Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with holy
Words that share the ending of holy — slowly, wholly, foley and more. 2 syllables, an open ending, pronounced HH OW1 L IY0.
Sound structure
holy has 2 syllables and is pronounced HH OW1 L 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 slowly, wholly, foley, goalie.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- HH OW1 L IY0
- Syllable breakdown
- HH · OW1 · L · IY0
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- IY0
- Ending type
- an open ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- slowly S L OW1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
- wholly HH OW1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
- foley F OW1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
- goalie G OW1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
- unholy AH0 N HH OW1 L IY0 · 3 syllables · standard
- guacamole G W AA2 K AH0 M OW1 L IY0 · 4 syllables · standard
- lowly L OW1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
- rizzoli R IH0 Z OW1 L IY0 · 3 syllables · standard
- ravioli R AE2 V IY0 OW1 L IY0 · 4 syllables · standard
- coli K OW1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
- bartoli B AA0 R T OW1 L IY0 · 3 syllables · rare
- anatoly AE2 N AH0 T OW1 L IY0 · 4 syllables · standard
- kohli K OW1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
- cannoli K AH0 N OW1 L IY0 · 3 syllables · rare
- roly-poly R OW2 L IY0 P OW1 L IY0 · 4 syllables · rare
- rowley R OW1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
- aioli EY0 OW1 L IY0 · 3 syllables · rare
- moly M OW1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
- stromboli S T R AA2 M B OW1 L IY0 · 3 syllables · rare
- poli P OW1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- only OW1 N L IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- story S T AO1 R IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- read-only R IY1 D OW2 N L IY0 · 3 syllables · common
- be B IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- really R IH1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- thoroughly TH ER1 OW0 L IY0 · 3 syllables · standard
- territory T EH1 R IH0 T AO2 R IY0 · 4 syllables · standard
- regulatory R EH1 G Y AH0 L AH0 T AO2 R IY0 · 5 syllables · standard
- ring-around-the-rosy R IH1 NG ER0 AW1 N DH ER0 OW1 Z IY0 · 6 syllables · standard
- environment-friendly IH0 N V AY0 AH0 R AH0 N M AH0 N T F R EH1 N D L IY0 · 7 syllables · standard
- he HH IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- early ER1 L IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- family F AE1 M AH0 L IY0 · 3 syllables · common
- category K AE1 T AH0 G AO2 R IY0 · 4 syllables · standard
- 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
- we W IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- baby B EY1 B IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- naomi N EY0 OW1 M IY0 · 3 syllables · standard
- ceremony S EH1 R AH0 M OW2 N IY0 · 4 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 돌이 2 syllables · noun · standard
- 呪 ノロイ · 3 syllables · common
- 노리치 3 syllables · noun · standard
- 干し飯 ホシイ · 3 syllables · common
- 노보리 3 syllables · noun · standard
- 織り オリ · 2 syllables · common
- 모로니 3 syllables · noun · standard
- 恋 コイ · 2 syllables · common
- 노리치시티 5 syllables · noun · standard
- をとり ヲトリ · 3 syllables · common
- 드림 2 syllables · common
- トロフィー 4 syllables · common
- 니시코리 4 syllables · noun · standard
- フォノロジー 5 syllables · common
- 네버엔딩스토리 7 syllables · noun · standard
- アウトリーチ 6 syllables · common
- 목욕탕목소리 6 syllables · noun · standard
- カタストロフィー 7 syllables · common
- 모토리 3 syllables · noun · standard
- バイオテクノロジー 9 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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