Taxonomy of Wordplay

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  1. Consonants
    1. Entire Word
      1. all consonants, longest
    2. Subset of Word
      1. consonant string, longest
      2. containing one consonant, longest
      3. containing two consonants, longest
      4. containing three consonants, longest
      5. containing four consonants, longest
      6. containing five consonants, longest
      7. monoconsonant or containing one type of consonant
      8. containing two types of consonants, longest
      9. containing three types of consonants, longest
      10. containing four types of consonants, longest
      11. containing five types of consonants, longest
      12. biconsonant, for each, longest
      13. n-grams

Consonants

Entire Word
all consonants, longest [5-51,108,174,13-172,207,211,32-8]
        common word: mrs (3)
        uncommon words: tsktsks, pgnttrp, rtststr (7-t)
        hyphenated word: mmmm-hmmmm (9)

Subset of Word
consonant string, longest [L178,5-23,9-125,15-38,83,18-46]
        common word: catchphrase (6)
        uncommon words: hirschsprung, llanfairpwllgwyngyll, schtschi, substrstrata (7-t)
containing one consonant, longest [23-214]
        common words: aarau, adieu, aemia, aerie, audio, aurea, eerie, kauai, ocoee, ouida, ouija, piaui, queue (5-t)
        uncommon words: aiaiais, euouaes, ouabaio, aautuaa, aeoliae, aiataia, ouorouo, zaouiae (7-t)
containing two consonants, longest [23-214]
        common word: araguaia (8)
        uncommon words: aizoaceae, epieikeia, aloeaceae, autioitua, outaouais, quiaquiae (9-t)
containing three consonants, longest [23-214]
        common word: ouagadougou (11)
        uncommon word: saurauiaceae (12)
containing four consonants, longest [L157]
        common word: onomatopoeia (12)
        uncommon word: fouquieriaceae (14)
containing five consonants, longest [L157]
        common word: onomatopoeias (13)
        uncommon words: auriculariaceae, aigialosauridae, eriocaulonaceae, fouquieriaceaes, fouquieriaceous (15-t)
monoconsonant or containing one type of consonant [12-55,90,19-216,33-224,34-27]
        a. one type of consonant for each consonant
                i.  longest
                        common words: alleluia, assesses, ioannina, nonunion (8-t)
                        uncommon word: hohohohohohoh (13)
                        hyphenated word: heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh (18)
                ii.  longest, for each consonant
                        see list Longest Word Containing One Type of Consonant for Each Consonant
containing two types of consonants, longest
        common words: sensuousness, uneasinesses (12-t)
        uncommon word: eugologologologue (17)
        phrase: rose is a rose is a rose is a rose, is a rose (32)
containing three types of consonants, longest
        common word: unconsciousnesses (17)
        uncommon word: unostentatiousnesses (20)
        phrase: one million million million (24)
containing four types of consonants, longest
        common word: conscientiousness (17)
        uncommon words: saippuakuppinippukauppias, solutomaattimittaamotulos (25-t)
        hyphenated phrase: india-rubber, india rubber band (26)
containing five types of consonants, longest
        common words: institutionalization, internationalization (20-t)
        uncommon words: counterreconnaissances, transubstantiationists, argillaceocalcareouses, constitutionalisations,
                        deinstitutionalisation (22-t)
        hyphenated word: pleasantness-unpleasantnesses (28)
        phrase: veillonella alcalescens alcalescens (33)
biconsonant, for each, longest [12-165]
        a.  biconsonantal text (sentences using only two consonants) [27-80,28-76,42-3]
                e.g. Did Ned dine in India on an anna? No!
n-grams [9-125]

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