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Term: ball

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

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  2. ball

ball

Definitions

Noun

  1. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
  2. A solid projectile that is shot by a musket
  3. An object with a spherical shape
  4. The people assembled at a lavish formal dance
  5. One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
  6. A spherical object used as a plaything
  7. United states comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
  8. A compact mass
  9. A lavish dance requiring formal attire
  10. A more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
  11. The game of baseball
  12. A pitch that is not in the strike zone

Verb

  1. Form into a ball by winding or rolling
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "ball".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ball 1 110
2 baseball 2 57
3 ballet 2 45
4 football 2 36
5 ballistic 3 17
6 balls 1 17
7 ballot 2 12
8 balloon 2 10
9 basketball 3 9
10 ballad 2 8
11 ballroom 2 8
12 ballads 2 7
13 ballplayer 3 5
14 verbally 3 5
15 ballets 2 4
16 baseball's 2 4
17 balloons 2 3
18 ballplayers 3 3
19 ballast 2 2
20 ballots 2 2
21 eyeball 2 2
22 snowball 2 2
23 snowballs 2 2
24 ball's 1 1
25 ballard 2 1
26 balled 1 1
27 ballerina 4 1
28 ballerinas 4 1
29 balling 2 1
30 ballistics 3 1
31 ballooning 3 1
32 ballyhoo 3 1
33 baseballs 2 1
34 cannonball 3 1
35 eyeballs 2 1
36 football's 2 1
37 footballs 2 1
38 globally 3 1
39 kimball 2 1
40 pinball 2 1
41 screwball 2 1
42 volleyball 3 1
43 antiballistic 5 0
44 arenaball 4 0
45 balla 2 0
46 ballade 2 0
47 balladur 3 0
48 balladur's 3 0
49 ballance 2 0
50 ballantine 3 0
51 ballantrae 3 0
52 ballantyne 3 0
53 ballard's 2 0
54 ballas 2 0
55 ballasts 2 0
56 ballclub 2 0
57 ballcock 2 0
58 ballcocks 2 0
59 balle 1 0
60 ballengee 3 0
61 ballenger 3 0
62 ballentine 4 0
63 baller 2 0
64 balles 1 0
65 ballester 3 0
66 ballesteros 4 0
67 ballet's 2 0
68 balletto 3 0
69 ballew 2 0
70 ballgame 2 0
71 balli 2 0
72 balliet 3 0
73 balliett 2 0
74 ballin 2 0
75 ballinger 3 0
76 balliwick 3 0
77 ballman 2 0
78 ballmer 2 0
79 ballo 2 0
80 ballon 2 0
81 ballooned 2 0
82 balloonist 3 0
83 balloonists 3 0
84 ballor 2 0
85 balloting 3 0
86 ballou 2 0
87 ballow 2 0
88 ballowe 2 0
89 ballpark 2 0
90 ballparks 2 0
91 ballpoint 2 0
92 ballpoints 2 0
93 ballrooms 2 0
94 ballweg 2 0
95 ballwig 2 0
96 ballwig's 2 0
97 bally 2 0
98 bally's 2 0
99 ballyhooed 3 0
100 basketball's 3 0
101 basketballs 3 0
102 beachball 2 0
103 beachballs 2 0
104 blackball 2 0
105 butterball 3 0
106 butterballs 3 0
107 caballero 4 0
108 caraballo 4 0
109 carballo 3 0
110 ceballos 3 0
111 fastball 2 0
112 fastballs 2 0
113 fireball 3 0
114 fireballs 3 0
115 handball 2 0
116 handballs 2 0
117 hardball 2 0
118 kimball's 2 0
119 meatball 2 0
120 meatballs 2 0
121 mothball 2 0
122 mothballed 2 0
123 mothballing 3 0
124 mothballs 2 0
125 oddball 2 0
126 oddballs 2 0
127 paintball 2 0
128 powerball 3 0
129 racquetball 3 0
130 snowball's 2 0
131 snowballed 2 0
132 snowballing 3 0
133 softball 2 0
134 softballs 2 0
135 spaceball 2 0
136 spaceballs 2 0
137 spitball 2 0
138 spitball's 2 0
139 stickball 2 0
140 tidball 2 0
141 trackball 2 0
142 trackballs 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "ball".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bawl 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 all 1 3001
2 ballet 2 45
3 balls 1 17
4 ballot 2 12
5 beall 1 2
6 befall 2 2
7 bal 1 1
8 bally 2 0
9 ballo 2 0
10 balli 2 0
11 balle 1 0
12 balla 2 0
13 bohall 2 0
14 ballow 2 0
15 ballou 2 0
16 ballor 2 0
17 ballon 2 0
18 ballin 2 0
19 ballew 2 0
20 balles 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ball in 1 6
2 ball into 2 3
3 ball is 1 3
4 ball to 1 2
5 ball with 1 2
6 ball by 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the ball 1 25
2 a ball 1 3
3 open ball 2 2
4 musket ball 2 2
5 round ball 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 open 2 4
2 rotating 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bill 1 143
2 bell 1 18
3 bull 1 14
4 bill's 1 5
5 ball's 1 1
6 bell's 1 0
7 boll 1 0
8 bull's 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 13

Fragments: 142

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 6

Words that Precede: 5

Statistically Associated: 2

Consonant Matches: 8

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

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