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Words that rhyme withspirits

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
315
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
minutes4tickets2limits4biscuits3digits3visits3crickets1trinkets1bigots1billets1brisketschicotscivetsfidgetsfilletsfrigatesgibletsgigotsingotskismetslimpetslinnetsmidgets3milletsNimitzpicketspigletspivotsricketsringgitsrivetssignetsskillets1snippetsspigots1thickets1tidbitstippetstripletswicketswidgetswilletsmirror25hero3zero4cheering3heroes5theory1seriesmirrors9weary4clearing3dearestnearestlyrics5clearer2earrings2kiratheories1nearer2nearing2zeros1dreary1eerie1Erie1Hera1leery1
3 syllables
exhibits1elicitsinhibitsoff-limitsprohibitsrevisits1solicitstourniquets1serious5miracle2periodappearance1miracles1pyramids2cheerios2pyramid1tyranny2appearing1cereal1lyrical1lyrically1lyricists1Pyrenees1ramirez1weariness1adherenceadherentadherentsadheringcareering9careeristcareeristscashiering1cereals1cheerioclearancescoherencecoherentcoheringeerilyGuarnieriinherentirritantirritantslyricistMadeiraMadeirasmiriammirroring25myriadmyriads
4 syllables
seriously1material2mysterious2superior1imperialengineering3materials1disappearing2delirious2interior1imperious1appearances1bacteria1imperials1inferior1interference1irritable1volunteering1adherencesAlgeriaalgeriananterioranteriorsarterialAssyriaAssyrianassyriansauctioneering1bacterialbacterias1bacterium
5 syllables
electioneering1mysteriously1
6 syllables
antibacterialantibacterialsbioengineering
30
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
ritz7spear3Speerwrits3
2 syllables
spirit7spearing3Shakespeare2
3 syllables
spirited7spiriting7
4 syllables
experience4experiencedconspiracy2conspiracies1conspiratorconspiratorsdispiriteddispiritinghigh-spirited
5 syllables
experiences4experiencing
6 syllables

“spirits” at line end — from real songs

I lay down in the garden with the spiritsI carve a niche and hide within it
— Kae Tempest, “Renegade” · rhymes spirits / it

How to read the 315 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 315
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 30
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.