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Words that rhyme withsally

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
13
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
valley1alley7rallygalley2tally1bally1challisdallyHalleylally
3 syllables
finale1verbally
4 syllables
dillydally
32
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
badly1franklyStanleyashleysadly1gladly1madly3alfie1algae1blankly1halsey1amplyaptlyAttleeblandlyBradleyflatlyganglyghastly
3 syllables
exactly1steadfastly
4 syllables
superfamily
5 syllables
immeasurablyinterminably
574
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
happy15daddy6angry5carry1candy7fancy3danny1andy1taxi2nasty2annie2maggieabby1barryNancy2jackiefrankie1randyauntiesandy1sammy1grannybrandy5nanny1handy2cathy1pattydaphneangiefanny1mannycassiekathymandydandy3pantry1maddieacne1caddy2sadie2acme1blackie1cabbie1camry1Capri1crabtree1gabby1grammy1lackey1lassie1pansy1santi1snappy1tacky1taffy1abbeabbeyanteantiantsyASCIIashyassaybaggybandyBarriebattybrassycabbycaddiecadreCagneycampycannycantycatchycattychaffychancychassischattyclammyclassycrabbycraftycraggycranky
3 syllables
unhappy2Miami1apache2chimpanzee1ChiantiComanchefianceegranddaddyiraqislaphappyuncannygallery2galaxy4talented1allisonalisoncalendar1valeriemalibu1challenges1Alamo2calories2galleon1caliber1callaway1Galilee1imbalance1mallory1palomar1alamos2Alaricalices1allergenallergensallergiesallergistallergistsallergyallomorphallomorphsallyingbalancerbalancersbalances6balancingbalatabalatasballastedballastingballotedballotingcalendared1calendars1calendercalenderedcalenderscalibers1calipercaliperedcaliperscallousescallousingcallouslycallousnesscalluses1callusing1calorie
4 syllables
Cincinnati1Tallahassee1AnasaziAriadneefficacyintermarrynamby-pambynecromancyneuropathypakistanipolyandryprofligacyrhinoplastysatisfactoryvigilantereality3analysis1brutality2mentality2paralysis2borealis1fatality1formality1morality1mortality1normality1allergenicanalogiesanalogousanalogybanalitiesbanalitybestialities
5 syllables
angioplastyhomeopathypersonality1immortality2actuality1hospitality1nationality1personalities1technicalities1abnormalitiesabnormalityanencephalic
6 syllables
lymphadenopathy
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
salad4salads4salahsalahsSalimsallies3LaSalle
3 syllables
salary4Saladinsalariedsalaries4SalingersalingersSalomon
6 syllables
universalitiesuniversality

“sally” at line end — from real songs

Singing, "Mustang Sally"Oh yeah, oh yeah
— Otis Redding, “Sweet Soul Music” · rhymes sally / yeah
You're screwing up the quota. You're doing your piece work too fastNow you get off your Mustang, Sally,
— Patti Smith, “Piss Factory” · rhymes sally / fast
All through Tecumseh ValleyTending bar for Gypsy Sally
— Townes Van Zandt, “Tecumseh Valley (1969 Version)” · rhymes sally / valley

How to read the 619 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 13
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 32
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 574
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.