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Words that rhyme withwearing

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 EH coda R
38
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
staring3sharing1blaring1caring1bearing1scaring8tearing1swearing1Bering1daring1herring1airing127baring54
3 syllables
preparingchildbearingcomparingdeclaringdespairing14ensnaringimpairingrepairing6uncaringunsparing
4 syllables
overbearing
1
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)
3 syllables
relearning
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)
4 syllables
pirouetting
1336
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
ending14wedding8getting2telling1helping2selling1letting1yelling1heading1sending5checking14setting1spending11blessing6guessing1begging1testing1messing1dressing1spreading2sweating2melting3resting1steppingwrestling1bettingbedding2pressing8bending2cleansing1dwelling1mending1nesting1shedding1stressing1stretching1venting1wrecking1belchingbelling24belting9benching3bening4benningbenzing6besting63blending4breading19breasting18brenningchequingclenchingcresting2deafing3decking8delling3delvingdemingdemmingdenningdenting2dreading9dredgingdrenchingebbingedgingegging3ellingetchingfelling28felting11fencingfending1fetchingfettingfleckingfledgingfledglingFlemingfleshing15flexing1frenching2frettinggellinghecklinghedginghefting
3 syllables
pretending5expecting4forgetting8protecting3suggestingdefending2collecting2depending2ascending1descending1attending3addressing1depressing1dissecting1offending1propelling1protesting1regretting1suspending1undressing1arresting2accepting2abettingaccessingaffectingaggressingallegingamending1annexingappendingassentingassessingattempting1attestingaugmentingavengingbedeckingbefriendingbegettingbeheadingbesettingbloodlettingbobsleddingbootleggingburlesquingcaressing3cementing1commencingcommendingcompellingcompressingcondemning2condensingconfectingconfessing9congestingconnecting1consentingcontemningcontendingcontesting2correcting2defectingdeflectingdejectingdetecting1detesting
4 syllables
overwhelming1comprehending1condescending1unsuspecting1acquiescingapprehendingbayonettingbottleneckingcircumventingcoalescingcomplementingcomplimentingconvalescingdisaffectingdisconnecting1discontentingdisinfectingdispossessingdisrespecting2featherbeddingimplementinginterceptinginterjectinginterpretingintersectingintrospectingmanifesting1misdirectingnever-endingorientingoverdressingoverspendingoversteppingparalleling1parallellingreassessingrecollecting2recommending1recompensingredirecting
5 syllables
disorientingexperimenting1interconnectingmisrepresentingoverextendingoverprotecting
6 syllables
7 syllables
8 syllables
47
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
where26wear15ware
2 syllables
wary1wearer1wareingwaring77wearers1wherrieswherrynowhere18somewhere14aware5beware6firmwarefreeware
3 syllables
bewaringforswearingunwarywarilywarinesswearablewearableswearilyeverywhere35
4 syllables
february1cassowariescassowary
5 syllables
Delawariandelawarians

“wearing” at line end — from real songs

And what on earth is that you're wearing?Thank you so much for gracing us with your presence
— Black Box Recorder, “The School Song” · rhymes wearing / presence
Caring, sharingEvery little thing that we are wearing
— Irving Berlin, “Sisters” · rhymes wearing / sharing

How to read the 1376 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 38
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 1
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 1336
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 47
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.