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Term: south

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

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south

Definitions

Noun

  1. The region of the united states lying to the south of the mason-dixon line
  2. The southern states that seceded from the united states in 1861
  3. The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
  4. A location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
  5. The direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point

Adjective

  1. Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south

Adverb

  1. In a southern direction
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "south".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 south 1 240
2 southern 2 137
3 southeast 2 28
4 southerners 3 26
5 southwest 2 16
6 southerner 3 8
7 southward 2 8
8 south's 1 5
9 southeastern 3 5
10 southampton 3 2
11 southwestern 3 2
12 southbound 2 1
13 southfield 2 1
14 southland 2 1
15 souths 1 1
16 amsouth 2 0
17 bellsouth 2 0
18 bellsouth's 2 0
19 firstsouth 2 0
20 healthsouth 2 0
21 southall 2 0
22 southam 2 0
23 southard 2 0
24 southdown 2 0
25 southdown's 2 0
26 southeast's 2 0
27 southeastern's 3 0
28 souther 2 0
29 southerland 3 0
30 southerly 3 0
31 southern's 2 0
32 southernmost 3 0
33 southernnet 3 0
34 southernnet's 3 0
35 southers 2 0
36 southgate 2 0
37 southin 2 0
38 southland's 2 0
39 southlife 2 0
40 southmark 2 0
41 southmark's 2 0
42 southold 2 0
43 southport 2 0
44 southside 2 0
45 southstate 2 0
46 southwall 2 0
47 southway 2 0
48 southwell 2 0
49 southwest's 2 0
50 southwick 2 0
51 southwood 2 0
52 southworth 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "south".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mouth 1 103
2 youth 1 82
3 shout 1 8
4 scout 1 8
5 south's 1 5
6 stout 1 3
7 souths 1 1
8 spout 1 1
9 snout 1 1
10 strouth 1 0
11 southin 2 0
12 souther 2 0
13 southam 2 0
14 amsouth 2 0
15 sutch 1 0
16 souto 2 0
17 sloth 1 0
18 routh 1 0
19 louth 1 0
20 southway 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 south africa 3 29
2 south of 1 15
3 south african 3 10
4 south america 4 7
5 south dakota 3 6
6 south and 1 5
7 south africans 3 5
8 south pole 1 3
9 south poles 1 2
10 south polar 2 2
11 south pacific 3 2
12 south wales 1 2
13 south korea 3 2
14 south india 3 2
15 south liverpool 3 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the south 1 42
2 in south 1 22
3 group south 1 10
4 and south 1 9
5 of south 1 7
6 to south 1 6
7 from south 1 3
8 new south 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 north 1 4
2 equator 3 2
3 uranus 3 2
4 towards 2 2
5 near 1 2
6 bright 1 2
7 revealed 2 2
8 islands 2 2
9 american 4 2
10 hours 2 2
11 utah 2 2
12 formation 3 2
13 boise 2 2
14 identified 4 2
15 new 1 2
16 humpback 2 2
17 countries 2 2
18 performed 2 2
19 famous 2 2
20 carolina 4 2
21 like 1 2
22 extended 3 2
23 around 2 2
24 assisting 3 2
25 earlier 3 2
26 virtually 4 2
27 basins 2 2
28 pressing 2 2
29 guinea 2 2
30 unified 3 2
31 korean 3 2
32 immediately 5 2
33 services 3 2
34 yanomami 4 2
35 organized 3 2
36 dispatched 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 smith 1 54
2 sixth 1 26
3 smith's 1 5
4 south's 1 5
5 swath 1 1
6 seith 1 0
7 sheth 1 0
8 sloth 1 0
9 smyth 1 0
10 spath 1 0
11 speth 1 0
12 stith 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 7

Fragments: 52

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 15

Words that Precede: 8

Statistically Associated: 36

Consonant Matches: 12

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

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