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Words that rhyme withgallery

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
4
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)
3 syllables
salary4valeriemallory1calorie
3
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)
3 syllables
calvary1CalgarySalisbury
417
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
valley16palace5challenge1alley7alexbalance6alice1sally3alantalent1salad4fallin2Allenallies1Dallas1valleys1alec1rallyballad3ballin1talents2tally1alleys1balanced1ballads1bally1callus1chalice1fallon1malice1palate1rallies1talon1valid1shallowalaalexsallanallensallisallysaloealumalumsbalasballastballastsballotballotscalifcalifscaliphcaliphscallacallascalliescallouscallousedcallowcallused1calyxchallengedchallis
3 syllables
factory3battery1flattery1brasserie1danbury1patrie1cannerychancerydaiquirihatcherymammarymasteryquackeryThackeraytalented1allisonalisoncalendar1malibu1challenges1Alamo2calories2caliber1callaway1finale1imbalance1palomar1alamos2Alaricalices1allergenallergensallergiesallergistallergistsallergyallomorphallomorphsallyingbalancerbalancersbalances6balancingbalatabalatasballastedballastingballotedballoting
4 syllables
olfactory1menagerierefractoryreality3analysis1brutality2mentality2paralysis2borealis1fatality1formality1morality1mortality1normality1allergenicanalogiesanalogousanalogybanalitiesbanalitybestialitiesbestiality
5 syllables
haberdasherypersonality1immortality2actuality1hospitality1nationality1personalities1technicalities1abnormalitiesabnormalityanencephalic
6 syllables
unsatisfactory
7 syllables
8 syllables
34
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
gal4
2 syllables
gallows3galley2gala1gallantgallantsgalleys2gallicgallongallons
3 syllables
galaxy4galleon1Galilee1galaxies4gallantlygallantries
4 syllables
frugalitiesfrugality
5 syllables
illegalitiesillegality

“gallery” at line end — from real songs

Slapped 'em with a batterySkinned them in the gallery
— Dr. Dog, “Fire on My Back” · rhymes gallery / battery
My raps are pieces of art, I got a whole galleryPutting beats in body bags, add up the tally
— Jason Isbell, “Clips” · rhymes gallery / tally

How to read the 424 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 4
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 3
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 417
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 34
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.