1-syllable rhymes for “stays”
| Word | Ingglish | IPA | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| days | dayz | /ˈdeɪz/ | 1 |
| raise | rayz | /ˈɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| ways | wayz | /ˈweɪz/ | 1 |
| plays | playz | /ˈpleɪz/ | 1 |
| pays | payz | /ˈpeɪz/ | 1 |
| phase | fayz | /ˈfeɪz/ | 1 |
| praise | prayz | /ˈpɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| phrase | frayz | /ˈfɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| hayes | hayz | /ˈheɪz/ | 1 |
| rays | rayz | /ˈɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| weighs | wayz | /ˈweɪz/ | 1 |
| lays | layz | /ˈleɪz/ | 1 |
| maze | mayz | /ˈmeɪz/ | 1 |
| gaze | gayz | /ˈɡeɪz/ | 1 |
| blaze | blayz | /ˈbleɪz/ | 1 |
| trays | trayz | /ˈtɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| haze | hayz | /ˈheɪz/ | 1 |
| gays | gayz | /ˈɡeɪz/ | 1 |
| strays | strayz | /ˈstɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| craze | krayz | /ˈkɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| prays | prayz | /ˈpɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| hays | hayz | /ˈheɪz/ | 1 |
| glaze | glayz | /ˈɡleɪz/ | 1 |
| graze | grayz | /ˈɡɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| daze | dayz | /ˈdeɪz/ | 1 |
| res | rayz | /ˈɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| mays | mayz | /ˈmeɪz/ | 1 |
| faze | fayz | /ˈfeɪz/ | 1 |
| sprays | sprayz | /ˈspɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| chaise | shayz | /ˈʃeɪz/ | 1 |
| jays | jayz | /ˈdʒeɪz/ | 1 |
| dais | dayz | /ˈdeɪz/ | 1 |
| preys | prayz | /ˈpɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| bays | bayz | /ˈbeɪz/ | 1 |
| grays | grayz | /ˈɡɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| leis | layz | /ˈleɪz/ | 1 |
| maize | mayz | /ˈmeɪz/ | 1 |
| yeas | yayz | /ˈjeɪz/ | 1 |
| nays | nayz | /ˈneɪz/ | 1 |
| raze | rayz | /ˈɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| sways | swayz | /ˈsweɪz/ | 1 |
| frase | frayz | /ˈfɹeɪz/ | 1 |
| pais | payz | /ˈpeɪz/ | 1 |
| clays | klayz | /ˈkleɪz/ | 1 |
| baze | bayz | /ˈbeɪz/ | 1 |
| blase | blayz | /ˈbleɪz/ | 1 |
| dase | dayz | /ˈdeɪz/ | 1 |
2-syllable rhymes for “stays”
| Word | Ingglish | IPA | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| rephrase | reefrayz | /ɹiˈfɹeɪz/ | 2 |
| delays | dilayz | /dɪˈleɪz/ | 2 |
| amaze | amayz | /əˈmeɪz/ | 2 |
| displays | displayz | /dɪˈspleɪz/ | 2 |
| essays | esayz | /ɛˈseɪz/ | 2 |
| betrays | bitrayz | /bɪˈtɹeɪz/ | 2 |
| bouquets | bohkayz | /boʊˈkeɪz/ | 2 |
| surveys | servayz | /sɝˈveɪz/ | 2 |
| obeys | ohbayz | /oʊˈbeɪz/ | 2 |
| ablaze | ablayz | /əˈbleɪz/ | 2 |
| cafes | kafayz | /ˌkæˈfeɪz/ | 2 |
| dossiers | dawsyayz | /ˌdɔˈsjeɪz/ | 2 |
| ballets | balayz | /bæˈleɪz/ | 2 |
Why these rhyme
A perfect rhyme shares everything from the stressed vowel onward. “stays” is /ˈsteɪz/, and its rime is /eɪz/ — spelled “ayz” in Ingglish, where that spelling always makes that sound. Every word above ends on the same /eɪz/, however English chooses to spell it.