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Words that rhyme withmary

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 R
164
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
very1harry2scary7Jerry1larryGarybury2terryfairy1carrie1cherry2perryprairie2berry1carey1derry1ferry1gerry1kari1wary1hairyaerieairyclarydairyeyrieparrysherrySperrytarryvarywherry
3 syllables
canary1newbury1AzeriblackberryblueberryBradburycranberrydewberryGlengarrygooseberryGuarnerihackberrymulberryraspberrystrawberrySudburyunwaryWoodbury
4 syllables
necessary1military1secretary1ordinary1cemetery4temporaryjanuary1february1dictionary1legendarycommissary1literary1missionary1monastery1sanctuary1secondary1visionary1actuaryadversaryancillaryarbitraryaviarybudgetaryCanterburycapillarycassowarycautionarycentenarycometarycommentary
5 syllables
unnecessarycontemporary1illusionary1obituary1apothecarybicentenaryconfectionaryconfectionery
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionarybeneficiary
7 syllables
cardiopulmonary
8 syllables
20
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
henry1barely1entryfairlyrarelyjeffreybelfry2carefree2gentry1geoffreyhenriscarcelysentrysquarelysweltryVerdi
3 syllables
unfairly1Alberti
4 syllables
complementaryelementary
mosaic rhyme
scare me2bear me1
888
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
ready15empty10heavy11many3any4steady7plenty3twenty6eddiesexy3friendly2Kelly1penny2jenny1healthy1jesse1belly1teddy2kenny2betty1gently6envy6deadly2wendydebbie1lesliepettyelliebennyfreddybecky1peggywealthy2freddiejessielenny1messyreggie1jelly2dennychelseatelly3bentley2Delhibessie1chevy1deathly1deli1eddy1edie1frenzy1heady1jenni1lefty1nellie1nelly1Presley1semi1Shelley1smelly1sweaty1BeckleyBenchleybenniebetsybevydeftlyDempseydenselydressyedgyEmmyespyfleshyfreshlyheftyjettyleggylengthyleveelevymedflymedleyNessiepeppyPepsipesky
3 syllables
already7especially1directly1excellencycorrectlyspaghetti3assemblymckenzie2unhealthy1unsteady2confetti1giuseppe1kilkenny1machete1pirelli1allelebasenjiEntebbeexpresslyGillespiegrotesquelyimmenselyineptlyintenselyintentlyMackenzieRossettiunfriendlyarea1terrible2narrator1charity3character1embarrassed3therapy1terribly1heroin2jeremyterrorist2areas1terrorists1variouspreparingtherapist2Harrison1ericaarrogant1heroine1chariot2embarrassclarity3aerial2carrion1heresy1burialharriet1alvero1apparent1arrogance1burials1caramel1Cherokee1guerrero1heritage1herrera1janeiro1Kerouac1
4 syllables
Serengeti1indirectly1innocenti1apoplexybangladeshicappellettiDonizettiepilepsyGiacomettiincorrectlynarcolepsyreassemblySulawesiTorricelliunderbellyapparently1embarrassing3experiment1hilarious1experiments1scenarioiscariot1hysteria1missionaries1posterity1prosperity2sincerity1Bavaria1caricature1cemeteries1dictionaries1huckleberries1hysterical1hysterically1inheritance1Ontario1primavera1
5 syllables
Machiavellinecessarilychemotherapy1contemporaries1momentarily1obituaries1precariously1reactionaries1
6 syllables
peculiarity1
7 syllables
8 syllables
74
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
mer3mare1
2 syllables
married10marry4marriage3merry2marrow2maring1marismarrieds10marries4marrows2meritmeritsnightmare5
3 syllables
marrying4primarymarilynMeredithcamaro1marriott1Maryland1marion1marriages1merrily1remarried1chimerachimerasdemeritdemeritshomericmarian
4 syllables
America5american3americans1americas5chimericalcustomaryemeritus
5 syllables
alphanumericalphanumericscustomarily
7 syllables
african-americanafrican-americans

“mary” at line end — from real songs

What did you tell me MaryWhen you were there so sweet and very
— Adrianne Lenker, “Mary” · rhymes mary / very
And the mate was madeleine-maryIt was extraordinary
— Bonnie Prince Billy, “Madeleine Mary” · rhymes mary / extraordinary
Jimi Hendrix - "The Wind Cries Mary"Jay Z - "Beach is Better"
— John Lennon, “12/12 Songs” · rhymes mary / better

How to read the 1072 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 164
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 20
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 888
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 74
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.