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Pronunciation
enPR: -ā, IPA(key): /-eɪ/
Rhymes
One syllable
Two syllables
- AA
- abbé (one US pronunciation)
- abray
- adret (US pronunciation)
- affray
- agley
- AK
- allay
- amay
- apay
- Ardgay
- array
- assay
- astray
- asway
- au fait
- away
- aweigh
- BA
- ballet (one US pronunciation)
- bebay
- belay
- beret (one US pronunciation)
- betray
- bewray
- bidet (US pronunciation)
- Bizet (US pronunciation)
- blasé (US pronunciation)
- Bombay
- bombé (US pronunciation)
- bouchée
- bouclé (US pronunciation)
- bouquet (US and one UK pronunciation)
- bourrée (one pronunciation)
- broché (US pronunciation)
- brûlée
- buffet (furniture/meal; one pronunciation)
- CA
- cache (proscribed US pronunciation)
- cachet (US pronunciation)
- café (US pronunciation)
- Calais (US pronunciation)
- Cathay
- chalet (one US pronunciation)
- chevet
- chiné
- ciré (US pronunciation)
- cliché (US pronunciation)
- congé (one US pronunciation)
- Conté
- convey
- corvée
- coudé
- coulée
- coupé
- crochet (US pronunciation)
- croquet (US pronunciation)
- cy pres
- DA
- decay
- defray
- delay
- DeLay (surname; see especially Tom DeLay)
- Diné
- dismay
- display
- distrait
- DJ (one pronunciation)
- dragée
- duvet (US pronunciation)
- EA, E/A
- entree
- épée
- estray
- FA
- feng shui (one pronunciation)
- filet (one US pronunciation)
- flambé (US pronunciation)
- foray
- forelay
- foreplay
- foreslay
- forsay
- frappé (US pronunciation)
- g'day
- GA
- gainsay (one pronunciation; another has the stress on the first syllable)
- Gaspé
- gilet
- glacé (US pronunciation)
- gourmet (one US pronunciation)
- Hefei, Hofei
- HK
- hooray, hurray
- Hopeh, Hopei
- Hubei, Hupeh
- IA
- in re
- inlay (one pronunciation)
- inveigh
- JA
- jaspé (US pronunciation)
- jeté
- Jose (US pronunciation)
- LA
- lamé (US pronunciation; see also Amy Lamé)
- levee (one US pronunciation)
- LJ
- Lough Neagh
- lycée (US pronunciation)
- MA
- Mahé
- Malay
- margay (one US pronunciation)
- Marseille, Marseilles
- McVey (surname; see especially Cal McVey, Rob McVey and Sam McVey)
- mêlée (one US pronunciation)
- Millais (US pronunciation)
- mislay
- misplay
- MK
- moiré (US pronunciation)
- moray (one pronunciation)
- mornay (US pronunciation)
- NA
- névé (US pronunciation)
- ngwee
- NK
- obey
- OK, okay
- olé
- outlay (verb)
- outplay
- outpray
- outstay
- outweigh
- PA
- parquet (US pronunciation)
- passé, passée (one pronunciation)
- passepied
- pâté (US pronunciation)
- patée, pattée
- pavé
- Pelée
- per se
- piolet
- piqué, pique (“fabric”) (US pronunciation)
- PJ, p-j
- PK
- plié (US pronunciation)
- plissé (US pronunciation)
- portray
- prepay
- purée (US pronunciation)
- purvey
- QA
- RA
- reflet
- relay
- renay
- René (one pronunciation)
- Renée (one pronunciation)
- repay
- replay (verb)
- respray (verb)
- reweigh
- risqué (US and one UK pronunciation)
- RK
- rosé (US pronunciation)
- SA
- sachet (US pronunciation)
- sashay (US pronunciation)
- sauté (US pronunciation)
- semé (US pronunciation)
- SJ
- soigné, soignée
- soirée (US pronunciation)
- soufflé (US pronunciation)
- strathspey, Strathspey
- Strathtay
- survey (verb)
- TA
- Taipei
- today
- tokay
- Torbay
- touché
- toupee (one pronunciation)
- UJ
- UK
- unlay
- unsay
- VA
- valet (one US pronunciation)
- Vouvray
- YA
Three syllables
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Seven syllables
Eleven syllables
Partial rhymes
- Note: The pronunciation of the final syllable(s) of the words listed in this section is the same as the words listed above, but the stress falls on an earlier syllable. The words below are therefore not true rhymes, but may be considered as rhymes if the rule that requires the stress to be the same number of syllables from the ends of words is ignored. Words are listed here only if they have no known true rhymes.
Two syllables
Three syllables