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Words that rhyme withtidy

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 AY coda D
1
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
heidi1
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
mighty3flightywhiteymikeypsyche1Nikespiky
3 syllables
almighty1
4 syllables
Aphrodite
22
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
likely2slightly1kindly3lightly1tightly1blindly2feisty1nightly1ninety1rightly1wildly1brightlyidlyknightlymildlysprightlywidely
3 syllables
unlikelyforthrightlyfortnightlypolitelyunsightly
mosaic rhyme
beside me13inside me4guide me2ride me1terrified me1
1
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)
3 syllables
Hawaii1
194
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
tiny1highlynicely2Riley1ivy2shiny2icy1grimy1lively1timely1wisely1blithelydiceydrylyfinelyhymiekileykyliepriceyshylyslimyslylysmileyspicyspinystymiewhinywilywineywrylyWyliehiding5riding2spider1idol1rider4spiders1guidance1guided1riders2sided1sliding1vida2bided1chiding1
3 syllables
preciselyinquiry1benignlyconciselydivinelyenquiryexpiryplaintivelyuntimelyunwiselydecided2provideddividedlopsided3Poseidon1blindsided1collided1deciding1outsiders1provider1subsiding1unbridled1abidedabidingal-Qaedabackslidingblindsidingbridlingbroadsidedbroadsidingcollidercolliderscollidingconfided
4 syllables
suicidal2undecided2chlamydiachlamydiascoincidedcoincidingdecidedlyhomicidalideologueideologuesoverridingperoxidedperoxidingsubdividedsubdividingsubsidencesundecideds2undivided
5 syllables
supercollider1
18
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
tide22tied9
2 syllables
tidal1tidedtidiedtidies2tidingtidingsuntied5betidepeptideYuletide
3 syllables
betidedbetidingtidying2untidy
4 syllables
intertidalnucleotide

“tidy” at line end — from real songs

You spent the night and we kept it tidyI'm so ready for many more, and many more times
— Elliott Smith, “Joni” · rhymes tidy / times
I am relieved that I'd left my room tidyGoodbye
— Mitski, “Last Words of a Shooting Star” · rhymes tidy / goodbye

How to read the 227 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 1
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 22
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 1
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 194
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 18
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.