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Term: sham

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

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sham

Definitions

Noun

  1. Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
  2. A person who makes deceitful pretenses

Verb

  1. Make a pretence of
  2. Make believe with the intent to deceive
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "sham".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shame 1 21
2 ashamed 2 16
3 shamrock 2 3
4 shameful 2 2
5 shampoo 2 2
6 gresham 2 1
7 isham 2 1
8 sham 1 1
9 shamed 1 1
10 shames 1 1
11 unashamedly 5 1
12 amersham 3 0
13 ashame 2 0
14 basham 2 0
15 bassham 2 0
16 esham 2 0
17 gresham's 2 0
18 grisham 2 0
19 grisham's 2 0
20 harsham 2 0
21 hisham 2 0
22 horsham 2 0
23 horsham's 2 0
24 lakshamanan 4 0
25 lakshamanan's 4 0
26 newsham 2 0
27 shamalia 3 0
28 shaman 2 0
29 shamanism 3 0
30 shamanists 3 0
31 shamans 2 0
32 shamas 2 0
33 shambaugh 2 0
34 shamberger 3 0
35 shamble 2 0
36 shambles 2 0
37 shambley 2 0
38 shamblin 2 0
39 shambo 2 0
40 shamburg 2 0
41 shamburger 3 0
42 shamel 2 0
43 shameless 2 0
44 shamelessly 3 0
45 shamelle 2 0
46 shaming 2 0
47 shamir 2 0
48 shamir's 2 0
49 shammond 2 0
50 shamp 1 0
51 shampine 2 0
52 shampooed 2 0
53 shampoos 2 0
54 shamrock's 2 0
55 shamu 2 0
56 shamus 2 0
57 unashamed 3 0
58 washam 2 0
59 wickersham 3 0
60 wisham 2 0
61 worsham 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "sham".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sam 1 79
2 shame 1 21
3 ham 1 19
4 isham 2 1
5 shames 1 1
6 shamed 1 1
7 sharm 1 0
8 shamu 2 0
9 shamp 1 0
10 esham 2 0
11 sha 1 0
12 wisham 2 0
13 washam 2 0
14 sharum 2 0
15 sharma 2 0
16 shamus 2 0
17 shamir 2 0
18 shamel 2 0
19 shambo 2 0
20 shamas 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shim 1 1
2 shum 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 61

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

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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AI expert loses ‘sham’ contractor case against Infosys
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Sep 21, 2026 The Independent
IFES Condemns Russian Sham Elections on Occupied Ukrainian Territory
Sep 18, 2026 The International Foundation for Electoral Systems: IFES
Yang, Sham given honour of carrying city’s flag at Asian Games opening ceremony
Sep 17, 2026 South China Morning Post

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