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Words that rhyme withsilly

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 IH coda L
23
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
really1billy1lily1williewillyphilly1chili1dilly1gilly1willi1billiechilechillyfillyfrillygilliehillyLillielilly
3 syllables
chantilly1
4 syllables
rockabilly
6 syllables
involuntarily
49
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
quickly4guilty3clearly1nearly1simply1filthy2merelystrictlydearly2swiftly2dimly1sickly1stiffly1yearly1bilbybrisklycrisplydiddleydrizzlyfiercelyglibly
3 syllables
sincerely3austerelyMcKinleyseverely
4 syllables
cavalierlyfeverishlystaggeringly
5 syllables
cumulatively
6 syllables
imaginatively
mosaic rhyme
kill me3
607
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
city1pretty23busy8pity5jimmy1whiskey3theory1rickyfifty2kittygimme3MickeySydneydizzy6risky1weary4skinnycindykidney1nickynikkitrickyrichievickyLindsaychimney1diddy3gritty5whisky2biggie3pinky1gypsy1lizzielitty2sixty1missyditty1dixie1dreary1eerie1Erie1fishy1flimsy1frisky1hippie1jiffy1leery1misty1piggy1pinkie1Pliny1pygmy1rigby1shifty1siri1stringy1teary1timmy1tizzy1beerybiddybittyblearycheerychintzyChristiechristycrispydearydickeydickiedickydinghydingydinkyDisneydivvyflintyFrisbeegiddyguineahickeyhindihinnyiffy
3 syllables
committee3astilbeBabinskiBemidjidistinctlyGuarnieriKissimmeePhilippireentryStravinskysuccinctlyWyszynskivillagersgodzilla2vanilla1willingly2Achilles1acrylic1chillicothe1chillier1chinchillas1gorilla1gorillas1hillbillies1manilla1mcmillan1pillages1Sevilla1villages1willingness1acrylics1AnguillaAntillesarmillaarmillasAttilabiliousbilleting1billowing1bouillonbouillonsCastillachileanchileanschinchillacyrillacyrillascyrillicdiligencediligentdistillerdistillersdistillingfilamentfilamentsfilialfiligreefilletedflotillaflotillasfulfilling2guerillaguerillasguerrillaguerrillasHillaryidyllic
4 syllables
Mississippi5hara-kiriignominyitsy-bitsyitty-bittyRawalpindisubcommitteeability1humility4Amarillo2armadillo1caterpillar1civility1diligently1futility1hostility1nobility1affiliatesagilitiesagilityamarillos2amaryllis
5 syllables
mutualitypossibility3possibilities3bougainvillea1credibility1liability1sensibility1amaryllises
6 syllables
responsibility2responsibilities2compatibility1acceptabilitiesacceptabilityaccessibilitiesaccessibilityaccountabilitiesaccountabilityadaptabilitiesadaptabilityadmissibilitiesadmissibilityadvisabilitiesadvisabilityamiabilities
7 syllables
44
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
sill6
2 syllables
scillascillasScyllasilexsillies5Szilard
3 syllables
cylinders1silicon1bacillusciliatescylindermaxillamaxillaspsyllium
4 syllables
facility1penicillin1sicilians1
5 syllables
amoxicillinamoxicillins

“silly” at line end — from real songs

Up on Housing Project HillIf you're lookin' to get silly
— Bob Dylan, “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” · rhymes silly / hill
I don't care who thinks we're sillyYou'll be daffy, I'll be dilly
— Hank Williams, “Settin’ the Woods on Fire” · rhymes silly / dilly
Only now it seems so sillyAnd now you're lit up by the city
— Iron & Wine, “The Trapeze Swinger” · rhymes silly / city

How to read the 679 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 23
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 49
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 607
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 44
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.