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Term: sputum

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

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sputum

Definitions

Noun

  1. Expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "sputum".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sputum 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "sputum".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stadium 3 25
2 symptom 2 5
3 sadism 3 3
4 stratum 2 3
5 stardom 2 2
6 sanctum 2 0
7 seastrom 2 0
8 steadham 2 0
9 stidham 2 0
10 stockham 2 0
11 swetnam 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sum 1 45
2 spectrum 2 14
3 stumps 1 5
4 stump 1 2
5 spurt 1 2
6 spout 1 1
7 stum 1 0
8 sturm 1 0
9 stumm 1 0
10 strum 1 0
11 utsumi 3 0
12 suu 3 0
13 suture 2 0
14 susumu 3 0
15 stumpp 1 0
16 stumpo 2 0
17 stumph 1 0
18 stumpf 1 0
19 stumpe 1 0
20 stumbo 2 0

Words That Follow

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Words That Precede

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Statistically Associated

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Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 11

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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A Haemophilus sp. dominates the microbiota of sputum from UK adults with non-severe community acquired pneumonia and chronic lung disease
Feb 20, 2019 Nature
Sputum smears quality inspection using an ensemble feature extraction approach
Feb 9, 2024 Frontiers
Metagenomics approach to predict antibiotic resistance genes in sputum samples of adult people with cystic fibrosis: a pilot study
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An Infrequent Cause of Black Sputum
Aug 20, 2025 Wiley Online Library
Sputum metagenomics in bronchiectasis reveals pan-European variation: an EMBARC-BRIDGE study
Aug 23, 2025 ERS - European Respiratory Society

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