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Words that rhyme withsouth

masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 AW coda TH
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)
1 syllable
mouth18
2 syllables
frogmouth
3 syllables
cottonmouth
105
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)
1 syllable
house2couch11mouse9ouchblouse6spouse1vouch2crouch1douse1louse1rousse1slouch1Strauss1klausbouseCrousedowsegaussgrouchgrousepouchrousesoughcows6bows8vows4brows1ploughs1boughs2browsechows
2 syllables
warehouse2courthouse2jailhouse1outhouse2penthouse2doghouse1farmhouse1henhouse1madhouse1roadhouse1townhouse1alehouseblockhouseboathouseBrockhouseclubhousedollhousedormousegreenhouseguesthousehothouselighthouseplayhouse
3 syllables
slaughterhouse1boardinghousecharterhousecoffeehousefirehousepackinghousepowerhouseRittenhouseScaramouchWestinghousecuracaosdisallowsdisavowsmenopause
217
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)
1 syllable
clouds22sounds11pounds1counts2grounds3rounds2doubts5growls2shouts1towns7clowns7downs5mouths1crowds5bouncehounds4frowns1bounds1gowns3lounge1crowns2scouts2browns1nouns1ounce1owls1scowls1shrouds1slouched1bouncedbousedbouts8bowsed8browsed1clouts2couched11cowlscrouched1douseddowers
2 syllables
accounts5announceannounced1aroused1blackouts1breakdowns1devouts1playgrounds1pronounce1resounds1surrounds1touchdowns1wildflowers1workouts1abounds2amounts3astoundsbackgrounds4blowouts1breakoutsbrownoutsbuyoutscampgroundscarousedcheckoutsclampdownsclosedownscomedowns1confoundscookoutscountdowns
3 syllables
whereabouts1roundabouts1battlegrounds1catamountscottonmouthshereaboutsmispronouncemispronouncedovercrowdsrunaboutssauerkrautsshantytownsthereaboutsturnaboutsturnaroundsultrasoundsunannouncedundergrounds16waterfowls
51
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)
1 syllable
now305how49bow11wow4cow6thou1brow12vow5sow1plow3ciao1bough2Mao2POW2prow1dow1yow1chowFAOFrauGAOhaoHowelaoloughplough
2 syllables
somehow43allow9eyebrow1kowtow1meow1southpaw1avowendowhighbrowknow-howlandauLiaoluauMacaoMacaupowwowsnowplow
3 syllables
anyhow11curacaodisallowdisavowMindanao
244
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)
1 syllable
down541out3town2ground149sound100round60found71loud49crowd41doubt34proud25crown32brown24count9clown23shout16bound16cloud17bout8wound2drown15gown15foul5pound5drowned6mount3frown13scout2shroud4owl4hound3howl5drought2growl2mound3clout2crowned1ploughed2pout2snout2sowed1stout2tout2trout2fowl1lout1plowed1spout1stoute1boughed2bowed11browed12Brownebrowned24clowned23cowed6cowlcowleddowerdowerreddowned541floutfouled5fowled1frowned13goutgowned15groutgrowled2howled5jowlKrautlourlourednounprowlprowledroutscowlscowledsproutvowed5wowed4
2 syllables
around290about1without12downtown16allowed9account5amount3background4throughouthometown7uptown8breakdown3aground6discountprofound2sundown2unwound3abound2aloud2fairground2fallout2meltdown2showdown2surround1unsound2blowout1comedown1endowed1foreground1Georgetown1hideout1hoedown1knockout1lookout1Motown1playground1rebound1renown1timeout1unbound1all-outastoundavowedBeantownblackoutbreakoutBridgetownbrownoutbuyoutcampgroundCharlestowncheckoutclampdownclosedownconfoundcookoutcountdowncrackdowncrosstowncutoutdevoutdropoutdugoutearthboundeastboundeelpoutenshroudexpoundfoxhoundFreetowngodowngreyhoundhandouthangoutheadcounthideboundhighbrowedholdouthomebound
3 syllables
underground16roundabout1battleground1chinatown1Morgantown1paramount1AdenauerAllentowncatamountCharlottetownCooperstowndisalloweddisavowedHagerstownhereaboutMorristownovercrowdrunaboutsauerkrautshantytownturnaboutturnaroundultrasoundupside-downwaterfowlWatertownWilliamstown
4 syllables
merry-go-round
111
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are different.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / live — both end in V; AH versus IH

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
1 syllable
truth74death82earth55breath60teeth35worth28faith21path18health19both6youth20birth15north2bath8wealth11tooth12forth3smith3fourth2booth6math6bethkeith1ruth1cloth6oath1myth3Sethgrowth1stealth4wrath3filth2hearth1heath1meth2mirth1moth1noth1Perth1Plath1sheath1sleuth1sloth1hathBarthberthbrothdearthfirthfrothgirthGoetheGothhethHothlathloathlothpithRothswathtilthtrothwithewreath
2 syllables
beneath6bloodbath2Macbeth1uncouth2bequeath1locksmith1vermouth1blacksmithchildbirthdalethDuluthfootpathforthwithGalbraithgoldsmithhenceforthherewithHogarthloinclothoutgrowthrebirththenceforthtollboothunearthuntruthwarpathwashclothWoolworthwordsmith
3 syllables
underneath5aftermath3butterworth1leavenworth1psychopath1arrowsmithcommonwealthcoppersmithinterfaithmegadeathmonolithneolithOstrogothshibbolethtableclothundergrowth
4 syllables
sociopath1

“south” at line end — from real songs

Blowing every time you move your mouthBlowing down the backroads heading south
— Bob Dylan, “Idiot Wind” · rhymes south / mouth
There's a fire going outBut there's really nothing to the south
— Bon Iver, “Calgary” · rhymes south / out
Way on down southWay on down south, London Town
— Dire Straits, “Sultans of Swing” · rhymes south / town

How to read the 731 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.
Family rhyme 105
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 217
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 51
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 244
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 111
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.