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Term: surplus

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

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surplus

Definitions

Noun

  1. A quantity much larger than is needed
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "surplus".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 surplus 2 27
2 surpluses 3 4

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "surplus".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 serious 3 116
2 status 2 97
3 census 2 11
4 spacious 2 9
5 cypress 2 7
6 sadness 2 6
7 sickness 2 6
8 sameness 2 4
9 slowness 2 4
10 sethness 2 2
11 sinuous 2 2
12 specious 2 2
13 auspicious 3 1
14 citrus 2 1
15 seamless 2 1
16 slyness 2 1
17 sonorous 3 1
18 aeschelus 3 0
19 assiduous 3 0
20 ceraceous 3 0
21 cirrhosis 3 0
22 cygnus 2 0
23 cyprus 2 0
24 oscalus 3 0
25 santas 2 0
26 sardas 2 0
27 seixas 2 0
28 sergius 2 0
29 snafus 2 0
30 sorbus 2 0
31 soulless 2 0
32 stylus 2 0
33 tsongas 2 0
34 tsongas' 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 plus 1 72
2 surprise 2 51
3 supplies 2 47
4 surpluses 3 4
5 superfluous 3 3
6 surly 2 2
7 surpass 2 1
8 scurrilous 3 1
9 scrupulous 3 1
10 usurp 2 1
11 usurps 2 0
12 surles 2 0
13 purples 2 0
14 zulus 2 0
15 ursus 2 0
16 urals 2 0
17 ulmus 2 0
18 sures 1 0
19 supply's 2 0
20 suntrust 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 surplus value 2 5

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 of surplus 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 theories 2 2
2 conception 3 2
3 argued 2 2
4 source 1 2
5 believed 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

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Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 34

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 1

Statistically Associated: 5

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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Delta Flight Museum surplus sale draws crowds looking for aviation memorabilia
Mar 13, 2026 Atlanta News First
Vietnam produces world's largest trade surplus with US, Jan data shows
Mar 13, 2026 Reuters
Multiple AISD schools listed on surplus property list, what’s next?
Mar 13, 2026 KXAN Austin
Vietnam produces world's largest trade surplus with US, Jan data shows
Mar 13, 2026 Yahoo Finance
China exports sharply beat expectations as trade surplus in the first two months surges to highest on record
Mar 10, 2026 CNBC
Why Record-High Copper Prices Aren’t Forecast to Last
Jan 23, 2026 Goldman Sachs
As US influence wanes, the Chinese trade surplus strangles manufacturing across the globe | US economy
Jan 31, 2026 The Guardian

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