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Words that rhyme withwhether

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 DH
7
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
leather12heather3feather12tether2nether1
3 syllables
together98
4 syllables
altogether
52
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
ever16never16pleasure12clever4treasure6measure6trevorleisure3lever1sever2ledger1edgerhedgerlegerpledgerpressure6Fletcherdresser1fresherguesserlecherlesserlessorstressorstretcher
3 syllables
forever90whatever8however3whoever1whenever2wherever1endeavor3displeasureendeavourprofessoraggressor1assessorcompressorhairdresseroppressorpossessorprocessorrefreshersuccessor
4 syllables
whatsoevercountermeasurepredecessor
5 syllables
multiprocessor
62
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
Spencer1lecture1gesture1Estherlesterjester1texture1dexterChesterventurecensercensor
3 syllables
adventure2ancestoravengercondenserconjecturedebenturedigesterdispenserindentureindexer
4 syllables
architecture1polyester1misadventuremultiplexer
183
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
better69letter19shelter7center1member1enter1tender8centre2terror6sweater6error4temper2elderpepper1hectorcellar1sectorEdgarbender4skelter2ember2fender1lender1tremor1beggar1blender1cheddar1dweller1feller1fetter1gender1getter1herder1nectar1peddler1sceptre1sender1spender1splendor1swelter1teller1tenner1tenor1vendor1wearer1bearerbettorcentnercheckerdebtordeckerDekkereggerElgaremmeremptorFechnerheaderhecklerhellerhelperjaegerJennerKellerkelter
3 syllables
remember35surrender7directorinspectordecember5november1september3bartender1pretender4contender1projector2protector2connector1defector1detector1inventor1objector1assemblerbestsellerbooksellerbootleggercollectorconnecterdefenderdeflectordismemberdissenterdistempereffectorelectorengenderexchequerhotelierinjectorMacGregornewsletternonmemberoffenderpacesetterpropellerprospectorrathskellerreceptorreflectorseafarersuspendertormentortransgenderweekenderwoodpeckerfeathering12
4 syllables
Rockefeller1countertenorepicenterhelter-skelterinterceptorinterstellarmisrememberphilandererstandard-bearerstorytellerstretcher-beareraltogetherstogetherness
5 syllables
experimenter
7
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)
2 syllables
weather1weathered37weathers37
3 syllables
bellwetherbellwethersweathering37weatherly

“whether” at line end — from real songs

Can name a sweater, but not a talent or don't know if whetherSitting on Tumblr, never outside or enjoying the weather
— Earl Sweatshirt, “Rusty” · rhymes whether / weather

How to read the 304 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 7
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 52
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 62
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 183
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 7
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.