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Term: civil

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

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  2. civil

civil

Definitions

Adjective

  1. Not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; - w.s. maugham
  2. Of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
  3. Of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
  4. (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "civil".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 civil 2 91
2 civilization 5 42
3 civilian 3 24
4 civilized 3 11
5 civilizations 5 4
6 civilians 3 2
7 civility 4 1
8 uncivil 3 1
9 civiletti 4 0
10 civilize 3 0
11 civilly 3 0
12 incivility 5 0
13 uncivilized 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "civil".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 social 2 380
2 circle 2 60
3 saddle 2 25
4 subtle 2 25
5 cycle 2 24
6 settle 2 23
7 sokol 2 4
8 sable 2 2
9 seidel 2 2
10 servile 2 2
11 sorrel 2 2
12 astral 2 1
13 cecil 2 1
14 cyril 2 1
15 icicle 3 1
16 sidle 2 1
17 siecle 2 1
18 sizzle 2 1
19 socal 2 1
20 austral 2 0
21 ceryl 2 0
22 cissell 2 0
23 oesterle 3 0
24 saffell 2 0
25 saffle 2 0
26 sahgal 2 0
27 sakal 2 0
28 satchell 2 0
29 seagle 2 0
30 seckel 2 0
31 segal 2 0
32 segel 2 0
33 seibel 2 0
34 seidell 2 0
35 seidl 2 0
36 seigal 2 0
37 seigel 2 0
38 seigle 2 0
39 seipel 2 0
40 seiple 2 0
41 semel 2 0
42 semmel 2 0
43 seydel 2 0
44 sibil 2 0
45 sible 2 0
46 sibyl 2 0
47 sichel 2 0
48 sickel 2 0
49 sickle 2 0
50 siddall 2 0
51 siddell 2 0
52 siddle 2 0
53 sidell 2 0
54 siebel 2 0
55 siegal 2 0
56 siegel 2 0
57 siegell 2 0
58 siegle 2 0
59 siemel 2 0
60 sigal 2 0
61 sigel 2 0
62 sigl 2 0
63 sigle 2 0
64 siple 2 0
65 sippel 2 0
66 sipple 2 0
67 sissel 2 0
68 sobel 2 0
69 sobil 2 0
70 soble 2 0
71 sobol 2 0
72 soffel 2 0
73 sorel 2 0
74 sorell 2 0
75 sorrell 2 0
76 sottile 2 0
77 southall 2 0
78 sterle 2 0
79 suckle 2 0
80 sudol 2 0
81 supple 2 0
82 surrell 2 0
83 suttle 2 0
84 tsemel 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 civilian 3 24
2 civic 2 23
3 civilized 3 11
4 vividly 3 9
5 vile 1 5
6 civilians 3 2
7 uncivil 3 1
8 civility 4 1
9 convivial 4 1
10 civilly 3 0
11 civilize 3 0
12 sivils 2 0
13 scovil 2 0
14 covill 2 0
15 civics 2 0
16 cicily 3 0
17 civitello 4 0
18 civiletti 4 0
19 vila 2 0
20 viel 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 civil war 1 22
2 civil law 1 18
3 civil rights 1 7
4 civil and 1 4
5 civil code 1 4
6 civil society 4 4
7 civil liberties 3 2
8 civil service 2 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the civil 1 13
2 american civil 4 8
3 of civil 1 5
4 and civil 1 4
5 in civil 1 4
6 or civil 1 2
7 between civil 2 2
8 on civil 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 american 4 6
2 well 1 2
3 leaders 2 2
4 inspired 3 2
5 university 5 2
6 lebanese 3 2
7 brief 1 2
8 congo 2 2
9 set 1 2
10 code 1 2
11 english 2 2
12 notions 2 2
13 spanish 2 2
14 weak 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 coval 2 0
2 covel 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 13

Sound Alikes: 84

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 8

Words that Precede: 8

Statistically Associated: 14

Consonant Matches: 2

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

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