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Term: american

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "american": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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american

Definitions

Noun

  1. A native or inhabitant of the united states
  2. The english language as used in the united states
  3. A native or inhabitant of a north american or central american or south american country

Adjective

  1. Of or relating to the united states of america or its people or language or culture
  2. Of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the americas
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "american".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 american 4 569
2 americans 4 93
3 americana 5 5
4 american's 4 1
5 african-american 7 0
6 african-americans 7 0
7 afroamerican 6 0
8 afroamericans 6 0
9 americana's 5 0
10 americanas 5 0
11 americanism 6 0
12 americanization 7 0
13 americanize 5 0
14 americanized 5 0
15 americano 5 0
16 americanos 5 0
17 americans' 4 0
18 interamerican 6 0
19 transamerican 5 0
20 transamerican's 5 0
21 unamerican 5 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "american".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 conclusion 3 59
2 completion 3 57
3 conviction 3 50
4 confusion 3 44
5 assumption 3 41
6 conception 3 32
7 reflection 3 32
8 convention 3 28
9 companion 3 19
10 objection 3 18
11 attraction 3 15
12 dominican 4 14
13 combustion 3 12
14 suspension 3 12
15 communion 3 11
16 contention 3 9
17 hungarian 4 9
18 agrarian 4 8
19 compression 3 8
20 compulsion 3 8
21 copernican 4 8
22 unbroken 3 7
23 congestion 3 6
24 confucian 3 3
25 custodian 4 3
26 unspoken 3 3
27 colombian 4 2
28 conduction 3 2
29 convection 3 2
30 oblivion 4 2
31 accordion 4 1
32 affliction 3 1
33 committeeman 4 1
34 contortion 3 1
35 contrition 3 1
36 mclauchlin 3 1
37 mclendon 3 1
38 obsidian 4 1
39 antonsen 3 0
40 bulgarian 4 0
41 cardassian 4 0
42 concoction 3 0
43 confection 3 0
44 conflation 3 0
45 convulsion 3 0
46 hambelton 3 0
47 hovsepian 4 0
48 ionization 5 0
49 kasparian 4 0
50 kazanjian 4 0
51 kevorkian 4 0
52 levitican 4 0
53 macfadyen 4 0
54 macfarlane 3 0
55 maclachlan 3 0
56 mcalinden 3 0
57 mcchristian 3 0
58 mcclaflin 3 0
59 mcclarnon 3 0
60 mcclendon 3 0
61 mcclinton 3 0
62 mccrocklin 3 0
63 mccuiston 3 0
64 mcdorman 3 0
65 mcfadyen 4 0
66 mcfarlan 3 0
67 mcfarlane 3 0
68 mcfarlin 3 0
69 mcgettigan 4 0
70 mcglaughlin 3 0
71 mcglocklin 3 0
72 mcglothlin 3 0
73 mcjunkin 3 0
74 mclachlan 3 0
75 mclaughlin 3 0
76 mclinden 3 0
77 mcmansion 3 0
78 mcmartin 3 0
79 mcmillian 3 0
80 mcmillion 3 0
81 mcnorton 3 0
82 mcquilkin 3 0
83 mcquiston 3 0
84 mcspadden 3 0
85 mctiernan 3 0
86 mutlangen 3 0
87 nebraskan 3 0
88 pagurian 4 0
89 petrossian 3 0
90 samaritan 4 0
91 shawinigan 4 0
92 shenanigan 4 0
93 sub-foreman 3 0
94 unproven 3 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "american".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 america 4 194
2 americans 4 93
3 america's 4 22
4 americana 5 5
5 american's 4 1
6 americas 4 1
7 americano 5 0
8 unamerican 5 0
9 americans' 4 0
10 americanos 5 0
11 americanas 5 0
12 americar 4 0
13 merica 3 0
14 americanize 5 0
15 americanism 6 0
16 americana's 5 0
17 d'america 4 0
18 americas' 4 0
19 americare 4 0
20 ameribanc 4 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "american" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 american literature 4 56
2 american civil 2 8
3 american writers 2 8
4 american history 3 7
5 american society 4 6
6 american culture 2 6
7 american author 2 3
8 american negro 2 3
9 american community 4 3
10 american and 1 3
11 american revolution 4 2
12 american authors 2 2
13 american tribes 1 2
14 american football 2 2
15 american state 1 2
16 american military 4 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "american" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 african american 3 89
2 the american 1 26
3 of american 1 10
4 in american 1 7
5 an american 1 6
6 native american 2 6
7 larger american 2 3
8 outside american 2 3
9 and american 1 3
10 by american 1 2
11 north american 1 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "american" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 african 3 90
2 outside 2 6
3 larger 2 4
4 well 1 2
5 censorship 3 2
6 impress 2 2
7 war 1 2
8 alleged 2 2
9 place 1 2
10 part 1 2
11 years 1 2
12 figures 2 2
13 entrenched 2 2
14 later 2 2
15 authors 2 2
16 slavery 3 2
17 lived 1 2
18 future 2 2
19 book 1 2
20 mainstream 2 2
21 opportunities 5 2
22 growing 2 2
23 accepted 3 2
24 genre 2 2
25 prize 1 2
26 balkanization 5 2
27 throughout 2 2
28 claimed 1 2
29 revitalizing 5 2
30 neglected 3 2
31 appears 2 2
32 north 1 2
33 native 2 2
34 history 3 2
35 earned 1 2
36 president 3 2
37 botched 1 2
38 two 1 2
39 prominently 4 2
40 first 1 2
41 one 1 2
42 south 1 2
43 french 1 2
44 cause 1 2
45 transportation 4 2
46 majority 4 2
47 celebrated 4 2
48 ford 1 2
49 sent 1 2
50 epitomized 4 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "american".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 american's 4 1

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 21

Sound Alikes: 94

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 16

Words that Precede: 11

Statistically Associated: 50

Consonant Matches: 1

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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