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Words that rhyme withhurry

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 ER coda —
11
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
worry6Murrayblurry2flurry1burryfurryscurryslurrysurreyUrey
3 syllables
ovary
72
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
early7mercy5journey3dirty4jersey4turkey2thirty3worthy1thirsty3murphy1shirley1erniebernieBerkeley1sturdy2curly1curtsy1derby1kirby1surly1virgie1birdieburly
3 syllables
attorney2absurdlyadverselyairworthyalertlybloodthirstycovertlyGalsworthyinverselynewsworthynoteworthyovertlyperverselypraiseworthytrustworthyunearthlyunworthy
4 syllables
controversy1creditworthydiathermytaxidermytopsy-turvyuntrustworthy
mosaic rhyme
were meprefer metransfer mestir merefer me
186
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
firstlyworldlyworried1courage3worries2current1whirringsquirrels1stirring2syrup2blurring1flourish1squirrel1stirrup1turret1birringboroughburringburroburroesburrosburrowburrowedburrowsCIRAcurrents1
3 syllables
worrying11currently1referringcurrency2encourageIcarus2ventura2discouraged1liberal1liberals1malnourished1occurring1ovaries1referral1surrogate1amperageburrowingchauffeuringconcurrenceconcurrent
4 syllables
otherworldlyencouragement1amateurishamperagescatamaranscoinsuranceconcurrences
5 syllables
reassuringly1administeringamateurismamateurismscoinsurances
6 syllables
aromatherapiesaromatherapy
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)
1 syllable
her38
2 syllables
hering38hurriedhurries10
3 syllables
hurriedlyhurrying10unhurried

“hurry” at line end — from real songs

Don't ever change, don't ever worryTo 14th Street where I won't hurry
— Rufus Wainwright, “14th Street” · rhymes hurry / worry
Two ways to tell the story, no one worriesTwo silver rings on our fingers in a hurry
— Sharon Van Etten, “Two” · rhymes hurry / worries
Tammy, Becky, and Laura, or a ShirleyI'm trying to hit it early, like I'm in a hurry
— Aretha Franklin, “School Spirit” · rhymes hurry / shirley

How to read the 269 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 11
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 72
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 186
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.