A big semicolon

Term: colon

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

  1. Term
  2. colon

colon

Definitions

Noun

  1. The part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
  2. The basic unit of money in el salvador; equal to 100 centavos
  3. The basic unit of money in costa rica; equal to 100 centimos
  4. A port city at the caribbean entrance to the panama canal
  5. A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "colon".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 colonel 2 37
2 colony 3 28
3 colonial 4 21
4 colonies 3 7
5 colonialism 6 4
6 colonnade 3 3
7 colon 2 2
8 colonel's 2 2
9 colonna 3 2
10 colonels 2 1
11 colonialist 5 1
12 colonials 4 1
13 colonists 3 1
14 colonized 3 1
15 colonus 3 1
16 colony's 3 1
17 colonia 4 0
18 colonial's 4 0
19 colonialists 5 0
20 colonist 3 0
21 colonization 5 0
22 colonize 3 0
23 colonizer 4 0
24 colonizers 4 0
25 semi-colon 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "colon".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 common 2 223
2 kitchen 2 90
3 occasion 3 58
4 cousin 2 51
5 cotton 2 38
6 cabin 2 23
7 caution 2 19
8 curtain 2 13
9 cushion 2 8
10 cannon 2 7
11 kennan 2 7
12 canon 2 5
13 kitten 2 5
14 cotten 2 4
15 karen 2 3
16 keegan 2 3
17 conan 2 2
18 cowman 2 2
19 callan 2 1
20 kazan 2 1
21 ackerman 3 0
22 ackermann 3 0
23 ackerson 3 0
24 akerman 3 0
25 akerson 3 0
26 akkerman 3 0
27 aukerman 3 0
28 auxton 2 0
29 axton 2 0
30 caban 2 0
31 cadden 2 0
32 cagan 2 0
33 cahan 2 0
34 caison 2 0
35 caisson 2 0
36 cajun 2 0
37 calan 2 0
38 callen 2 0
39 caman 2 0
40 cammon 2 0
41 canaan 2 0
42 canan 2 0
43 cannan 2 0
44 capen 2 0
45 carron 2 0
46 cashen 2 0
47 cashon 2 0
48 cason 2 0
49 casson 2 0
50 caton 2 0
51 catton 2 0
52 caughman 2 0
53 caughron 2 0
54 cauthen 2 0
55 cauthon 2 0
56 cavan 2 0
57 caven 2 0
58 cawthon 2 0
59 cayman 2 0
60 cayson 2 0
61 cayton 2 0
62 charon 2 0
63 coben 2 0
64 cogan 2 0
65 cohan 2 0
66 cohron 2 0
67 colan 2 0
68 colen 2 0
69 collen 2 0
70 coman 2 0
71 connan 2 0
72 connon 2 0
73 coogan 2 0
74 coonan 2 0
75 copen 2 0
76 coren 2 0
77 coulon 2 0
78 coven 2 0
79 cowden 2 0
80 cryan 2 0
81 cullan 2 0
82 cullen 2 0
83 cunnane 2 0
84 cusson 2 0
85 cyran 2 0
86 eckerman 3 0
87 eckerson 3 0
88 ecogen 3 0
89 exton 2 0
90 ixion 3 0
91 kaden 2 0
92 kagan 2 0
93 kalan 2 0
94 kalen 2 0
95 kallen 2 0
96 kaman 2 0
97 kamman 2 0
98 kanan 2 0
99 kannan 2 0
100 kanon 2 0
101 karan 2 0
102 karon 2 0
103 karren 2 0
104 kassan 2 0
105 kassen 2 0
106 kasson 2 0
107 katen 2 0
108 kathan 2 0
109 kavan 2 0
110 kaydon 2 0
111 kazen 2 0
112 keagan 2 0
113 keaton 2 0
114 keelan 2 0
115 keenan 2 0
116 keeran 2 0
117 keeton 2 0
118 kellan 2 0
119 kellen 2 0
120 kenan 2 0
121 kennon 2 0
122 kerman 2 0
123 kernan 2 0
124 kernen 2 0
125 kerwen 2 0
126 kessen 2 0
127 kesten 2 0
128 ketchen 2 0
129 kevan 2 0
130 keven 2 0
131 keylon 2 0
132 keyton 2 0
133 kienan 2 0
134 kieran 2 0
135 kievan 2 0
136 kilen 2 0
137 killen 2 0
138 kingen 2 0
139 kinnan 2 0
140 kirchen 2 0
141 kirgan 2 0
142 kirnan 2 0
143 kirton 2 0
144 kirven 2 0
145 kisan 2 0
146 kissane 2 0
147 kochan 2 0
148 kocian 2 0
149 koehnen 2 0
150 koenen 2 0
151 koeppen 2 0
152 kogan 2 0
153 kohnen 2 0
154 kokan 2 0
155 koken 2 0
156 koman 2 0
157 konen 2 0
158 kooken 2 0
159 koppen 2 0
160 koren 2 0
161 kosan 2 0
162 koven 2 0
163 kuennen 2 0
164 kuiken 2 0
165 kurman 2 0
166 kyron 2 0
167 ockerman 3 0
168 okasan 3 0
169 okeson 3 0
170 oxman 2 0
171 oxton 2 0
172 scadden 2 0
173 scallan 2 0
174 scallon 2 0
175 scammon 2 0
176 scotten 2 0
177 scotton 2 0
178 scouten 2 0
179 scowden 2 0
180 skillen 2 0
181 skogen 2 0
182 skousen 2 0
183 skowron 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 colonel 2 37
2 colony 3 28
3 cologne 2 9
4 colonna 3 2
5 coulson 2 1
6 colonus 3 1
7 coulon 2 0
8 conlon 2 0
9 colton 2 0
10 colson 2 0
11 coon 1 0
12 colo 2 0
13 colston 2 0
14 colonia 4 0
15 colodny 3 0
16 coleson 3 0
17 colborn 2 0
18 coalson 2 0
19 solon 2 0
20 rolon 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 calan 2 0
2 colan 2 0
3 colen 2 0
4 colin 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 25

Sound Alikes: 183

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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