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Words that rhyme withsolid

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
3
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
khalid1squalidstolid
12
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
halted1balded2faulted11maltedsalted3scaldedvaulted1
3 syllables
exalted1asphalted1assaulteddefaulted1
4 syllables
somersaulted
737
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
wanted18started14haunted8spottedhearted4parted2guarded2lauded1arbedbardedblottedbonded2carded8carted4charted3clottedcoddedcongaedcosted24darted1daunteddottedfarted1flauntedfrosted11jauntedjottedknottedlardedlofted3lottednoddedoptedploddedplottedpoddedpottedproddedpromptedquaffedrottedsambaedslottedsmarted14soddedsquattedswattedtauntedtottedtrottedvauntedwaddedwaftedyachted4calling10falling17follow13dollars16college1dollar13knowledge1followed2fallen3wallet2swallow9smaller4molly1holly1Ali1collar6hollow10colleaguepolish1colleaguespaulaAllah1collinscrawling2jollycolumn1Wallaceholler4follows13olive2rollin2taller4swallowed1
3 syllables
exhausted1adopted1departed3retarded3applauded1halfhearted1Muhammad1outsmarted1unguarded1wholehearted1abscondedaccostedallotedallottedbesottedbigheartedbombardedboycottedcarotidco-optedconcocteddefraudeddefrosted1discarded1faintheartedhalf-heartedimparted2jumpstartedlightheartedmarauded1regarded1responded3restarted1safeguardedtopknottedunchartedundauntedunwantedfollowing3policy2quality1Olivercolonylawlessness2followers1hollering2impalas1mulholland1Apollo1abolished1colleges1corolla1gonzalez1impala1jolicoeur1policies1recalling1symbolic1abolishacknowledgeacknowledgedappallingbefallingbengalibengalisbialiesbialy
4 syllables
disregarded1correspondedtechnology1apology1alcoholic1equality2melancholy1mythology2biology1ecology1psychologists1psychology1Somalia1tolerable1abolishesabolishingacknowledgementacknowledgementsacknowledgesacknowledgingacknowledgmentacknowledgmentsAdaliaalcoholics1amygdalaamygdalasanabolicanthologiesanthologyapologistapologists
5 syllables
ideology1anthropologists1archeology1diabolical1ideologies1numerology1physiology1acknowledgeableanthropologiesanthropologistanthropology
6 syllables
7 syllables
anesthesiologiesanesthesiologistanesthesiologistsanesthesiology
8 syllables
19
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
Saul1sol
2 syllables
solids1sallingsolacesolacedsolemn
3 syllables
MarsalasolacessolacingsolemnlysolidlySolomonSolomonsaerosolcortisol
4 syllables
doxologiesdoxologymixology

“solid” at line end — from real songs

I done heard too many times you can't get rich with no knowledge (No knowledge)Told the shawty if she mine, then promise me you keep it solid (Keep it solid)
— Bon Iver, “‎private island” · rhymes solid / knowledge
Bet you thought he was solidWhen he really just sand, washing away with the water
— Earl Sweatshirt, “Faucet” · rhymes solid / water
Was it spirit? Was it solid?Did I ditch that class in college?
— Gillian Welch, “Empty Trainload Of Sky” · rhymes solid / college

How to read the 752 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 3
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 12
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 737
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 19
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.