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Words that rhyme withspirit

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 IH coda R
0
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)
mosaic rhyme
hear it4near it1
316
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
minute26ticket9visit3limit7cricket1midget3biscuit1bigot1billet1Bridget1brigitte1digit1Pickett1skillet1spigot1thicket1brisketcivetfidgetfrigategibletgigotingotkismetlinnetmilletpicketpigletpivotringgitrivetsignetsnippettippettrinkettripletwicketwidgetwilletWilmutmirror25hero3zero4cheering3heroes5theory1seriesmirrors9weary4clearing3dearestnearestlyrics5clearer2earrings2kiratheories1nearer2nearing2zeros1dreary1eerie1Erie1Hera1leery1sera1siri1steering1teary1wearied1xerox1beeryBiroblearyceres
3 syllables
tourniquet1revisit1elicitexhibitexplicitillicitimplicitinhibitlast-minuteprohibitsolicitserious5miracle2periodappearance1miracles1pyramids2cheerios2pyramid1tyranny2appearing1cereal1lyrical1lyrically1lyricists1Pyrenees1ramirez1weariness1adherenceadherentadherentsadheringcareering9careeristcareeristscashiering1cereals1cheerioclearancescoherencecoherentcoheringeerilyGuarnieriinherentirritantirritantslyricistMadeiraMadeirasmiriammirroring25myriadmyriadspeeragesperiodspremiering
4 syllables
seriously1material2mysterious2superior1imperialengineering3materials1disappearing2delirious2interior1imperious1appearances1bacteria1imperials1inferior1interference1irritable1volunteering1adherencesAlgeriaalgeriananterioranteriorsarterialAssyriaAssyrianassyriansauctioneering1bacterialbacterias1bacteriumcoherencescommandeering
5 syllables
electioneering1mysteriously1cafeteriacafeterias
6 syllables
antibacterialantibacterialsbioengineering
28
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
spear3Speer
2 syllables
spirits1spearing3Shakespeare2
3 syllables
spirited7spiriting7
4 syllables
experience4experiencedconspiracy2conspiracies1conspiratorconspiratorsdispiriteddispiritinghigh-spirited
5 syllables
experiences4experiencinghigh-spiritednessinexperience
6 syllables

“spirit” at line end — from real songs

For a portrait of thе spiritTo be near it
— Adrianne Lenker, “heavy focus” · rhymes spirit / it
And move on up with the spiritPut your hands on your hips
— Aretha Franklin, “Spirit in the Dark” · rhymes spirit / hips
You got a good spiritHopefully by the time you hear this
— DAngelo, “March 14” · rhymes spirit / this

How to read the 316 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.

Assonance 316
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 28
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.