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Words that rhyme withwillow

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 L
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
pillow2kilo1billow1
3 syllables
Murillo
4 syllables
Amarillo2armadillo1Hermosillo
4
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
dildoinflowwhitlowWinslow
527
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
window45hero3zero4widow4bingo2limo2disco2info1intro2nympho1pinto1cristo1indo1lingo1minnow1nitro1weirdo1bimboBirobistrociscodingodittogingkogizmogringohippolimbomiroNeroshintosynchrotiptoewinnowzipporeally1killer5village7silly5killing2billy1lily1Dylan3miller2Philipkillers2villain5villa1filling1phillipkillin2thrilling3philly1pillows1villains1chili1billet1billing1billows1chilling1dilly1filler1gilly1lilies1lillies1millers1pillage1shillings1skillet1stiller1trilon1billets1billiebillies1Billings1billowed1chilechilieschilis1chillerchillerschillieschilly
3 syllables
francisco4jacinto1flamingo1obispo1akimbocalypsoDomingomachismopachinkovillagersgodzilla2vanilla1Achilles1acrylic1chantilly1chillicothe1chillier1chinchillas1cylinders1gorilla1gorillas1hillbillies1manilla1mcmillan1pillages1Sevilla1silicon1villages1acrylics1AntillesarmillaarmillasAttilabacillusbiliousbilleting1billowing1Castillachileanchileanschinchillaciliatescylindercyrillacyrillascyrillicdiligencediligentdistillerdistillersdistillingfilamentfilamentsfilialfiligreefilletedflotillaflotillasfulfilling2guerillaguerillasguerrillaguerrillasHillary
4 syllables
gumbo-limboability1facility1humility4caterpillar1civility1diligently1futility1hostility1nobility1penicillin1sicilians1affiliatesagilitiesagilityamarillos2amaryllis
5 syllables
possibility3possibilities3bougainvillea1credibility1liability1sensibility1amaryllisesamoxicillinamoxicillins
6 syllables
responsibility2responsibilities2compatibility1acceptabilitiesacceptabilityaccessibilitiesaccessibilityaccountabilitiesaccountabilityadaptabilitiesadaptabilityadmissibilitiesadmissibilityadvisabilitiesadvisabilityamiabilitiesamiabilityapplicabilitiesapplicability
7 syllables
18
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
will65
2 syllables
willing5williewillyWillard1willi1willetwilletswillis1
3 syllables
willingly2willingness1Anguillabouillonbouillonsunwillingwillowy
4 syllables
unwillinglyunwillingness

“willow” at line end — from real songs

Like a weeping willowLike it's some kind of pillow
— Dr. Dog, “Livin’ a Dream” · rhymes willow / pillow
WillowWeeping sympathy
— Billie Holiday, “Willow Weep for Me” · rhymes willow / sympathy
"These are tears of joy", cried the weeping willowThere's a tender heart inside that ugly armadillo
— Dr. Dog, “That Old Black Hole” · rhymes willow / armadillo

How to read the 538 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.
Additive 4
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 527
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 18
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.