Esplanade rhymes with:
nod, abad, assad, awad, ayyad, baade, ballade, bershad, brod, cod, codd, dodd, elrod, facade, fahd, girod, glod, god, hodde, jawad, natividad, nod, odd, plod, pod, prod, quad, raad, rachad, rashad, riad, riyad, rod, rodd, roughshod, saad, schaad, scrod, shod, sod, squad, tod, todd, trod, wad
Esplanade sounds like:
eggplant, equivalent, espeland, explained