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Words that rhyme withstarted

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 AA coda R·T
17
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
hearted1parted2carted4charted3darted1farted1smarted14
3 syllables
departed1halfhearted1outsmarted1wholehearted1bigheartedfaintheartedhalf-heartedimparted2lighthearteduncharted
12
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
guarded2bardedcarded8lardedarbed
3 syllables
retarded3unguarded1bombardeddiscarded1regarded1safeguarded
4 syllables
disregarded1
33
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
spottedlauded1blottedclottedcoddeddottedjottedknottedlottednoddedplodded
3 syllables
applauded1allotedallottedbesottedboycottedcarotiddefraudedmarauded1topknotted
154
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
wanted18solid5haunted8halted1khalid1balded2bonded2congaedcosted24dauntedfaulted11flauntedfrosted11jauntedlofted3maltedoptedpromptedquaffedsalted3sambaedscaldedsqualidstolidtauntedvaulted1vauntedwaftedparty2parties1martin2artist2carter1martyartists1
3 syllables
exhausted1adopted1exalted1Muhammad1abscondedaccostedasphalted1assaultedco-optedconcocteddefaulted1defrosted1responded3undauntedunwantedarticle1arteries1partying1particles1articles1artisan1spartacus1arteryarticledartificeartisans1artistries
4 syllables
correspondedsomersaultedkindergarten1articlingartificesbipartisancartilagesdishearteningkindergartens1mozarteannonpartisannonpartisans
17
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
start63
2 syllables
starting63starter2startle1starters2startledstartles1restart1jumpstartupstart
3 syllables
jumpstartedjumpstartingnonstarternonstartersrestarted1restarting1upstarting

“started” at line end — from real songs

Back when we startedBefore we parted
— Bahamas, “Caught Me Thinkin” · rhymes started / parted
This sure is some partyIt's just barely started
— Lyle Lovett, “The Girl in the Corner” · rhymes started / party
It wasn't me that you outsmartedBefore it even started
— Aimee Mann, “Stupid Thing” · rhymes started / outsmarted

How to read the 216 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 17
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 12
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.
Subtractive 33
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 154
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 17
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.