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Words that rhyme withtalkin

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 K
2
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
Aachen
3 syllables
moroccan
23
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
gotten1rotten10cotton4boughten1coppin1Laughton1HoughtonLawtonrobin2robbin1Audenbobbinbroadendobbin
3 syllables
tobogganforgotten11begotten1guncottondowntrodden1Wiesbaden
4 syllables
misbegottenColoradan
70
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
garden20pardon4martin2option4Boston1bargain2Watsoncarbon2auctionAustinThompsonCompton6Dalton3roxanne2Baldwin1carlton1carton1cauldron1marten1parkin1rodman1Stockton1wanton1AustenBalkanbodkinCochrandarkendobsondoctrineGauguingoblinhardenharkenheartenHodgkin
3 syllables
concoction1adoptionalgonquindioxininfarctionrhodopsinrwandansumatran
4 syllables
kindergarten1aflatoxinantitoxinfluorocarbonhydrocarbonnicaraguan
235
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
nothin11often1arencommon2fallen3Johnson1darlin5coffin1Carsoncarmen1Dawsonrollin2caution3marvin2arson1bronson1harmon1Hoffman1margin1sovereign1watchman1arjunArminbarmanbrahmanbrahmincarminecharlestondarrenDarwindolmandolphinfaustianGawainHoffmannJonsonKaufmanlawmanmarksmanmarlinmartianparsonpollenrosinsoftenStalinSwansonThomson
3 syllables
exhaustion1padawan1crestfallenMcAllenprecautionsomalianuncommonWisconsinbroccoli2morocco1sleepwalking2miyake1pocketed1unlocking1blockagesbroccolis2CaracasCaucasuscaucusescaucusingcockeringcockinesscocklingcrockeriescrockerydebacledebaclesdocketeddocketingguanacojaywalkingJoachimjoachimsjockeyingLusakamaracamaracasMilwaukee
4 syllables
guatemalanantiknockingevocativeinterlockingknickerbockersNagasakioverstockingprovocativeskyrocketedskyrocketingstreptococcussukiyakisukiyakisteriyakiteriyakistomahawking1
5 syllables
provocativelystaphylococcus
6 syllables
Czechoslovakiaczechoslovakian
11
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
talk49
2 syllables
talking20talker1talkies1tacotacoestacostalkers1talkietalky
3 syllables
talkative

“talkin” at line end — from real songs

Off at the jaws, well, then I can, 'cause frankly I'm sick of talkin'I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest on my conscience, 'cause
— Eminem, “Like Toy Soldiers” · rhymes talkin / cause
The moon and stars hang out in bars just talkin'Just like that old house we thought was haunted
— John Prine, “Summer’s End” · rhymes talkin / haunted
I even scared myself by talkin'But I can't sleep next to a body
— Phoebe Bridgers, “Killer” · rhymes talkin / body

How to read the 330 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 2
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 23
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 70
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 235
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 11
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.