Filtered-OFDM (F-OFDM) is one of the proposed 5G system candidates. In order to achieve service diversification, it must be able to support a large number of asynchronous subband transmissions. However, the transmitted signal in a multi-carrier transmission system with different subcarriers has a high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). Therefore, the main problem of F-OFDM systems is the high PAPR in the system, which leads to poor performance and excessive power consumption due to numerous distortions. This study introduces a technique based on codeword structure manipulation known as Cluster Scrambling Codeword (CSC) to achieve better reduction of PAPR with the evaluation of the performance of QAM and APSK modulation. This is a new formulation of the bit data sequence shifting approach that can reduce PAPR more effectively than the conventional scheme. Simulation results show that CSC with 256 QAM modulation scheme provides a PAPR reduction better than the conventional F-OFDM system.