Deference rhymes with:
preference, reference, conference, difference, indifference, inference, preference, reference, beligerence, belligerence, conference, deliverance, difference, endurance, exuberance, furtherance, ignorance, indifference, inference, intolerance, irreverence, preference, protuberance, reference, reverence, self-deliverance, severance, temperance, tolerance, utterance
Deference sounds like:
deferring, defrance, defrancesco, defrancisco, defranco, defrank, devouring, diapering, difference, differences, differing, difrancesco, difranco, dobransky, dobrinja, dobrins, dobrinski