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Words that rhyme withtemple

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 EH coda M·P
44
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
tremble1mental4gentle1dentallentilrentalBengalKendallLendlMendel
3 syllables
assembledissembleresemblejudgmentalparental
4 syllables
disassemblereassembleinstrumental2sentimental1transcendental1
5 syllables
6 syllables
5
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
central4ventral
3 syllables
eventfulresentful
4 syllables
uneventful
28
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
settle1metal4rebel6medal1pedal4kettle1petal1meddle1mettle1treble1betelfennelfreckleheckleHegelkennel
3 syllables
backpedalresettleunsettle
4 syllables
departmental
105
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
special9devil9level8careful1several2helpfulvessel1pencil2dreadfulcherylperil1beryl1ethel1pretzel1sheryl1stressful1vengeful1bestialbethelbeveldarrylethylFarrellferalfretfulGesellhealthful
3 syllables
potential2successful1essential1suspensefulcelestial1daredevil1forgetful1ancestralbedevilcredentialdishevelembezzlehigh-levelimperillow-levelneglectfulorchestralprojectileprudentialregretfulrespectful
4 syllables
confidential1existential1influential1colorectalconsequentialdeferentialdifferentialdisrespectfulepithelialexponentialinferential
5 syllables
experientialinconsequentialjurisprudential
17
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
temp
2 syllables
temper1tempo2tempest1tempered2tempers2tempests1temples10
3 syllables
temperatemperancetemperastempering2temporaltemporals
4 syllables
temporally1intemperatetemperances

“temple” at line end — from real songs

Holding my wrist to the bedAnd pressing his head to my temple
— Adrianne Lenker, “Pretty Things” · rhymes temple / bed
In this room, your templeFor being gentle
— Adrianne Lenker, “All Night All Day” · rhymes temple / gentle
I have been a bastard to the people who have actively attempted to deliver me f…I have been acutely undeserving of the ear that listen up and lip that kissed m…
— Aesop Rock, “Gopher Guts” · rhymes temple / peril

How to read the 182 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 44
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 5
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 28
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 105
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 17
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.