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Words that rhyme withali

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 AA coda L
35
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
molly1holly1jollypollydolly1wallyBali1Cali1poly1Raleigh1brollycallie
3 syllables
bengaliKigaliloblollyMacaulayMcCauleynepalisomali
4 syllables
melancholy1Mexicali
6 syllables
Internationale
50
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
charlie5hardly1softly5awfullystronglysharply1barley2carly2godly2Marley2salty1Barkley1darkly1faulty1fondly1harshly1parsley1archlybaldlybroadlycalmlycharleyCopleycostlyfalselygnarlyharleyHartleyhotlylargely
3 syllables
ungodlyVivaldi
4 syllables
garibaldinonchalantly
mosaic rhyme
call me7
1
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)
3 syllables
Masai
761
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
body32sorry17party20coffee8army5Johnny3copy4bobby4mommy2tommy1laundry2martyHarvey1naughty1lobby1rockybonnie1barney1ronnieaudreyconnienazi1zombierodney1donkey1hockeyrobbie1hobbyscotty2Gandhi3archiegotti2honky2posse2robby2starry1montyavi1blondie1chauncy1commie1dhabi1doggy1gianni1hearty1lofty1lottie1marcy1opry1sloppy1artieariartyAussiebalkybalmybarbieBaribawdyblotchyBonneybonnybossyboxybrawnyBrontecharyChomskychoppycockneycockyCrosbydanidarcydoggiedonniedonnydottydoxydropsyFarsifloppyfoggyfoxyfrostyfrothygari
3 syllables
somebody6nobody5autopsykarate2atari1bacardi1Durante1jalopy1McCartney1Tchaikovsky1afghaniAlmatyAmatiBaranyBihariembodyepoxyferrarifoolhardyFulaniHararehibachihydroxyIranijihadiKarachikohlrabimalarkeyMalawiMarathiMcCarthyMenottiMilwaukeeMojaveomanipastramiPeabodypeyoteromanisafarisalamitsunamiYamanifollowing3policy2quality1colonylawlessness2followers1hollering2impalas2mulholland1Apollo1abolished1colleges1gonzalez1impala1jolicoeur1policies1recalling1symbolic1abolishacknowledgeacknowledgedappallingbefallingbengalis
4 syllables
everybody6hierarchy1liberace1antibodyAshkenazicalamaridemagogydiamantedisembodygiovanniHammurabiIrrawaddykamikazeKiribatiliteratiMalinowskimariachimatriarchyNagasakioligarchyorigamiorthodoxypatriarchyPavarottiphotocopysukiyakiteriyakitechnology1apology1alcoholic1equality2mythology2ecology1psychologists1psychology1Somalia1tolerable1abolishesabolishing
5 syllables
azerbaijaniheterodoxyModiglianimulligatawnyanthropologists1diabolical1acknowledgeable
6 syllables
8 syllables
101
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
all315
2 syllables
Allah1olive2aller1alephalephsallers1alling315olives2ollie
3 syllables
Olivercorolla1bialiesbialyCialiscorollas1corraleskoalakoalasMontreal4
4 syllables
biology1
5 syllables
ideology1archeology1ideologies1numerology1physiology1
6 syllables
7 syllables

“ali” at line end — from real songs

Beautiful angel callingWe got every re-run of Muhammad Ali
— Tori Amos, “Professional Widow” · rhymes ali / calling

How to read the 847 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 35
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 50
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 1
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 761
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 101
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.