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Term: basic

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

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basic

Definitions

Noun

  1. A popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use
  2. (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "basic".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 basic 2 171
2 basically 3 20
3 basics 2 1
4 basic's 2 0
5 basich 2 0
6 diabasic 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "basic".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 buick 2 3
2 babic 2 0
3 babik 2 0
4 bacik 2 0
5 balik 2 0
6 banick 2 0
7 banik 2 0
8 bannick 2 0
9 barich 2 0
10 barrick 2 0
11 belich 2 0
12 bennick 2 0
13 berbick 2 0
14 bernick 2 0
15 berwick 2 0
16 billick 2 0
17 bilyk 2 0
18 bisek 2 0
19 bittick 2 0
20 bobek 2 0
21 bobick 2 0
22 bolek 2 0
23 bolich 2 0
24 bolick 2 0
25 borek 2 0
26 boric 2 0
27 bovik 2 0
28 bozic 2 0
29 budick 2 0
30 burdick 2 0
31 burek 2 0
32 burich 2 0
33 burwick 2 0
34 busic 2 0
35 busick 2 0
36 ebonic 3 0
37 urbanik 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 basis 2 184
2 basin 2 7
3 basics 2 1
4 bassi 2 1
5 basil 2 1
6 basie 2 1
7 basich 2 0
8 basi 2 0
9 asic 2 0
10 basic's 2 0
11 busic 2 0
12 blasi 2 0
13 biasi 3 0
14 basix 2 0
15 basim 2 0
16 basco 2 0
17 basch 1 0
18 babic 2 0
19 asics 2 0
20 diabasic 4 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 basic structure 2 2
2 basic tastes 1 2
3 basic protein 2 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the basic 1 15
2 a basic 1 4
3 most basic 1 3
4 two basic 1 2
5 same basic 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 one 1 4
2 propaganda 4 2
3 shares 1 2
4 two 1 2
5 many 2 2
6 indicates 3 2
7 improvisation 5 2
8 teach 1 2
9 based 1 2
10 current 2 2
11 determine 3 2
12 developed 3 2
13 missing 2 2
14 allow 2 2
15 first 1 2
16 notable 3 2
17 affects 2 2
18 description 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 basic's 2 0
2 busic 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 6

Sound Alikes: 37

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 5

Statistically Associated: 18

Consonant Matches: 2

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

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