factor
Definitions
Noun
- Anything that contributes causally to a result
- An abstract part of something
- One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
- A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- Any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
- An independent variable in statistics
- (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
Verb
- Resolve into factors
- Be a contributing factor
- Consider as relevant when making a decision
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "factor".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | factors | 2 | 106 |
| 2 | factor | 2 | 71 |
| 3 | satisfactory | 4 | 39 |
| 4 | factory | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | factories | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | satisfactorily | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | unsatisfactory | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | benefactor | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | benefactor's | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | benefactors | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | factored | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | factoring | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | factors' | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | factory's | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | malefactor | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | malefactors | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | olfactory | 4 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "factor".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | faster | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | foster | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | filter | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | freighter | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | falter | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | flutter | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | flatter | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | floater | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | affolter | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | aflutter | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | fainter | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | feaster | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | fechter | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | feister | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | felter | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | fenter | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | fester | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | fichter | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | fiechter | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | fister | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | flater | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | foister | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | frater | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | fretter | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | fritter | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | pfiester | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | pfister | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "factor".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fact | 1 | 447 |
| 2 | factors | 2 | 106 |
| 3 | factory | 3 | 32 |
| 4 | actor | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | factories | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | tractor | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | actors | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | facto | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | reactor | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | faction | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | actor's | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | refractory | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | factors' | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | factored | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | refractor | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | olfactory | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | factory's | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | factoring | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | ator | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | actors' | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "factor" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "factor" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "factor" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | important | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | growth | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | risk | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | major | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | contributing | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | confidence | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | significant | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | increase | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | deciding | 3 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "factor".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 10
Fragments: 17
Sound Alikes: 27
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 3
Words that Precede: 4
Statistically Associated: 9
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
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