afford
Definitions
Verb
- Be able to spare or give up
- Be the cause or source of
- Have the financial means to do something or buy something
- Afford access to
Fragment
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Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "afford".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | afford | 2 | 40 |
| 2 | afforded | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | affords | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | affording | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | stafford | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | staffordshire | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | affordability | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | affordable | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | affordably | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | brafford | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | gafford | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | hafford | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | pafford | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | safford | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | spafford | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | stafford's | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | staffordshire's | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | swafford | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | trafford | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | unaffordable | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | wafford | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "afford".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | toward | 2 | 386 |
| 2 | record | 2 | 137 |
| 3 | appeared | 2 | 135 |
| 4 | regard | 2 | 89 |
| 5 | award | 2 | 46 |
| 6 | assured | 2 | 39 |
| 7 | aboard | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | accord | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | adored | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | attired | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | acord | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | alard | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | allured | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | bossard | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | bovard | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | bozard | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | canard | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | dubord | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | fayard | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | gabbard | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | gallard | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | godard | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | gossard | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | laborde | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | lazard | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | mccard | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | mccord | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | shavord | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "afford".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ford | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | afforded | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | affords | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | affording | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | stafford | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | wafford | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | safford | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | pafford | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | hafford | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | gafford | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | trafford | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | swafford | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | spafford | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | brafford | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | offord | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | axford | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | alford | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | wofford | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | watford | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | warford | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "afford" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "afford" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "afford" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | company | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | effectiveness | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | workers | 2 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "afford".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offord | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 21
Sound Alikes: 28
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 3
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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