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Term: payola

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

  1. Term
  2. payola

payola

Definitions

Noun

  1. A bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "payola".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 payola 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "payola".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 perala 3 0
2 perella 3 0
3 pobla 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 paula 2 19
2 payroll 2 16
3 polar 2 7
4 polka 2 1
5 phyla 2 1
6 yola 2 0
7 spatola 3 0
8 payload 2 0
9 paavola 3 0
10 dipaola 4 0
11 depaola 3 0
12 polan 2 0
13 polak 2 0
14 pobla 2 0
15 payna 2 0
16 payco 2 0
17 payan 2 0
18 paolo 2 0
19 paoli 3 0
20 palma 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 people 2 847
2 partly 2 49
3 panels 2 46
4 purely 2 30
5 pupils 2 25
6 pamela 3 19
7 people's 2 19
8 powell 2 15
9 purple 2 13
10 poorly 2 11
11 puzzle 2 10
12 parole 2 5
13 petals 2 4
14 pearls 1 2
15 perils 2 2
16 poodle 2 2
17 powell's 2 2
18 primly 2 2
19 paddle 2 1
20 pamela's 3 1
21 pearly 2 1
22 pebble 2 1
23 pedals 2 1
24 peddle 2 1
25 philly 2 1
26 pickle 2 1
27 portly 2 1
28 puddle 2 1
29 padula 3 0
30 pagels 2 0
31 paille 1 0
32 pajole 2 0
33 pajoli 3 0
34 pakula 3 0
35 panels' 2 0
36 pangle 2 0
37 pantle 2 0
38 papale 3 0
39 pearle 1 0
40 pekala 3 0
41 pemble 2 0
42 penile 2 0
43 pepple 2 0
44 perala 3 0
45 percle 2 0
46 pesola 3 0
47 piddle 2 0
48 piggly 2 0
49 pikula 3 0
50 pimple 2 0
51 pinola 3 0
52 pirkle 2 0
53 pirtle 2 0
54 pittle 2 0
55 pixels 2 0
56 podell 2 0
57 podoll 2 0
58 popple 2 0
59 postle 2 0
60 potala 3 0
61 pottle 2 0
62 pralle 1 0
63 preble 2 0
64 priola 3 0
65 priolo 3 0
66 proulx 1 0
67 puebla 2 0
68 pueblo 2 0
69 purile 2 0
70 purtle 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 3

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 70

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

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Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Spotify of Engaging in ‘Payola’
Nov 7, 2025 The Music Network
Payola Laws: The Gilding Of Golden Tonsils – OpEd
Jan 23, 2026 Eurasia Review
Rolling Stone Charts — The End of Payola?
Oct 1, 2019 Red Hook Star-Revue
Want to Get on the Radio? Have $50,000?
Aug 6, 2019 Rolling Stone
Trump’s IRS payola for churches will backfire on evangelicals
Jul 11, 2025 Salon.com
Music streaming services targeted as Texas Attorney General launches payola investigation
Apr 24, 2026 completemusicupdate.com
Spotify calls ‘payola’ lawsuit ‘nonsense’ as class action targets playlist practices
Nov 6, 2025 Music Business Worldwide

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