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Words that rhyme withshining

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 AY coda N
49
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
diningsigning37whining1lining1pining1twining1briningfiningmining
3 syllables
affiningaligning4aliningassigning1combiningconfiningconsigning
4 syllables
intertwining1redefining1disinclining
5 syllables
heterodyning
13
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)
2 syllables
timing2climbing3chimingdiming13griming4limingmimingprimingrhymingriming3sliming6
3 syllables
subliming
4 syllables
pantomiming
11
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
lightning10finding1blinding1binding1minding1winding1grinding11
3 syllables
reminding1spellbindingunwinding4
4 syllables
masterminding
118
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
dying1crying1trying1lying13flying7buying16sighing5spying1eyeing1vying1drying40dyeing1frying3guying36
3 syllables
defying2denying2relying1applying1complying1decryingdescryingimplyingoutcryingreplying17retrying
4 syllables
terrifyinghorrifying1alibiing1amplifying1
5 syllables
electrifying1acidifyingbeatifying
6 syllables
536
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
driving5fighting6rising16hiding5smiling1writing1riding2firinglighting1liking1icing2sliding1wilding2diving1biting1chiding1wiring1biding3bightingbikingblightingbribingcitingdicingdikingdykingfilingflighting31frighting10gibingglidinggriping12guidingheistinghikinghiringhivinghypingjibingjivingkitingknifingknighting1meiringmiringpilingpipingplighting3pricingpridingprizingquiringricingriflingrighting296riling
3 syllables
exciting1arriving2surprising1inviting1advising1arising1beguiling1compiling1conspiring1deciding1despising1freestyling1subsiding1surviving1abidingacquiringadmiringalighting4apprisingarchivingascribingaspiringbackbitingbackslidingbaptizingbenightingbetidingblindsidingbroadsidingbullfightingcapsizingchastisingcollidingcomprisingconfidingconnivingcontrivingdelighting14demisingdeprivingderidingderivingdescribing
4 syllables
advertising1analyzing1appetizing1hypnotizing1aggrandizingamortizinganglicizingauthorizingbalkanizingbrutalizingburglarizingcanonizingcarbonizingcatalyzingcentralizingchristianizing
5 syllables
economizing1actualizingalphabetizingaluminizingantagonizingapologisingapologizingcannibalizingcapitalizingcaramelizingcategorizingcharacterizing
6 syllables
americanizing
7 syllables
10
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
shine73shyne3
2 syllables
shiny2shyness1shinershinerssunshine23moonshine4shoeshine1
3 syllables
moonshining

“shining” at line end — from real songs

Sweetest eyesSo dark and shining
— Angel Olsen, “Candy May” · rhymes shining / eyes
I'm going to use that street to hideTo hide from what was shining
— Jason Molina, “Almost Was Good Enough” · rhymes shining / hide
Lost the light, but then the sun was shiningCouldn’t hide it and I wasn't trying
— Angel Olsen, “Summer” · rhymes shining / trying

How to read the 727 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 49
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 13
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 11
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 118
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 536
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 10
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.