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Words that rhyme withsailors

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 EY coda L
12
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
tailors1trailers1bailorsjailers1mailersscalarstaylorswhalers
3 syllables
inhalers1retailers
4 syllables
semitrailersteetotalers
3
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
failures2
3 syllables
duvaliers1finaglers
22
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
players2layers1bayersmayers1mayors2payerssayers2slayerssprayersstayersstrayers
3 syllables
assayersballplayersbricklayersconveyersconveyors1naysayerspurveyorsratepayerssoothsayers
390
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
strangers15papers9neighbors2rangers1favors8chambers1acres4neighbours1haters3makers1vapors2fakers2flavors2gators2wafers2chasers1dangers1lakers1lasers1lavers1majors1raisers1razors1shakers1takers1traders1waivers1agarsavers1bakers2bathersblazersbracersbraziersbreakerscapers2caters1changers1craters1drapersfacersfavours2framersfreighters1gainers1gaitersglaciers1glazersgradersgrangersgratersgraverslabors4labours1lacers
3 syllables
newspapers2teenagers1containers1skyscrapers1appraisersarrangersattaindersbedchambersbehaviors6behaviours2belaboresbelaborscampaignerscaretakerscarmakerscomplainerscreators3crusadersdebaters1deflatorsdenaturesdictatorsdisclaimersdisfavorsdressmakersendangersengraversequatorserasers1exchangersfilmmakersflypapersfundraisersglassmakershatmakershaymakershomemakersicebreakersinflatorsinvaderskingmakerslandscapers
4 syllables
entertainers1imitators1activators2actuatorsagitatorsalligators2allocatorsalternatorsanimatorsannotatorsantechambersapplicatorsarbitratorsautomakersbasketmakerscalculators1candlemakerscarburetorscommentators
5 syllables
negotiators1refrigerators1accelerators1accumulatorsadministratorsamphitheatersamphitheatresappropriatorscollaboratorsconciliators
6 syllables
23
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
sale13sail10
2 syllables
sailor6sailing3Salemsaling1assailresalewholesale
3 syllables
assailantassailantsassailingsalablesalablessaleablesalientsalients
4 syllables
unsalableunsaleable
5 syllables
unassailable

“sailors” at line end — from real songs

That night down south between the trailersNot the northern one that guides in the sailors
— Joni Mitchell, “This Flight Tonight” · rhymes sailors / trailers
Beaches are for sailorsBlack hood horseman raging
— Lou Reed, “The Murder Mystery” · rhymes sailors / raging

How to read the 427 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 12
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 3
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 22
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 390
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 23
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.