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Words that rhyme withticket

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 K
6
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
cricket1Pickett1thicket1picketwicket
3 syllables
tourniquet1
mosaic rhyme
kick it4stick it1
9
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
bigot1spigot1frigategigotsnippettippet
3 syllables
exhibitinhibitprohibit
8
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
biscuit1brisketgibletingotpigletsignettrinkettriplet
207
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
minute26spirit7visit3limit7midget3billet1Bridget1brigitte1digit1skillet1civetfidgetkismetlinnetmilletpivotringgitrivetwidgetwilletWilmutchicken4liquor8picking8rickywicked3kicking2Mickeyclicking3sticking10chickens1quicker2nickynikkitrickyvickyflicker1hiccup2sticker2stricken2thicker1crickets1fickle1knickers1nickel1nickels1ricans1sicker1sickest1sickle1sickles1thicken1thickens1vicar1bickerbickeredbickersbrickle
3 syllables
revisit1elicitexplicitillicitimplicitlast-minutesolicitNicholas2flickering3bickering1sickening2testicles1dickenson1Dickinson1hickory1licorice1nicholson1quickening1rickety1stickiest1chickening4cricketed1cricketing1dickeringficklenesshiccoughinghiccuping2hickories1lipsticking1nickeling1Nicolsonnitpickingpickerelpickerelspickeringpicketedpicketingsnickeringsticklersticklerssticklingtesticlethickenerthickenersthickening1tourniquets1
4 syllables
predicament1predicaments1bicyclingcaricaturedcaricatures1despicableexplicableextricableindicativeindicativeslicorices1pumpernickelpumpernickels
5 syllables
inexplicably
19
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
tick2tic
2 syllables
tickets1ticking1tickertickerstickletickledticklesuptick
3 syllables
ticketed9ticketing9ticklingticklishlunatic1politic
4 syllables
politickingimpoliticrealpolitik

“ticket” at line end — from real songs

In five years time I'll be a million miles from hereYou'll still be saving for a ticket
— Black Box Recorder, “Seventeen and Deadly” · rhymes ticket / here
Handing out free ticketsTo get caught without a ticket
— Bob Dylan, “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” · rhymes ticket / tickets
Oh, don't lean on me, man, 'cause you can't afford the ticketBack from Suffragette City
— David Bowie, “Suffragette City” · rhymes ticket / city

How to read the 230 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 6
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 9
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 8
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 207
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 19
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.