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rally

ral·ly/ˈɹæli/noun, verb

rally is spelled R-A-L-L-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (ral·ly). It appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 4,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rally means “A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rally is rallies.

How many letters and syllables are in rally?

Letters5: R-A-L-L-Y
Syllables2: ral·ly
In writing22 times per million words; the 4,015th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is rally?

Rally appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 4,015th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce rally?

  • US /ˈɹæli/
  • British /ˈɹalɪj/
  • /ˈɹɛli/

Rally has 2 syllables, split ral·ly in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-rally.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with rally?

4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rally from its last stressed vowel (/æli/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of rally

  • rallies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • rallying participle, present
  • rallied participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does rally mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

    a campaign rally

  2. 2

    A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.

    a political rally

  3. 3

    A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

  4. 4

    An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

  5. 5

    A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

  6. 6

    Good-humoured raillery.

verb

  1. 1

    To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

  2. 2

    To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.

  3. 3

    To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.

  4. 4

    To recover strength after a decline in prices.

    The market fell this morning but rallied later in the day.

  5. 5

    To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Rally in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchrassemblement, meeting, manifestation (public gathering for a cause), rallye, rally (motor racing: event), rallier (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops…)
GermanKundgebung (public gathering for a cause), Rallye (motor racing: event), Ballwechsel (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton…)
Portuguesecomício (public gathering for a cause), rali (motor racing: event), reorganizar, reunir (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops…), reagrupar (to come into orderly arrangement)
Spanishmitin, mitín (public gathering for a cause), rally (motor racing: event), allegar, mitinear (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops…), juntarse (to come into orderly arrangement)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does rally come from?

From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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