formative
Definitions
Noun
- Minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "formative".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | formative | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | informative | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | performative | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | performatives | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | transformative | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | uninformative | 5 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "formative".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fugitive | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | federative | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | fixative | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "formative".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | formation | 3 | 37 |
| 2 | format | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | formulate | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | forties | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | operative | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | affirmative | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | informative | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | formalities | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | formalize | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | normative | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | furtive | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | fortier | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | formats | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | performative | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | uninformative | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | performatives | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | transformative | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | combative | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | formato | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | formant | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "formative" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "formative" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "formative" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "formative".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 6
Sound Alikes: 3
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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