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Words that rhyme withpoints

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·S
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
joints1
2 syllables
anoints1disjoints
156
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
voice19boys13choice16noise1goin2point5join2joint5toys7joined2coin2void9Lloyd1boydJoyce2floyd1boyz1Freud1joys1poise1royce1voids1boies40boyesBoynecloyedcloyscoiffecoined2goysgroingroinedhoysjoyed17lloyds1loin
2 syllables
destroyed2avoid2enjoyed5annoyed1rejoice2employed1cowboys1Detroit1gunpoint1android1anoint1bitcoin1schoolboys1adjoinadjoinedadroitalloyed1alloys1androids1annoysappointavoids2bellboysBurgoynebusboyscarboyscheckpoint
3 syllables
paranoid2disappoint1asteroid2overjoyed2unemployed1Polaroid1Schadenfreude1adenoidadenoidsalkaloidalkaloidsamyloidamyloidsasteroids2celluloidcelluloidscorduroyedcorduroys
4 syllables
underemployed
5 syllables
corticosteroidcorticosteroids
136
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
boy40joy17oil5toy9soil5roy1coins4spoil1troy1spoiled1choidoyleboil2coil2moines1moist1noir2toil2coiled1foil1foils1foist1loins1ploy1soiled1soir1boiled2boils2Boyleboylesbroilbroiledbroilscloycoiffedcoiffescoils2coyfoiled1foists1goines
2 syllables
enjoy5destroy6cowboy2recoil1deploy2unspoiled1alloy1employ1malloy1playboy1polloi1topsoil1uncoil1adjoinsairfoilairfoilsannoybellboybitcoins1boudoirboudoirsbusboycarboyconjoinsconvoydecoydoughboyembroilembroiledembroilsenjoinsenvoygargoyle
3 syllables
Illinois3Iroquois1corduroyFauntleroyhydrofoilhydrofoilsredeploytenderloins
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
wants8pants10thanks6drinks5thinks1gruntsbanks5cents6plants1prints1counts2stinks1tanks2francsants5glimpse3saints2blanks2blunts2camps2champs2temps2honksamps2aunts2fronts2haunts2ranks2sinks2stunts1tonks2blancs1blimps1blinks1Bronx1chumps1chunks1cramps1drunks1dunks1jumps1links1lumps1minks1monks1Nantes1paints1pumps1punks1ramps1stamps1stumps1swamps1tents1tints1bankesbents6bonksbrantsbrents
2 syllables
events4accounts5complaints2blueprints1footprints1rembrandts1shoeprints1acquaintsadventsaffrontsamounts3ascentsassentsaugmentsavants2cements1confrontsconsentsconstraintscroissantsdachshundsdebunksdecampsdecantsdescents2detentesdiscountsdissentseggplantsencampsenchantsextents2fermentsforefrontsgangplanksheadcountshoodwinksimplantsimprintsindentsintents1inventslakefrontslaments1levantsLorenz
3 syllables
fingerprints3represents2restaurants2debutantes2presidents1underpants1battlefrontscatamountscircumventscommandantsconfidantesconfidants1contretempsdiscontentsdoublethinksfingerpaintsfiredampsinterlinksmalcontentsnoneventsoccidentsoceanfrontsorientspeppermintsreinventsriverbanks1self-tormentswaterfronts1
4 syllables
disorientsmisrepresents
14
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
appointscheckpointsendpointsflashpointsgunpoints1midpointspinpointsstandpointsviewpointswellpointsballpoints
3 syllables
counterpointsdisappoints1needlepoints

“points” at line end — from real songs

Touché from our killjoys who know humanoids are just hit pointsAin't cop that new heat, that newspeak's all pink noise
— Aesop Rock, “The Gates” · rhymes points / noise

How to read the 587 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.
Subtractive 156
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 136
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 292
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 14
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.