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Words that rhyme withglory

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 AO coda R
86
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
story15rorycory1gorey1gory1lorry1maury1lauriecoreycorriedoryFloreyFloryhoaryloriloryquarrystorey
3 syllables
outlawry
4 syllables
territory2laboratory1purgatory1mandatory1cacciatore1salvatore1statutory1allegory
5 syllables
accusatoryadmonitoryaleatory
6 syllables
33
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
shortlyforty1georgie2horny1corny1shorty2courtneylordy1orgy1corgicorkycourtlyfourthlyGorkiGorky
3 syllables
DelormedivorceeseaworthySikorsky
4 syllables
uniformly
mosaic rhyme
for me226before me11or me4bore me1adore me1implore me1
426
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
stories2forest4boring3foreign1laura1orange4warrantchorus1horror1moralwarren1lauren1roaring2Lawrence1norastorageMorrisFlorencesnoringpouring1boriscoral2flooring2forests2Taurus2warring2aura1borin1florists1fora1foreigns1forrest1Horace1horrors1laurel1laurels1laurent1mora1morals1morra1norah1oral1oro1porridge1quarrel1quarrels1scoring1soaring1storing1whoring1auralauras1borerborersboricchloratechlorateschloridechlorideschlorinechlorineschoralchoralschoricchorused6Coracorals2coringCorinthcorriesdoradoricdoriesdoringDorisDvorakflorafloral
3 syllables
Moussorgskyhorrible2Florida2warrior1warriors2dorothycorridor3coroner1origin1aurora3Morrison1Gomorrah2oranges2Oregon2coroners1corridors1decorum1exploring1fedora1fedoras1foreigners1horribly1ignoring1laureate1moralist1morally1moria1moribund1abhorrenceabhorrentabhorringadoringAndorraAngoraangorasauroralauroras3balmoralbalmoralscaloricCamorrachlorophyllchlorophyllschoruses6chorusing6clitoriscoraclecoraclescorrelatesdecorums1deforestdeforestsdeploringdoloresdoriandoriansdysphoricencoringeuphoricexplorer
4 syllables
authority2authorities2Victoriaadorable2prioritymajority1memorial1historical1notorious1brontosaurus1euphoria1tutorials1abhorrencesallegoriesarborealcategoriescorrelatingcorrigibledeforesteddeforestingdeplorabledormitories
5 syllables
editorial1advertorialadvertorialsallegoricalambulatoriesauditoriumauditoriumsbaccalaureatebaccalaureatescephalosporincephalosporinsconservatoriescrematoriumcrematoriumscuratorialdepilatoriesdepositoriesdictatorial
6 syllables
ambassadorialconspiratorial
7 syllables
7
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
gloriedglories22
3 syllables
gloria2glorious1glorying22
4 syllables
gloriouslyinglorious

“glory” at line end — from real songs

Here come Johnny gonna tell you the storyHere come Johnny with the power and the glory
— Dire Straits, “Walk of Life” · rhymes glory / story
When you talk about the Hand of GloryA tale that's rather grim and gory
— Andrew Bird, “Measuring Cups” · rhymes glory / gory
Y'all seen my story, my gloryI had raped the game young, you could call it statutory
— Eminem, “Forever” · rhymes glory / statutory

How to read the 545 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 86
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 33
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 426
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 7
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.