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Words that rhyme withthinking

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 IH coda NG·K
14
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
drinking1sinking1blinking3stinking1linking1shrinking1chinking1clinkingfinkinginking7pinking5winking3
3 syllables
hoodwinking
4 syllables
interlinking
24
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
binging2glinting1primping1squinting1crimpinghinting1limping2minting1pimpingprinting1scrimpingshrimpingskimping
3 syllables
blueprintingimprintingmisprintingreprintingunstintingrescinding
4 syllables
fingerprinting1
7
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
kindling1glimpsinginklingjinxingsprinklingswindling
3 syllables
rekindling
151
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
singing28ringing6kidding4sitting2winning8bringing1swimming6picking8hittingdigging1kicking2spinning8clicking3sticking10ticking1fitting3slipping4quittingdripping3spitting2swinging1clinging2rigging2stripping2winging1bidding1grinning1gripping1splitting1thinning1tripping1twinning1whimming1shipping
3 syllables
beginning19acquittingadmittingbefittingbullshittingchagrinningcommittingemittingequippingforbiddinghamstringinglipsticking1nitpickingomittingoutbiddingoutfittingoutstrippingoutwittingpermittingrefittingremittingrenegingsubmittingtransmittingunfittingunwittingunzipping
4 syllables
babysittingcounterfeiting1politickingreadmittingresubmittingretrofittingunderbiddingunderpinningunremitting
291
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
living36missing20building12willing5giving4killing2cheering3kissing7fishing1whistling3fixing3filling1clearing3filming4hissing1sniffing1drifting3thrilling3nearing2shifting2wishing2billing1chilling1milking1piercing1steering1tilting1twisting1bearding3biffingbilkingblitzing1bridgingbriskingcinchingclinchingcringingcrisping1dearing41deering5dillingdishing3disking1dissing2ditching9drilling2
3 syllables
thanksgiving1convincing1forgiving2shipbuilding2appearing1shoplifting1uplifting1abridgingaddicting3adheringaffixingafflictingairliftingassistingbewitchingblacklisting1careering9cashiering1coheringconflicting1conscriptingconsistingconstrictingconvictingcrawfishingdelistingdepictingdesistingdismissing1distillingeclipsingencryptingenlistingenrichingevictingevincing
4 syllables
engineering3disappearing2reminiscing1unforgiving1volunteering1auctioneering1coexistingcommandeeringcontradictingdomineeringfinanciering1interdictinginterferingintermixingmicrofilmingmountaineeringoverfillingoverkillingperseveringpioneering1preexistingprofiteeringracketeering
5 syllables
electioneering1
6 syllables
bioengineering
14
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
think50king1Qing
2 syllables
thinkin3thinkerthinkersrethink
3 syllables
freethinkerfreethinkersrethinkingunthinkingdoublethink
4 syllables
unthinkableunthinkingly

“thinking” at line end — from real songs

What was I thinkingWas it ambition? or war of attrition?
— Bahamas, “Caught Me Thinkin” · rhymes thinking / attrition
She's been crying and I've been thinkingAnd I am the Rain King
— Counting Crows, “Rain King” · rhymes thinking / king
I caught myself thinkingHave to try to keep my mind out of this
— Jeff Tweedy, “Hate It Here” · rhymes thinking / this

How to read the 487 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 14
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 24
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 7
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 151
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 291
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 14
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.