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Words that rhyme withtower

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 AW coda —
33
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
hour5power4shower7flower1our1sour1bower1dour1bauercowerflour
3 syllables
wildflower1devour1mayflower1willpower1bellflowerbrainpowerconeflowercornflower
4 syllables
cauliflowerEisenhowerfirepoweroverpowersuperpower
mosaic rhyme
wow herallow hercow herplow her
39
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
powder3counter7louder3outerchowder1flounder1pounder1prouder1bouncerbounderbrowserCowperdauberdoubter
3 syllables
announcer1encounter1cofounderdiscountergunpowder
4 syllables
thundershower
111
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
hours2flowers1ours4powers3coward2Howardshowers4bowels1bowers1Powell1sours1bauersbowelbowered1cowards2coweredcowers
3 syllables
powerful1allowing1bowery1allowance1cowardly1flowery1powerless1allowancedavowingbellflowersbowering1brainpowersconeflowers
4 syllables
allowances1allowableallowancingavowedlycauliflowerscowardicesdevouring1disallowing
10
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
Tao
2 syllables
towel2towels3towers1toweled2towered14kowtow1
3 syllables
towering1kowtowing1toweling2

“tower” at line end — from real songs

Keep you waiting, hour after hourEvery night, in your lonely tower
— Arcade Fire, “We Don’t Deserve Love” · rhymes tower / hour
When you find the lonely towerFeel afraid, surrender your power
— Big Thief, “Flower of Blood” · rhymes tower / power
There's a lantern in the towerStill writing songs in the wee wee hours
— Mark Knopfler, “What It Is” · rhymes tower / hours

How to read the 183 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 33
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 39
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 111
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 10
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.