Words That Rhyme With Maize

188 rhymes for "maize" (1 syllable): perfect rhymes, multisyllable rhymes and near rhymes, each grouped by syllable count with the most common words first. Click a linked word to see what rhymes with it.

How to use this rhyme

  • "maize" is easy to rhyme: days, pays, phase and phrase all share its ending sound, so you can hold one rhyme across a whole verse.
  • For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as aims, claims and gains.
  • Longer rhymes like displays and amaze let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.

Perfect rhymes for maize (68)

The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.

1 syllable

  • days
  • pays
  • phase
  • phrase
  • plays
  • raise
  • stays
  • ways
  • lays
  • praise
  • prays
  • bays
  • blaze
  • braise
  • craze
  • dais
  • daze
  • faze
  • gays
  • gaze
  • glaze
  • grays
  • graze
  • hays
  • haze
  • jays
  • nays
  • preys
  • quays
  • rays
  • raze
  • sprays
  • strays
  • sways
  • trays
  • weighs

2 syllables

  • displays
  • amaze
  • arrays
  • delays
  • essays
  • obeys
  • portrays
  • rephrase
  • surveys
  • ablaze
  • allays
  • appraise
  • ballets
  • betrays
  • bouquets
  • buffets
  • caches
  • chalets
  • conveys
  • decays
  • dismays
  • okays
  • repays
  • dossiers
  • malaise
  • purveys
  • replays

3 syllables

  • cabarets
  • overplays
  • polonaise
  • reappraise

4+ syllables

  • communiques

Near rhymes for maize (120)

Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.

1 syllable

  • aims
  • claims
  • gains
  • games
  • names
  • saves
  • trains
  • aids
  • blades
  • blames
  • brains
  • chains
  • drains
  • flames
  • frames
  • grades
  • mains
  • pains
  • plagues
  • planes
  • raids
  • rains
  • raves
  • shades
  • slaves
  • strains
  • trades
  • wades
  • waves
  • aides
  • babes
  • bathes
  • braids
  • braves
  • canes
  • caves
  • cranes
  • craves
  • dames
  • deigns
  • fades
  • glades
  • grains
  • graves
  • jades
  • lanes
  • lathes
  • maids
  • maims
  • manes
  • panes
  • paves
  • plains
  • reigns
  • reins
  • sames
  • shames
  • shaves
  • skeins
  • spades
  • sprains
  • stains
  • staves
  • tames
  • vanes
  • veins
  • waives
  • wanes
  • base
  • case
  • day
  • face
  • gray
  • lay
  • may
  • pay
  • place
  • play
  • race
  • re
  • say
  • space
  • stay
  • they
  • trace
  • way

2 syllables

  • complains
  • contains
  • explains
  • maintains
  • obtains
  • persuades
  • remains
  • behaves
  • campaigns
  • constrains
  • decades
  • degrades
  • invades
  • restrains
  • retains
  • sustains
  • upgrades
  • acclaims
  • arcades
  • attains
  • brigades
  • domains
  • evades
  • parades
  • regains
  • tirades
  • away
  • delay
  • display
  • obey
  • replace
  • survey
  • today

3 syllables

  • entertains

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Questions about rhymes for maize

What rhymes with maize?

Common perfect rhymes for maize include days, pays, phase, phrase, plays, raise, stays and ways. This page lists 188 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.

What is a near rhyme for maize?

Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of maize but change a consonant. Good ones include aims, claims, gains, games, names and saves.

How many syllables are in maize?

Maize has 1 syllable in standard US pronunciation.

Rhymes use US pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University) and the SCOWL word lists (Kevin Atkinson). Offensive words are left out.