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Term: barely

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

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  2. barely

barely

Definitions

Adverb

  1. Only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - w.b.yeats
  2. In a sparse or scanty way
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "barely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 barely 2 31

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "barely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 badly 2 34
2 buckley 2 7
3 barley 2 6
4 begley 2 2
5 bagley 2 1
6 berkeley 2 1
7 bosley 2 1
8 bubbly 2 1
9 burghley 2 1
10 badgley 2 0
11 badley 2 0
12 baghli 2 0
13 baisley 2 0
14 bakley 2 0
15 bapley 2 0
16 batley 2 0
17 beagley 2 0
18 beakley 2 0
19 beasley 2 0
20 beckley 2 0
21 beeghly 2 0
22 beesley 2 0
23 beezley 2 0
24 beighley 2 0
25 berklee 2 0
26 berkley 2 0
27 betley 2 0
28 bewley 2 0
29 bialy 3 0
30 bickley 2 0
31 bierley 2 0
32 bierly 2 0
33 bigley 2 0
34 birtley 2 0
35 bliley 2 0
36 bodley 2 0
37 brailey 2 0
38 braley 2 0
39 bralley 2 0
40 braly 2 0
41 brawley 2 0
42 brearley 2 0
43 briley 2 0
44 brolly 2 0
45 bruley 2 0
46 buley 2 0
47 burkley 2 0
48 burnley 2 0
49 bursley 2 0
50 byerley 3 0
51 byerly 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 largely 2 68
2 rarely 2 41
3 briefly 2 38
4 bare 1 29
5 barrel 2 24
6 rely 2 13
7 barney 2 8
8 barley 2 6
9 bravely 2 4
10 barey 2 0
11 barkeley 2 0
12 bartel 2 0
13 barkey 2 0
14 barela 3 0
15 brey 1 0
16 bely 2 0
17 arey 2 0
18 arel 2 0
19 brierly 3 0
20 blakely 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 amanda 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 barela 3 0
2 barile 2 0
3 bartle 2 0
4 birtle 2 0
5 borell 2 0
6 bortle 2 0
7 burble 2 0
8 burell 2 0
9 burkle 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 51

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 9

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

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