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Words that rhyme withspoil

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 OY coda L
21
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
oil5soil5doyleboil2coil2toil2foil1BoylebroilHoyleroil
2 syllables
recoil1topsoil1uncoil1airfoilembroilgargoyleparboilsubsoil
3 syllables
hydrofoil
35
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
spoiled1coiled1foils1soiled1boiled2boils2boylesbroiledbroilscoils2foiled1
2 syllables
unspoiled1airfoilsembroiledembroilsgargoylesparboiledparboilsrecoiled1
3 syllables
hydrofoils
43
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
boy40joy17toy9roy1troy1choiploy1cloycoygoyROIsoy
2 syllables
enjoy5destroy6cowboy2deploy2alloy1employ1malloy1playboy1polloi1annoybellboybusboycarboyconvoydecoydoughboyenvoyhighboyKilroy
3 syllables
Illinois3Iroquois1corduroyFauntleroyredeploy
209
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
voice19boys13choice16noise15goin2point5join2joint5points1toys7joined2coin2coins4void9Lloyd1boydJoyce2floyd1moines1moist1noir2boyz1foist1Freud1joints1joys1loins1poise1royce1soir1voids1boies40boyesBoynecloyedcloyscoiffecoiffedcoiffescoined2foists1goinesgoins2
2 syllables
destroyed2avoid2enjoyed5annoyed1rejoice2employed1cowboys1Detroit1gunpoint1android1anoint1bitcoin1schoolboys1adjoinadjoinedadjoinsadroitalloyed1alloys1androids1annoysanoints1appointappointsavoids2bellboysbitcoins1boudoirboudoirsBurgoynebusboyscarboyscheckpoint
3 syllables
paranoid2disappoint1asteroid2overjoyed2unemployed1Polaroid1Schadenfreude1adenoidadenoidsalkaloidalkaloidsamyloidamyloidsasteroids2celluloidcelluloidscorduroyedcorduroyscounterpointcounterpointsdisappoints1hemorrhoidhemorrhoids
4 syllables
underemployed
5 syllables
corticosteroidcorticosteroids
721
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
all315girl90well142fall155soul126wall128feel91will65smile100real69hell87still64call83while80tell75hill59school49fool53roll42cool36small43hall36style36hole29deal27ball32jail25wheel26kill20fell28bell24tall31whole15full1fill20steel24pool20cell12bill14fail18spell18steal11Paul7sell8mail12smell6sale13rule9trail11pull4stole7doll12chill11mall16till2shall1pal5tail8nail10meal6heal11file2sail10male3goal5skull3shell10role4mile8crawl18bull5bail5pill8bowl4tale4phil1coal12yell5hail5pole4carlkylefoul5scale4
2 syllables
control47hotel31until7recall16football2female1motel8appeal9detail1farewell5patrol5reveal2baseball1doorbell2awhile12profile2michellemeanwhile1nicole1e-mailideal1parole1blackmailbrazilcocktailintelfulfill2emailmiguelconceal3payroll1pothole3unfurl3canal1lifestyle1chanel2downfall2exhale2inhale3lapel2rainfall3seagull3surreal2unreal1uphill1handfulatoll1excel2exile1footfall2gazelle2goodwill2landfill1nightfall2Rockwell1seagal2seashell1unwell1worthwhile1michelmarceladele1Advil1Asheville1
3 syllables
alcohol5basketball1personnel1protocolcarousel4cannonball4waterfall4isabelMontreal4clientele2jezebel1buttonhole2citadel2oldsmobile2ridicule2amphibole1caravel1chaparral1chippendales1fairytale1fingernail1fireball1Jacksonville1lauderdale1Liverpool1mandeville1molecule1parallel1pocketful1powerball1reconcile1robitaille1abigailaerosolanglophileBartlesvillebookmobileBougainvillebutterballcamomileCarbondalecarrouselcasserole
4 syllables
mademoiselleautomobile2neanderthal1Aix-la-ChapellecholesterolGuadalcanalmaterielSebastopol
5 syllables
antipersonnel
5
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)
2 syllables
spoiling1spoilagespoilerspoilers
3 syllables
spoilages

“spoil” at line end — from real songs

And swallows up her spoilAnd shake with a great recoil
— Phil Ochs, “The Men Behind the Guns” · rhymes spoil / recoil

How to read the 1029 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 21
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 35
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 43
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 209
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 721
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.
Identity 5
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.