KWAN

"KWAN" is a common misspelling or typo for: cam, khan, swank, want, went, wind, wine, winy.

Modern Usage: KWAN

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Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's 'Mulan' (1998)

Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: KWAN

Domain	Title
Books	Skating Backwards (Michelle Kwan Paperback Series, 3) (reference) Discovering Kwan Yin : A Path Toward Clarity and Peace (reference) Shaolin Ten-Animal Form of Kwan Tak Hing (reference) Sports Hall of Fame: Ken Griffey, Jr., Peyton Manning, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Grant Hill, Michelle Kwan (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	How to Spar Against Tae Kwan Do (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Home for the Holidays: A Multi-Cultural Celebration of Christmas, Kwan,Zaa, and Hanukka (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Michelle Kwan Figure Skating (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: KWAN

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Marrie, T.J., Van Buren, J., Faulkner, R.S., Haldane, E.V., Williams, J.C., and Kwan, C. (1984). Seroepidemiology of Q fever in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. (references)
Business		Major projects include the US$8.3 billion West Rail project, the US$4 billion Tseung Kwan O rail extension project, and the US$1.1 billion Spur Line project. (references)
Economic History	Hong Kong	In parallel, MTRC is pressing ahead with an existing rail line extension (Tseung Kwan O Extension) to service a new town in East Kowloon. (references)
	Hong Kong	The construction of the MTRC's US$3.1 billion Tseung Kwan O Extension commenced in November 1998. The estimated completion date is December 2002. MTRC has awarded all civil work, rolling stock and system-wide contracts. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: KWAN

"KWAN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "KWAN" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	3	202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: KWAN

The following table summarizes the usage of "KWAN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Kwan	Last name	2,000	5,337
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: KWAN

Expression using "KWAN": Kwan yin. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "KWAN": kwan-do, Kwan-yin.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: KWAN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
michelle kwan	947	michelle kwan photo	12
kwan	97	fannatic kwan michelle	11
tae kwan do	94	shirley kwan	11
kwan yin	86	michelle kwan fan page	11
forum kwan michelle	81	eddie kwan	10
jade kwan	81	kwan lee yew	9
nancy kwan	72	kwan yin statue	9
jennie kwan	68	doe kwan tae	9
kwan lily	50	duk kwan moo soo tang	8
rosamund kwan	49	extension kwan o tseung	8
moo duk kwan	35	c h kwan	8
michelle kwan picture	34	cruella de kwan	7
kwan tai	27	kwan trini	7
boa kwan	25	michelle kwan pic	7
esther kwan	22	kwan loong oil	7
kwan michelle video	21	jade kwan lyrics	7
biography kwan michelle	14	kit kwan lai	6
kwan michelle nude	13	michelle kwan figure skating	6
kwan chung	13	kwan lily naked news	6
kwan dao	13	jenny kwan	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: KWAN

Derivations
	Words beginning with "KWAN": kwanza, kwanzas. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: KWAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-k-n-w"
	-1 letter: awn, naw, wan.
	-2 letters: an, aw, ka, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-k-n-w"
	+1 letter: swank, waken.
	+2 letters: awaken, awoken, knawel, kwanza, swanks, swanky, twanky, wakens, waking, weaken.
	+3 letters: awakens, awaking, gawking, hawking, knawels, kwanzas, rewaken, swanked, swanker, wakanda, wakened, wakener, walking, warking, wauking, weakens, workman.
	+4 letters: awakened, awakener, dawnlike, fawnlike, handwork, hawkings, hawknose, knapweed, knitwear, knowable, mackinaw, markdown, moonwalk, neckwear, newshawk, newspeak, reawaken, reawoken, rewakens, rewaking, snowbank, snowpack, swankest, swankier, swankily, swanking, swanlike, swanskin, takedown, twankies, tweaking, unawaked, wakandas, wakeners, wakening, walkings, weakened, weakener, weakling, weakness, whacking, wingback, wracking, wreaking.
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