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Words that rhyme withreality

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 AE coda L
47
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)
4 syllables
brutality2mentality2fatality1formality1mortality1normality1banalitybestialitycentralityfinality
5 syllables
personality1immortality2hospitality1nationality1abnormalitycommonalitycriminalitycriticality
6 syllables
conditionalitydimensionality
8 syllables
334
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
valley16palace5challenge1balance6sally3talent1salad4fallin2Dallas1valleys1rallyballad3ballin1gallows3talents2galley2tally1balanced1ballads1bally1callus1chalice1fallon1gala1malice1palate1rallies1talon1valid1shallowbalasballastballastsballotballotscalifcalifscaliphcaliphscallacallascalliescallouscallousedcallowcallused1calyxchallengedchallisdalisdallieddallies
3 syllables
gravity3sanity2vanity1cavity1amitychastitylaxitymanateesanctitysalary4gallery2galaxy4talented1calendar1valeriemalibu1challenges1calories2galleon1caliber1callaway1finale1Galilee1imbalance1mallory1palomar1balancerbalancersbalances6balancingbalatabalatasballastedballastingballotedballotingcalendared1calendars1calender
4 syllables
humanity3capacity1barbarity1calamity1insanity1alacrityaudacitydepravitymendacityopacityprofanitytenacityveracityvoracityanalysis1analogiesanalogousanalogy
5 syllables
Christianityincapacityinhumanitypersonalities1technicalities1abnormalitiesanencephalic
6 syllables
dissimilarityparticularity
8 syllables
87
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
alley7alexalice1alanAllenallies1alec1alleys1alaalexsallanallensallisallysaloealumalums
3 syllables
allisonalisonAlamo2alamos2Alaricalices1allergenallergensallergiesallergistallergistsallergyallomorph
4 syllables
paralysis2borealis1morality1allergenic
5 syllables
actuality1
6 syllables
bisexualitiesbisexuality
7 syllables
confidentialities

“reality” at line end — from real songs

Seemed like total silence was the only friend I hadAh, but fortunately I have the key to escape reality
— John Prine, “Illegal Smile” · rhymes reality / had
You had to know this was happeningI face reality
— Lorde, “What Was That” · rhymes reality / happening
It's a paradox we call realitySo keepin' it real will make you a casualty of abnormal normality
— Mos Def, “Respiration” · rhymes reality / normality

How to read the 381 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 47
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Assonance 334
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 87
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.