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Term: lung

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

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lung

Definitions

Noun

  1. Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "lung".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 lungs 1 20
2 lung 1 16
3 plunged 1 15
4 clung 1 14
5 flung 1 14
6 plunge 1 5
7 lunge 1 4
8 lunged 1 4
9 plunging 2 3
10 plunges 2 2
11 slung 1 2
12 aqualung 3 0
13 colunga 3 0
14 lunger 2 0
15 lunges 2 0
16 lungfish 2 0
17 lunging 2 0
18 lungren 2 0
19 mcclung 2 0
20 plunger 2 0
21 plunger's 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "lung".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 clung 1 14
2 flung 1 14
3 slung 1 2

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 lungs 1 20
2 flung 1 14
3 clung 1 14
4 lounge 1 9
5 plunge 1 5
6 lunge 1 4
7 lunged 1 4
8 slung 1 2
9 lug 1 2
10 luring 2 1
11 bluing 2 1
12 luong 2 0
13 leung 1 0
14 ung 1 0
15 lun 1 0
16 luongo 3 0
17 lunges 2 0
18 lunger 2 0
19 yung 1 0
20 ungo 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 lung cancer 2 70
2 lung carcinoma 4 32
3 lung cancers 2 11
4 lung function 2 3
5 lung is 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 cell lung 1 35
2 of lung 1 30
3 the lung 1 7
4 for lung 1 5
5 from lung 1 3
6 primary lung 3 2
7 in lung 1 2
8 with lung 1 2
9 developing lung 4 2
10 develop lung 3 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 cell 1 60
2 cause 1 8
3 primary 3 4
4 treatment 2 4
5 developing 4 4
6 develop 3 4
7 risk 1 4
8 incidence 3 4
9 types 1 2
10 occurrence 3 2
11 majority 4 2
12 peripheral 4 2
13 form 1 2
14 type 1 2
15 metastasis 4 2
16 suggest 2 2
17 many 2 2
18 symptoms 2 2
19 people 2 2
20 causes 2 2
21 contributor 4 2
22 evidence 3 2
23 increased 2 2
24 variety 4 2
25 including 3 2
26 formation 3 2
27 male 1 2
28 different 3 2
29 associated 5 2
30 suggestive 3 2
31 includes 2 2
32 lymphadenopathy 6 2
33 mimic 2 2
34 fighting 2 2
35 prevention 3 2
36 tests 1 2
37 programs 2 2
38 confirm 2 2
39 patient's 2 2
40 adequate 3 2
41 diagnosis 4 2
42 advanced 2 2
43 survival 3 2
44 death 1 2
45 dying 2 2
46 cases 2 2
47 factor 2 2
48 highest 2 2
49 women 2 2
50 aspects 2 2
51 malignant 3 2
52 smoking 2 2
53 link 1 2
54 amount 2 2
55 recognized 3 2
56 died 1 2
57 stage 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 long 1 752
2 long-range 2 42
3 long-term 2 32
4 long-distance 3 2
5 lang 1 1
6 long-overdue 4 1
7 leng 1 0
8 ling 1 0
9 long's 1 0
10 long-winded 3 0
11 lyng 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 21

Sound Alikes: 3

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 5

Words that Precede: 10

Statistically Associated: 57

Consonant Matches: 11

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

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