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Words that rhyme withterrible

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 R
4
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)
3 syllables
parable1bearablewearable
4 syllables
unbearable1
1
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)
4 syllables
execrable
932
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
married10Mary4Paris5marry4wearing2parents4very2marriage3harry2scary7buried5Sarahsheriffstaring3Jerry1ericlarrymerry2sara1Garybury2Karenfairy1Aaron1parent2derekcarrie1sharing1error4haroldcherry2Harrisnarrow1era2vera2perrysparrow7blaring1caring1clarence1bearing1Erinscaring8erikmarrow2cherylberries2cherish2Pharaoh2sparrows1cherries1peril2prairie2swearing1jared17gerald1bearings1beret1Bering1berry1beryl1carats1carey1daring1derry1fairies1ferry1garish1garret1gerry1heiress1herring1kari1parrot1parrots1sheriffs1sheryl1wary1wearer1hairykaraaarons1aerieaeriesairesairing127airy
3 syllables
sensible1vegetable2credible1edibleequableflexiblelegiblerentablespendabletenablearea1narrator1charity3character1embarrassed3therapy1heroin2jeremymarrying4areas1variouspreparingtherapist2primaryHarrison1ericaarrogant1heroine1marilynchariot2embarrassclarity3Meredithaerial2camaro1carrion1heresy1marriott1Maryland1burialharriet1alvero1apparent1arrogance1burials1canary1caramel1Cherokee1guerrero1heritage1herrera1janeiro1Kerouac1lariat1marion1marriages1mascara1merrily1newbury1parenting1remarried1Sahara1sombrero1strawberries1aberrantaberrantsaerials2
4 syllables
incredible1respectableaccessible1delectable1expendable1acceptableaddressableamenableamendablecollectiblecommendablecompensablecontemptiblecontestabledefensibledependabledetectabledigestibledispensableextendableextendibleforgettableillegibleimpeccableimpregnableindelibleinedibleineffableinflexibleinjectableinsensiblelamentableostensibleperceptiblepresentablepreventableregrettable
5 syllables
undetectable1comprehensibleimperceptibleinaccessibleincompressibleindefensibleindispensableirrepressible
6 syllables
incomprehensible1
7 syllables
8 syllables
109
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
tear3
2 syllables
terryterror6Taratearing1terre2terrace2terrors1tarifftariffedtariffstarotaroestarriedtarriestarryTerenceterracedterries
3 syllables
terribly1terrorist2terrorists1terrier1Antarestariffingtarryingterraces2terracingterriers1solitaire1
4 syllables
military1secretary1cemetery4cemeteries1Ontario1tributaries1budgetary
5 syllables
momentarily1
6 syllables
authoritarianauthoritarians

“terrible” at line end — from real songs

You see the streets had me stressed somethin' terribleOr HDM, hit with numbers from eight to ten
— Nas, “One Love” · rhymes terrible / ten
Sing me something terribleYou and me, we don't believe in happy endings
— The Magnetic Fields, “My Only Friend” · rhymes terrible / endings

How to read the 937 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 4
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 1
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 932
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 109
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.