A perfect rhyme for “mommy” ends in /ɑmi/, the sound from its stressed vowel to the end of the word. Near rhymes differ by a single sound, which is enough to end a line beside “mommy” without matching it exactly. Most of the near rhymes end in one of two sounds, /ɑm/ or /ɑli/.
Spoken aloud, “mommy” is /ˈmɑmi/, respelled MAH-mee, two syllables with the stress on the first. A rhyme has to match from that stressed syllable to the end, and the syllables before it are free to differ.
“Mommy” has 7 perfect rhymes and 78 near rhymes in common use; ami, tsunami and salami are the most common.
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What Rhymes With Mommy
Ami, tsunami, salami and commie rhyme with “mommy”, each one ending in /ɑmi/ from the stressed vowel on. A word that changes one sound of that ending, such as mom or molly, reads as a near rhyme instead.
Perfect Rhymes With Mommy
Three-Syllable Rhymes With Mommy
- Tsunami
- Salami
- Pastrami
Two-Syllable Rhymes With Mommy
- Ami
- Commie
- Swami
- Balmy
Near Rhymes With Mommy
In common English, “mommy” has 78 near rhymes, and mom and calm are the most common of them, both ending in /ɑm/. Molly and holly follow with the ending /ɑli/. A near rhyme for “mommy” differs from its /ɑmi/ ending by a single sound, which is what separates it from a perfect rhyme.
Near Rhymes For Mommy Like Mom And Calm
Mom, calm and tom share the ending /ɑm/, which is the ending of “mommy” without its final /i/.
- Mom
- Calm
- Tom
- Bomb
- Palm
- Prom
- Dom
- Mam
- Com
- Intercom
- Comm
- Salaam
- Rom
- Sitcom
- Balm
- Nom
Mommy Rhymes With An -olly Ending: Molly And Holly
In molly, holly and jolly the ending is /ɑli/, which is /l/ in place of the /m/ of “mommy”.
- Molly
- Holly
- Jolly
- Dolly
- Golly
- Melancholy
- Folly
- Trolley
- Lolly
- Poly
- Solly
- Volley
- Collie
Mommy Rhymes With A -py Ending: Copy And Sloppy
Copy, sloppy and poppy are near rhymes on /ɑpi/, which is /p/ in place of the /m/ of “mommy”.
- Copy
- Sloppy
- Poppy
- Floppy
- Photocopy
- Jalopy
- Choppy
- Soppy
Words Like Mummy And Dummy That Almost Rhyme With Mommy
Next come mummy, dummy and yummy, whose ending /ʌmi/ is /ʌ/ in place of the /ɑ/ of “mommy”.
- Mummy
- Dummy
- Yummy
- Tummy
- Crummy
- Gummy
- Chummy
- Rummy
Rocky And Hockey As Near Rhymes For Mommy
Words such as rocky, hockey and cocky end in /ɑki/, which is /k/ in place of the /m/ of “mommy”.
- Rocky
- Hockey
- Cocky
- Jockey
- Khaki
- Stocky
- Teriyaki
Mommy Rhymes Ending In -ody, Like Everybody And Somebody
Among the words ending in /ɑdi/ are everybody, somebody and body, each said with /d/ in place of the /m/ of “mommy”.
- Everybody
- Somebody
- Body
- Shoddy
- Embody
Sorry /ɑri/, bobby /ɑbi/, karate /ɑti/ and johnny /ɑni/ also rhyme loosely with “mommy”, though no other common word shares their endings.
Two-Word Rhymes With Mommy
“Mommy” has three two-word rhymes, each with its ending spread over both words: the first word ends on the stressed syllable and the second word has the rest of the sound.
- Grandpa me
- Nah me
- Ahh me
Does Sorry Rhyme With Mommy
People often ask whether these words rhyme with “mommy”. Only the sounds from the stressed vowel on count, so two words can share four letters and still not rhyme.
| Word | Rhymes With Mommy | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Ami | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Tsunami | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Salami | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Sorry | Near rhyme | /r/ in place of the /m/ of "mommy", near enough for the end of a line |
| Everybody | Near rhyme | /d/ in place of the /m/ of "mommy", near enough for the end of a line |
| Jimmy | Consonance only | Same stressed vowel, and the final consonant is of the same kind rather than the same sound |
| The | No | Only the unstressed last syllable matches, and the stressed syllable is different |
| Mummy | No | Same letters at the end, but said /ʌmi/ |
Near Rhymes For Mommy By Word Class
Of the near rhymes for “mommy”, there are 49 nouns and 20 adjectives. Calm is both an adjective and a noun, so it is listed once, under the part of speech it takes more often. Among the nouns, mom, calm and tom are in the same word class as “mommy”, which is a noun.
| Word Class | Near Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Nouns | Mom, calm, tom, bomb, palm, prom, mam, intercom, salaam, rom, sitcom, balm |
| Adjectives | Sloppy, choppy, soppy, yummy, crummy, gummy, chummy, rocky, cocky, stocky, sorry, snobby |
Animals, Body Parts And Foods That Rhyme With Mommy
Meaning has no effect on whether two words rhyme, so the rhymes for “mommy” name every kind of thing, including molly and collie among animals. Nothing among colors, flowers, cities and places rhymes with “mommy” at all.
| Kind Of Word | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Animals | Molly, collie |
| Body Parts | Palm, tummy |
| Foods | Salami, pastrami, teriyaki, calamari |
| Plants | Holly, poppy |
| Vehicles | Trolley, jalopy |
The Two-Syllable Ending In Mommy
The rhyme sound of “mommy” is /ɑmi/, which consists of the stressed vowel /ɑ/ followed by /m/ and /i/. Ami, tsunami and salami are three of the seven other common words that end in the same sound. With two syllables in the ending, a rhyming word must reproduce the stressed vowel and each sound that follows.
Words That Look Like Mommy But Do Not Rhyme
In spelling, “mommy” matches jimmy, mummy, dummy and tammy on the final -mmy, but the pronunciation differs in every one of them. Jimmy ends in /ɪmi/ and mummy, dummy and yummy end in /ʌmi/, whereas “mommy” ends in /ɑmi/. These words end in different sounds from “mommy”, so the likeness exists in print only.
| Word | Ending Sound | Closing Sound Shared With Mommy |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy | /ɪmi/ | None |
| Mummy | /ʌmi/ | None |
| Dummy | /ʌmi/ | None |
| Tammy | /æmi/ | None |
| Yummy | /ʌmi/ | None |
| Tummy | /ʌmi/ | None |
| Crummy | /ʌmi/ | None |
| Gummy | /ʌmi/ | None |
Rhyme Schemes With Mommy
With ami and tsunami as its rhymes, “mommy” fits the common stanza forms. In the scheme, lines with the same letter rhyme with each other.
| Scheme | Line endings | How The Lines Pair |
|---|---|---|
| AABB | Mommy / ami / tsunami / salami | Two couplets in a row, each pair rhyming on consecutive lines. |
| ABAB | Mommy / mom / ami / calm | Alternating lines, with the near rhymes on the B lines and the perfect pair on the A lines. |
| ABCB | … / mommy / … / ami | Only the second and fourth lines rhyme, as in the ballad stanza and in most hymns. |
Using Mommy Rhymes In Poems And Songs
For a couplet, the most common rhymes for “mommy” are ami and commie. For a longer line or song verse, writers use tsunami and salami instead.
| Kind Of Line | Line-Ending Pairs | How They Match |
|---|---|---|
| Couplet with matching line endings | Mommy / ami, mommy / commie, mommy / swami | Both words end in /ɑmi/ and have the same number of syllables |
| Longer line or song verse | Mommy / tsunami, mommy / salami | The longer word ends in the same /ɑmi/, with one more syllable before it |
| Near rhyme in a lyric | Mommy / mom, mommy / calm, mommy / tom | Same stressed vowel /ɑ/, one sound of the ending differs |
| Comic or rap line | Mommy / grandpa me, mommy / nah me | The ending is spread over two words, heard as one at speaking speed |
FAQs
The words that rhyme with “mommy” include ami, tsunami, salami and commie, which are the ones heard most in speech and song. These rhymes end in /ɑmi/, the sound of “mommy” from its stressed vowel to the end.
Everyday things that rhyme with “mommy” include tom, bomb and palm. All of them are near rhymes, because no common noun repeats the full ending /ɑmi/.
“Mommy” has 85 rhymes in common English when perfect and near rhymes are counted together. Within it, seven words match the full /ɑmi/ ending and 78 match all but one sound of it.
Near rhymes for “mommy” include mom, calm, prom, dom, mam and com. The /ɑ/ vowel of “mommy” is in all of them, with part of the ending different. Writers choose these looser matches when the meaning of the line comes first.
“Mommy” ends in the same letters as jimmy, mummy and dummy, yet none of them rhymes with it. None of them is said with the /ɑ/ of “mommy”, and two words rhyme only when the stressed vowel is the same.
“Mommy” has two syllables, said MAH-mee, with the stress on the first. Rhymes for “mommy” are judged from that stressed syllable to the last sound of the word.
