How to replace specific word in wordpress without losing their functionality

It is still not very clear to me. But as far as I understand, this might help: https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/the_content

Basically this is a filter that you can use to filter your content before it is displayed on screen. So, your content filter function can then do test if the order is a standalone word or not, and if it is, then replace it. I hope this help.