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Words that rhyme withstructure

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 AH coda K·CH
2
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
Luxorrupture
6
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
sculpture1Dumpster2hucksterjuncturepuncture
4 syllables
acupuncture
72
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
other42mother24brother29lover32cover9suffer5butter6supper2upperrubber1sucker2gutter7tucker2buzzerbugger1mutter3shudder2stutter3shutterflutter1tougher1cutter1hover1plover1pucker1slugger1usher1blubberblufferbuffercluttercrusherduffergusherhuggerhussarlubbermuggermushernutterpufferputterrudderrusherscrubberscuppershoversmothersnuffersouthersputterstuffersuccor
3 syllables
another40grandmother1discover6recover6bloodsucker1afluttercocksuckergodmotherhardcoverstepmotherstonecutteruncover
4 syllables
motherfucker12undercover1kilometrerediscover
108
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
wonder25under15summer22number6color6thunder8younger3hunter5culture1hunger6colour2butler1slumber4buster1bummer4drummer3gunner1youngster1bunker1dumber1hummer1jumper1luster1plunder1stunner1ulcer1vulgar1vulture1mulderblunderblusterBrucknerBuchnerbumperbunglerbusker
3 syllables
asunder2midsummer1abductoradjusterblockbusterconductordiscolorencumberforerunnergunrunnerheadhunterinductorinstructorlacklusternewcomeroutnumberroadrunnerspelunkersubculture
4 syllables
technicolor1agricultureaquaculturecounterculturefilibusterhorticulturemulticolorwatercolor
5 syllables
semiconductor
13
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
structured1structures1
3 syllables
restructurerestructuredrestructuresstructuralstructuring
4 syllables
infrastructureinfrastructuresrestructuringstructurallysuperstructuresuperstructures

“structure” at line end — from real songs

No, um, sketches, she just works directly off of the structureAnd, um, she, she's, uh, she's adding, whereas in the sculpture
— Cassandra Jenkins, “Hard Drive (Security Guard)” · rhymes structure / sculpture
To skin and to skin and to bone and to structureTo livid and pallid and turgid and structured
— Lou Reed, “The Murder Mystery” · rhymes structure / structured
Mine taught discipline, mine taught structureMine didn't mind when he had to pull a double
— Stevie Wonder, “The Birds Don’t Sing” · rhymes structure / double

How to read the 188 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.

Family rhyme 2
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.
Additive 6
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 72
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 108
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 13
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.