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Words that rhyme withpowers

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 AW coda —
22
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
hours1flowers1ours4showers1bowers1sours1towers1bauerscowersflours
3 syllables
bellflowersconeflowerscornflowersdevours1mayflowers1safflowerssunflowerswallflowers
4 syllables
cauliflowerseisenhowers
34
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
trousers2bouncers1counters1towners1boundersbrowserschowders1daubersdoubtersdownersflounders1foundersfowlersgougers
3 syllables
announcers1cofoundersdiscountersencounters1gunpowders
4 syllables
thundershowers
101
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
hour29tower14shower7flower7our1coward2Howardtowel2sour1towels3bowels1bower1dour1bauerbowelbowered1cowards2cowercoweredcowing6
3 syllables
allowing1bowery1wildflower2allowance1cowardly1devour1flowery1mayflower1towering1allowancedavowingbellflowerbowering1coneflowercornflowercowardice
4 syllables
allowances1allowableallowancingavowedlycauliflowercowardicesdevouring1disallowingdisavowingEisenhower
31
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
POW2
2 syllables
power17Powell1powered17southpaw1
3 syllables
powerful1powerless1willpower1brainpowerbrainpowersempowerempoweredempowershigh-powered
4 syllables
empoweringempowermentempowermentsfirepowerfirepowersoverpower

“powers” at line end — from real songs

We could switch off in movies and switch off in showersWe can turn it up and turn it down, watch Austin Powers
— Adrianne Lenker, “Once a Bunch” · rhymes powers / showers
Fire burned and blew out flowersShowing me its comely powers
— Bonnie Prince Billy, “Knockturne” · rhymes powers / flowers

How to read the 157 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 22
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 34
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 101
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 31
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.