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Term: public

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

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  2. public

public

Definitions

Noun

  1. People in general considered as a whole
  2. A body of people sharing some common interest

Adjective

  1. Not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "public".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 public 2 438
2 publication 4 55
3 republican 4 54
4 republic 3 43
5 republicans 4 29
6 publicity 4 27
7 publicly 3 27
8 publications 4 23
9 public's 2 6
10 publicized 3 6
11 republics 3 6
12 republicanism 6 4
13 public-spirited 5 3
14 publicizing 4 2
15 non-public 3 1
16 publically 3 1
17 publicists 3 1
18 republicans' 4 1
19 interpublic 4 0
20 interpublic's 4 0
21 nonpublic 3 0
22 public-spirit 4 0
23 public-spiritedness 6 0
24 publication's 4 0
25 publications' 4 0
26 publicis 3 0
27 publicist 3 0
28 publicize 3 0
29 publicker 3 0
30 publics 2 0
31 republic's 3 0
32 republica 4 0
33 republican's 4 0
34 republicbank 4 0
35 republicbank's 4 0
36 unpublicized 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "public".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 poetic 3 31
2 sporadic 3 7
3 operatic 4 5
4 pelvic 2 3
5 sputnik 2 2
6 patrick 2 1
7 apparatchik 4 0
8 padrick 2 0
9 passaic 3 0
10 pavlic 2 0
11 pavlick 2 0
12 pavlik 2 0
13 pectic 2 0
14 pedrick 2 0
15 pekarek 3 0
16 peptic 2 0
17 petrich 2 0
18 petrick 2 0
19 petrik 2 0
20 plazic 2 0
21 posnick 2 0
22 pubic 2 0
23 punic 2 0
24 spastic 2 0
25 splenic 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 republican 4 54
2 republic 3 43
3 publicly 3 27
4 publicity 4 27
5 public's 2 6
6 republics 3 6
7 publish 2 3
8 publics 2 0
9 pubic 2 0
10 publicis 3 0
11 pulice 2 0
12 publix 2 0
13 republica 4 0
14 publitech 3 0
15 publicker 3 0
16 publicize 3 0
17 publicist 3 0
18 nonpublic 3 0
19 paulick 2 0
20 republic's 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 public opinion 3 9
2 public relations 3 7
3 public transportation 4 5
4 public health 1 4
5 public outcry 2 3
6 public and 1 3
7 public buildings 2 3
8 public service 2 3
9 public law 1 3
10 public for 1 2
11 public schools 1 2
12 public affairs 2 2
13 public mind 1 2
14 public worship 2 2
15 public sculpture 2 2
16 public in 1 2
17 public imagination 5 2
18 public was 1 2
19 public school 1 2
20 public support 2 2
21 public services 3 2
22 public interest 3 2
23 public servants 2 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the public 1 19
2 of public 1 10
3 in public 1 8
4 and public 1 7
5 a public 1 7
6 or public 1 3
7 to public 1 3
8 first public 1 3
9 with public 1 2
10 for public 1 2
11 on public 1 2
12 general public 3 2
13 major public 2 2
14 other public 2 2
15 new public 1 2
16 all public 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 advertising 4 4
2 nascent 2 2
3 forms 1 2
4 common 2 2
5 standard 2 2
6 negative 3 2
7 level 2 2
8 control 2 2
9 current 2 2
10 successful 3 2
11 favorable 4 2
12 ministry 3 2
13 journalism 4 2
14 smoking 2 2
15 came 1 2
16 like 1 2
17 black 1 2
18 white 1 2
19 unacceptable 5 2
20 shifts 1 2
21 ambivalent 4 2
22 seen 1 2
23 went 1 2
24 changing 2 2
25 open 2 2
26 general 3 2
27 first 1 2
28 idaho 3 2
29 superintendent 5 2
30 sciences 3 2
31 major 2 2
32 million 2 2
33 pictures 2 2
34 impression 3 2
35 committee 3 2
36 regulated 4 2
37 much 1 2
38 transformed 2 2
39 widespread 2 2
40 high-minded 3 2
41 resulting 3 2
42 strong 1 2
43 started 2 2
44 caught 1 2
45 reprinted 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 public's 2 6
2 public-spirited 5 3
3 public-spirit 4 0
4 public-spiritedness 6 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 36

Sound Alikes: 25

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 23

Words that Precede: 16

Statistically Associated: 45

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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