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Words that rhyme withspeaking

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 IY coda K
20
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
freaking3seeking2creaking2sneaking1leaking1peaking1peeking1shrieking1beaking3cheeking17piquingreekingsleeking1squeakingstreaking2tweakingwreaking1
3 syllables
antiquingbatikkingcritiquing
91
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
leaguingsleeping27beating11keeping4meeting2eating2beeping1cheating3treating5weeping7creeping4greeting2sweeping1fleeting1reaping1bleepingcleatingheaping2heating46leaping3peeping5pleatingseating29seeping2sheeting5sleeting2steeping5sweeting49tweetingbleeding7reading2leading16feeding2
3 syllables
fatiguing1intriguing1blitzkriegingrepeating5competing2deleting1housekeeping1retreating1beekeepingbookkeepingbrowbeatingcompletingconcretingdefeating8depletingentreatingexcretingmistreatingpeacekeepingreceipting1repletingsafekeepingsecreting7unseatingreceding2
4 syllables
overeatingoverheatingoversleepingintercedingoverfeedingsuperseding
10
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
beadlingfeasting13fielding13needlingseedlingshielding5weaklingwieldingyielding3
3 syllables
unyielding
30
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)
2 syllables
being8seeing7fleeing1feeing6freeing262geeing1keying27kneeing26peeing3
3 syllables
agreeing16chevying1decreeing1emceeing2foreseeingprecissingsightseeing
4 syllables
companying10disagreeing11filigreeingftping
228
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
feeling35leaving23evening12dreaming17screaming15meaning12breathing14ceiling15hearing1stealing5dealing3teaching1cleaning55freezing4screeching1healing9reaching2grieving6squealing1reeling2weaving3preaching2gleaming1peeling2steaming2streaming2breezing1kneeling1scheming1screening1seeming1seething1beaching33beaming2beaning3beefing9bleachingbreaching1breamingbreechingbriefing3ceasingcheesingcleavingcreaming12creasingdeemingdiesing22easingfleecinggleaning1greasinggreening52heaving
3 syllables
believing8receiving1revealing4deceiving4appealing2bereaving1conceiving1daydreaming1increasing1policing1relieving1achievingaggrievingannealingappeasingbequeathing1beseechingbesiegingcareeningcartwheelingconcealing3congealingconveningDarjeelingdebriefingdeceasingdecreasingdemeaningdispleasingendearingesteeming3freewheelinghousecleaningimpeaching1machiningmainstreaming1perceivingredeemingrehearingreleasingrepealingreprieving
4 syllables
buccaneeringcontraveningdisbelievingguillotininginterleavinginterveninginterweavingmisconceivingmisperceivingoverhearing1overreachingpreconceivingquarantiningreconveningsnowmobilingsubmariningunappealingunbelievingmozambicanmozambicans
5 syllables
automobiling
7 syllables
epistemological
12
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
speak46
2 syllables
speaker3speakers1bespeakmisspeaknewspeak
3 syllables
bespeakingloudspeakerloudspeakersmisspeakingdoublespeak1
4 syllables
unspeakable

“speaking” at line end — from real songs

And I knew before I heard you speakingYou were calling for me
— Iris DeMent, “Calling for You” · rhymes speaking / me
All over each other and without even speakingOur lungs will be leaking
— Neutral Milk Hotel, “Oh Sister” · rhymes speaking / leaking
Three hours from speakingNot wanting to be
— Nick Drake, “Three Hours” · rhymes speaking / be

How to read the 379 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 20
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 91
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 10
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 30
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 228
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 12
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.