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Words that rhyme withmany

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 EH coda N
10
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
any1penny1jenny1kenny2bennylenny1dennyjenni1bennie
3 syllables
kilkenny1
2
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels come from the same phonetic family (e.g. T↔D, P↔B, M↔N).
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cat / pad — AE vowel; T and D are both stops

Family chart
PlosivesFricativesNasals
VoicedbdgvTHzzhjmnng
Unvoicedptkfthsshch

Each column is a family pair — same place + manner, only the voicing differs.

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
semi1Emmy
34
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
empty10plenty3twenty6henry1friendly2gently6envy6entrywendybentley2frenzy1gentry1BenchleyDempseydenselyhenrilengthysentrytensely
3 syllables
excellencyassemblymckenzie2basenjiimmenselyintenselyintentlyMackenzieunfriendly
4 syllables
innocenti1complementaryelementaryreassembly
mosaic rhyme
then me1
511
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
ready15heavy11Mary4marry4very2harry2scary7steady7barely1eddiesexy3Jerry1Kelly1larryhealthy1merry2Garyjesse1bury2belly1teddy2terrybetty1fairy1deadly2carrie1cherry2debbie1lesliepettyfairlyelliefreddybecky1peggywealthy2perryfreddiejessierarelyjeffreymessyreggie1jelly2chelseatelly3belfry2carefree2prairie2Delhiberry1bessie1carey1chevy1deathly1deli1derry1eddy1edie1ferry1gerry1heady1kari1lefty1nellie1nelly1Presley1Shelley1smelly1sweaty1wary1hairyaerieairyBeckleybetsybevyclarydairydeftlydressyedgyespyeyriefleshyfreshlygeoffrey
3 syllables
already7especially1directly1primarycorrectlyspaghetti3unhealthy1unsteady2canary1confetti1giuseppe1machete1newbury1pirelli1unfairly1AlbertialleleAzeriblackberryblueberryBradburycranberrydewberryEntebbeexpresslyGillespieGlengarrygooseberrygrotesquelyGuarnerihackberryineptlymulberryraspberryremarryrosemaryRossettistrawberrySudburyunwaryWoodburyenemy6energy6enemies6general1lieutenant1senatorbenefit3generous1jenniferKennedy1benefits2penaltyhennessy5Vienna1antenna2genesis1kennedys2penniless1tenements2venison1genovese1hennepin1penalties1senators1tenement1antennas2
4 syllables
necessary1military1secretary1ordinary1cemetery4temporaryjanuary1february1Serengeti1dictionary1legendarycommissary1indirectly1literary1missionary1monastery1sanctuary1secondary1visionary1actuaryadversaryancillaryapoplexyarbitraryaviarybangladeshibudgetaryCanterburycapillarycappelletticassowarycautionarycentenarycometarycommentary
5 syllables
unnecessarycontemporary1illusionary1obituary1apothecarybicentenaryconfectionary
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionarybeneficiary
7 syllables
cardiopulmonary
8 syllables
17
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
men59
2 syllables
menace1menacedmenningamen6turkmen
3 syllables
menacing1menaces1Menningercyclamen
4 syllables
amenableamenitiesamenitydepartmentalmenacingly
5 syllables
ecumenical
6 syllables
developmentally

“many” at line end — from real songs

Looking like one, standing for manyA stranger begins wherever I see 'em
— Silver Jews, “Like Like the the the Death” · rhymes many / em
His mother goes to scrub the floors for manyAnd you'd best believe, she hardly gets a penny
— Stevie Wonder, “Living for the City” · rhymes many / penny
Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than manyHis patience's long, but soon he won't have any
— Stevie Wonder, “Living for the City” · rhymes many / any

How to read the 557 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 10
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 2
The consonants after the vowel are swapped for phonetic siblings — T↔D, M↔N, S↔Z. Nearly as stable as perfect rhyme, with far more word choices.
Additive 34
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 511
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 17
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.