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Words that rhyme withyellow

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 L
16
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
fellow1bellow1mellow1bello1jello1cello
3 syllables
carmelo1Othello1bedfellowbordelloLongfellowmarshmallowmorellotangelo
4 syllables
PirandelloPocatello
6
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
elbow2velcro1elmo1airflowpueblotelco
420
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
narrow1echo2sparrow7ghetto6meadow4marrow2Pharaoh2demo1expo1memo2tempo2eno1fresco1metro1nemo1puerto1techno1ceroDarrowdecofarofarrowFresnogeckoGrecoLegolentomezzopengoprestoretrotarotelling1jealous3selling1fella4Kelly1fellas2belly1Helenellenelliefellows2Stellacellar1jelly2ellatelly3bellaDelhicela1deli1dweller1dwelling1feliz1feller1fellers1melon1nellie1nelly1pellets1relics1Shelley1smelly1teller1bellasbelliedbellies1belling24bellowed3bellows3cellars1cellistcellistscelloesdelis1delladelling3dwellers1dwellings1ELAElamellingellisfelling28felonfelons
3 syllables
camaro1alvero1canseco1crescendo1expresso1falsetto1guerrero1janeiro1sombrero1allegrobolerobraceroconcertoespressoflamencolibrettolorenzomementoPalermopalmettoParetoPasserorobertoSalernostilettoUNESCOwheelbarrowmelody7elephant1developed1relatives1delicate1elenaelements3relative2develop1elliotjealousy3element2umbrella2elegantmelanierelevantfelony3melodies1HelenaeleanorEllington2jealously1skeleton1skeletons2elephants1cappella1celery1celibate1delancey1elegance1Eliot1estrella1Magellan1Medellin1melanin1misspellings1pirelli1propellants1propelling1relevance1
4 syllables
amaretto1manifesto1innuendopentimentoSacramentoYevtushenkointelligence2intelligentdevelopmentdeveloping1accelerants1Cinderella1fidelity1Rockefeller1watermelon1angelicaangelicallyangelicasantebellumcelibaciescelibacydelicaciesdelicacydelicatelydeveloperdevelopersdevelopmentselegances1elegantlyeligibleeloquenceseloquentlyembellishesembellishingembellishmentembellishmentsenvelopingfidelities1
5 syllables
divertimentoinfidelity2evangelicals1evangelicalexoskeletonexoskeletons
6 syllables
counterintelligence
7 syllables
counterintelligences
8
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
yell5
2 syllables
yelling1yellin1yellowed5yellows5
3 syllables
Viyellayellowing5yellowish

“yellow” at line end — from real songs

Head gripped, watch red bricks turn yellowWho split holiday freaks on a box cut cinema high road bellow
— Aesop Rock, “Daylight” · rhymes yellow / bellow
So red turns into green turning into yellowAnd all I have to do is to press the pedal
— Aimee Mann, “It’s Not” · rhymes yellow / pedal
Right now, I prefer yellowRedbone, so mellow
— Frank Ocean, “Solo” · rhymes yellow / mellow

How to read the 442 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 16
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 6
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 420
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 8
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.