Maltese rhymes with:
abductees, absentees, adoptees, amputees, appointees, deportees, devotees, draftees, enlistees, expertise, guarantee's, guarantees, guaranties, guaranty's, inductees, invitees, ortiz, scortese, stees, t's, t.'s, t.s, teas, tease, tees, trustee's, trustees, trustees', tt's
Maltese sounds like:
maladich, maladies, maldutis, maltais, maltase, maltose, malts, maltz, maultasch, melodic, melodies, melodious, melts, meltz, miladic, mildews, miletich, militia's, militias, milledge, millets, milodic, mladic, mladic's, mlotok, molds, moltz, monolithic, monoliths, moulds, multidex, multitask, multitudes