Hostess rhymes with:
armistice, asbestos, augustus, erastus, eustace, eustis, faustus, festus, gustus, justice, justus, priestess, rastus, robustas, sextus
Hostess sounds like:
hajduk, hasidic, haystack, haystacks, hecht's, hectic, hegedus, heights, hesitates, hightech, hoechst's, hoists, host's, hostage, hostages, hostages', hostesses, hosts, houseguests, huestis, hyakutake