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Words that rhyme withstrangers

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 EY coda N·JH
8
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
rangers1dangers1changers1grangersmangers4
3 syllables
arrangersendangersexchangers
84
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
players2favors1flavors2layers1wafers2chasers1lasers1lavers1majors1raisers1razors1waivers1avers1bathersbayers
3 syllables
teenagers1containers1appraisersassayersballplayersbricklayerscampaignerscomplainersconveyersconveyors1denaturesdisclaimers
4 syllables
entertainers1legislaturesnomenclatures
245
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
papers9neighbors2sailors2chambers1acres4neighbours1haters3failures2makers1vapors2fakers2gators2lakers1shakers1tailors1takers1traders1trailers1agarsbailorsbakers2breakerscapers2caters1craters1drapersfreighters1gaitersgradersgratersjailers1
3 syllables
newspapers2skyscrapers1attaindersbedchambersbehaviors6behaviours2belaboresbelaborscaretakerscarmakerscreators3crusadersdebaters1deflatorsdictatorsdressmakersduvaliers1equatorsfilmmakersfinaglersflypapersglassmakershatmakers
4 syllables
imitators1activators2actuatorsagitatorsalligators2allocatorsalternatorsanimatorsannotators
5 syllables
negotiators1refrigerators1accelerators1accumulatorsadministratorsamphitheatersamphitheatres
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)
1 syllable
strange30
2 syllables
stranger28estrange
3 syllables
estrangesestranging

“strangers” at line end — from real songs

You pay no heed to the dangerYou throw your love to all the strangers
— Dire Straits, “Love Over Gold” · rhymes strangers / danger
Living in the wake of overwhelming changesWe've all become strangers
— Weyes Blood, “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody” · rhymes strangers / changes
So I hope I don’t sound too ungratefulA telephone to talk to strangers
— Bright Eyes, “Road to Joy” · rhymes strangers / ungrateful

How to read the 337 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 8
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Subtractive 84
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 245
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 5
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.