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Words that rhyme withsaying

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 —
71
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
playing4staying1paying60praying2laying1swaying1fraying1baying1straying1brayingflaying1
3 syllables
conveying1obeying1allayingarraying1betraying2buffeting1causewaying1crocheting
4 syllables
ricocheting1baaingdisarrayingdisobeying1holidaying8
771
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
waiting31changing6taking4breaking8making3saving2shaking10training1painting1chasing2dating3wasting1facing2wailing1racing1raining2waking4raisingsailing3fading5blaming1trading1failing2aching5bathing2blazing2pacing3aging2craving1flaming2hating2raging1skating2waving2baking1braking1casing1draining1fainting1flailing1gaping1gazing1grating1maiming1straining1aiding2ailingaiming10aislingbailing5baiting1balingbasingbastingbating8bladingblasingbracingbraidingbraillingbraining52braisingbravingcagingcakingcaning87cavingchafingchaining25claiming15craningcratingcrazingcrepingdazing
3 syllables
amazing5complaining4creatingremaining1explaining1escaping3awaiting1ablazing1awaking1breathtaking1champagning1debating1effacing1embracing1erasing1exhaling1forsaking1inhaling1invading1relating1sustaining1abatingablatingabradingabstainingacclaimingacquaintingairfreightingairmailingappraisingarraigningarrangingassailingassuagingattaining1availingbackbreakingbackdatingbehavingberatingblackmailingblockadingboldfacingbrigadingbrocadingcampaigning2cascadingcastratingcheckmatingcollatingconflatingconstrainingcontaining3crusadingcurtailingdebasingdeclaiming
4 syllables
fascinatingcelebrating1operatingentertaining1permeating2complicating1demonstrating1generating1imitating1levitating1masquerading1misbehaving1rearranging1serenading1undertaking1abdicatingabrogatingacclimatingactivatingactuatingadulatingadvocatingaggravatingagitating
5 syllables
investigatinganticipating2cooperating1evaporating1intimidating1abbreviatingacceleratingaccentuatingaccommodatingaccumulatingadjudicatingadministratingadulteratingaffiliatingagglomeratingagglutinating
6 syllables
93
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
mayor2player2players2chaos1graham1layer1ayo1layers1rayon2Mayer1BayardBayerbayers
3 syllables
sinead2conveyor1Isaiah1abeyancealtaicandreasarchaicballplayerballplayers
4 syllables
algebraic1abeyancesconveyancesconveyancingformulaic
5 syllables
algebraically
24
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
say370
2 syllables
sayer2sayings1sayers2seancehearsay2passe1essaygainsayNiseisensei
3 syllables
assayerassayersessayingessayistessayistsgainsayingnaysayernaysayerspaseo

“saying” at line end — from real songs

She stopped playingAnd then the psychiatrist was saying
— Black Box Recorder, “Child Psychology” · rhymes saying / playing
The salt in the saltpeter seemed to be sayingWe fell to our knees, feverishly praying
— Phil Ochs, “When in Rome” · rhymes saying / praying
Your uncle had an old saying:“If you don’t vote, then you can’t complain”
— Cass McCombs, “Don’t Vote” · rhymes saying / complain

How to read the 935 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 71
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 771
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 93
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 24
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.