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Term: auction

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

  1. Term
  2. auction

auction

Definitions

Noun

  1. A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
  2. The public sale of something to the highest bidder

Verb

  1. Sell at an auction
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "auction".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 auction 2 4
2 auctioneer 3 1
3 auction's 2 0
4 auctioned 2 0
5 auctioneering 4 0
6 auctioneers 3 0
7 auctioning 3 0
8 auctions 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "auction".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 boston 2 61
2 garden 2 60
3 martin 2 55
4 watson 2 45
5 johnson 2 34
6 carbon 2 30
7 sovereign 2 30
8 barton 2 25
9 arlen 2 13
10 margin 2 10
11 oxen 2 10
12 todman 2 10
13 garson 2 9
14 matson 2 8
15 pardon 2 8
16 bargain 2 7
17 larson 2 5
18 martian 2 5
19 option 2 5
20 jargon 2 4
21 wollman 2 4
22 arden 2 3
23 ogden 2 3
24 alden 2 2
25 arson 2 2
26 carmen 2 2
27 carson 2 2
28 marlin 2 2
29 marmon 2 2
30 parson 2 2
31 thomson 2 2
32 cochran 2 1
33 congdon 2 1
34 cotman 2 1
35 dolphin 2 1
36 harden 2 1
37 harmon 2 1
38 holman 2 1
39 sharpen 2 1
40 tarpon 2 1
41 toxin 2 1
42 ahlman 2 0
43 alban 2 0
44 almon 2 0
45 arjun 2 0
46 arman 2 0
47 armen 2 0
48 armin 2 0
49 armon 2 0
50 arwen 2 0
51 aryan 3 0
52 bachman 2 0
53 bachmann 2 0
54 bahnsen 2 0
55 barden 2 0
56 barkan 2 0
57 barman 2 0
58 barson 2 0
59 barten 2 0
60 bockman 2 0
61 bodman 2 0
62 bogdan 2 0
63 bogden 2 0
64 bogdon 2 0
65 boksen 2 0
66 bollman 2 0
67 bollmann 2 0
68 bosman 2 0
69 bozman 2 0
70 carden 2 0
71 carlon 2 0
72 carman 2 0
73 carmon 2 0
74 carton 2 0
75 cochrane 2 0
76 cockman 2 0
77 cockran 2 0
78 coghlan 2 0
79 collman 2 0
80 compean 2 0
81 condon 2 0
82 conlan 2 0
83 conlon 2 0
84 conran 2 0
85 coplan 2 0
86 cosman 2 0
87 coston 2 0
88 cothran 2 0
89 cothren 3 0
90 cothron 2 0
91 cottman 2 0
92 coxen 2 0
93 coxon 2 0
94 dahlman 2 0
95 darbonne 2 0
96 darden 2 0
97 dargan 2 0
98 darken 2 0
99 darman 2 0
100 darmon 2 0
101 darton 2 0
102 dobson 2 0
103 dockson 2 0
104 dodson 2 0
105 dolman 2 0
106 donlan 2 0
107 donlon 2 0
108 donvan 2 0
109 dopson 2 0
110 dotson 2 0
111 fahlman 2 0
112 falzon 2 0
113 farben 2 0
114 farfen 2 0
115 farman 2 0
116 farnan 2 0
117 farson 2 0
118 follman 2 0
119 galven 2 0
120 gargan 2 0
121 garlan 2 0
122 garman 2 0
123 garmon 2 0
124 garten 2 0
125 garton 2 0
126 garzon 2 0
127 godman 2 0
128 goffman 2 0
129 gosman 2 0
130 gottman 2 0
131 hargan 2 0
132 harken 2 0
133 harlan 2 0
134 harman 2 0
135 harmen 2 0
136 harten 2 0
137 harton 2 0
138 hearten 2 0
139 hobson 2 0
140 hochman 2 0
141 hockman 2 0
142 hodgdon 2 0
143 hodgman 2 0
144 hodgson 2 0
145 hodson 2 0
146 hofman 2 0
147 hofmann 2 0
148 holleran 3 0
149 hollman 2 0
150 hollmann 2 0
151 holloran 3 0
152 hopman 2 0
153 hopson 2 0
154 hopton 2 0
155 hosman 2 0
156 hottman 2 0
157 hovden 2 0
158 jarman 2 0
159 jarmin 2 0
160 jobson 2 0
161 johnsen 2 0
162 jonson 2 0
163 jonsson 2 0
164 karban 2 0
165 karlen 2 0
166 karman 2 0
167 karpen 2 0
168 karson 2 0
169 kobren 2 0
170 kochman 2 0
171 kofron 2 0
172 kollman 2 0
173 kollmann 2 0
174 kolman 2 0
175 konzen 2 0
176 kooyman 3 0
177 koplan 2 0
178 kosman 2 0
179 largen 2 0
180 larmon 2 0
181 larsen 2 0
182 larsson 2 0
183 lockman 2 0
184 lofton 2 0
185 longan 2 0
186 lothian 3 0
187 lothson 2 0
188 lottman 2 0
189 mahlman 2 0
190 mahlmann 2 0
191 mahnken 2 0
192 marcon 2 0
193 marden 2 0
194 mardon 2 0
195 marian 3 0
196 markan 2 0
197 marlen 2 0
198 marlon 2 0
199 marson 2 0
200 marten 2 0
201 marton 2 0
202 marzan 2 0
203 matsen 2 0
204 mongan 2 0
205 monsen 2 0
206 monson 2 0
207 mosman 2 0
208 moxon 2 0
209 noxon 2 0
210 omron 2 0
211 onken 2 0
212 operan 3 0
213 osbon 2 0
214 osbun 2 0
215 osman 2 0
216 osmon 2 0
217 osmun 2 0
218 ossman 2 0
219 ostin 2 0
220 othman 2 0
221 ottman 2 0
222 ozbun 2 0
223 ozmun 2 0
224 paldon 2 0
225 parden 2 0
226 parman 2 0
227 parten 2 0
228 parton 2 0
229 ponchan 2 0
230 ponton 2 0
231 popken 2 0
232 poznan 2 0
233 rardon 2 0
234 robson 2 0
235 rockman 2 0
236 rodman 2 0
237 rondon 2 0
238 ronson 2 0
239 rosman 2 0
240 roston 2 0
241 rotman 2 0
242 rottman 2 0
243 rottmann 2 0
244 rozman 2 0
245 sahlman 2 0
246 sargen 2 0
247 schouten 3 0
248 sharman 2 0
249 sovran 2 0
250 szafran 2 0
251 tarman 2 0
252 tartan 2 0
253 thomsen 2 0
254 tolman 2 0
255 tomson 2 0
256 tonton 2 0
257 totman 2 0
258 varden 2 0
259 varlen 2 0
260 vollman 2 0
261 watchman 2 0
262 wolman 2 0
263 zachmann 2 0
264 zalman 2 0
265 zollman 2 0
266 zolman 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 action 2 291
2 reaction 3 124
3 actions 2 68
4 vacation 3 47
5 caution 2 19
6 sanction 2 11
7 junction 2 7
8 faction 2 5
9 abduction 3 1
10 suction 2 1
11 auctioneer 3 1
12 auctions 2 0
13 auctioned 2 0
14 auction's 2 0
15 auton 2 0
16 acton 2 0
17 actin 2 0
18 auctioning 3 0
19 abductions 3 0
20 traction 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 section 2 189
2 fiction 2 46
3 diction 2 6
4 faction 2 5
5 suction 2 1
6 auction's 2 0
7 lectern 2 0
8 section's 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 8

Sound Alikes: 266

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 8

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

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