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Term: cause

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

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cause

Definitions

Noun

  1. Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
  2. A justification for something existing or happening
  3. A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
  4. Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
  5. A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

Verb

  1. Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
  2. Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "cause".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 because 2 883
2 cause 1 130
3 caused 1 90
4 causes 2 58
5 causer 2 0
6 causeway 2 0
7 causeways 2 0
8 causey 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "cause".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 coz 1 0
2 okaz 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 because 2 883
2 case 1 362
3 caused 1 90
4 causes 2 58
5 pause 1 21
6 curse 1 11
7 clause 1 9
8 clauses 2 4
9 causey 2 0
10 causer 2 0
11 clauser 2 0
12 clausen 2 0
13 chausse 1 0
14 cayuses 3 0
15 carouse 2 0
16 vause 1 0
17 sause 1 0
18 hause 1 0
19 gause 1 0
20 cruse 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 cause of 1 18
2 cause the 1 7
3 cause a 1 3
4 cause in 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the cause 1 10
2 can cause 1 7
3 to cause 1 7
4 or cause 1 2
5 common cause 2 2
6 a cause 1 2
7 also cause 2 2
8 proximate cause 3 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 decide 2 2
2 postulates 3 2
3 primary 3 2
4 common 2 2
5 smoking 2 2
6 major 2 2
7 asbestos 3 2
8 also 2 2
9 known 1 2
10 going 2 2
11 made 1 2
12 enough 2 2
13 may 1 2
14 properties 3 2
15 directions 3 2
16 would 1 2
17 cancer 2 2
18 objects 2 2
19 hypothesis 4 2
20 union 2 2
21 methodologies 5 2
22 order 2 2
23 intake 2 2
24 credited 3 2
25 foremost 2 2
26 napoleon's 4 2
27 principal 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 close 1 234
2 class 1 207
3 coast 1 61
4 cross 1 55
5 chest 1 53
6 chose 1 37
7 crash 1 20
8 chase 1 18
9 cease 1 15
10 crest 1 12
11 curse 1 11
12 crisp 1 8
13 cease-fire 3 7
14 corso 2 7
15 clash 1 5
16 close-up 2 4
17 crush 1 4
18 chess 1 3
19 criss-crossed 2 3
20 chasm 2 2
21 coosa 2 2
22 crass 1 2
23 celso 2 1
24 corsi 2 1
25 criss-cross 2 1
26 crust 1 1
27 canso 2 0
28 carse 1 0
29 casso 2 0
30 cawsl 2 0
31 chase's 2 0
32 chism 2 0
33 chuse 1 0
34 clasp 1 0
35 class's 2 0
36 closs 1 0
37 coast's 1 0
38 corsa 2 0
39 corse 1 0
40 cossa 2 0
41 couse 1 0
42 cousy 2 0
43 crase 1 0
44 crash's 2 0
45 cress 1 0
46 crise 1 0
47 criss 1 0
48 crist 1 0
49 crose 1 0
50 cross's 2 0
51 cross-country 3 0
52 cross-pollinate 4 0
53 cross-reference 4 0
54 cruse 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 7

Fragments: 8

Sound Alikes: 2

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 4

Words that Precede: 8

Statistically Associated: 27

Consonant Matches: 54

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

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