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Term: ism

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

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ism

Definitions

Noun

  1. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "ism".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 communism 4 70
2 criticism 4 40
3 nationalism 5 35
4 mechanism 4 28
5 realism 3 24
6 socialism 4 20
7 mechanisms 4 18
8 liberalism 5 15
9 optimism 4 15
10 capitalism 5 14
11 dismissed 2 14
12 journalism 4 13
13 individualism 7 12
14 microorganisms 6 12
15 criticisms 4 11
16 cubism 3 11
17 protestantism 5 11
18 conservatism 5 10
19 antagonism 5 9
20 buddhism 3 9
21 evangelism 5 9
22 wisman 2 9
23 catholicism 5 8
24 dismal 2 8
25 magnetism 4 8
26 symbolism 4 8
27 dismissal 3 7
28 materialism 6 7
29 organisms 4 7
30 organism 4 6
31 patriotism 5 6
32 pessimism 4 6
33 despotism 4 5
34 dismay 2 5
35 dismiss 2 5
36 humanism 4 5
37 neutralism 4 5
38 skepticism 4 5
39 stoicism 4 5
40 baptism 3 4
41 colonialism 6 4
42 cynicism 4 4
43 dogmatism 4 4
44 fanaticism 5 4
45 favoritism 5 4
46 positivism 5 4
47 radicalism 5 4
48 republicanism 6 4
49 supernaturalism 7 4
50 taoism 3 4
51 anachronism 5 3
52 communism's 4 3
53 confucianism 5 3
54 dismaying 3 3
55 dismissing 3 3
56 egotism 4 3
57 expressionism 5 3
58 fascism 3 3
59 heroism 4 3
60 idealism 4 3
61 militarism 5 3
62 pacifism 4 3
63 parallelism 5 3
64 provincialism 5 3
65 rheumatism 4 3
66 sadism 3 3
67 totalitarianism 8 3
68 truism 3 3
69 activism 4 2
70 anachronisms 5 2
71 antagonisms 5 2
72 authoritarianism 8 2
73 autism 3 2
74 catechism 4 2
75 darwinism 4 2
76 dismally 3 2
77 dismembered 3 2
78 dismemberment 4 2
79 egalitarianism 8 2
80 emotionalism 6 2
81 empiricism 5 2
82 federalism 5 2
83 formalism 4 2
84 hinduism 4 2
85 imperialism 6 2
86 judaism 4 2
87 lyricism 4 2
88 mannerism 4 2
89 metabolism 5 2
90 modernism 4 2
91 mysticism 4 2
92 paternalism 5 2
93 pragmatism 4 2
94 professionalism 6 2
95 relativism 5 2
96 romanticism 5 2
97 sensationalism 6 2
98 urbanism 3 2
99 absenteeism 5 1
100 alcoholism 5 1
101 altruism 4 1
102 animism 4 1
103 anti-catholicism 7 1
104 arianism 5 1
105 athleticism 4 1
106 baptismal 3 1
107 baptisms 3 1
108 bismarck 2 1
109 bismark 2 1
110 bolshevism 4 1
111 careerism 4 1
112 charisma 3 1
113 commercialism 5 1
114 defeatism 4 1
115 determinism 5 1
116 dismayed 2 1
117 dismisses 3 1
118 dualism 4 1
119 electromagnetism 7 1
120 euphemism 4 1
121 feudalism 4 1
122 fundamentalism 6 1
123 hedonism 4 1
124 hooliganism 5 1
125 impressionism 5 1
126 irredentism 5 1
127 isolationism 6 1
128 mannerisms 4 1
129 methodism 4 1
130 microorganism 6 1
131 mismanaged 3 1
132 monasticism 5 1
133 naturalism 5 1
134 nazism 3 1
135 negativism 5 1
136 nihilism 4 1
137 opportunism 5 1
138 organismic 4 1
139 ostracism 4 1
140 paganism 4 1
141 perfectionism 5 1
142 pietism 3 1
143 plagiarism 4 1
144 pluralism 4 1
145 schism 2 1
146 secularism 5 1
147 seismic 2 1
148 seismological 5 1
149 surrealism 4 1
150 synergism 4 1
151 vandalism 4 1
152 vigilantism 5 1
153 zionism 4 1
154 abolitionism 6 0
155 absolutism 5 0
156 adventurism 5 0
157 agrarianism 6 0
158 amateurism 5 0
159 americanism 6 0
160 aneurism 4 0
161 anglo-catholicism 7 0
162 anthropomorphism 6 0
163 antidisestablishmentarianism 12 0
164 antismoking 4 0
165 aphorism 4 0
166 aphorisms 4 0
167 astigmatism 5 0
168 atavism 4 0
169 atheism 3 0
170 ba'athism 2 0
171 barbarism 4 0
172 bilingualism 5 0
173 bismarck's 2 0
174 bismuth 2 0
175 blepharisma 4 0
176 boosterism 4 0
177 botulism 4 0
178 buchananism 5 0
179 cannibalism 5 0
180 capitalism's 5 0
181 centralism 4 0
182 charismatic 4 0
183 charismatics 4 0
184 chauvinism 4 0
185 chism 2 0
186 chisman 2 0
187 chismar 2 0
188 chrisman 2 0
189 chrismer 4 0
190 chrismon 2 0
191 classicism 4 0
192 collectivism 5 0
193 conservativism 6 0
194 consumerism 5 0
195 corporatism 5 0
196 counterterrorism 6 0
197 creationism 5 0
198 crisman 2 0
199 crismon 2 0
200 cronyism 4 0
201 culturalism 5 0
202 dadisman 3 0
203 dandyism 4 0
204 deism 3 0
205 diamagnetism 6 0
206 diastrophism 5 0
207 dimorphism 4 0
208 dismantle 3 0
209 dismantled 3 0
210 dismantlement 4 0
211 dismantles 3 0
212 dismantling 4 0
213 dismays 2 0
214 dismember 3 0
215 dismembering 4 0
216 dismissals 3 0
217 dismissive 3 0
218 dismore 2 0
219 dismuke 2 0
220 dismukes 2 0
221 dismutase 3 0
222 druidism 4 0
223 dualisms 4 0
224 dwarfism 3 0
225 dynamism 4 0
226 egoism 4 0
227 eisman 2 0
228 elitism 4 0
229 embolism 4 0
230 embolisms 4 0
231 entrepreneurialism 8 0
232 environmentalism 7 0
233 ergotism 4 0
234 erisman 3 0
235 eroticism 5 0
236 escapism 4 0
237 ethnocentrism 5 0
238 euphemisms 4 0
239 exorcism 4 0
240 exorcisms 4 0
241 expansionism 5 0
242 extremism 4 0
243 factionalism 5 0
244 fatalism 4 0
245 feminism 4 0
246 ferromagnetism 6 0
247 fetishism 4 0
248 futurism 4 0
249 geotropism 5 0
250 gismondi 3 0
251 gnosticism 4 0
252 gradualism 5 0
253 grismer 4 0
254 grismore 2 0
255 heisman 2 0
256 heisman's 2 0
257 hellenism 4 0
258 helotism 4 0
259 hypnotism 4 0
260 hypnotism's 4 0
261 illusionism 5 0
262 incrementalism 5 0
263 intellectualism 7 0
264 internationalism 7 0
265 interventionism 6 0
266 ism 2 0
267 ismael 2 0
268 ismail 2 0
269 isms 2 0
270 isomorphism 5 0
271 jainism 3 0
272 jansenism 4 0
273 jingoism 4 0
274 journalism's 4 0
275 judaism's 4 0
276 kismayu 3 0
277 kismet 2 0
278 kismets 2 0
279 kreisman 2 0
280 leftism 3 0
281 legalism 4 0
282 leninism 4 0
283 lesbianism 4 0
284 liberalism's 5 0
285 lisman 2 0
286 machismo 3 0
287 malloseismic 4 0
288 marxism 3 0
289 masochism 4 0
290 mccarthyism 5 0
291 mercantilism 5 0
292 mesmerism 4 0
293 metabolisms 5 0
294 methodisms 4 0
295 minimalism 5 0
296 mismanage 3 0
297 mismanagement 4 0
298 mismanages 4 0
299 mismanaging 4 0
300 mismatch 2 0
301 mismatched 2 0
302 mismatches 3 0
303 modalism 4 0
304 monetarism 5 0
305 monism 3 0
306 monisms 3 0
307 monotheism 5 0
308 moralism 4 0
309 mormonism 3 0
310 multiculturalism 7 0
311 multilateralism 7 0
312 mutualism 5 0
313 naismith 2 0
314 narcissism 4 0
315 nativism 4 0
316 neopositivism 7 0
317 nepotism 4 0
318 nestorianism 6 0
319 numismatic 4 0
320 numismatics 4 0
321 numismatist 4 0
322 numismatists 4 0
323 obstructionism 5 0
324 organism's 4 0
325 overoptimism 6 0
326 parkinsonism 5 0
327 parliamentarianism 8 0
328 parochialism 6 0
329 pastoralism 5 0
330 peronism 4 0
331 pharisaism 5 0
332 pleomorphism 4 0
333 polymorphism 4 0
334 polytheism 5 0
335 populism 4 0
336 prism 2 0
337 prismatic 3 0
338 prisms 2 0
339 protectionism 5 0
340 pugilism 4 0
341 puritanism 5 0
342 puritanisms 5 0
343 racialism 4 0
344 racism 3 0
345 reaganism 4 0
346 recidivism 5 0
347 reisman 2 0
348 revisionism 5 0
349 satanism 4 0
350 schisms 2 0
351 scism 2 0
352 sectarianism 6 0
353 seismologist 4 0
354 seismologists 4 0
355 seismology 4 0
356 semitism 4 0
357 separatism 5 0
358 sexism 3 0
359 shamanism 3 0
360 spiritualism 5 0
361 stalinism 4 0
362 statism 3 0
363 stigmatism 4 0
364 surrealism's 4 0
365 surrealisms 4 0
366 talisman 3 0
367 territorialism 7 0
368 terrorism 4 0
369 thatcherism 4 0
370 theism 3 0
371 tokenism 4 0
372 tourism 3 0
373 tribalism 3 0
374 trism 2 0
375 turismo 3 0
376 unilateralism 7 0
377 unionism 4 0
378 vegetarianism 7 0
379 voluntarism 5 0
380 volunteerism 5 0
381 voyeurism 4 0
382 weisman 2 0
383 weismann 2 0
384 whisman 2 0
385 wismer 3 0
386 yogiism 3 0
387 yogiisms 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "ism".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 rhythm 2 22
2 serum 2 18
3 theorem 2 18
4 chisholm 2 3
5 gingham 2 2
6 isham 2 1
7 wickham 2 1
8 willem 2 1
9 busam 2 0
10 bynum 2 0
11 byram 2 0
12 byrum 2 0
13 chisam 2 0
14 chism 2 0
15 chisom 2 0
16 chisum 2 0
17 chittum 2 0
18 dingham 2 0
19 gillam 2 0
20 gillum 2 0
21 hickam 2 0
22 hingham 2 0
23 hisham 2 0
24 ingham 2 0
25 issam 2 0
26 killam 2 0
27 kissam 2 0
28 linam 2 0
29 lipham 2 0
30 lynam 2 0
31 milam 2 0
32 milem 2 0
33 milum 2 0
34 mitcham 2 0
35 mitchum 2 0
36 niccum 2 0
37 nickum 2 0
38 nycum 2 0
39 nydam 2 0
40 sissom 2 0
41 whigham 2 0
42 whitham 2 0
43 willam 2 0
44 wisham 2 0
45 witham 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 is 1 10109
2 wisdom 2 44
3 wisman 2 9
4 islam 2 3
5 isham 2 1
6 isom 2 0
7 isms 2 0
8 im 1 0
9 trism 2 0
10 scism 2 0
11 prism 2 0
12 issam 2 0
13 deism 3 0
14 chism 2 0
15 zim 1 0
16 yim 1 0
17 wismer 3 0
18 wisham 2 0
19 wis 1 0
20 vis 1 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

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Statistically Associated

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

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Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 387

Sound Alikes: 45

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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