affect
Definitions
Noun
- The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
Verb
- Have an effect upon
- Act physically on; have an effect upon
- Connect closely and often incriminatingly
- Make believe with the intent to deceive
- Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "affect".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affected | 3 | 36 |
| 2 | affect | 2 | 35 |
| 3 | affects | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | affection | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | affectionate | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | affecting | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | affections | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | affectionately | 5 | 3 |
| 9 | unaffected | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | affectation | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | disaffected | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | disaffection | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | affective | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | affectively | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | disaffect | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "affect".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "affect".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | effect | 2 | 213 |
| 2 | effects | 2 | 108 |
| 3 | affected | 3 | 36 |
| 4 | affects | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | affection | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | affecting | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | affections | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | unaffected | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | taffeta | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | disaffect | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | affective | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | raffety | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | maffett | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | afflict | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | affleck | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | affeldt | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | yaffe | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | taffe | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | jaffe | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | gaffe | 1 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "affect" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affect the | 1 | 8 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "affect" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to affect | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "affect" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "affect".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | effect | 2 | 213 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 15
Sound Alikes: 5
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 5
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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