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Words that rhyme withwhiskey

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 IH coda S·K
2
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
risky1frisky1
11
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
fifty2misty1shifty1ChristiechristycrispyniftythriftytwistywispyFrisbee
7
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
sixty1swiftly2brisklycrisply
3 syllables
BabinskiStravinskyWyszynski
65
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)
2 syllables
city52pretty23busy8pity5rickykittyMickeydizzy6nickynikkitrickyrichievickydiddy3gritty5biggie3lizzielitty2missyditty1fishy1hippie1jiffy1piggy1tizzy1biddybittydickeydickiedickydivvygiddyhickeyiffyitchykiddiekiddyLibbyLippinippypickypithyprissyprivyquickierickeysissy
3 syllables
committee3astilbePhilippi
4 syllables
Mississippi5itty-bittysubcommittee
5 syllables
mutuality
187
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
really1quickly4silly5guilty3clearly1jimmy1nearly1simply1billy1theory1lily1filthy2gimme3merelywillieSydneyweary4skinnycindykidney1strictlyLindsaywillychimney1pinky1gypsy1dearly2philly1chili1dilly1dimly1dixie1dreary1eerie1Erie1flimsy1gilly1leery1pinkie1Pliny1pygmy1rigby1sickly1siri1stiffly1stringy1teary1timmy1willi1yearly1beerybilbybillieblearycheerychilechillychintzydearydiddleydinghydingydinkyDisneydrizzlyfiercelyfillyflintyfrillygilliegliblygrimlygrislygrizzlyguineahillyhindihinnyindieinkyintijitney
3 syllables
sincerely3chantilly1austerelyBemidjidistinctlyGuarnieriKissimmeeMcKinleyreentryseverelysuccinctlyfrancisco4discoing2discordeddiscordingdiscoursingfiscallyfranciscanfranciscansriskiness
4 syllables
cavalierlyfeverishlyhara-kiriignominyitsy-bitsyRawalpindirockabillystaggeringlyepiscopal
5 syllables
cumulatively
6 syllables
imaginativelyinvoluntarily
9
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
whisk
2 syllables
whisky2whiskers1whiskerwhiskeredwhiskeys3whiskies2whisking
3 syllables
whiskering

“whiskey” at line end — from real songs

Yeah, if a fight is like a shot of whiskeySayin' "Baby you can't win and you know it"
— Lori McKenna, “Skin & Bones” · rhymes whiskey / it
So the rent became whiskeyAnd then my life became risky
— Silver Jews, “Buckingham Rabbit” · rhymes whiskey / risky
Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up hereBut I didn't pour the whiskey
— Taylor Swift, “this is me trying” · rhymes whiskey / here

How to read the 272 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 2
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 11
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 7
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 65
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 187
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 9
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.