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trigrams that occur only twice in the cmu pronouncing dictionary word list, along with the words that contain them (where edit distance between words is greater than 3)
'ex: l'expansion, l'express
'fa: o'fallon, o'farrell
'go: b'gosh, o'gorman
'la: o'lague, o'laughlin
'ri: b'rith, o'riley
-ac: non-academic, x-acto
-au: non-automotive, port-au-prince
-dr: alcohol-drenched, drip-dry
-ed: cutting-edge, well-educated
-em: non-emergency, pre-emptive
-ev: mount-everest, non-event
-hi: penn-hills, st-hilaire
-im: self-improvement, super-imposition
-ju: san-juan, st-julien
-ki: hara-kiri, see-kiong
-ko: hong-kong, sadeh-koniecpol
-ov: long-overdue, make-over
-pi: jean-pierre, st-pierre
-pu: all-purpose, non-public
-ru: hit-and-run, non-ruling
-ve: las-vegas, non-verbal
a-l: chuck-a-luck, sara-lee
a-m: santa-maria, takla-makan
acw: macwilliams, macworld
ahk: ahsahka, farahkan
aih: beidaihe, daihatsu
aob: ciaobella, yaobang
apg: apgar, hapgood
aqa: aqaba, aqazadeh
asv: lucasville, thomasville
au-: eau-claire, port-au-prince
aua: kauai, palauans
avv: savviest, savvy
axf: axford, maxfield
ayv: kayvon, mayville
bch: dabchick, subchapter
beo: beougher, beowulf
bpa: subpar, webpage
buj: bujak, bujumbura
byk: byker, bykowski
chv: kratochvil, menschville
ckc: blockchain, hickcox
cny: konecny, ulicny
cu': ceausescu's, codrescu's
cuh: accuhealth, cuhney
cuv: cuvelier, mccuvey
cyw: currencywatch, cywinski
d-c: boyd-crotty, world-class
d-f: old-fashioned, westward-faring
d-g: gold-green, old-growth
d-m: foot-and-mouth, reid-miller
d-s: old-school, solid-state
d-w: barbed-wire, hard-working
dgh: bridgham, stodghill
dhy: ayodhya, mukhopadhyay
dko: fondkommission, radko
do-: garrido-luna, indo-european
dsv: crawfordsville, dsv
dta: goodtab, roundtable
dtl: brundtland, stadtlander
dza: edzard, ilidza
e'e: hallowe'en, ne'er
ecm: necmettin, snecma
ecn: becnel, konecny
eh': freeh's, salameh's
ei-: guei-yuan, mei-ling
ejc: kolojejchick, krejci
emw: shemwell, systemwide
eoa: neoax, osteoarthritis
eob: paleobotany, theobald
eoh: eohippus, keohane
eox: deoxyribonucleic, dideoxycytidine
eoz: andreozzi, paleozoic
epm: stepmom, stepmother
esf: beresford, salesforce
esg: berchtesgaden, kresge
etd: letdown, rocketdyne
etv: netview, rietveld
eua: euan, steuart
evt: shevtl, yevtushenko
ewv: newvector, newville
eyv: greeleyville, leyva
ezg: mezger, niezgoda
f-f: self-fertilizing, self-fruitful
f-l: off-limits, off-line
fbe: bischofberger, offbeat
fda: fda, halfdan
ffb: offbeat, schiffbauer
ffc: jeffcoat, ruffcorn
ffk: buffkin, noffke
fga: trefgarne, wolfgang
fgr: lofgren, wolfgram
fsn: refsnes, reifsnyder
ftk: luftkin, softkey
g-d: ding-dong, long-distance
g-e: big-eyed, cutting-edge
g-p: ping-pong, stag-party
g-t: big-time, long-term
g-w: long-winded, teng-wen
g-y: heung-yeung, ylang-ylang
gbr: longbrake, wegbreit
gch: changchun, yongchaiyudh
ge-: large-scale, orange-green
gfa: agfa, wigfall
gg': fogg's, kellogg's
gnc: designcraft, gnc
gny: sevigny, tourigny
gpe: hedgpeth, thigpen
gsc: bergschneider, gschwind
h-e: high-end, north-east
h-k: sadeh-koniecpol, sheath-knife
h-l: earth-like, high-level
hce: hces, mithcell
hji: tashjian, yokokohji
hjo: hjort, pohjola
hlr: kohlrabi, ohlrich
hnd: johndrow, zehnder
hnt: johnta, zehntel
ho-: idaho-falls, psycho-social
hpu: jodhpur, throughput
hsb: buchsbaum, hsbc
hu': mogadishu's, netanyahu's
huj: ahuja, chujitsuya
hve: healthvest, ruthven
hyk: chykatka, hykes
i-d: anti-doping, bi-daily
i-w: anti-war, bi-weekly
iaf: iafrate, tagliaferri
id-: reid-miller, solid-state
ijk: dijker, koninklijke
ikn: antiknock, ikner
iky: shinrikyo, spiky
itj: petitjean, straitjacket
izd: gnaizda, gwizdala
jde: gejdenson, zajdel
jke: dijker, koninklijke
jom: nujoma, panmunjom
joz: jozef, jozwiak
jsk: kolodziejski, stejskal
jtk: wojtkiewicz, wojtkowski
juu: fayanjuu, juul
k-i: break-in, walk-in
kbl: ekblad, inkblot
kch: blockchain, chukchi
kpr: deskpro, inikpratt
kwh: buckwheat, kwh
l-b: full-blown, well-being
l-p: all-purpose, el-paso
ldk: feldkamp, schildknecht
ldp: feldpausch, worldpass
lfh: halfhearted, halfhill
lji: bijeljina, iljin
lkb: kalkbrenner, talkback
lkr: folkrock, pulkrabek
llj: killjoy, stelljes
lo-: anglo-catholicism, palo-alto
lsg: alsgaard, salsgiver
ltf: altfest, wiltfong
ltk: holtkamp, schiltknecht
lu': honolulu's, quazulu's
lzg: pfalzgraf, salzgitter
lzs: holzschuh, holzstoff
ma-: loma-prieda, norma-jean
mbk: dombkowski, lembke
mbn: numbness, thumbnail
mdi: comdisco, humdinger
mdr: emdr, humdrum
mfl: flimflam, umfleet
mka: helmkamp, trumka
mny: calumny, zimny
msm: boomsma, helmsman
myk: gromyko, myklebust
mza: domzalski, gramza
n'd: n'djamena, n'dour
n-z: non-zero, non-zero-sum
ncm: announcment, blancmange
nhy: anhydride, vanhyning
nkk: pankki, postipankki
nkp: kennebunkport, thinkpad
nnb: pennbancorp, wennberg
nnt: minntech, sonntag
ns-: sans-culottes, sons-in-law
nux: linux, nuxoll
nyv: fenyvessy, sunnyvale
o-e: homo-erectus, indo-european
o-p: pago-pago, peer-to-peer
obz: bobzien, kobza
of': olof's, schoenhof's
ofb: bischofberger, hofbauer
ofn: aloofness, shofner
ohb: ohba, ohbayashi
ohj: pohjola, yokokohji
oip: boipatong, coipa
ol-: alcohol-drenched, pool-side
olj: polje, trnopolje
opg: hopgood, stopgap
otv: botvinick, potvin
ovg: lovgren, novgorod
oyh: boyhood, broyhill
p-b: step-by-step, whiz-zip-bang
p-d: drip-dry, top-down
pba: humpback, schupbach
pci: concepcion, pepcid
pe-: cape-town, carpe-diem
pi': mapi's, mississippi's
pmo: stepmom, stepmother
pna: bapna, sharpnack
ptn: abruptness, ineptness
r-a: free-for-all, under-age
r-c: air-conditioning, clear-cut
r-g: computer-generated, copper-green
r-p: for-profit, super-position
r-t: peer-to-peer, tit-for-tat
r-u: cover-up, runner-up
ra-: hara-kiri, sara-lee
rdj: djurdjevic, gordji
rii: denarii, friis
rji: demirjian, marjie
rjy: bhattacharjy, marjy
rlh: girlhood, karlheinz
rn-: eastern-west, turn-out
ro-: non-zero-sum, zero-sum
ryx: hendryx, oryx
rzh: dzerzhinsk, pforzheimer
rzw: kurzweil, mierzwa
s-d: hors-d-oeuvre, pas-de-deux
s-u: heads-up, screws-up
scz: sczechuan, sczepanski
sdr: eavesdrop, eavesdropping
siw: siwek, wysiwig
siy: rossiya, wasiyu
skm: muskmelon, taskmaster
so-: so-called, so-so
su': fujitsu's, ginsu's
sy-: itsy-bitsy, topsy-turvy
szn: eiszner, posluszny
tix: automatix, cadnetix
tkn: gutknecht, schiltknecht
tmu: dortmund, litmus
toj: pantoja, photojournalist
ttb: dittberner, rettberg
ttv: bodhisattvas, prattville
tyb: tybalt, tyburski
tyd: katydid, tydings
tyw: citywide, communitywide
tzr: eltzroth, fitzroy
uaj: cuajone, guajardo
uau: cuauhtemoc, luau
ue-: presque-isle, true-view
uex: nuexco, truex
ufb: hufbauer, wiederaufbau
ugd: dugdale, sugden
ugf: mugford, slugfest
uht: cuauhtemoc, huhta
uiu: abiquiu, colloquium
ukt: sukthankar, timbuktu
umd: humdinger, humdrum
umq: blumquist, kumquat
uow: kuow, mcquown
up-: one-up-manship, up-front
upn: krupnick, rupnow
us-: corpus-christi, modus-operandi
usf: hausfeld, thusfar
usw: buswell, hauswirth
uur: matsuura, schuur
uus: buus, puusepp
uws: bouwsma, meeuwsen
uxh: tuxhorn, vauxhall
uyu: maruyu, nobuyuki
vaq: bevaqua, vaquera
vha: givhan, hovhaness
vix: cervix, vixen
vko: savko, zhivkov
vob: svoboda, vobis
vry: devry, nvryan
vso: gustavson, revson
vut: nunavut, zovut
vye: sovyetsky, tevye
w-b: new-bedford, new-bern
w-c: low-cost, new-caledonia
w-l: low-level, new-london
w-s: low-spirited, low-spiritedness
waj: ishikawajima, wajda
wdu: clowdus, sawdust
wi': kiwi's, malawi's
wii: wii, wiitala
wio: siewiorek, wion
wk': blackhawk's, echohawk's
woc: manitowoc, villwock
wrz: wawrzyniak, wrzesinski
wum: mishawum, swum
wux: junwuxiyan, wuxi
wyf: twyford, wyffels
wyh: owyhee, vanwyhe
xna: oxnard, schexnayder
xsc: texscan, xscribe
xse: flaxseed, hoxsey
y-a: bay-area, boy-ar-dee
y-d: day-by-day, okey-dokey
y-l: key-largo, tommy-lee
y-w: key-west, linsey-woolsey
yay: mukhopadhyay, yay
yek: hayek, yekaterinburg
yfa: mayfair, seyfarth
yid: sayyid, yiddish
ykl: myklebust, wykle
ylt: hylton, phenylthaline
ynk: lynk, wynkoop
yo': arroyo's, tokyo's
yqu: nyquist, yquem
zcu: amezcua, azcuenaga
zez: brzezinski, demonizez
zib: zanzibar, zibell
zob: zobel, zobrist
zok: dzokhar, szoke
zta: aztar, lukavizta
zuh: kazuhiko, zuhlke
zuo: kazuo, shizuoka
zva: bar-mitzvah, mitzvah
zvo: rendezvous, zvornik
zyd: szydlowski, zydeco
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