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Words that rhyme withpatience

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 SH
1
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)
3 syllables
obeisance
2
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)
3 syllables
abeyanceconveyance
1574
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
cadence1fragrancevalencestation28nation15stations1nations4gracious1facials1glacial1glacier1haitian1Seychelles1facialgeishageishasglaciers1haitians1racialspacialspaciousspatialstationed28
3 syllables
surveillance1acquaintance1vacation11location4creation5foundation1relations4salvation3temptation5translation2probation1sensation4formation2frustration1mutations2rotation2relationcarnations1creations1damnation1duration1elation1flirtation1formations1inflation1negation1ovation1plantation1playstation1quotations1sensations1summations1temptations1vibrations1ablationablationsacaciaacaciasalsatianalsatiansaudaciousbiracialcarnationcastrationcastrationscausationcausationscessationcessationscetaceancetaceanscitationcitationscremationcremationscretaceousCroatiacroatiancroatianscrustaceancrustaceanscrustaceousdalmatiandalmatiansdamnations1deflationdeflationsdictationdictationsdilationdilationsdonationdonationsdurations1elations1fallaciousfiltrationfiltrationsfixationfixationsflirtations1flirtatiousflotationflotationsfoundations1frustrations1gestationgestationsgraciouslygraciousnessgradationgradationsgyrationgyrationsherbaceoushydrationhydrationsIgnatiusinflations1
4 syllables
conversation10situation11information4operation2education3generation7destination11explanation1reputation1invitation3celebration7population2inspiration5conversations1medicationcombination1operations2situations5generations3radiationapplicationexpectations3reservation1presentationrevelation5corporation1graduation1desperation4separation1observation1constellations3dedication3expectation2hesitation4concentration1complication2complications2explanations3imitation1invitations2isolation1liberation1motivation2reservations2revelations3demonstration1confirmation2confrontation2congregation2consolations1constellation1consternation1desolation1detonation1fascination1limitation1limitations1meditation2realization2
5 syllables
congratulations4imagination5investigation2organizationcommunication1associationcivilization1administrationcommunications1cooperationabomination5interrogationillumination2consideration1annihilation1discrimination1exaggeration1hallucination2orientation1
6 syllables
7 syllables
8 syllables
32
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
patient9patients2
3 syllables
patiently2impatient1capaciousimpatienceinpatientinpatientsoutpatientoutpatientspatiences7
4 syllables
occupation2dissipation1constipationconstipationsdissipations1
5 syllables
anticipation1anticipations1emancipationemancipations

“patience” at line end — from real songs

I walk the block with a halo on a stick, poking your patienceWhile the triple-6ers' lassos keep angels roped in the basement
— Aesop Rock, “Daylight” · rhymes patience / basement
And I just do not got the patienceTo cop me rotation at rock 'n' roll stations
— Eminem, “The Way I Am” · rhymes patience / stations
Your face ignites a fuse to my patienceThere's no time to interrupt the detonation
— Fiona Apple, “Cosmonauts” · rhymes patience / detonation

How to read the 1577 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.

Family rhyme 1
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 2
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 1574
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 32
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.