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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word corsican.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
2 syllable words
4 syllable words
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2 syllable words

faustian

fortune

georgian

martian

sportsman

bordman

oarsman

portman

austin

arson

corban

cordon

darken

foreman

courses

faulcon

gascon

gorgon

harken

horses

jordan

jorden

morgan

mormon

norman

orcas

organ

orphan

parson

shorten

sources

tuscan

warden

horseshit

floren

foreign

locken

loren

warren

action

auction

bastion

caption

faction

flashgun

fraction

mansion

margin

option

traction

marksman

guardsman

ashen

caution

fashion

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

passion

potion

ration

baldwin

capstan

caxton

dustman

homespun

marchman

markman

postman

scotsman

spokesman

yachtsman

aspen

bargain

barton

baston

boston

bourses

carbon

carman

carmine

carsick

carton

classman

claxon

dalton

damson

dobson

falcon

fireman

forces

foresight

forsake

garden

harden

harten

hearten

houseman

jargon

lockman

marlin

marten

martin

oxen

pardon

parsec

passman

samson

saxon

sharpen

smarten

spartan

stallman

stockman

tarpon

tartan

tungsten

vulcan

wanton

warsaws

huntsman

auden

oven

reckon

quicken

lichen

cousin

hyson

draftsman

othman

marxist

broaden

broken

button

person

siren

craftsman

horseshoe

stricken

suction

sudden

porches

wiccan

yaupon

corsage

pension

landsman

question

watchman

worsen

boughten

sullen

thicken

forges

georges

mutton

slacken

drunken

muffin

mullen

freshman

gentian

gorges

marshes

bison

blacken

shrunken

moisten

sicken

mention

sunken

tension

bracken

garron

torches

token

baron

dozen

often

summon

urson

barren

bason

sanction

spoken

beckon

fasten

chicken

liken

toughen

zircon

bushman

coachman

christian

churchman

forecast

sexton

klansman

landman

grandson

statesman

townsman

dudgeon

earthen

bludgeon

grecian

gudgeon

persian

station

pathan

prussian

sturgeon

mission

session

trojan

haitian

hessian

mahone

burgeon

freshen

nation

fission

cushion

surgeon

urchin

version

russian

emption

carjacks

marxists

largest

plankton

airman

alban

alman

boatman

bolden

bookman

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

copeman

fibrin

foresees

fountain

golden

hackman

ibsen

jackman

jasmine

jetson

kansan

keelson

kelson

kirkman

lightman

lineman

linemen

silken

santon

molten

mountain

whitson

stepson

sultan

tarses

milken

muslin

scallion

scullion

saffron

squadron

stallion

london

lopeman

minden

nekton

runnion

shearman

shotgun

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spearman

acton

arses

crosswise

atman

bagman

banyan

dampen

dolman

dolphin

olden

ensign

onion

outdone

outrun

piston

packman

panton

pectin

plantain

ponton

pressman

teston

torsos

tubman

undone

workman

function

junction

forecasts

barges

carjack

arches

charges

dungeon

diction

dutchman

fiction

longan

luncheon

flexion

friction

hangman

mangan

marches

orgies

rincon

section

alan

amman

bacon

basin

baton

batten

batton

beacon

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bowman

breton

brighten

briton

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

cannon

canon

certain

charon

chasten

chosen

christen

colon

common

cotton

crosses

curtain

deacon

deaden

deafen

devon

dragon

driven

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gotten

grasses

griffon

happen

heron

hidden

large-scale

hasten

hausen

heaven

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

hymen

hyphen

jason

jetton

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lighten

liman

linen

listen

liven

logan

loosen

lyden

madden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

ninon

nurses

odin

omen

open

patten

pavon

perron

prices

prison

redden

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

rosen

rosin

rotten

satin

showman

siphon

slogan

smitten

sodden

stolen

striven

tappen

pollan

resin

pollen

pullen

robin

roman

sadden

shaken

shogun

solon

syphon

platten

poison

rerun

salmon

soften

taken

seven

talon

platen

riven

sermon

stiffen

swollen

thousand

titan

toman

triton

wizen

widen

whiten

turban

weaken

weapon

vegan

trodden

waken

wagon

villain

woman

threaten

tighten

urban

verses

woolen

written

yeoman

wooden

woven

women

persists

seedsman

salesman

cauldron

doctrine

druggists

lampron

fusion

region

legion

pigeon

cajun

asian

suasion

heathen

projects

crashes

kitchen

lesion

thrushes

vision

gumption

trashes

wreckage

gowan

owen

mayan

urine

scion

lion

dian

rowen

ion

rowan

cowan

zion

brakeman

bullion

arkose

apron

billion

billman

bellman

chevron

crimson

citron

goodman

freedman

chieftain

clinton

fielden

footman

forgoes

gilden

headman

largesse

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

linden

newsman

lisbon

lynden

m1

patron

sylvan

woodman

sequin

shipman

stillion

tendon

woolman

tillman

desman

hempen

hetman

matron

melton

million

minion

penman

pillion

pinion

pitman

mignon

persist

selden

trillion

union

belgian

brethren

engine

project

satan

rumen

seaman

season

shaman

traces

treason

trusses

zaman

turkic

seton

sweeten

steven

straighten

wheaten

semen

strengthen

brasses

braces

lengthen

bayman

argues

beaten

brazen

delphian

cresses

marquiss

cheapen

cayman

craven

canaan

cretin

daman

cuban

dagan

crouton

headsman

crewman

dagon

cumin

children

deepen

demon

curses

dresses

eaten

eden

elan

freeman

gluten

graven

grosses

haven

human

kalan

laden

layman

leman

leven

lumen

maiden

pagan

presses

proven

purses

raven

reason

prizes

process

lurches

merges

perches

penguin

presage

surges

brackish

broaches

scourges

trackage

churches

purchase

purges

searches

tragic

henchman

urges

turkish

verges

cargoes

cargos

frescoes

proxies

rayon

ruin

peon

paean

bruises

creases

crises

graces

herzog

mercies

phrases

praises

precise

pursues

surcease

tresses

turkeys

breaches

breakage

breeches

dressage

brushes

crushes

preaches

screeches

turquoise

druggist

breezes

cruises

freezes

jerseys

friezes

boroughs

crazies

3 syllable words

oxygen

oration

councilman

franciscan

cardigan

charwoman

farsighted

forewoman

magdalen

coercion

unbutton

abduction

anglican

conduction

catalan

choruses

collagen

gordian

javelin

keratin

lanolin

ottoman

pelican

puritan

ramadan

scorpion

silicon

solomon

specimen

vatican

vitamin

partition

production

concession

asuncion

reduction

apportion

nitrogen

norwegian

obsession

abortion

dissection

formation

hydrogen

laurentian

proportion

biotin

dorian

korean

moroccan

orion

arkansan

parthian

etruscan

assertion

gyration

carjacking

outspoken

halogen

nebraskan

causation

masculine

caucasian

lecithin

margarine

procession

consumption

alaskan

distortion

backgammon

chairwoman

discipline

genuine

nobleman

rifleman

uncertain

unwritten

transmission

croatian

compulsion

assumption

conception

contortion

convulsion

induction

attraction

combustion

abrasion

aggression

alsatian

artesian

ascension

attrition

australian

benjamin

carjackings

carnation

cartesian

cinnamon

citizen

construction

deduction

denizen

digression

erection

eruption

excision

forgotten

fustian

garrison

guardian

halcyon

heartbroken

hydration

incision

irishman

libration

migration

obstruction

oppression

patrician

perception

perfection

processions

progression

propulsion

regression

resection

seduction

skeleton

starvation

suppression

suspicion

tauruses

taxation

thoracic

tricycle

vibration

waterman

decision

desertion

erosion

notation

ovation

regimen

recession

reaction

quotation

recision

destruction

dilution

direction

diversion

donation

dilation

duration

location

digestion

omission

rescission

persistent

privation

probation

housebroken

precaution

precision

subtraction

precession

contraction

corruption

flotation

suggestion

correction

inspection

permission

irian

narration

ligation

rotation

muskmelon

gaussian

gentleman

myosin

niacin

vocation

volition

octillion

congressman

extortion

secession

unbroken

surgical

narcissist

expulsion

citation

aryan

badminton

bandwagon

arian

adsorption

cation

audition

abstention

absorption

persecute

policeman

derision

austrian

fruition

enlighten

laotian

alderman

parisian

compression

horatian

logician

enliven

tuition

mistaken

castration

bedridden

talisman

vermilion

contrition

diffraction

forecasting

inception

infection

prosecute

deflection

disruption

exhaustion

frustration

corrosion

exception

creation

misfortune

pentathlon

prostration

reflection

retraction

singleton

suspension

congestion

injection

abstraction

constriction

backwoodsman

instruction

andean

assassin

extinction

ferryman

heiresses

overman

admission

overdone

ambition

gravamen

awaken

champion

aspersion

crustacean

zambian

cistercian

hammerman

thespian

cognition

dalmatian

deception

depiction

argosy

exertion

defection

depression

detection

election

eviction

fixation

bosnian

bouillon

emulsion

foundation

campion

insertion

nutrition

optation

optician

persuasion

plantation

prediction

reception

repression

stagnation

albion

salvation

tactician

sensation

damnation

dissension

lactation

misshapen

persisting

revulsion

transition

inaction

jamaican

kantian

viruses

expansion

extension

contraption

distraction

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

prescription

proscription

restriction

transfusion

transgression

emission

emotion

ambrosian

downtrodden

immersion

orchestra

saleswoman

devotion

reversion

imagine

orgasms

perversion

munition

elation

adhesion

countryman

mutation

albumin

ejection

imprison

nonunion

persecutes

rejection

snapdragon

musician

sedition

relation

vacation

clergyman

cremation

deletion

flirtation

occasion

cetacean

forages

gradation

remission

revision

cessation

appian

carrion

distinction

discretion

clarion

excursion

exaction

foramen

galleon

ghanaian

grobian

heroin

heroine

filtration

hawaiian

horizon

impression

jovian

intrusion

malayan

marian

midshipman

misprision

nonhuman

odeon

persuasions

permian

plebeian

presumption

resumption

saccharin

syrian

tamarin

transaction

protean

samoan

translation

triassic

perquisite

perfusion

rhodopsin

predestine

orgasm

cambrian

cohesion

carcasses

everyone

transcription

chairperson

capsaicin

forecaster

acumen

guncotton

uncommon

syracuse

in-person

conscription

extraction

subscription

xeroxes

italian

hyraxes

fijian

orchestral

orchestras

orchestrate

lutheran

ingestion

accession

addiction

description

excretion

affection

exclusion

dentition

detention

encryption

gestation

ignition

impassion

inversion

protection

rendition

retention

selection

succession

collection

explosion

accretion

anchorman

expression

extrusion

concussion

connection

connexion

deflation

depletion

dimension

discussion

dispersion

incursion

occlusion

preemption

secretion

temptation

pretension

prevention

adrian

keynesian

terraces

reunion

venison

archaic

determine

cyprian

processes

uneven

elison

peterman

unison

overrun

toboggan

freemason

iraqis

jacobin

jettison

jurassic

mandarin

medicine

nevadan

suburban

superman

projection

egyptian

englishman

perquisites

truncation

marxism

disunion

forecasters

intestine

orchestrates

prosecutes

conclusion

redemption

aleutian

concoction

collusion

petition

pollution

confection

sedation

fisherman

physician

position

possession

venetian

inflation

allusion

commotion

declension

profession

inscription

commission

projector

promotion

convection

conviction

invention

malaysian

predation

solution

provision

purchasers

collision

aversion

addition

graciously

edition

parishes

affliction

percussion

collegian

negation

carriages

phoenician

summation

tradition

abandon

abdomen

alien

avian

battalion

bedouin

brazilian

chamberlain

chilean

churchgoing

civilian

dominion

fabian

fenian

freudian

gillian

julian

libyan

lumberman

magician

medallion

median

nearsighted

nemean

nubian

objection

opinion

pavilion

persico

projections

reopen

sarcasm

simian

sumatran

timberman

unburden

uterine

veteran

aegean

ablution

adoption

scythian

ablation

attention

stygian

confession

phrygian

preclusion

barrages

nourishes

dictation

seclusion

equation

submersion

submission

complexion

purchaser

subversion

condition

conversion

contusion

garages

contagion

technician

profusion

projectors

exemption

compassion

handwoven

companion

communion

crestfallen

bulletin

eleven

erases

lesbian

pharisees

indian

circuses

percussive

wesleyan

anyone

bedizen

melanin

feminine

bitumen

beethoven

presages

cherishes

rehearses

evasion

illusion

purchases

religion

division

conflation

confucian

confusion

inclusion

convention

completion

contention

delusion

marriages

projectiles

rebellion

crocuses

tricuspid

clarendon

compunction

arises

diffusion

caresses

harasses

beholden

bourgeoisie

morasses

invasion

menhaden

projectile

emblazon

churchgoer

embolden

conjunction

mirages

reptilian

implosion

infusion

inhuman

intention

sargasso

churchgoers

persuasive

injunction

preexists

preexist

4 syllable words

diocesan

mortification

american

dominican

watermelon

carcinogen

coronation

correlation

floridian

leviathan

consecration

adrenaline

armageddon

formulation

tamoxifen

vaccination

barbarian

application

obsidian

gargantuan

abyssinian

cotyledon

gorgonian

cyclopean

absolution

cancellation

dandelion

consolation

consummation

convocation

oxidation

persecution

advocation

prosecution

darwinian

jordanian

allocation

alteration

arabian

avocation

collocation

corp.

corporation

desiccation

european

fascination

galilean

isolation

nonpartisan

oscillation

protozoan

provocation

suffocation

vacillation

complication

confiscation

execution

obfuscation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

persecutions

prosecutions

reproduction

subluxation

intersection

narcissism

moderation

operation

toleration

macedonian

adoration

aberration

apparition

acclamation

abrogation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

aggregation

aggravation

abdication

algonquian

alternation

approbation

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

conversation

convolution

deformation

deportation

dereliction

desecration

disaffection

duplication

exhibition

fabrication

granulation

hypertension

indication

insulation

insurrection

intercession

invocation

obligation

occupation

ovulation

palpitation

population

proclamation

prostitution

replication

retrocession

superstition

tabulation

vindication

armenian

amphibian

aldebaran

agrarian

alabaman

ohioan

columbian

guatemalan

librarian

maturation

overburden

paraguayan

samaritan

saturation

appalachian

annotation

appellation

derivation

hibernation

navigation

motivation

abolition

allegation

admiration

hydrocarbon

affirmation

animation

arthurian

connotation

decimation

dedication

desolation

dissolution

erudition

fluoridation

habitation

irrigation

medication

opposition

politician

processional

contradiction

preelection

proposition

introduction

recitation

reelection

validation

concentration

revocation

conjugation

explication

obstetrician

resurrection

ulceration

procreation

propagation

sanitation

supposition

supervision

condemnation

exhortation

exposition

gastrulation

misperception

octahedron

satisfaction

substitution

bolivian

amputation

condescension

coloradan

himalayan

calculation

iranian

arbitration

praetorian

reawaken

sicilian

computation

expedition

importation

imperfection

implication

installation

interception

interdiction

jurisdiction

liquefaction

malformation

reinspection

gregorian

adulation

agitation

contrarian

education

misbegotten

persecuted

noblewoman

republican

modulation

foliation

surgically

surrogation

peruvian

laceration

rhetorician

strangulation

federation

coalition

dietitian

generation

ideation

liberation

miseration

preparation

reparation

separation

veneration

iteration

prohibition

variation

violation

congregation

exhalation

interjection

moravian

meridian

albanian

altercation

annexation

calibration

distillation

protestation

tribulation

disposition

crucifixion

conflagration

contemplation

contraception

contribution

custodian

degradation

reputation

requisition

contravention

demarcation

intimation

predilection

regulation

simulation

ventilation

interruption

imposition

interaction

intermission

confirmation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

destitution

indecision

exclamation

lubrication

speculation

eritrean

relaxation

retardation

segregation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

eustachian

expectation

affectation

historian

circulation

extrication

graduation

greco-roman

emulation

adaptation

benediction

elocution

observation

reclamation

conservation

persecutor

olympian

backwardation

equitation

estimation

excitation

molestation

syndication

minnesotan

nestorian

penicillin

reexamine

tasmanian

victorian

assemblyman

persistently

nonprescription

rhododendron

sarcastically

dehydration

elongation

californian

inhibition

businesswoman

gentlewoman

dissipation

aspiration

inflammation

disinfection

bifurcation

devolution

dilatation

disillusion

incarnation

malnutrition

deposition

elevation

figuration

meditation

revolution

evocation

evolution

imitation

immolation

polynesian

consternation

mutilation

revelation

gravitation

hesitation

perspiration

inquisition

instigation

attribution

embarkation

imputation

institution

integration

intervention

ostentation

retribution

defamation

delegation

jubilation

inhalation

irritation

transformation

innovation

litigation

readmission

tetrahedron

preservation

realization

recreation

relocation

reposition

repossession

smithsonian

comprehension

reformation

renovation

repetition

reservation

valuation

transportation

resolution

demolition

manumission

arizonan

criterion

interwoven

assyrian

comparison

introspection

liberian

missourian

siberian

persecutors

vegetation

bavarian

hyperion

iberian

planarian

valerian

cogitation

hemoglobin

apprehension

indigestion

incrustation

devastation

dislocation

emigration

immigration

designation

inattention

masturbation

restitution

bohemian

deviation

distribution

mediation

superhuman

information

extradition

perforation

penetration

resignation

aviation

celebration

lilliputian

corinthian

nigerian

radiation

expiration

reassertion

fibrillation

orchestration

sequestration

ordination

abnegation

inspiration

self-deception

situation

ibuprofen

legislation

prosecutor

accordion

wagnerian

interurban

glaciation

pagurian

pavlovian

exhumation

estonian

herculean

algerian

augmentation

desperation

disinflation

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Words that rhyme with the word corsican

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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