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Words that rhyme withtherapy

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
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)
3 syllables
entropy1
966
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
married10Mary4Paris5marry4wearing2parents4very2marriage3harry2scary7buried5Sarahsheriffstaring3Jerry1ericlarrymerry2sara1Garybury2Karenterryterror6fairy1Aaron1parent2derekcarrie1sharing1error4haroldcherry2Harrisnarrow1era2Taravera2perrysparrow7blaring1caring1clarence1bearing1Erinscaring8erikmarrow2cheryltearing1berries2cherish2Pharaoh2sparrows1terre2cherries1peril2prairie2swearing1terrace2jared17gerald1bearings1beret1Bering1berry1beryl1carats1carey1daring1derry1fairies1ferry1garish1garret1gerry1heiress1herring1kari1parrot1parrots1sheriffs1sheryl1terrors1wary1wearer1hairy
3 syllables
recipe3area1terrible2narrator1charity3character1embarrassed3terribly1heroin2jeremyterrorist2marrying4areas1terrorists1variouspreparingprimaryHarrison1ericaarrogant1heroine1marilynchariot2embarrassclarity3Meredithaerial2camaro1carrion1heresy1marriott1Maryland1burialharriet1alvero1apparent1arrogance1burials1canary1caramel1Cherokee1guerrero1heritage1herrera1janeiro1Kerouac1lariat1marion1marriages1mascara1merrily1newbury1parable1parenting1remarried1Sahara1sombrero1strawberries1terrier1aberrantaberrantsaerials2AntaresArafatarielAzeribarium
4 syllables
PenelopeAmerica5american3necessary1apparently1military1secretary1americans1embarrassing3ordinary1experiment1cemetery4temporaryhilarious1january1experiments1february1scenarioiscariot1dictionary1hysteria1missionaries1posterity1prosperity2sincerity1legendaryBavaria1caricature1cemeteries1commissary1dictionaries1huckleberries1hysterical1hysterically1inheritance1literary1missionary1monastery1
5 syllables
necessarilyunnecessarycontemporaries1contemporary1illusionary1momentarily1
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionary
7 syllables
8 syllables
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)
3 syllables
therapist2therapies1therapists2
5 syllables
chemotherapy1chemotherapies1hydrotherapieshydrotherapypsychotherapiespsychotherapistpsychotherapistspsychotherapy
6 syllables
immunotherapiesimmunotherapy

“therapy” at line end — from real songs

Gave me a number, said she recommended some therapyI never knew she was violated in Chicago, I'm sympathetic
— Kendrick Lamar, “Mother I Sober” · rhymes therapy / sympathetic

How to read the 967 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.

Additive 1
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 966
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.