famine1napkin1starin1staten1talon1tappin1ShannonactinadmanAkronallanAmmanbagmanbanyanbattenblackenbrackencalkinCamdenCancuncanoncaplinchaplainChaplinchapmancraftsmancratondampen
3 syllables
italian1abandon5companion6manhattan3examinebandwagon1Buchanan1medallion1southampton1AladdinbackgammonbattalionGagarinMontananNevadanNorthamptonprolactinsnapdragonugandannational1old-fashionedeyelashes1rational1abashesabashingbacklashesbacklashingcassiacassiasfashioning7hashishesmishmashesmoustaches3mustaches3nationals1potashespugnaciousrationals1rationingrehashesrehashingwhiplashes
4 syllables
AlabamanMacrodantinphytoplanktonprostaglandinreexamineirrational1rationally1balderdashesdispassionatefashionablefashionablyirrationals1nationalistnationalistsnationallytransnational
5 syllables
international1dispassionatelyhaberdasherieshaberdasheryinternationals1irrationallymultinationalmultinationalssupranational
6 syllables
internationalistinternationalistsinternationalizedinternationally
13
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
passions3paschal
3 syllables
passionate1compassion1compassions1impassionedrapacious
4 syllables
compassionate1passionately1compassionates1
5 syllables
compassionatedcompassionatelycompassionating

“passion” at line end — from real songs

And as you approach the surface, all of that peace that you felt is replaced wi…Now everything's flashing
— Kae Tempest, “Picture A Vacuum” · rhymes passion / flashing
When the past makes you laugh and you can savor the magicYou find that that fire is passion
— Lou Reed, “Magic and Loss (The Summation)” · rhymes passion / magic
I wanna give it to Mary the best that I can'Cause Mary's my passion
— Loudon Wainwright III, “I’m Going To Give It To Mary With Love” · rhymes passion / can

How to read the 298 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 3
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 7
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 62
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 226
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 13
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.