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Term: first

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

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first

Definitions

Noun

  1. The first or highest in an ordering or series
  2. The first element in a countable series
  3. The time at which something is supposed to begin
  4. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
  5. An honours degree of the highest class
  6. The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

Adjective

  1. Preceding all others in time or space or degree
  2. Highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections

Adverb

  1. Before anything else
  2. The initial time
  3. Before another in time, space, or importance
  4. Prominently forward
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "first".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 first 1 1361
2 first-class 2 6
3 first-rate 2 4
4 twenty-first 3 3
5 first-born 2 1
6 firsthand 2 1
7 amerifirst 4 0
8 amerifirst's 4 0
9 first's 1 0
10 firstar 2 0
11 firstborn 2 0
12 firstfed 2 0
13 firstier 2 0
14 firstly 2 0
15 firsts 1 0
16 firstsouth 2 0
17 guaranty-first 4 0
18 headfirst 2 0
19 interfirst 3 0
20 medfirst 2 0
21 seafirst 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "first".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 fast 1 78
2 faced 1 54
3 fist 1 25
4 faust 1 4
5 feast 1 3
6 feist 1 0
7 fessed 1 0
8 fest 1 0
9 foist 1 0
10 foust 1 0
11 furst 1 0
12 fussed 1 0
13 fust 1 0
14 pfost 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 firms 1 55
2 fist 1 25
3 fists 1 14
4 frost 1 6
5 fairest 2 1
6 frist 1 1
7 flirt 1 1
8 firsts 1 0
9 fierst 1 0
10 firs 1 0
11 firstly 2 0
12 firstar 2 0
13 first's 1 0
14 firmest 2 0
15 kirst 1 0
16 hirst 1 0
17 furst 1 0
18 forst 1 0
19 foist 1 0
20 firth 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 first time 1 19
2 first of 1 12
3 first to 1 7
4 first half 1 6
5 first web 1 6
6 first two 1 6
7 first major 2 6
8 first phase 1 5
9 first strike 1 5
10 first state 1 5
11 first published 2 4
12 first african 3 4
13 first in 1 4
14 first year 1 4
15 first such 1 3
16 first known 1 3
17 first copy 2 3
18 first appeared 2 3
19 first public 2 3
20 first used 1 3
21 first president 3 3
22 first consul 2 3
23 first hand 1 3
24 first place 1 3
25 first partition 3 3
26 first railroad 2 3
27 first three 1 2
28 first world 1 2
29 first step 1 2
30 first recognized 3 2
31 first successful 3 2
32 first syllable 3 2
33 first proposed 2 2
34 first novel 2 2
35 first came 1 2
36 first book 1 2
37 first books 1 2
38 first edition 3 2
39 first complete 2 2
40 first uses 2 2
41 first construction 3 2
42 first university 5 2
43 first prominent 3 2
44 first among 2 2
45 first rose 1 2
46 first game 1 2
47 first direct 2 2
48 first as 1 2
49 first was 1 2
50 first ship 1 2
51 first commercial 3 2
52 first added 2 2
53 first decade 2 2
54 first met 1 2
55 first only 2 2
56 first appearance 3 2
57 first being 2 2
58 first modern 2 2
59 first comprehensive 4 2
60 first international 5 2
61 first ever 2 2
62 first installment 3 2
63 first woman 2 2
64 first the 1 2
65 first few 1 2
66 first person 2 2
67 first country 2 2
68 first defended 3 2
69 first period 3 2
70 first panzer 2 2
71 first uniformed 3 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the first 1 274
2 was first 1 14
3 his first 1 12
4 its first 1 9
5 at first 1 9
6 and first 1 5
7 were first 1 5
8 world's first 1 4
9 their first 1 4
10 a first 1 3
11 which first 1 3
12 had first 1 3
13 her first 1 2
14 is first 1 2
15 it first 1 2
16 as first 1 2
17 dart first 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 two 1 2
2 powers 2 2
3 x-ray 2 2
4 cancer 2 2
5 gas 1 2
6 affairs 2 2
7 essential 3 2
8 uranus 3 2
9 system 2 2
10 also 2 2
11 surmounted 3 2
12 elements 3 2
13 adams 2 2
14 form 1 2
15 made 1 2
16 country 2 2
17 completed 3 2
18 defense 2 2
19 considered 3 2
20 represents 3 2
21 blacks 1 2
22 hughes 1 2
23 one 1 2
24 became 2 2
25 morrison 3 2
26 among 2 2
27 waves 1 2
28 held 1 2
29 something 2 2
30 preface 2 2
31 may 1 2
32 halfway 2 2
33 discovered 3 2
34 allowed 2 2
35 skeletons 3 2
36 faced 1 2
37 overseeing 4 2
38 claw 1 2
39 yet 1 2
40 onto 2 2
41 riemann 2 2
42 structure 2 2
43 coordinate 4 2
44 point 1 2
45 port 1 2
46 moscow 2 2
47 duke's 1 2
48 world's 1 2
49 additions 3 2
50 either 2 2
51 ranked 1 2
52 reached 1 2
53 six 1 2
54 campus 2 2
55 well 1 2
56 ito 2 2
57 must 1 2
58 killed 1 2
59 daughter 2 2
60 marks 1 2
61 within 2 2
62 sequel 2 2
63 whale 1 2
64 requested 3 2
65 write 1 2
66 page 1 2
67 critics 2 2
68 construct 2 2
69 received 2 2
70 mastiff 2 2
71 steam 1 2
72 since 1 2
73 carbonate 3 2
74 country's 2 2
75 restaurant 3 2
76 campaigns 2 2
77 installed 2 2
78 election 3 2
79 declared 2 2
80 comparisons 4 2
81 half 1 2
82 month 1 2
83 bonaparte 3 2
84 french 1 2
85 version 2 2
86 acknowledged 3 2
87 year 1 2
88 park 1 2
89 home 1 2
90 world 1 2
91 credit 2 2
92 light 1 2
93 sun 1 2
94 would 1 2
95 planet 2 2
96 uprising 3 2
97 energy 3 2
98 successful 3 2
99 introduction 4 2
100 begin 2 2
101 payment 2 2
102 launch 1 2
103 ford's 1 2
104 tried 1 2
105 said 1 2
106 added 2 2
107 em 1 2
108 vied 1 2
109 entrants 2 2
110 acts 1 2
111 raises 2 2
112 going 2 2
113 act 1 2
114 first 1 2
115 ending 2 2
116 issued 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 first-class 2 6
2 first-rate 2 4
3 first-born 2 1
4 first's 1 0
5 forst 1 0
6 furst 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 12

Fragments: 21

Sound Alikes: 14

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 71

Words that Precede: 17

Statistically Associated: 116

Consonant Matches: 6

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

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