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Term: affects

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "affects": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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  2. affects

affects

Definitions

Noun

  1. The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

Verb

  1. Have an effect upon
  2. Act physically on; have an effect upon
  3. Connect closely and often incriminatingly
  4. Make believe with the intent to deceive
  5. 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 "affects".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 affects 2 19

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "affects".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 amounts 2 44
2 accounts 2 38
3 suggests 2 29
4 adults 2 23
5 supports 2 15
6 recruits 2 8
7 collects 2 5
8 selects 2 5
9 addicts 2 4
10 assaults 2 4
11 upsets 2 3
12 adjusts 2 2
13 admits 2 2
14 adopts 2 2
15 commutes 2 2
16 connects 2 2
17 laments 2 2
18 appoints 2 1
19 assists 2 1
20 competes 2 1
21 detroit's 2 1
22 aborts 2 0
23 account's 2 0
24 acquits 2 0
25 adapts 2 0
26 adults' 2 0
27 attests 2 0
28 basalts 2 0
29 combats 2 0
30 mccants 2 0
31 molests 2 0
32 subverts 2 0
33 updates 2 0
34 wilentz 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "affects".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 effect 2 213
2 effects 2 108
3 acts 1 39
4 affected 3 36
5 affect 2 35
6 affection 3 18
7 affecting 3 5
8 affections 3 4
9 taffeta 3 2
10 waffles 2 1
11 afflicts 2 0
12 gaffes 1 0
13 disaffect 3 0
14 affective 3 0
15 aftereffects 4 0
16 raffles 2 0
17 raffety 2 0
18 offsets 2 0
19 maffett 2 0
20 infects 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "affects" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 affects the 1 3

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "affects" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 that affects 1 2
2 ms affects 1 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "affects" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 choice 1 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "affects".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 effects 2 108

Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 34

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 2

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 1

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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