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Words that rhyme withwants

masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 AA coda N·T·S
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)
1 syllable
haunts2dauntsflauntsfontsjauntstaunts
2 syllables
avants2croissantsdetentespiedmontsstorefronts1
3 syllables
restaurants2debutantes2commandants
25
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)
1 syllable
bonds1honkstonks2blondes1Bronx1ponds1swamps1blonds1bonksbroncschompscompsconkscronksfrondsmaundspomps
2 syllables
abscondsresponds3
3 syllables
corresponds
2
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)
1 syllable
angstangsts
1310
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)
1 syllable
on293gone224long170wrong171song167off116god69was43want1not69strong64stop59got54dawn61talk49lot57thought25dog31top28rock30cause23job28shot30hot23cross20walk24block28spot27drop22box18clock22mom12caught18watch15cops15thoughts14pop15shop10dogs9boss9bought1bomb9gods13rocks15lawn24john4shock11tom5don2taught10loss12cop7calm3shots9stops8lock5jobs7brought1wash3lots1pot6drawn14knock2bob1hop9talks5ought1doc1Scott1fought3odd2rob2sauce5walks5squad2goshTodd2coslaws4
2 syllables
along74because21belong22upon8forgot14across4applause6beyond5garage4gunshot1respond3robotbelonged2gunshots3moronabroad2massage1sidewalk3Iraq2laptop1mirage5robots1Milananton1anon2bedrock1birdsong3rooftops1sidewalks1hogan1applaud1avant2barrage1blacktop2cyclops1Hitchcock1Iran1jukebox1mailbox2matchbox2raindrops2sandbox2treetops2withdrawn2woodstock2Aesop1Alcott1aplomb1applauds1Armstrong1assad1baton1breadbox1buckshot1buckshots1bulldog1bullfrog1bullfrogs1chiffon1collage1
3 syllables
restaurant5Vietnam3Babylon6dialogue1astronaut3afterthought1analog2apricot2astronauts2avalon1barbershop1catalogue1confidant1debutante2echelon1juggernaut1Molotov2mountaintop2nonchalant2afterthoughts1albatross1amazon1applesauce1autobahn1butterscotch1Camelot1camouflage1cosmonaut1cosmonauts1esplanade1hollyhock1intercom1lexicon1lollipops1marathon1monologue1paradox1photoshop1synagogue1tinderbox1
4 syllables
Agamemnon1automatonAzerbaijanBaryshnikovbrachiopodbrachiopodscephalopodcephalopodselectroshockelectroshocksemoticonheterodoxIditarodKalashnikovphenomenonSaskatchewanthingamabobthingamabobstriceratops
5 syllables
middle-of-the-road
1405
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)
1 syllable
all315heart255are134fall155dark107ah46wall128car85hard81arms61call83ya34lost74stars83far79star74bar54start63songs43part1small43park41hearts39cars37hall36arm31law24walls36ball32saw15tall31art26cost24yard23harm24calls21nah11bars26fault11cards15falls20mark13smart14called10starts13ahh10farm16Paul7soft15guard10charge9stopped7card8parts14balls8dropped9doll12mall16draw6talked2locked4charm10march7walked3Charles2large1crossed7raw10sharp5guards3watched2crawl18marks4salt3jar17Clark2bombs1causedsolve2false2mars6armed2
2 syllables
apart95guitar34involved10recall16alarm8sweetheart3football2grandma1belongs2grandparesponse1baseball1assaultaha5radarso-calledbackyard2Bernardcigar4withdraw1regards2graveyard4regard1soniaafar7depart6guitars3ha-habizarre2cigars5involvepostcard4resolve3dissolve3alarms2courtyard3downfall2exhaust3hurrah3lamar3outlaw2rainfall3remark3remarks2unlocked1alarmed2aloft2amar2atoll1bygones1dada1dissolved2footfall2impart2jaguar2junkyards2nightfall2postcards1resolved2rockstar1seagal2skylark2
3 syllables
alcohol5basketball1boulevard9protocolson-in-lawArkansas4cannonball4waterfall4waterfalls4bodyguard2Montreal4Omaha1reservoir2superstar4meadowlark3morningstar3overalls2Pentecost2disembark2disregard2escobar2holocaust1motorcar1abattoir1Bonaparte1carrera1caviar1firearms1fireball1hildegard1holocausts1mastercards1mastodons1overcharged1Panama1paragons1powerball1Saginaw1unresolved1watermark1abattoirs1aerosol
4 syllables
brother-in-lawsister-in-lawneanderthal1automatonscholesterolcholesterolsdaughter-in-lawemoticonsfather-in-lawmother-in-lawneanderthals1Sebastopolstate-of-the-artUlaanbaatar
279
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are different.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / live — both end in V; AH versus IH

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
1 syllable
pants10thanks6drinks5thinks1gruntspoints1banks5cents6plants1prints1counts2stinks1tanks2francsants5glimpse3saints2blanks2blunts2camps2champs2temps2amps2aunts2fronts2ranks2sinks2stunts1blancs1blimps1blinks1chumps1chunks1cramps1drunks1dunks1joints1jumps1links1lumps1minks1monks1Nantes1paints1pumps1punks1ramps1stamps1stumps1tents1tints1bankesbents6
2 syllables
events4accounts5complaints2blueprints1footprints1rembrandts1shoeprints1acquaintsadventsaffrontsamounts3anoints1appointsascentsassentsaugmentscements1checkpointsconfrontsconsentsconstraintsdachshundsdebunksdecampsdecantsdescents2discountsdisjointsdissentseggplantsencampsenchantsendpointsextents2fermentsflashpointsforefrontsgangplanksgunpoints1headcountshoodwinks
3 syllables
fingerprints3represents2presidents1underpants1battlefrontscatamountscircumventsconfidantesconfidants1contretempscounterpointsdisappoints1discontentsdoublethinksfingerpaintsfiredampsinterlinksmalcontentsneedlepointsnoneventsoccidentsoceanfrontsorientspeppermintsreinventsriverbanks1self-tormentswaterfronts1
4 syllables
disorientsmisrepresents

“wants” at line end — from real songs

I want to be what he wants'Til death do you part
— Aretha Franklin, “Day Dreaming” · rhymes wants / part
And place them at the feet of a harlotOh, Jokerman, you know what he wants
— Bob Dylan, “Jokerman” · rhymes wants / harlot
And I wanna sell but not be boughtLost in between our needs and wants
— Death Cab for Cutie, “The Ghosts of Beverly Drive” · rhymes wants / bought

How to read the 3034 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 25
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 2
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 1309
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 1405
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Consonance 279
The vowels differ but the ending consonants match. The faintest echo of all — texture rather than closure.