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Words that rhyme withprocedure

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 IY coda JH
33
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
fever7either1neither1Caesar1Cheever1breather1leaver1seizure1teaser1weaver1beavercleaverfreezergrieverpleasertweezerteacher2creature2feature1preacher2bleacher1Beecherether1reefer3greaser
3 syllables
believer4receiver2retriever1achieverrelieverschoolteacher
4 syllables
nonbeliever1
5 syllables
underachiever
4
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
easter1leisterseamsterteamster
6
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)
2 syllables
skier
3 syllables
Melchiorrentiersightseer
4 syllables
overseer1nonlinear
151
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
Peter1leader1deeper10dealer4senior1speaker3dreamer4cleaner1eagerkeeper5sweeter3sleeper4meter1greener1cheaper1bieber2cedar2healer1heater1steamer2beaker1beater1femur1reaper1streaker1sweeper1weaker1wheeler1beeperbreeder
3 syllables
demeanor2bookkeeper1ammeteranteaterbeefeaterbeekeeperbeleaguerbirdfeedercheerleaderdemeanourDemeterdoorkeepergamekeepergatekeepergoalkeepergroundskeeperhousekeeperinfielderinnkeeperloudspeakerminesweeperMonsignoroutfielder
4 syllables
centerfieldercentimetercentimetrecopyreaderdecilitergravimeterintervenormillilitermillilitremillimetermillimetremisdemeanornanometerovereagerPasadena
5 syllables
8
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
seige1siege
2 syllables
siegesbesiege
3 syllables
procedures2besiegesbesieging
4 syllables
procedural

“procedure” at line end — from real songs

"I suggest you call my lawyer, I know the procedure."Forgettin' all I ever knew, convenient amnesia
— Burt Bacharach, “Can I Live” · rhymes procedure / amnesia
("Activate following procedure")Regular exercise at the gym three days a week
— Radiohead, “Fitter Happier” · rhymes procedure / week
I don’t wanna be your Julius CaesarBut in a way you gotta follow the procedure
— Sufjan Stevens, “Video Game” · rhymes procedure / caesar

How to read the 194 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 33
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 4
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 6
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 151
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 8
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.