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Words that rhyme withprophet

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 F
1
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
soffit
mosaic rhyme
off it1
6
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
faucet2cossetcloset3posit
3 syllables
depositcomposite
122
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
pocket19market3target4carpet11chocolate1wallet2charlotte1rocket1locket6sonnet3vomit2bonnet1harlot2scarlet2starlet1comet1droplet1goblet1omelet1argotauditbartlettcolletCrockettdocketgantletgarnetgauntlethobbitplauditscarlettsocketsprocketstarlitcoffee8often7
3 syllables
bluebonnetincarnatenewmarketpickpocketrecommitskyrocketupmarketofficer1officers2offering1mafia2offices5offerings1unlawful1awfulnesscoffining1falafelfalafelslawfullymafias2offererofferersofficered1oftenersoftenersoftenerssoftening
4 syllables
supermarket2hypermarketpatriarchateesophagus2kristofferson1sarcophagus1cacophoniescacophonycatastrophiccounteroffercounteroffersnasopharynxofficering1philosophic
5 syllables
Aristophanesbibliographicheterotrophicnasopharynxes
6 syllables
bibliographical
18
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
profit4profits2prophets1profferprofferedproffers
3 syllables
prophecies1prophecy1nonprofitnonprofitsprofferingprofited4profiting4prophesiesprophetess
4 syllables
profitableprofitably
5 syllables
unprofitable

“prophet” at line end — from real songs

I'm here in the form of the long lost prophetNBC, just wants gossip
— Jason Isbell, “Clips” · rhymes prophet / gossip
They're all dreaming they're gonna bear the prophetIn the doorway letting her sons, no longer presidents but prophets
— Patti Smith, “Birdland” · rhymes prophet / prophets
The pistol now as prophetBut pain is the only promise
— Ray LaMontagne, “How Come” · rhymes prophet / promise

How to read the 129 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 1
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 6
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.
Assonance 122
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 18
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.