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Words that rhyme withstories

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 AO coda R
27
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
corriesdoriesglories22lorieslorries1quarries
3 syllables
outlawries
4 syllables
allegoriescategoriesdormitoriesinventorieslaboratories1lavatoriesmandatories1
5 syllables
ambulatoriesconservatoriesdepilatoriesdepositoriesobservatories
6 syllables
interrogatories
5
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
corgisforties1orgies1porgiessorties
469
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
glory22forest4boring1foreign1laura1orange4warrantchorus6horror1moralwarren1lauren1roaring2Lawrence1noraMorrisroryFlorencesnoringpouring1boriscoral2flooring2forests2Taurus2warring2cory1aura1borin1florists1fora1foreigns1forrest1gorey1gory1Horace1horrors1laurel1laurels1laurent1lorry1maury1mora1morals1morra1norah1oral1oro1porridge1quarrel1quarrels1scoring1soaring1whoring1laurieauralauras1borerborersboricchloratechlorateschloridechlorideschlorinechlorineschoralchoralschoricchorused6Coracorals2coreycoringCorinthcorriedoradoricdoringDorisdoryDvorakflorafloralfloralsflorasFlorey
3 syllables
horrible2Florida2warrior1gloria2warriors2dorothyglorious1corridor3coroner1origin1aurora3Morrison1Gomorrah2oranges2Oregon2coroners1corridors1decorum1exploring1fedora1fedoras1foreigners1horribly1ignoring1laureate1moralist1morally1moria1moribund1abhorrenceabhorrentabhorringadoringAndorraAngoraangorasauroralauroras3balmoralbalmoralscaloricCamorrachlorophyllchlorophyllschoruses6chorusing6clitoriscoraclecoraclescorrelatesdecorums1deforestdeforestsdeploringdoloresdoriandoriansdysphoricencoringeuphoricexplorerexplorersFlorioforagesforagingforayingforeigner
4 syllables
authority2territory2authorities2Victoriaadorable2prioritymajority1memorial1laboratory1purgatory1mandatory1notorious1brontosaurus1cacciatore1euphoria1salvatore1statutory1tutorials1abhorrencesallegoryarborealauditorycategory
5 syllables
editorial1accusatoryadmonitoryadvertorialadvertorialsaleatoryallegoricalambulatoryauditoriumauditoriumsbaccalaureatebaccalaureatescelebratorycephalosporincephalosporinscirculatoryconfirmatory
6 syllables
ambassadorialanticipatoryarticulatoryconciliatorycongratulatoryconspiratorial
7 syllables
26
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
store33
2 syllables
story19storagestoring1storeystoreyedstoreysstoriedrestoredrugstore1
3 syllables
historicrestorerrestorersrestoringstorages
4 syllables
historical1historianhistoriansmultistoried
5 syllables
historically

“stories” at line end — from real songs

These songs are a natural resources of actual street storiesAttract the police forces
— Lorenz Hart, “Before He Walked” · rhymes stories / forces
Lucy give you no worries, Lucy got million storiesAbout these rappers that I came after when they was boring
— SZA, “For Sale? (Interlude)” · rhymes stories / boring

How to read the 501 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 27
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 5
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 469
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 26
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.