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Words that rhyme withtruly

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 UW coda L
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
juliecooley1coollycruellydulynewly
3 syllables
lazuli1unruly1Bernoulliunduly
13
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
poorly1cruelty2loosely1crudelyhugelyrudelyshrewdlysmoothly
3 syllables
acutelyastutelyprofusely
4 syllables
absolutely1resolutely
mosaic rhyme
fool me2
10
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical, but one side stops one consonant earlier.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cried / cry — one side missing the final D

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
buoy1lui1shui1chewyDeweydewygooeyhooeyscrewy
3 syllables
ennui1
139
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
beauty10movie7duty5Lucy2judy3ruby2rudy1booty1susie3coochie3groovy3rudi2boogie2choosy1gloomy2goofy1bootie1doozy1dougie1fuji1gucci1juicy1loopy1rooney1scooby1Sunni1whoopi1boobyboozybroodyChukchicutiedroopyfoodiefruitygooseygroupieJewrykookylooneyloonymoodyMoonienewbienewsypunyPuseyrooftreeroomysnoopysnootysootysoupyspooky
3 syllables
BaluchiCarducciDjiboutiNoguchijulian1eulogy1foolishness1hooligan1hooligans1eulogies1fooleriesfooleryfoolishlyHumulinjulienjuliolazulis1Missoulapreschoolerpreschoolersretoolingtabboulehtabboulehswhirlpooling
4 syllables
Bertolucciboogie-woogieChattahoocheePaderewskicredulitiescredulityherculeanHonoluluoverrulingridiculing
5 syllables
incredulitiesincredulity

“truly” at line end — from real songs

Only me beside youNo one is alone, truly
— Stephen Sondheim, “No One Is Alone” · rhymes truly / you
And if God was a human, it'd be yours trulyWatchin' horror movies with some foreign groupies
— Earl Sweatshirt, “The Star Room” · rhymes truly / groupies

How to read the 172 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.
Additive 13
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 10
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 139
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.