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Words that rhyme withunhappy

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 AE coda P
4
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
snappy1crappiecrappyscrappy
38
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
abby1cabbie1gabby1abbeabbeycabbycrabbyflabbyshabbytabbyjackiepattyblackie1lackey1tacky1battycattychattyfattymattynattyrattytattywackydaddy6
3 syllables
iraqigranddaddy
4 syllables
Cincinnati1
78
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
angry5candy7andy1badly1taxi2nasty2frankie1franklyrandyauntiesandy1brandy5handy2sadly1mandygladly1dandy3madly3pantry1acne1acme1blankly1Capri1crabtree1santi1amplyanteantiantsyaptlyASCIIAttleebandyblandlyBradleycadreCagneycampycantycrafty
3 syllables
exactly1Chiantisteadfastly
4 syllables
Ariadnenamby-pambypolyandryrhinoplastysatisfactoryvigilante
5 syllables
angioplastyimmeasurablyinterminably
mosaic rhyme
trap melap mesnap metap mewrap meslap me
196
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
valley16carry1fancy3alley7danny1annie2sally3barryNancy2sammy1Stanleyashleygrannynanny1cathy1daphneangiefanny1mannycassiekathyrallygalley2tally1alfie1algae1bally1camry1grammy1halsey1lassie1pansy1taffy1ashyassayBarriebrassycannycatchychaffychallischancychassisclammyclassycrannydallyflashyganglyglassygrassyHalleyHanijazzylallylangleymanlypalfreypatchyramsaySamisassysavvyscratchy
3 syllables
Miami1apache2chimpanzee1finale1Comanchefianceeuncannyverballycapital1kidnappingapathy1capitol2rapidlykidnapper1tapestry1apathies1apertureaperturesapicalapogeeAppletonapplingbackslappingbootstrappingcapitals1capitols2catnappingentrappingkidnapingkidnappers1kidnappingskneecappingNapolipineapplepineapplesrecappingtapestriedtapestries1unwrapping
4 syllables
Tallahassee1AnasazidillydallyefficacyintermarrynecromancyneuropathypakistaniprofligacysuperfamilyAnnapoliscapitalistcapitalistshandicapperhandicappershandicappingoverlappingunflappablewiretapping
5 syllables
homeopathyMinneapolis1
6 syllables
lymphadenopathyIndianapolis1
16
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
hap
2 syllables
happy1happened16happen9happens4happingmishap
3 syllables
happening7happiness2happily2happier1happiesthappenings7slaphappy
4 syllables
unhappiness2unhappily

“unhappy” at line end — from real songs

I see the people happy'Cause when I am unhappy
— Kate Bush, “Sat in Your Lap” · rhymes unhappy / happy
Tell me when you think that we became so unhappyWearing silver rings with nobody clapping
— Sharon Van Etten, “Two” · rhymes unhappy / clapping

How to read the 316 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 4
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 38
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 78
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 196
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 16
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.