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Words that rhyme withtalking

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
38
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
walking5knocking2shocking1squawking2stocking1hawking1rocking1blocking28stalking1bachingbalkingcalkingcaulking
3 syllables
sleepwalking2unlocking1jaywalkingpadlockingspacewalkingundocking
4 syllables
antiknockinginterlockingtomahawking1
90
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
bloggingboggingcloggingcoggingdoggingfloggingfoggingfrogginghogging
3 syllables
backloggingbulldoggingleapfroggingallottingbackstoppingbeboppingblacktopping
4 syllables
cataloguingdemagoguingphotoshoppingescalading
104
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
starting63wanting3parking1barking1honkingboxing18spalding1frosting1parting1sparkling1
3 syllables
regarding1abscondingaccostingadoptingasphalting1assaultingbombardingconcocting
4 syllables
correspondingdisembarking2disregarding2somersaulting
22
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
drawing1clawing1awingcawingchawing1flawing2gnawinghawing1jawing3lawing24pawing3sawing15strawing2
3 syllables
withdrawing1guffawing1hurrahing3outlawing2seesawingwhipsawing
4 syllables
overdrawing
321
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
darling1calling10falling17watching1charming2coughing2starving1causingwashing3crossing20crawling2marching2yawning1bombing9charginglonging3snarling1dawning2stalling2barfing1sparring1alling315arching5arming31awningballing32bargingbarringbawling1bonging1bossing9botchingbrawling1bronzingcalming3carlingcarving
3 syllables
revolving1recalling1absolvingalarming8appallingbarragingbecalmingbefallingbelonging22birdwatchingblackballingbrainwashingcaballingcatcallingcrayonningcrisscrossingdevolvingdisarmingdisbarringdischargingdishwashingdislodgingdissolvingembalmingembossingenlargingensconcingensnarling
4 syllables
arbitragingcamouflagingfirebombingoverarchingoverchargingoverhaulingreinstallingsabotagingsuperchargingevocativeknickerbockersNagasakiprovocativeskyrocketedskyrocketing
5 syllables
provocativelystaphylococcus
6 syllables
Czechoslovakiaczechoslovakian
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)
1 syllable
talk49
2 syllables
talkin6talker1talkies1tacotacoestacostalkers1talkietalky
3 syllables
restockingtalkative
4 syllables
overstocking

“talking” at line end — from real songs

When I was only twelve years old, my parents went a-walkingI hate those wicked words they'd say when they started talking
— Adrianne Lenker, “Angels” · rhymes talking / walking
This crazy talking?When you were sleepwalking
— Bill Callahan, “Only Skin” · rhymes talking / sleepwalking
TalkingAhh
— Dr. Dog, “Listening In” · rhymes talking / ahh

How to read the 575 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 38
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 90
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 104
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 22
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 321
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.