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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 AA coda L
17
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
dollar13collar6holler4taller2aller1baller1Mahler1scholar1callercrawlerfallerhaulermaulersqualortrawlerWaller
4 syllables
Eurodollar
mosaic rhyme
call her1
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
Walteraltar2falter2parlour1alter1parlor1alderBalderbottlerCaldercobblercollierDopplergolferhalterhostler
3 syllables
revolver2defaulterdissolverGibraltar
mosaic rhyme
fall for2
851
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
water64father24daughter30longer12harder13doctor9stronger7honor5monster9partner3offer3bother3lawyer1rogerhonour2proper1Arthur1carter1walker2Parker1foster2Oscarlocker1farmer2smarter4soccer1harbor1largerharperconnoryonder1author2armor1copper1conquer1wander3archerchopper2slaughter5Palmerpotter1hotter3farther3goner3ponder3prosper1rocker1lobsterboxer1harbour1launcher2saucer1softer2starter2talker1armour1barber1barter1blogger1bomber1broader1darker1garter1lager1larder1martyr1posture1roster1somber1totter1whopper1arborarbourardoraugeraugurbarkerblockerblotterbobbercarpercarverchargercharmercharterChaucerclobber
3 syllables
grandfathergranddaughterdeparture1godfather1dishonor1impostor1manslaughter1stillwater1adopterbackwaterbreakwatercoauthorcopartnercosponsordishwasherenlargerfishmongerforefatherfreshwatergrasshopperheadwaterimposterimproperleafhopperMacArthurmaraudermassagermeltwaternonstarterrainwaterreconquerrespondersaltwaterseawatersharecroppersleepwalkerstepdaughterstepfathertidewatertransponderVermonterwarmongerwastewaterwhitewaterwoodcarverfollowing3policy2quality1Olivercolonylawlessness2followers1hollering2impalas2mulholland1Apollo1abolished1colleges1corolla1gonzalez1impala1jolicoeur1policies1recalling1symbolic1abolishacknowledge
4 syllables
helicopter3underwater5afrikanerarbitragerarbitrageurcatalogercounterofferimprimaturkindergartnerTelepromptertechnology1apology1alcoholic1equality2melancholy1mythology2biology1ecology1psychologists1psychology1Somalia1tolerable1abolishesabolishingacknowledgementacknowledgementsacknowledgesacknowledgingacknowledgmentacknowledgmentsAdaliaalcoholics1amygdalaamygdalasanabolic
5 syllables
ideology1anthropologists1archeology1diabolical1ideologies1numerology1physiology1acknowledgeable
6 syllables
7 syllables
anesthesiologiesanesthesiologistanesthesiologists
8 syllables
5
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
small43
2 syllables
smallestSmalleysmalling43smallish

“smaller” at line end — from real songs

I remembered you older and tallerBut you're younger and smaller
— Regina Spektor, “Older and Taller” · rhymes smaller / taller
I'm broken links, my circle shrinking smallerUgh, off the strength, I'm not as numb as I thought
— Earl Sweatshirt, “Tabula Rasa” · rhymes smaller / thought
You don't have to know that it's hauntedShe told me my resentment's getting smaller
— Phoebe Bridgers, “Garden Song” · rhymes smaller / haunted

How to read the 894 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 17
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.
Assonance 851
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 5
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.