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Words that rhyme withwishes

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 SH
26
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
dishes1fishes2swishes
3 syllables
catfishescrawfishesdealfishesdogfishesflatfishesgoldfishesgoosefishesjewfisheslungfishesmilitias1pipefishesqueenfishesredfishes
4 syllables
angelfishescuttlefishesjellyfishesneedlefishes
39
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
kisses1riches3misses1witchessnitches2ditches2britches1glitches1missus1pitches1stitches1twitches1disasdisses2fitcheshisses4hitchesitcheskitschesmissisniches1switches
3 syllables
bewitchesdismisses1enrichesremissesunhitchesabridgesdrawbridges1
4 syllables
reminiscespepperidges
57
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
inches2hinges2princes2sixes2binges1fringes1mixes1twinges1blitzes1cinches
3 syllables
eclipses1syringes1aristasbatistescharismasconvincesellipses
4 syllables
crucifixes2intermixes
5 syllables
apocalypses
430
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
eras2incasKirgizlinguaslirasscillassigmasstigmastildesvillas1mission7issue1fishing1issues3bishopvicious5issued1fisherdisher1fishy1fission1fissures1missions1swisher1bishopsdishing3Fischerfishersfissions1fissurefissuredsquishyswishing1Titian
3 syllables
chinchillas1gorillas1armillascyrillasechidnasenigmasflotillasguerillasguerrillasMadeirasmanilasmanillas1mantillasmarimbas1maxillasscintillastairasvanillas1position9condition5permission6delicious4official1conditions2suspicious1tradition1commission2positions3audition1aliciaambition3additionsuspicionofficials1transmission1musician1magician1initialMichigan4ambitious1edition1ambitions1submission2viciously2viciousness2efficientadmission1attrition1cognition1deficient1fictitious1ignition1ignitions1militia1musicians1nutrition1omission1permissions1remission1rendition1suspicions1traditions1tuition1additionsadmissions1ambitioned3archbishoparchbishopsattritions1auditioned1auditions1auspiciousbeauticianbeauticiansbishopricscapriciousclinicianclinicianscognitions1commissioned2commissions2conditioned5contritioncontritionscrawfishingdentition
4 syllables
maravillaspedophiliascompetition2commissioner1officially1traditionalpoliticians1recognition4repetition2expeditionammunition3composition1intuition1opposition2premonitions1superstition2additionalpolitician1artificialcompositions1demolition1electrician1inhibition1inhibitions1initially1premonition1proposition1superficial1superstitious1transitioning1abolitionabolitionsacquisitionacquisitionsadmonitionadmonitionsambitioning3ambitiouslyammunitions3apparitionapparitionsauditioning1beneficentbeneficialcapriciouslycoalitioncoalitionscoefficientcoefficientscommissioners1commissioning2competitions2conditional
5 syllables
unconditional1exhibitionist1mathematician1mathematicians1abolitionistabolitionistsacademicianacademiciansair-conditioningartificiallybeneficiallycompositional
6 syllables
eosinophilias
7 syllables
5
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
wish14
2 syllables
wishing2
4 syllables
distinguishesextinguishesrelinquishes

“wishes” at line end — from real songs

Have to crawl (still can't stop it)Hall light wishes
— Bon Iver, “8 (circle)” · rhymes wishes / it
You're delicious and if my wishesI'll soon be kissing
— Burt Bacharach, “What’s New Pussycat?” · rhymes wishes / kissing
Pack up all your dishesMake note of all good wishes
— Guy Clark, “L.A. Freeway” · rhymes wishes / dishes

How to read the 551 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 26
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 38
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 57
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 430
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 5
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.