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
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word corsican.
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

barren

aspen

barton

arches

apron

arson

arses

arkose

argues

bastion

ashen

asian

atman

auction

auden

austin

baldwin

bacon

bagman

banyan

bargain

barges

baron

baston

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

beacon

bayman

bordman

beckon

begun

bellon

bellman

belgian

boston

billion

billman

billon

blacken

boughten

bourses

bison

boatman

bolden

bitten

blowgun

bludgeon

bobbin

bollen

bookman

boroughs

bisson

bracken

bourbon

bowman

braces

brackish

brakeman

brasses

brazen

caption

broken

brighten

broaden

briton

brethren

breton

broaches

breakage

breeches

breezes

brogan

burden

bushman

bullion

bruises

brushes

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

cannon

canaan

captain

canon

breaches

canton

canyon

carbon

charges

carman

carmine

carsick

carjacks

carjack

cargos

carton

cauldron

caution

cargoes

caxton

cayman

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

capstan

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chicken

chevron

christian

chieftain

chosen

christen

children

churches

churchman

charon

citron

classman

claxon

coachman

clinton

beaten

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

corsage

cotton

courses

cousin

cowan

craftsman

crashes

craven

cresses

creases

crazies

cretin

crewman

crimson

crises

crosswise

crosses

crouton

crushes

cruises

cuban

cushion

curtain

curses

dagan

dagon

darken

dalton

damson

dampen

deacon

deaden

daman

deafen

deepen

cumin

delphian

demon

desman

diction

dian

elan

devon

dozen

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

drunken

dudgeon

dungeon

driven

dromon

dragon

druggists

dresses

dressage

druggist

dustman

draftsman

earthen

dutchman

eaten

eden

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

faction

fashion

falcon

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

fireman

fibrin

fiction

felon

fielden

fission

floren

flashgun

firman

flexion

flatten

footman

foreman

forces

foreign

foresight

forges

fortune

forecast

forecasts

foresees

forgoes

forsake

georgian

fraction

freshman

fountain

freedman

freeman

frescoes

freshen

freezes

garden

friction

friezes

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

gascon

function

garron

fusion

gentian

georges

german

golden

gorgon

gibbon

given

gladden

gilden

gorges

glidden

glisten

goodman

gluten

gotten

gowan

guardsman

grandson

grecian

gudgeon

grasses

griffon

graven

grosses

graces

gumption

hackman

horses

harden

harten

hangman

happen

harken

hearten

homespun

hasten

hausen

heathen

haven

heaven

headman

hessian

heighten

heron

hempen

hetman

henchman

herzog

hidden

headsman

hogan

haitian

horseshit

houseman

horseshoe

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

yachtsman

yaupon

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jerseys

jetton

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kansan

junction

kalan

klansman

keelson

landman

kelson

kirkman

kitten

kremlin

lagan

kenyan

laden

lampron

landsman

largest

large-scale

largesse

latin

leaden

kitchen

layman

leaven

ledden

legion

lemon

leman

lessen

lesion

lengthen

lesson

leven

lichen

lightman

lineman

linemen

lighten

liman

liken

linden

linen

lion

notion

listen

liven

locken

lockman

loren

lotion

london

lopeman

longan

logan

loosen

luncheon

lyden

madden

lynden

m1

lumen

lurches

mahone

mansion

marchman

mangan

marches

margin

markman

maiden

martian

marksman

marlin

martin

marshes

marxist

marxists

marron

marquiss

marten

mason

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mention

milken

mitten

mignon

million

merges

mercies

minion

minden

mission

mutton

moisten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

molten

mullen

muslin

nation

nekton

newsman

oxen

ninon

norman

nurses

oarsman

ocean

lisbon

odin

often

option

olden

omen

open

orcas

organ

orphan

othman

orgies

oven

outdone

outrun

onion

owen

packman

paean

pardon

panton

parsec

pagan

parson

passion

passman

pathan

pectin

patten

pavon

patron

pension

penman

penguin

perches

persian

perron

persist

peon

person

piston

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

persists

pigeon

pillion

pinion

pitman

phrases

ponton

pollan

pollen

porches

portman

potion

postman

poison

praises

precise

preaches

presage

presses

pressman

prices

prison

prizes

process

project

projects

prussian

pullen

purchase

proven

proxies

question

quicken

purses

ration

purges

pursues

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

shorten

santon

rerun

resin

ribbon

rincon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

russian

runnion

rumen

samson

sadden

saffron

sanction

salesman

shrunken

salmon

rowen

rowan

ruin

scotsman

saxon

scallion

satin

scion

scourges

scullion

section

seaman

season

searches

seedsman

selden

satan

shogun

sequin

semen

sermon

session

screeches

sharpen

sexton

shearman

seven

shaken

seton

shaman

shotgun

showman

shipman

smarten

sicken

siren

silken

siphon

slacken

sources

slogan

soldan

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

sovereign

spartan

sovran

spearman

sportsman

spokesman

stallman

spoken

squadron

stallion

statesman

station

stepson

stockman

stiffen

stolen

stillion

steven

straighten

strengthen

striven

stricken

sturgeon

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

sultan

sunken

tarpon

surgeon

surges

surcease

sweeten

swollen

syphon

sylvan

taken

talon

tappen

tarses

tartan

suasion

tension

tendon

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

thrushes

tuscan

warden

token

titan

toman

traction

warsaws

torches

toughen

townsman

torsos

traces

trackage

tragic

trashes

treason

tresses

wanton

tungsten

trojan

tubman

triton

trodden

turban

trillion

trusses

turkic

turkish

turkeys

warren

undone

turquoise

urson

urchin

urban

urine

urges

version

verses

verges

vegan

villain

vision

vulcan

wagon

waken

union

watchman

tighten

wiccan

worsen

weapon

wizen

tillman

whitson

workman

weaken

whiten

widen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

woodman

woolman

woven

wheaten

wreckage

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

abortion

abrasion

abdomen

ablation

ablution

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

admission

adhesion

acumen

addiction

addition

adoption

adrian

adsorption

alaskan

affection

affliction

aegean

aggression

albion

alderman

albumin

aleutian

alien

ambition

ambrosian

alsatian

allusion

anglican

aspersion

anchorman

apportion

andean

appian

assumption

argosy

archaic

arian

asuncion

arkansan

artesian

aryan

ascension

assertion

anyone

assassin

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

backgammon

austrian

awaken

badminton

aversion

backwoodsman

avian

bandwagon

barrages

arises

battalion

benjamin

charwoman

bedridden

choruses

bedouin

bedizen

biotin

coercion

bosnian

bitumen

bouillon

bourgeoisie

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

caucasian

carcasses

catalan

carjacking

carjackings

cartesian

carrion

carriages

carnation

castration

cation

causation

cessation

cetacean

champion

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

caresses

collagen

cherishes

cinnamon

citizen

churchgoing

combustion

chilean

churchgoer

churchgoers

citation

cistercian

civilian

circuses

clergyman

clarion

cognition

cohesion

collection

clarendon

collegian

collision

collusion

beethoven

commission

commotion

communion

beholden

extortion

extinction

companion

compression

compulsion

completion

conception

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

complexion

compunction

conduction

confection

condition

confession

conflation

congestion

confucian

congressman

conscription

connection

connexion

conjunction

consumption

contortion

construction

constriction

contagion

contention

contraction

convulsion

contrition

contraption

convection

conviction

contusion

conversion

convention

correction

corrosion

corruption

councilman

countryman

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

confusion

crocuses

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deduction

decision

deception

declension

deflection

defection

deflation

deletion

depiction

delusion

denizen

dentition

depletion

destruction

desertion

derision

depression

description

detection

detention

determine

digestion

digression

dilation

dilution

diffraction

devotion

dictation

diffusion

dimension

elison

discipline

discussion

dissension

dissection

distortion

disruption

dispersion

distraction

diversion

distinction

disunion

donation

dorian

division

downtrodden

dominion

duration

election

ejection

elation

egyptian

edition

eleven

direction

emission

emotion

discretion

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

englishman

equation

erases

erection

eruption

etruscan

erosion

excision

exception

eviction

exaction

exclusion

excursion

excretion

evasion

expulsion

exemption

exhaustion

exertion

expansion

everyone

extension

explosion

expression

extraction

compassion

extrusion

fabian

farsighted

ferryman

fenian

feminine

filtration

fijian

flotation

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

forages

foramen

forewoman

formation

forgotten

forecasting

forecaster

forecasters

franciscan

freemason

fruition

foundation

freudian

frustration

fustian

galleon

garages

garrison

genuine

gaussian

gentleman

gordian

ghanaian

gillian

guardian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

graciously

guncotton

gyration

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harasses

hawaiian

heartbroken

heiresses

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

hydrogen

housebroken

gestation

hydration

hyraxes

imagine

immersion

impassion

imprison

impression

inaction

implosion

in-person

abandon

ignition

illusion

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

indian

infarction

infliction

infraction

injection

inflection

inflation

infusion

inhuman

induction

inspection

instruction

infection

insertion

inscription

injunction

intention

intrusion

intestine

inversion

invasion

invention

irian

iraqis

javelin

irishman

italian

jacobin

jamaican

keratin

jurassic

julian

korean

kantian

jovian

jettison

laurentian

lactation

keynesian

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

predestine

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lutheran

lumberman

magdalen

magician

margarine

malayan

mandarin

malaysian

marian

masculine

marxism

marriages

objection

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

migration

midshipman

nitrogen

mirages

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

oxygen

myosin

moroccan

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

morasses

narcissist

narration

nearsighted

nebraskan

niacin

nevadan

negation

nemean

omission

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nubian

nourishes

nutrition

obstruction

obsession

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

oppression

optation

optician

opinion

oration

orchestral

medallion

orchestra

ottoman

orchestras

orion

outspoken

orgasms

orchestrates

orgasm

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

orchestrate

predation

parisian

parishes

pelican

partition

parthian

patrician

pavilion

pentathlon

persisting

permian

permission

perfusion

perfection

percussion

percussive

perquisite

persecute

persecutes

perquisites

persico

persistent

physician

perception

persuasion

perversion

persuasions

peterman

petition

pharisees

phoenician

plantation

persuasive

plebeian

phrygian

policeman

pollution

precaution

precession

precision

position

possession

preclusion

prediction

ingestion

prescription

preemption

presages

preexist

procession

privation

probation

presumption

pretension

prevention

processes

processions

production

progression

projection

profession

projections

profusion

projectiles

projectile

proportion

projector

propulsion

projectors

prosecute

proscription

prosecutes

promotion

prostration

protean

protection

purchaser

regression

purchasers

purchases

puritan

ramadan

quotation

reaction

recision

reception

recession

rebellion

reduction

regimen

redemption

reflection

provision

rehearses

rejection

remission

rendition

religion

reopen

repression

retraction

reptilian

resection

restriction

rifleman

rescission

resumption

retention

rotation

revulsion

relation

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

reunion

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

sarcasm

scorpion

sedition

scythian

secession

secretion

sedation

seclusion

seduction

selection

sensation

sargasso

silicon

singleton

simian

skeleton

solomon

snapdragon

solution

specimen

starvation

tauruses

stagnation

unbutton

taxation

subtraction

subscription

submersion

submission

suburban

subversion

suggestion

summation

sumatran

succession

superman

suppression

surgical

suspension

suspicion

syrian

syracuse

talisman

tactician

tamarin

stygian

technician

temptation

terraces

thoracic

thespian

toboggan

uncommon

tradition

transaction

transcription

transition

transmission

transfusion

transgression

translation

triassic

tricycle

tuition

truncation

uneven

tricuspid

uncertain

unbroken

unburden

waterman

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vatican

vermilion

unison

venison

venetian

veteran

vitamin

vibration

viruses

vocation

volition

wesleyan

timberman

xeroxes

zambian

preexists

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abrogation

abolition

abnegation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

accusation

accordion

acclimation

acquisition

adrenaline

activation

adoration

admiration

adaptation

admonition

advocation

agrarian

affirmation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

albanian

american

aldebaran

allocation

algonquian

algerian

allegation

alteration

alternation

altercation

amphibian

ammunition

adulation

animation

annexation

annotation

application

apparition

appalachian

appellation

assemblyman

apprehension

approbation

arbitration

armageddon

arabian

armenian

arthurian

arizonan

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

amputation

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

bavarian

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

businesswoman

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

commutation

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

collocation

cogitation

columbian

coloradan

collodion

coloration

combination

comedian

committeeman

commendation

competition

comparison

compilation

extrication

complication

composition

comprehension

designation

concentration

condemnation

confiscation

computation

confirmation

conflagration

destination

condensation

condescension

consecration

conjugation

connotation

congregation

conservation

consolation

consummation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

consternation

convocation

conversation

contradiction

contrarian

contraception

contravention

contribution

convolution

correlation

corp.

corporation

corinthian

copenhagen

coronation

cotyledon

courageously

criterion

crucifixion

crocodilian

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

dedication

deformation

decimation

decoration

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

definition

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

delegation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

desiccation

dereliction

desecration

derivation

desolation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desperation

destitution

deposition

cultivation

culmination

devastation

devolution

deviation

dietitian

dilatation

devonian

confrontation

detonation

disaffection

disconnection

diminution

diocesan

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dispensation

dissolution

distillation

dissipation

distribution

dissertation

dominican

divination

domination

elevation

duplication

education

electrician

draconian

emanation

elocution

emulation

elongation

embarkation

emigration

equitation

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

european

erudition

estimation

eustachian

estonian

execution

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhibition

exhortation

exhalation

expectation

exhumation

expedition

explication

exposition

expiration

exploration

explanation

exploitation

extradition

compensation

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

federation

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

gargantuan

galilean

fumigation

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

gregorian

graduation

greco-roman

gravitation

habitation

guatemalan

hibernation

himalayan

hesitation

hemoglobin

herculean

hegelian

historian

germination

leviathan

hydrocarbon

hungarian

hypertension

iberian

interjection

intermission

hyperion

ideation

imitation

immolation

immigration

illustration

imperfection

implication

importation

imposition

imputation

implantation

impregnation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indication

incrustation

indecision

indexation

indentation

incubation

indigestion

inattention

indignation

inquisition

indiscretion

inflammation

inhibition

inhalation

infestation

infiltration

indonesian

innovation

insurrection

installation

instigation

institution

insulation

inspiration

integration

intercession

interception

interdiction

interaction

intersection

introduction

interruption

intervention

interwoven

interurban

intimation

intonation

introspection

intuition

inundation

invocation

iranian

isolation

irrigation

iteration

irritation

jacobean

invitation

jordanian

jurisdiction

jubilation

laceration

lancastrian

kindergarten

legislation

ibuprofen

liberation

liberian

levitation

liquefaction

lilliputian

limitation

librarian

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

maccabean

lyricism

machination

maharajahs

maturation

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

masturbation

liquidation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

moderation

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

misperception

minnesotan

missourian

ministration

mitigation

modulation

molestation

mortification

motivation

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

narcissism

navigation

narcissistic

moravian

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

occupation

obstetrician

octahedron

operation

opposition

ohioan

oscillation

oxidation

orchestration

ordination

orchestrations

ostentation

olympian

ovulation

overburden

nomination

orchestrated

persistently

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

penicillin

penetration

pagination

perforation

pagurian

permutation

persecution

persecutions

persecuted

persecutor

persecutors

pelagian

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

plutonian

percussionist

planarian

population

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

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Words that rhyme with the word corsican

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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.


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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
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  • True and Cure

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

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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Different Types of Rhymes
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