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Words that rhyme withspanish

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 AE coda N
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
vanish1banishclannish
7
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
anguish1brandishfrankishlanguishStandishvanquish
3 syllables
outlandish
326
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
brackish1lavish1faddishhagfishhashishparishradishraffishplanet6cannot1danny1manage3anna1planningpanic4annie2channel4managed1hannah1manner2janet2manners2grannycannon4nanny1planets1vanished2fanny1lanamannypanel1tannerflannel2hannanana1channels1banner1granite1grannies1manic1manning1tanning1Shannonpanickedanasaniseannalsannas1annexedannulannuledannulledannulsannumannumsANObanishedbanners1banningbanningsbranningcanalescanningcannoned4cannons4cannycanoncanonschanneled4channingcranniedcranniescrannyfannies1fanningflanneled2
3 syllables
establishhorseradishanimals4animal1piano4manager3Canada2Diana1managementbananacannabis2sanity2vanity1organicmannequin2mechanic1analysts2cabana2deanna1Havana1mannequins1titanic2anarchy1annabelle1annulment1bananas1bandana1Buchanan1cabanas1canisters1cannibal1canopy1channeling1hannigan1johanna1managers1manicures1manilow1Montana1panicking1panoply1savannah1Susanna1Aeneasafghanisanalystanimateanimatesanimistanimistsanimusanisesannelidannelidsannualsannulingannulments1anomieanomies
4 syllables
reestablishhumanity3mechanicalIndiana1insanity1Johannesburg1manageable1Arianabiannualbotanicalbotanicalscanopying1caravanningcyanamidcyanamidsempanelinghumanities3impanelinginanimateinorganicinsanities1magnanimousmanicuringmanifestlyMarianasmechanicallymessianicmismanagementmismanagementsmismanages
5 syllables
Louisiana1instantaneous1AmericanaamericanasChristianityinhumanitiesinhumanity
6 syllables
instantaneouslyLouisianianlouisianians
7 syllables
electromechanical
9
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
span3
2 syllables
spannerspannersspanningwingspan2lifespansaucepan
3 syllables
hispanichispanics

“spanish” at line end — from real songs

Plus she from Colombia, so she really SpanishCookie known to make a cat bank account vanish
— MF DOOM, “My Favorite Ladies” · rhymes spanish / vanish
{*fake Spanish gibberish*}Well, uh, like, huh, I don't understand how you can't
— Stevie Wonder, “Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing” · rhymes spanish / can't
I speak very, very, um... fluent SpanishUh, todo 'stá bien chévere – you understand that?
— Stevie Wonder, “Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing” · rhymes spanish / that

How to read the 336 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 7
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 326
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 9
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.