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Words that rhyme withpoint

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 OY coda N·T
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)
1 syllable
joint4
2 syllables
anoint1disjoint
8
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
joined2coined2groined
2 syllables
adjoinedconjoinedenjoinedpurloinedrejoined
17
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)
1 syllable
points1joints1
2 syllables
anoints1appointscheckpointsdisjointsendpointsflashpointsgunpoints1midpointspinpointsstandpointsviewpointswellpoints
3 syllables
counterpointsdisappoints1needlepoints
108
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
boy40joy17goin2join2toy9roy1coin2troy1void9Lloyd1boydchoifloyd1Freud1ploy1Boynecloycloyedcoygoygroinjoyed17loinquoinROIsoytoyed9
2 syllables
enjoy5destroy6destroyed2avoid2cowboy2enjoyed5annoyed1employed1deploy2Detroit1alloy1android1bitcoin1employ1malloy1playboy1polloi1adjoinadroitalloyed1annoybellboyBurgoynebusboycarboyconjoinconvoyconvoyeddecoydecoyed
3 syllables
paranoid2Illinois3asteroid2overjoyed2unemployed1Iroquois1Polaroid1Schadenfreude1adenoidalkaloidamyloidcelluloidcorduroycorduroyedFauntleroyhemorrhoidhumanoidmaladroitmongoloidredeployredeployed
4 syllables
underemployed
5 syllables
corticosteroid
159
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
voice19boys13choice16noise15oil5soil5toys7coins4spoil1spoiled1Joyce2doyleboil2coil2moines1moist1noir2toil2boyz1coiled1foil1foils1foist1joys1loins1poise1royce1soiled1soir1voids1boies40boiled2
2 syllables
rejoice2recoil1cowboys1unspoiled1schoolboys1topsoil1uncoil1adjoinsairfoilairfoilsalloys1androids1annoysavoids2bellboysbitcoins1boudoirboudoirsbusboyscarboysconjoinsconvoysdeploys2destroys6doughboys
3 syllables
adenoidsalkaloidsamyloidsasteroids2celluloidscorduroyshemorrhoidshumanoidshydrofoilhydrofoilsmongoloidsparanoids2polaroids1redeployssinusoidstenderloins
5 syllables
corticosteroids
172
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
want39went23front8count9spent12meant8rent13sent10paint13saint11aunt1plant5grant2hunt1tent5print1mount3burnt2faint3bent6Kent3scent3hint1stunt1cent1fontlearntdreamtvent4blunt4haunt2dent2quaint1flint1gent1lent1lint1mint1sprint1stint1tant1tint1Trent1zandt1antBrandtbrantbrentbruntbuntcantchantdauntdintfeintflauntgauntGhentglintgruntjauntKantLuntpantpentpintpuntquintrant
2 syllables
account5accent4event4amount3percent2preventcomplaint1consentrepent4extent2discountintent1avant2cement1descent2manhunt1transplantfootprint1lament1newsprint1relent1storefront1acquaintadventaffrontascentassentaugmentBelmontblueprintconfrontconstraintcroissantdecantdetentedissenteggplantenchantfermentforefrontheadcountimplantimprintindentinventlakefrontlevantmiscountmisprintpiedmontrecantrecountRembrandtrepaintreplant
3 syllables
president5restaurant5represent2confidant1debutante2nonchalant2fingerprint1paramount1waterfront1battlefrontcatamountcircumventcommandantconfidantecongruentdiscontentfingerpaintmalcontentnoneventoccidentoceanfrontorientpeppermintreinventself-torment
4 syllables
disorientmisrepresent
30
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
gunpoint1appointcheckpointendpointflashpointmidpointpinpointstandpointviewpoint
3 syllables
disappoint1counterpointneedlepointappointedappointingappointivepinpointed
4 syllables
disappointed1disappointing3counterpointedcounterpointing
5 syllables

“point” at line end — from real songs

We just saw it from a different pointA-heading for another joint
— Bob Dylan, “Tangled Up in Blue” · rhymes point / joint
I would've warned you, but really, what's the point?Don't be down, my demeanor tends to disappoint
— Fiona Apple, “To Your Love” · rhymes point / disappoint

How to read the 466 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 8
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 17
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 108
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 159
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 171
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 30
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.