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Words that rhyme withproper

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 AA coda P
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 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
copper1chopper1whopper1cropperdropperhopperpauperpoppershopperstoppertopper
3 syllables
grasshopperleafhoppersharecropper
mosaic rhyme
stop herdrop herpop hershop hercop herchop her
64
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
bobberclobberjobberrobberslobberwater64daughter30walker2locker1soccer1slaughter5potter1hotter3rocker1talker1totter1blockerblotter
3 syllables
granddaughtermanslaughter1stillwater1backwaterbreakwaterfreshwaterheadwatermeltwaterrainwatersaltwaterseawatersleepwalkerstepdaughtertidewaterwastewater
4 syllables
underwater5imprimaturcataloger
90
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
longer12harder13doctor9monster9partner3Waltercarter1Parker1foster2Oscarsmarter4harbor1harperyonder1altar2conquer1wander3ponder3prosper1lobsterboxer1falter2harbour1softer2starter2alter1barber1barter1darker1garter1larder1martyr1roster1somber1alderarborarbourardorBalderbarkerbottlerCaldercarperchartercobblercondordarterDopplerFalknerFaulknerGardinerGardnerGloucesterhalterjodhpur
3 syllables
impostor1adoptercopartnerdefaulterenlargerfishmongerGibraltarimposternonstarterreconquerrespondertransponderVermonterwarmonger
4 syllables
helicopter3kindergartnerTeleprompter
mosaic rhyme
stop for1stop your1
221
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
father24dollar13stronger7honor5offer3bother3lawyer1rogerhonour2Arthur1smaller4collar6farmer2largerconnorauthor2armor1holler4archerPalmertaller4farther3goner3launcher2parlour1saucer1aller1armour1baller1bomber1Mahler1parlor1posture1scholar1callercarverchargercharmerChaucercoffercolliercongerconjurecrawlerdarnerdodgerDonarfallergarnergolferhaulerhostlerlarkspurmarchermaulerparserproffer
3 syllables
grandfatherrevolver2departure1godfather1dishonor1coauthorcosponsordishwasherdissolverforefatherMacArthurmassagerstepfatherwoodcarveropposite1Gestapo1jalopy1sharecroppers1tropical1backstoppingbeboppingblacktoppingcopiercopierscoppering1copperycopying4eavesdroppinggrasshoppershopplingjalopies1leafhoppersmyopicoperantopposites1sloppilysloppinessstoppagesstopperingtopicaltoppling
4 syllables
afrikanerarbitragerarbitrageurcounterofferEurodollarmetropolis1microscopic1monopoly1necropolis1unstoppable1acropolisendoscopicGalapagosgyroscopicisentropicisotopicmonopolies1monopolistmonopolistsoperable
5 syllables
inoperableinoperativemegalopolismicroscopicallyoligopoliesoligopoly
6 syllables
encephalopathiesencephalopathy
7 syllables
cardiomyopathiescardiomyopathy
11
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
prop
2 syllables
propping
3 syllables
property1properly3improperpropertiedproperties1agitpropmalapropturboprop
4 syllables
improperly

“proper” at line end — from real songs

Married nice and properBring along your chopper
— Stephen Sondheim, “By the Sea” · rhymes proper / chopper

How to read the 389 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 14
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 64
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 90
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 221
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 11
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.