Rhymes for play
1 syllable · rhymes on “-ay”
The noun play has one syllable; the rhyme sits on “-ay”. Here are the 24 most common perfect and the 24 most common near rhymes, each sorted by syllables. The most common are “okay”, “say” and “hey”. One-syllable rhymes like “say” or “hey” land hard and suit the end of a short line. For longer lines, look at the two-syllable ones. “pay”, “anyway” or “yesterday” sound similar – one of them may fit your line better.
Perfect rhymes top 24
1 syllable
2 syllables
3 syllables
Near rhymes top 24
1 syllable
- eh
- heh
- ye
- ke
- yeh
- leh
- bue
- reh
2 syllables
- freya
- raya
- fateh
- yahweh
- hsieh
- moishe
- skopje
- mairead
3 syllables
- pirouette
- bienvenue
- bukkake
- salameh
- celaya
4 or more syllables
- kamehameha
- eritrea
- kilauea
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Rhyme data: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the rhyme lists on this page are under the same licence. All sources