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Words that rhyme withrolling

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 OW coda L
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 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
growling1bowling4tolling1strolling1bolingbollingcoaling12dolingfoalingholingpolingpollingscrolling2
3 syllables
cajolingcharcoalingconsolingextollingparoling
4 syllables
buttonholingpigeonholing
26
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
holding3folding1molting1bolding6bolting1golding76joltingmolding4mouldingRoeblingscolding1
3 syllables
unfolding1beholding1enfolding1revolting1blindfolding1ennoblinghandholdinglandholding
4 syllables
manifolding
49
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
going29growing10knowing8showing7blowing6throwing1glowing8flowing8crowing1owing1rowing1sowing1bowing11
3 syllables
ongoing1unknowing1bestowing1churchgoingdadoing1elbowing2farrowingforegoingforgoingholloing
4 syllables
overflowing2buffaloing2easygoingoceangoingoverthrowingradioing35torpedoing
299
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
smoking8hoping2joking5closing2groaning1moaning1floating1clothing6choking1votingroaming2boasting1coasting1combing1domingue1droning1foaming1gloaming1hosing1hosting1phoning1poking1posing1stoning1stowing1toasting1bloatingboating23bodingboning1broachingbrokingchromingcloaking1cloningcoaching1coating26coaxingcodingcokingconing2coping7croaking1dopingdosingdoting4dozingghosting35
3 syllables
approaching1Wyoming2exploding1imposing1atoningbackstrokingbemoaningbulldozingcarloadingcomposingcomposting1condoningconnotingconvokingcorrodingdecodingdemotingdenotingdeposingdethroningdevotingdisclosingdisowningdisposingdownloadingelopingenclosingencodingencroachingengrossingerodingevokingexposingfootnotingforebodingforeclosingimploding
4 syllables
chaperoningcobblestoningcreosotingdecomposingdiagnosinghoneycombing1interposingjuxtaposingmicrophoningmotorboatingovercoating2overdosingovergrowingoverloading2polychromingpredisposingpresupposingreimposingtelephoningtelescopingundercoatingnapoleon1
5 syllables
kaleidoscoping1overexposingsuperimposing
6 syllables
20
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
roll42role4
2 syllables
roller2rollers1rolandrolingrollings4payroll1enrollunroll
3 syllables
controlling1bankrollingenrollingpatrollingsteamrollersteamrolleredsteamrollersunrolling
4 syllables
decontrollingsteamrollering

“rolling” at line end — from real songs

And the heavens were rollingAnd our sky was unfolding
— Jackson Browne, “Sky Blue and Black” · rhymes rolling / unfolding
Just mooning and blinking from faces marked with coalAsh cooling and shrinking, cracks loud as thunder rolling
— Joanna Newsom, “Kingfisher” · rhymes rolling / coal
As long as we keep in our clothesAnd out in the dark the world is still rolling
— Neutral Milk Hotel, “Where You’ll Find Me Now” · rhymes rolling / clothes

How to read the 396 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 22
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 26
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 49
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 299
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 20
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.