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Words that rhyme withsummer

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 M
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
bummer3drummer1dumber1hummer1comermummerplumber
3 syllables
newcomer
mosaic rhyme
from her1
7
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
gunner1stunner1lungerrunner
3 syllables
forerunnergunrunnerroadrunner
43
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
wonder25under15number6thunder8younger3hunter1hunger6slumber4youngster1bunker1jumper1plunder1blunderBrucknerBuchnerbumperbunglercumberdumperdunker
3 syllables
asunder2encumberheadhunteroutnumberspelunker
4 syllables
acupuncture
mosaic rhyme
from there4come for1from your1
206
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
other2mother24brother29lover3cover1color1suffer5butter6culture1colour2supper2structure3upperrubber1sucker2butler1gutter7tucker2buster1buzzerbugger1mutter3sculpture1shudder2stutter1shutterDumpster2flutter1tougher1cutter1hover1luster1plover1pucker1slugger1ulcer1usher1vulgar1vulture1mulderblubberblufferblusterbufferbuskerBuSparbustierclustercluttercouplercrusherCustercutlerdufferdusterflustergusherguzzlerhucksterhuggerhussarlubberlustreLuxormufflermuggermullermushermusternutterpufferputterpuzzlerrudderrupture
3 syllables
another1grandmother1discover6recover6bloodsucker1abductoradjusteraflutterblockbustercocksuckerconductordiscolorgodmotherhardcoverinductorinstructorlacklusterrestructurestepmotherstonecuttersubcultureuncoverbecoming2incoming1homecoming1shortcomings1succumbing1dummying2forthcomingnewcomersoncomingplummetedplummetingpumicespumicingpummelingrummagesrummagingshortcomingstomaching6upcoming
4 syllables
motherfucker12undercover1technicolor1agricultureaquaculturecounterculturefilibusterhorticultureinfrastructurekilometremulticolorrediscoversuperstructurewatercolorovercomingunbecoming
5 syllables
semiconductormultivitaminmultivitamins
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 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
some32sum2
2 syllables
summers4summoned2summit1summon1summered22summingsummits1summons1summonsed
3 syllables
midsummer1summaries1midsummers1summarysummering22summited1summiting1summoning1summonses

“summer” at line end — from real songs

Your hot, hot weather in the summerHigh, high, neglectful lover
— Lana Del Rey, “Shades of Cool” · rhymes summer / lover
Packin' all my things for the summerLyin' on my bed, it's a bummer
— Lana Del Rey, “White Mustang” · rhymes summer / bummer
Can I come home for the summer?Get back to loving each other
— Ray LaMontagne, “For the Summer” · rhymes summer / other

How to read the 264 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.
Family rhyme 7
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 43
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 206
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 21
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.