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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 EH coda N·T
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)
3 syllables
repentance2
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)
3 syllables
attendance2ascendancedependencetranscendence
4 syllables
independence1
5 syllables
interdependence
4
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
entrance4semblance
3 syllables
remembrance2resemblance1
1
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
penance1
269
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
presence1essence5clarence1vengeance1Terenceplenty3twenty6enter1mental4gentle5entered1dentist1rented1dentists2denton1prentice1quentin1twenties1venting1Bentondentaldentalsdented2dentindentinedentinesdenting2dentinsenters1gentledgentles5lentillentilslentomentoredmentorsplenties3rentalrentalsrenterrentersrenting13stentor
3 syllables
fluorescence2acceptanceforbearancequintessencesenescencegentlemen7gentleman1invented1entering1presented8mentally1momentum2gentleness2contented1entities1inventor1magenta1pentium1prevented1Adventistadventistsapprenticeapprenticedattentiveaugmentedaugmentingauthenticcemented1cementing1clementesdementeddentistriesdentistry
4 syllables
adolescence1evanescence1obsolescence1acquiescencecoalescenceconvalescenceluminescenceomnipresencephosphorescenceidentity1instrumental2sentimental1identicaldiscontented1incidentals1innocenti1instrumentals1transcendental1
5 syllables
accidentally2representativedocumentarydocumentaries1
6 syllables
46
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
sent10scent3cent1
2 syllables
center1centre2sentenced1centers1centres1scented1centered1centredscenting3accent4percent2consentdescent2ascent
3 syllables
sentences3incentive1sentiment1assentedassentingcentering1centringconsentedconsentingdissented
4 syllables
disincentivedisincentivesepicenterepicenterspercentages

“sentence” at line end — from real songs

And handed out strongly, for penalty and repentanceWilliam Zanzinger with a six-month sentence
— Bob Dylan, “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” · rhymes sentence / repentance
I was wearing the same dressYou served out a three-year sentence
— Cassandra Jenkins, “American Spirits” · rhymes sentence / dress
There's no need to change any sentenceWhen you always decide where I go next
— Damien Jurado, “Working Titles” · rhymes sentence / next

How to read the 281 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.
Additive 4
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 1
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 269
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 46
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.