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Term: stem

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

  1. Term
  2. stem

stem

Definitions

Noun

  1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  2. A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
  3. Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
  4. The tube of a tobacco pipe
  5. Front part of a vessel or aircraft
  6. A turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

Verb

  1. Grow out of, have roots in, originate in
  2. Cause to point inward
  3. Stop the flow of a liquid
  4. Remove the stem from
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "stem".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 system 2 416
2 systems 2 129
3 stems 1 33
4 stem 1 30
5 systematic 4 18
6 subsystems 3 10
7 systematically 5 10
8 epistemology 6 3
9 stemmed 1 3
10 system's 2 3
11 systemic 3 3
12 subsystem 3 2
13 argosystem 4 0
14 argosystems 4 0
15 biosystem 4 0
16 biosystems 4 0
17 cablesystem 4 0
18 cablesystems 4 0
19 distemper 3 0
20 ecosystem 4 0
21 ecosystems 4 0
22 episteme 3 0
23 epistemic 4 0
24 gosornstem 3 0
25 microsystems 4 0
26 microsystems' 4 0
27 postema 3 0
28 stemberg 2 0
29 stembridge 2 0
30 stemen 2 0
31 stemler 2 0
32 stemlike 2 0
33 stemm 1 0
34 stemmer 2 0
35 stemming 2 0
36 stemmler 2 0
37 stempel 2 0
38 stempel's 2 0
39 stemper 2 0
40 stempien 2 0
41 stemple 2 0
42 stempler 2 0
43 stempler's 2 0
44 stemposts 2 0
45 systemat 3 0
46 systematics 4 0
47 systemhouse 3 0
48 systemhouse's 4 0
49 systemically 4 0
50 systemix 3 0
51 systemone 3 0
52 systems' 2 0
53 systemwide 3 0
54 techsystem 3 0
55 techsystems 3 0
56 telesystem 4 0
57 ultrasystem 4 0
58 ultrasystems 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "stem".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stemm 1 0
2 swem 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 them 1 1788
2 system 2 416
3 step 1 131
4 team 1 83
5 term 1 79
6 stream 1 51
7 stems 1 33
8 steam 1 17
9 esteem 2 5
10 stew 1 5
11 stemm 1 0
12 stemen 2 0
13 steamy 2 0
14 steams 1 0
15 ostrem 2 0
16 temp 1 0
17 teem 1 0
18 swem 1 0
19 stum 1 0
20 stet 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stem cells 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stam 1 0
2 stum 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 10

Fragments: 58

Sound Alikes: 2

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 2

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

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