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Words that rhyme withsomebody

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 D
7
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
gaudyMahdisaudishoddywadi
3 syllables
jihadi
4 syllables
Irrawaddy
62
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
naughty1scotty2gotti2lottie1dottyhaughtyknottypottysnottyspottysquattyzlotybobby4lobby1robbie1hobbyrobby2
3 syllables
karate2AlmatyAmatiMarathiMenottipeyotekohlrabijalopy1Milwaukee
4 syllables
KiribatiliteratiPavarottiHammurabiNagasakiphotocopysukiyakiteriyaki
90
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
party20hardly1softly5laundry2martyaudreynazi1zombierodney1donkey1sharply1Gandhi3godly2honky2salty1montyBarkley1blondie1darkly1faulty1fondly1hearty1lofty1opry1artieartybaldlybarbieblotchyboxybroadlyBronteChomskycockneyCopleycostlyCrosbydoxydropsyfoxyfrosty
3 syllables
autopsybacardi1Durante1McCartney1Tchaikovsky1epoxyfoolhardyhydroxymalarkeyungodlyVivaldi
4 syllables
hierarchy1diamantegaribaldiMalinowskimatriarchynonchalantlyoligarchyorthodoxypatriarchy
5 syllables
heterodoxy
mosaic rhyme
applaud meclawed mejawed meprod me
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)
3 syllables
Masai
340
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
sorry17coffee8army5charlie5Johnny3mommy2tommy1molly1holly1Ali1Harvey1awfullybonnie1barney1ronnieconniejollystronglypollydolly1archiebarley2carly2Marley2posse2starry1wallyavi1Bali1Cali1chauncy1commie1gianni1harshly1marcy1parsley1poly1Raleigh1archlyariAussiebalmyBariBonneybonnybossybrawnybrollycalliecalmlycharleycharycolliecollyDalidanidarcydonniedonnyfalselyFarsifollyfrothygariglossy
3 syllables
atari1afghaniBaranybengalibialyBihariferrariFulaniHararehibachiIraniKarachiKigaliloblollyMacaulayMalawiMcCarthyMcCauleyMojavenepaliomanipastramiromanisafarisalamisomalitsunamiYamaniaudience1claudiabravado2odyssey1applauded1audibles1Dorado1downtrodden1moderate1moderates1Nevada1postmodern1prodigy1ramada1applauding1armadaarmadasaudibleaudiblyauditedauditing
4 syllables
melancholy1liberace1AshkenazicalamaridemagogygiovannikamikazemariachiMexicaliorigamiinaudibleColorado3desperado1enchilada2enchiladas2commodity1audiences1avocadoavocadoesavocadosColoradancoloradanscommodities1desperadoesduodenumduodenums
5 syllables
azerbaijaniModiglianimulligatawnyaficionadoaficionadoscamaraderiecamaraderies
6 syllables
Internationale
29
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
baudbawd
2 syllables
body32bodies6bawdiesbawdybodicebodied
3 syllables
nobody5bodicesbodilybodying32embodiedembodiesembody
4 syllables
everybody1able-bodiedantibodiesantibodydisembodied
5 syllables

“somebody” at line end — from real songs

I wandered around and finally found the somebodyMight never be cross or try to be boss
— E.Y. Harburg, “It Had To Be You” · rhymes somebody / boss
Somebody's gonna hurt someone (Somebody)There's nothin' we can do (Everybody)
— Eagles, “Heartache Tonight” · rhymes somebody / everybody
What a waste it would be to deny somebodyWhat a waste it would be if we hurt for nothin'
— James Taylor, “Change” · rhymes somebody / nothin

How to read the 500 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 7
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 62
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 90
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 340
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 29
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.