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Term: cold

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

  1. Term
  2. cold

cold

Definitions

Noun

  1. A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
  2. The absence of heat
  3. The sensation produced by low temperatures

Adjective

  1. Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
  2. Extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "cold".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 cold 1 171
2 coldly 2 8
3 colder 2 5
4 coldest 2 4
5 coldness 2 4
6 colds 1 2
7 scolding 2 2
8 cold-blooded 3 1
9 americold 4 0
10 cold-bay 2 0
11 cold-blood 2 0
12 colden 2 0
13 coldiron 3 0
14 coldren 3 0
15 coldwater 3 0
16 coldwell 2 0
17 scold 1 0
18 scolded 2 0
19 scolds 1 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "cold".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 called 1 401
2 killed 1 75
3 skilled 1 30
4 cooled 1 17
5 curled 1 13
6 scowled 1 4
7 scaled 1 2
8 coiled 1 1
9 scald 1 1
10 schooled 1 1
11 culled 1 0
12 scold 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 could 1 1601
2 old 1 661
3 told 1 413
4 sold 1 47
5 mold 1 45
6 cooled 1 17
7 coldly 2 8
8 cod 1 6
9 colder 2 5
10 colds 1 2
11 coiled 1 1
12 wold 1 1
13 olde 1 1
14 scold 1 0
15 scolds 1 0
16 colden 2 0
17 vold 1 0
18 oldt 1 0
19 olds 1 0
20 nold 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 cold war 1 6
2 cold countries 2 2
3 cold population 4 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the cold 1 7
2 by cold 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 extensively 4 2
2 climate 2 2
3 bitter 2 2
4 warm 1 2
5 used 1 2
6 hot 1 2
7 recipes 3 2
8 politics 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 cold-blooded 3 1
2 cold-bay 2 0
3 cold-blood 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 19

Sound Alikes: 12

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 2

Statistically Associated: 8

Consonant Matches: 3

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

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