Deferring rhymes with:
preferring, refering, referring, conferring, inferring, preferring, refering, referring, transfering, transferring
Deferring sounds like:
deference, defrance, defrancesco, defrancisco, defranco, defrank, devouring, diapering, difference, differences, differing, difrancesco, difranco, dobransky, dobrinja, dobrins, dobrinski