Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with heavy
Words that share the ending of heavy — top-heavy, levy, levee and more. 2 syllables, an open ending, pronounced HH EH1 V IY0.
Sound structure
heavy has 2 syllables and is pronounced HH EH1 V IY0. Its ending, IY0, is an open ending.
Ending on a vowel lets you hold the note and roll into the next line. There are plenty of matches, but the rhyme blurs easily, so match the vowel one syllable earlier to keep it sharp.
The closest matches are top-heavy, levy, levee, baby.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- HH EH1 V IY0
- Syllable breakdown
- HH · EH1 · V · IY0
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- IY0
- Ending type
- an open ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- top-heavy T AA1 P HH EH2 V IY0 · 3 syllables · standard
- levy L EH1 V IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
- levee L EH1 V IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- baby B EY1 B IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- maybe M EY1 B IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- any EH1 N IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- very V EH1 R IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- how-many HH AW2 M EH1 N IY0 · 3 syllables · common
- be B IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- military M IH1 L AH0 T EH2 R IY0 · 4 syllables · common
- non-military N AA0 N M IH1 L AH0 T EH2 R IY0 · 5 syllables · standard
- extraordinary EH2 K S T R AH0 AO1 R D AH0 N EH2 R IY0 · 6 syllables · standard
- interdisciplinary IH2 N T ER0 D IH1 S AH0 P L AH0 N EH2 R IY0 · 7 syllables · standard
- many M EH1 N IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- already AO0 L R EH1 D IY0 · 3 syllables · common
- he HH IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- january JH AE1 N Y UW0 EH2 R IY0 · 4 syllables · common
- camera-ready K AE1 M AH0 R AH0 R EH2 D IY0 · 5 syllables · standard
- revolutionary R EH2 V AH0 L UW1 SH AH0 N EH2 R IY0 · 6 syllables · standard
- multidisciplinary M AH2 L T IY0 D IH1 S AH0 P L AH0 N EH2 R IY0 · 7 syllables · standard
- lady L EY1 D IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- every EH1 V ER0 IY0 · 3 syllables · common
- we W IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- me M IY1 · 1 syllable · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 베이비 3 syllables · common
- ヘビー 3 syllables · common
- 메이비 3 syllables · common
- ヘビィ 2 syllables · common
- 데이 2 syllables · common
- ヘビイ 3 syllables · common
- 레이디 3 syllables · common
- ヘヴィ 2 syllables · common
- 웨이 2 syllables · common
- ベイビー 4 syllables · common
- 그래피티 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ベビー 3 syllables · common
- 돈데기리기리 6 syllables · noun · standard
- ブルーベリー 6 syllables · common
- 가비엔제이 5 syllables · noun · standard
- 別れ路 ワカレミチ · 5 syllables · common
- 나이스게임티비 7 syllables · noun · standard
- バックステージ 7 syllables · common
- 데이비 3 syllables · noun · standard
- コンプリメンタリー 9 syllables · common
- メイビー 4 syllables · common
- ベイ 2 syllables · common
- ヘリ 2 syllables · common
- ベイビイ 4 syllables · common
- ベビィ 2 syllables · common
- テレビ 3 syllables · common
- ショートケーキ 6 syllables · common
- ランゲージ 5 syllables · common
- アイデンティティー 7 syllables · common
- インポッシブリー 8 syllables · common
- バイオテクノロジー 9 syllables · common
- 西北 シーペイ · 4 syllables · common
- ベビ 2 syllables · common
- テレヴィ 3 syllables · common
- ホットケーキ 6 syllables · common
- バッテリー 5 syllables · common
How this was worked out
RhymeMore matches sound, not spelling. It splits a word into syllables, pulls out the vowel and the closing consonant of each, and groups candidates by how many syllables agree counting back from the end. The FAQ explains the method in full.
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