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Words that rhyme withsalary

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
gallery2valeriemallory1calorie
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
435
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
valley16palace5challenge1alley7alexbalance6alice1alantalent1fallin2Allenallies1Dallas1valleys1alec1rallyballad3ballin1gallows3talents2galley2tally1alleys1balanced1ballads1bally1callus1chalice1fallon1gala1malice1palate1rallies1talon1valid1shallowalaalexsallanallensallisallysaloealumalumsbalasballastballastsballotballotscalifcalifscaliphcaliphscallacallascalliescallouscallousedcallowcallused1calyxchallengedchallisdalisdallieddallies
3 syllables
factory3battery1flattery1brasserie1danbury1patrie1cannerychancerydaiquirihatcherymammarymasteryquackeryThackeraygalaxy4talented1allisonalisoncalendar1malibu1challenges1Alamo2calories2galleon1caliber1callaway1finale1Galilee1imbalance1palomar1alamos2Alaricalices1allergenallergensallergiesallergistallergistsallergyallomorphallomorphsallyingbalancerbalancersbalances6balancingbalatabalatasballastedballastingballoted
4 syllables
olfactory1menagerierefractoryreality3analysis1brutality2mentality2paralysis2borealis1fatality1formality1morality1mortality1normality1allergenicanalogiesanalogousanalogybanalitiesbanalitybestialitiesbestiality
5 syllables
haberdasherypersonality1immortality2actuality1hospitality1nationality1personalities1technicalities1abnormalitiesabnormalityanencephalic
6 syllables
unsatisfactorybisexualitiesbisexuality
7 syllables
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
sal1
2 syllables
sally3salad4salads4salahsalahsSalimsallies3LaSalle
3 syllables
Saladinsalariedsalaries4SalingersalingersSalomon
6 syllables
universalitiesuniversality

“salary” at line end — from real songs

You're Napoleon brandyYou're the National Gallery, you're Garbo's salary
— Cole Porter, “You’re the Top” · rhymes salary / brandy
Everyone is chattering, nothing is real, collect my salaryBattle reality, it's battle royale
— Kae Tempest, “Pictures On A Screen” · rhymes salary / royale
Not knowin' the ways will get you capped like an NBA salaryKillers Born Naturally like Mickey and Mallory
— Mos Def, “Respiration” · rhymes salary / mallory

How to read the 442 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 435
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.