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Term: ism

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

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ism

Definitions

Noun

  1. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "ism".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 communism 4 70
2 criticism 4 40
3 nationalism 5 35
4 mechanism 4 28
5 realism 3 24
6 socialism 4 20
7 mechanisms 4 18
8 liberalism 5 15
9 optimism 4 15
10 capitalism 5 14
11 dismissed 2 14
12 journalism 4 13
13 individualism 7 12
14 microorganisms 6 12
15 criticisms 4 11
16 cubism 3 11
17 protestantism 5 11
18 conservatism 5 10
19 antagonism 5 9
20 buddhism 3 9
21 evangelism 5 9
22 wisman 2 9
23 catholicism 5 8
24 dismal 2 8
25 magnetism 4 8
26 symbolism 4 8
27 dismissal 3 7
28 materialism 6 7
29 organisms 4 7
30 organism 4 6
31 patriotism 5 6
32 pessimism 4 6
33 despotism 4 5
34 dismay 2 5
35 dismiss 2 5
36 humanism 4 5
37 neutralism 4 5
38 skepticism 4 5
39 stoicism 4 5
40 baptism 3 4
41 colonialism 6 4
42 cynicism 4 4
43 dogmatism 4 4
44 fanaticism 5 4
45 favoritism 5 4
46 positivism 5 4
47 radicalism 5 4
48 republicanism 6 4
49 supernaturalism 7 4
50 taoism 3 4
51 anachronism 5 3
52 communism's 4 3
53 confucianism 5 3
54 dismaying 3 3
55 dismissing 3 3
56 egotism 4 3
57 expressionism 5 3
58 fascism 3 3
59 heroism 4 3
60 idealism 4 3
61 militarism 5 3
62 pacifism 4 3
63 parallelism 5 3
64 provincialism 5 3
65 rheumatism 4 3
66 sadism 3 3
67 totalitarianism 8 3
68 truism 3 3
69 activism 4 2
70 anachronisms 5 2
71 antagonisms 5 2
72 authoritarianism 8 2
73 autism 3 2
74 catechism 4 2
75 darwinism 4 2
76 dismally 3 2
77 dismembered 3 2
78 dismemberment 4 2
79 egalitarianism 8 2
80 emotionalism 6 2
81 empiricism 5 2
82 federalism 5 2
83 formalism 4 2
84 hinduism 4 2
85 imperialism 6 2
86 judaism 4 2
87 lyricism 4 2
88 mannerism 4 2
89 metabolism 5 2
90 modernism 4 2
91 mysticism 4 2
92 paternalism 5 2
93 pragmatism 4 2
94 professionalism 6 2
95 relativism 5 2
96 romanticism 5 2
97 sensationalism 6 2
98 urbanism 3 2
99 absenteeism 5 1
100 alcoholism 5 1
101 altruism 4 1
102 animism 4 1
103 anti-catholicism 7 1
104 arianism 5 1
105 athleticism 4 1
106 baptismal 3 1
107 baptisms 3 1
108 bismarck 2 1
109 bismark 2 1
110 bolshevism 4 1
111 careerism 4 1
112 charisma 3 1
113 commercialism 5 1
114 defeatism 4 1
115 determinism 5 1
116 dismayed 2 1
117 dismisses 3 1
118 dualism 4 1
119 electromagnetism 7 1
120 euphemism 4 1
121 feudalism 4 1
122 fundamentalism 6 1
123 hedonism 4 1
124 hooliganism 5 1
125 impressionism 5 1
126 irredentism 5 1
127 isolationism 6 1
128 mannerisms 4 1
129 methodism 4 1
130 microorganism 6 1
131 mismanaged 3 1
132 monasticism 5 1
133 naturalism 5 1
134 nazism 3 1
135 negativism 5 1
136 nihilism 4 1
137 opportunism 5 1
138 organismic 4 1
139 ostracism 4 1
140 paganism 4 1
141 perfectionism 5 1
142 pietism 3 1
143 plagiarism 4 1
144 pluralism 4 1
145 schism 2 1
146 secularism 5 1
147 seismic 2 1
148 seismological 5 1
149 surrealism 4 1
150 synergism 4 1
151 vandalism 4 1
152 vigilantism 5 1
153 zionism 4 1
154 abolitionism 6 0
155 absolutism 5 0
156 adventurism 5 0
157 agrarianism 6 0
158 amateurism 5 0
159 americanism 6 0
160 aneurism 4 0
161 anglo-catholicism 7 0
162 anthropomorphism 6 0
163 antidisestablishmentarianism 12 0
164 antismoking 4 0
165 aphorism 4 0
166 aphorisms 4 0
167 astigmatism 5 0
168 atavism 4 0
169 atheism 3 0
170 ba'athism 2 0
171 barbarism 4 0
172 bilingualism 5 0
173 bismarck's 2 0
174 bismuth 2 0
175 blepharisma 4 0
176 boosterism 4 0
177 botulism 4 0
178 buchananism 5 0
179 cannibalism 5 0
180 capitalism's 5 0
181 centralism 4 0
182 charismatic 4 0
183 charismatics 4 0
184 chauvinism 4 0
185 chism 2 0
186 chisman 2 0
187 chismar 2 0
188 chrisman 2 0
189 chrismer 4 0
190 chrismon 2 0
191 classicism 4 0
192 collectivism 5 0
193 conservativism 6 0
194 consumerism 5 0
195 corporatism 5 0
196 counterterrorism 6 0
197 creationism 5 0
198 crisman 2 0
199 crismon 2 0
200 cronyism 4 0
201 culturalism 5 0
202 dadisman 3 0
203 dandyism 4 0
204 deism 3 0
205 diamagnetism 6 0
206 diastrophism 5 0
207 dimorphism 4 0
208 dismantle 3 0
209 dismantled 3 0
210 dismantlement 4 0
211 dismantles 3 0
212 dismantling 4 0
213 dismays 2 0
214 dismember 3 0
215 dismembering 4 0
216 dismissals 3 0
217 dismissive 3 0
218 dismore 2 0
219 dismuke 2 0
220 dismukes 2 0
221 dismutase 3 0
222 druidism 4 0
223 dualisms 4 0
224 dwarfism 3 0
225 dynamism 4 0
226 egoism 4 0
227 eisman 2 0
228 elitism 4 0
229 embolism 4 0
230 embolisms 4 0
231 entrepreneurialism 8 0
232 environmentalism 7 0
233 ergotism 4 0
234 erisman 3 0
235 eroticism 5 0
236 escapism 4 0
237 ethnocentrism 5 0
238 euphemisms 4 0
239 exorcism 4 0
240 exorcisms 4 0
241 expansionism 5 0
242 extremism 4 0
243 factionalism 5 0
244 fatalism 4 0
245 feminism 4 0
246 ferromagnetism 6 0
247 fetishism 4 0
248 futurism 4 0
249 geotropism 5 0
250 gismondi 3 0
251 gnosticism 4 0
252 gradualism 5 0
253 grismer 4 0
254 grismore 2 0
255 heisman 2 0
256 heisman's 2 0
257 hellenism 4 0
258 helotism 4 0
259 hypnotism 4 0
260 hypnotism's 4 0
261 illusionism 5 0
262 incrementalism 5 0
263 intellectualism 7 0
264 internationalism 7 0
265 interventionism 6 0
266 ism 2 0
267 ismael 2 0
268 ismail 2 0
269 isms 2 0
270 isomorphism 5 0
271 jainism 3 0
272 jansenism 4 0
273 jingoism 4 0
274 journalism's 4 0
275 judaism's 4 0
276 kismayu 3 0
277 kismet 2 0
278 kismets 2 0
279 kreisman 2 0
280 leftism 3 0
281 legalism 4 0
282 leninism 4 0
283 lesbianism 4 0
284 liberalism's 5 0
285 lisman 2 0
286 machismo 3 0
287 malloseismic 4 0
288 marxism 3 0
289 masochism 4 0
290 mccarthyism 5 0
291 mercantilism 5 0
292 mesmerism 4 0
293 metabolisms 5 0
294 methodisms 4 0
295 minimalism 5 0
296 mismanage 3 0
297 mismanagement 4 0
298 mismanages 4 0
299 mismanaging 4 0
300 mismatch 2 0
301 mismatched 2 0
302 mismatches 3 0
303 modalism 4 0
304 monetarism 5 0
305 monism 3 0
306 monisms 3 0
307 monotheism 5 0
308 moralism 4 0
309 mormonism 3 0
310 multiculturalism 7 0
311 multilateralism 7 0
312 mutualism 5 0
313 naismith 2 0
314 narcissism 4 0
315 nativism 4 0
316 neopositivism 7 0
317 nepotism 4 0
318 nestorianism 6 0
319 numismatic 4 0
320 numismatics 4 0
321 numismatist 4 0
322 numismatists 4 0
323 obstructionism 5 0
324 organism's 4 0
325 overoptimism 6 0
326 parkinsonism 5 0
327 parliamentarianism 8 0
328 parochialism 6 0
329 pastoralism 5 0
330 peronism 4 0
331 pharisaism 5 0
332 pleomorphism 4 0
333 polymorphism 4 0
334 polytheism 5 0
335 populism 4 0
336 prism 2 0
337 prismatic 3 0
338 prisms 2 0
339 protectionism 5 0
340 pugilism 4 0
341 puritanism 5 0
342 puritanisms 5 0
343 racialism 4 0
344 racism 3 0
345 reaganism 4 0
346 recidivism 5 0
347 reisman 2 0
348 revisionism 5 0
349 satanism 4 0
350 schisms 2 0
351 scism 2 0
352 sectarianism 6 0
353 seismologist 4 0
354 seismologists 4 0
355 seismology 4 0
356 semitism 4 0
357 separatism 5 0
358 sexism 3 0
359 shamanism 3 0
360 spiritualism 5 0
361 stalinism 4 0
362 statism 3 0
363 stigmatism 4 0
364 surrealism's 4 0
365 surrealisms 4 0
366 talisman 3 0
367 territorialism 7 0
368 terrorism 4 0
369 thatcherism 4 0
370 theism 3 0
371 tokenism 4 0
372 tourism 3 0
373 tribalism 3 0
374 trism 2 0
375 turismo 3 0
376 unilateralism 7 0
377 unionism 4 0
378 vegetarianism 7 0
379 voluntarism 5 0
380 volunteerism 5 0
381 voyeurism 4 0
382 weisman 2 0
383 weismann 2 0
384 whisman 2 0
385 wismer 3 0
386 yogiism 3 0
387 yogiisms 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "ism".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 rhythm 2 22
2 serum 2 18
3 theorem 2 18
4 chisholm 2 3
5 gingham 2 2
6 isham 2 1
7 wickham 2 1
8 willem 2 1
9 busam 2 0
10 bynum 2 0
11 byram 2 0
12 byrum 2 0
13 chisam 2 0
14 chism 2 0
15 chisom 2 0
16 chisum 2 0
17 chittum 2 0
18 dingham 2 0
19 gillam 2 0
20 gillum 2 0
21 hickam 2 0
22 hingham 2 0
23 hisham 2 0
24 ingham 2 0
25 issam 2 0
26 killam 2 0
27 kissam 2 0
28 linam 2 0
29 lipham 2 0
30 lynam 2 0
31 milam 2 0
32 milem 2 0
33 milum 2 0
34 mitcham 2 0
35 mitchum 2 0
36 niccum 2 0
37 nickum 2 0
38 nycum 2 0
39 nydam 2 0
40 sissom 2 0
41 whigham 2 0
42 whitham 2 0
43 willam 2 0
44 wisham 2 0
45 witham 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 is 1 10109
2 wisdom 2 44
3 wisman 2 9
4 islam 2 3
5 isham 2 1
6 isom 2 0
7 isms 2 0
8 im 1 0
9 trism 2 0
10 scism 2 0
11 prism 2 0
12 issam 2 0
13 deism 3 0
14 chism 2 0
15 zim 1 0
16 yim 1 0
17 wismer 3 0
18 wisham 2 0
19 wis 1 0
20 vis 1 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

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Statistically Associated

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

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Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 387

Sound Alikes: 45

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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Manufacturing advanced at fastest pace in four years, ISM data shows
Jun 1, 2026 The Real Economy Blog
US Manufacturing Activity Grew at Fastest Rate in More Than Four Years, July ISM Report Shows
Aug 3, 2026 IndustryWeek
Press conference becomes huge rally for ISM president taken by ICE
Apr 3, 2026 Wisconsin Muslim Journal
May manufacturing output grows for fifth consecutive month, reports ISM
Jun 1, 2026 Logistics Management
ISM wraps up the value chain
Aug 25, 2026 Food and Drink Technology

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