1-syllable rhymes for “waits”
| Word | Ingglish | IPA | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| states | stayts | /ˈsteɪts/ | 1 |
| hates | hayts | /ˈheɪts/ | 1 |
| dates | dayts | /ˈdeɪts/ | 1 |
| gates | gayts | /ˈɡeɪts/ | 1 |
| plates | playts | /ˈpleɪts/ | 1 |
| mates | mayts | /ˈmeɪts/ | 1 |
| skates | skayts | /ˈskeɪts/ | 1 |
| bates | bayts | /ˈbeɪts/ | 1 |
| rates | rayts | /ˈɹeɪts/ | 1 |
| weights | wayts | /ˈweɪts/ | 1 |
| crates | krayts | /ˈkɹeɪts/ | 1 |
| eights | ayts | /ˈeɪts/ | 1 |
| fates | fayts | /ˈfeɪts/ | 1 |
| traits | trayts | /ˈtɹeɪts/ | 1 |
| straits | strayts | /ˈstɹeɪts/ | 1 |
| greats | grayts | /ˈɡɹeɪts/ | 1 |
| cates | kayts | /ˈkeɪts/ | 1 |
| straights | strayts | /ˈstɹeɪts/ | 1 |
| grates | grayts | /ˈɡɹeɪts/ | 1 |
| baits | bayts | /ˈbeɪts/ | 1 |
| slates | slayts | /ˈsleɪts/ | 1 |
| sates | sayts | /ˈseɪts/ | 1 |
2-syllable rhymes for “waits”
| Word | Ingglish | IPA | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| awaits | awayts | /əˈweɪts/ | 2 |
| creates | kreeayts | /kɹiˈeɪts/ | 2 |
| translates | tranzlayts | /tɹænzˈleɪts/ | 2 |
| estates | istayts | /ɪˈsteɪts/ | 2 |
| updates | apdayts | /əpˈdeɪts/ | 2 |
| dictates | diktayts | /dɪkˈteɪts/ | 2 |
| relates | rilayts | /ɹɪˈleɪts/ | 2 |
| debates | dabayts | /dəˈbeɪts/ | 2 |
| inflates | inflayts | /ˌɪnˈfleɪts/ | 2 |
| negates | nigayts | /nɪˈɡeɪts/ | 2 |
| abates | abayts | /əˈbeɪts/ | 2 |
| equates | ikwayts | /ɪˈkweɪts/ | 2 |
| postdates | pohstdayts | /ˌpoʊstˈdeɪts/ | 2 |
| restates | reestayts | /ɹiˈsteɪts/ | 2 |
3-syllable rhymes for “waits”
| Word | Ingglish | IPA | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| desecrates | dezakrayts | /dɛzəˈkɹeɪts/ | 3 |
| conjugates | konjagayts | /ˌkɑndʒəˈɡeɪts/ | 3 |
Why these rhyme
A perfect rhyme shares everything from the stressed vowel onward. “waits” is /ˈweɪts/, and its rime is /eɪts/ — spelled “ayts” in Ingglish, where that spelling always makes that sound. Every word above ends on the same /eɪts/, however English chooses to spell it.