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Words that rhyme withalley

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 AE coda L
13
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
valley3sally3rallygalley2tally1bally1challisdallyHalleylally
3 syllables
finale1verbally
4 syllables
dillydally
32
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
badly1franklyStanleyashleysadly1gladly1madly3alfie1algae1blankly1halsey1amplyaptlyAttleeblandlyBradleyflatlyganglyghastly
3 syllables
exactly1steadfastly
4 syllables
superfamily
5 syllables
immeasurablyinterminably
507
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
happy15daddy1angry5carry1candy7fancy3danny1andy1taxi1nasty2annie2maggieabby1barryNancy2jackiefrankie1randyauntiesandy1sammy1grannybrandy5nanny1handy2cathy1pattydaphneangiefanny1mannycassiekathymandydandy3pantry1maddieacne1caddy2sadie2acme1blackie1cabbie1camry1Capri1crabtree1gabby1grammy1lackey1lassie1pansy1santi1snappy1tacky1taffy1abbeabbeyanteantiantsyASCIIashyassaybaggybandyBarriebattybrassycabbycaddiecadreCagneycampycannycantycatchycattychaffychancychassischattyclammyclassycrabbycraftycraggycranky
3 syllables
unhappy2Miami1apache2chimpanzee1ChiantiComanchefianceegranddaddyiraqislaphappyuncannysalary4gallery2galaxy4talented1calendar1valeriemalibu1challenges1calories2galleon1caliber1callaway1Galilee1imbalance1mallory1palomar1balancerbalancersbalances6balancingbalatabalatasballastedballastingballotedballotingcalendared1calendars1calendercalenderedcalenderscalibers1calipercaliperedcaliperscallousescallousingcallouslycallousnesscalluses1callusing1caloriecalumniescalumnycalyxescanallingchalices1challengerchallengerschallengingdalliancedallyingfallaciesfallacyfalliblefinales1
4 syllables
Cincinnati1Tallahassee1AnasaziAriadneefficacyintermarrynamby-pambynecromancyneuropathypakistanipolyandryprofligacyrhinoplastysatisfactoryvigilanteanalysis1brutality2mentality2fatality1formality1mortality1normality1analogiesanalogousanalogybanalitiesbanalitybestialitiesbestialitybrutalities2calendaring1calenderingcaliperingcausalities
5 syllables
angioplastyhomeopathypersonality1immortality2hospitality1nationality1personalities1technicalities1abnormalitiesabnormalityanencephalic
6 syllables
lymphadenopathy
8 syllables
87
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)
2 syllables
alexalice1alanAllenallies1alec1alleys1alaalexsallanallensallisallysaloealumalumscorral1
3 syllables
allisonalisonAlamo2alamos2Alaricalices1allergenallergensallergiesallergistallergistsallergyallomorph
4 syllables
reality3paralysis2borealis1morality1allergenic
5 syllables
actuality1
6 syllables
bisexualitiesbisexuality
7 syllables

“alley” at line end — from real songs

And he'll take you out in Vaudeville ValleyAnd he'll screw you down in Tin Pan Alley
— Dire Straits, “It Never Rains” · rhymes alley / valley
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughingI heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
— Bob Dylan, “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” · rhymes alley / laughing
Mama’s in the factoryDaddy’s in the alley
— Bob Dylan, “Tombstone Blues” · rhymes alley / factory

How to read the 552 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 13
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 32
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 507
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 87
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.