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Words that rhyme withprecious

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 EH coda SH
0
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)
mosaic rhyme
refresh us
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
prefacecrevicelevisNevis
3 syllables
prosthesistransgresses
4 syllables
sacrilegious
33
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
Texas12Elvis2Memphis7restless5lexus4selfless1senseless1breathlesscensusdeafnessestrousestrusfreshness
3 syllables
alexis1defenseless2asbestos1infectious1pretentious1consensuscontentiousimpetuousincestuous
4 syllables
conscientiousunpretentious
167
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
Paris5jealous3fellas2necklace4dennis1helpless4Harrisendless3tennisreckless5Venicecareless1lettuce1terrace2heiress1menace1premise1prentice1wetness1airbusairlessbennisdextrousellisfairnessfecklessferroushairlessheadlessleglessmarisMetisrarenessrednesstemptresstrelliswellnesszealousspecial9session3
3 syllables
tremendous1embarrassrebellious1relentless1apprenticeawarenessberettas1BruxellescorrectnessdirectnesshorrendousineptnessmomentousPolarisportentousprospectusstupendousunfairnessconfession9expression3possession1profession1specialistpossessions3obsession1confessions1succession2aggression1discretion1professions1progression1
4 syllables
ambidextrousoverzealousprofessional2indiscretion1professionals1accessioningbangladeshibangladeshisconfessionalconfessionalscongressionalexpressionistexpressionistsexpressionlessindiscretions1intercessionintercessionsnonaggressionnonaggressions
5 syllables
unprofessional1nonprofessional
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 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
pressure6pressuredpressures6
3 syllables
impression1depression6impressions2oppression1compressioncompressionsdepressions6oppressions1pressuringrepressionrepressions
4 syllables
decompressiondecompressionsimpressionistimpressionistssemiprecious
5 syllables
impressionable

“precious” at line end — from real songs

What good is a jewel that ain't still precious?I found you laying down with Samson and his full head of hair
— Frank Ocean, “Pyramids” · rhymes precious / hair
James Blake - "You're Too Precious"JG - "Broken Record" ft. Taylor Belle
— Laura Marling, “April 2020 Singles Release Calendar” · rhymes precious / belle

How to read the 207 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 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 33
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 167
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 22
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.