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Term: had

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

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  2. had

had

Definitions

Verb

  1. Have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
  2. Have as a feature
  3. Go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
  4. Have ownership or possession of
  5. Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
  6. Serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  7. Have a personal or business relationship with someone
  8. Organize or be responsible for
  9. Have left
  10. Be confronted with
  11. Undergo
  12. Suffer from; be ill with
  13. Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
  14. Receive willingly something given or offered
  15. Get something; come into possession of
  16. Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
  17. Achieve a point or goal
  18. Cause to be born
  19. Have sex with; archaic use
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "had".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 had 1 5133
2 hadn't 2 99
3 shadow 2 36
4 shade 1 28
5 shadows 2 20
6 shades 1 13
7 shaded 2 6
8 shadowing 3 5
9 shading 2 4
10 shadowed 2 3
11 chadwick 2 2
12 overshadow 4 2
13 overshadowed 4 2
14 galahad 3 1
15 hadd 1 1
16 haddock 2 1
17 hadrian 3 1
18 machado 3 1
19 shadings 2 1
20 shadowy 3 1
21 shady 2 1
22 thaddeus 3 1
23 alhadeff 3 0
24 bershad 2 0
25 chad 1 0
26 chad's 1 0
27 chadbourne 2 0
28 chadd 1 0
29 chadderdon 3 0
30 chaddock 2 0
31 chadel 2 0
32 chadian 3 0
33 chadick 2 0
34 chadli 2 0
35 chadron 2 0
36 chadwell 2 0
37 chadwick's 2 0
38 ershad 2 0
39 esbenshade 3 0
40 espenshade 3 0
41 eyeshade 2 0
42 foreshadow 3 0
43 foreshadowed 3 0
44 foreshadowing 4 0
45 foreshadows 3 0
46 ghada 2 0
47 ghadafi 3 0
48 ghadafithe 3 0
49 ghadafito 4 0
50 hada 2 0
51 hadad 2 0
52 hadaway 3 0
53 haddad 2 0
54 haddan 2 0
55 haddaway 3 0
56 hadden 2 0
57 haddon 2 0
58 haddonfield 3 0
59 haddow 2 0
60 hade 1 0
61 haden 2 0
62 hader 2 0
63 hades 2 0
64 hadfield 2 0
65 hadid 2 0
66 hadleigh 2 0
67 hadler 3 0
68 hadley 2 0
69 hadline 2 0
70 hadlock 2 0
71 hadnot 2 0
72 hadoya 3 0
73 hadria 3 0
74 hadrian's 3 0
75 hadron 2 0
76 hadsall 2 0
77 hadsell 2 0
78 hadson 2 0
79 hadwin 2 0
80 jihad 2 0
81 jihadi 3 0
82 jihadist 3 0
83 jihadists 3 0
84 khad 1 0
85 khadafi 3 0
86 lymphadenopathy 6 0
87 mahady 3 0
88 menhaden 3 0
89 methadone 3 0
90 mujahadeen 4 0
91 nightshade 2 0
92 overshadowing 5 0
93 overshadows 4 0
94 rachad 2 0
95 rashad 2 0
96 schad 1 0
97 schade 1 0
98 schadel 2 0
99 schaden 2 0
100 schadenfreude 3 0
101 schader 2 0
102 schadler 3 0
103 schadt 1 0
104 seshadri 3 0
105 shad 1 0
106 shad's 1 0
107 shadbush 2 0
108 shadd 1 0
109 shadden 2 0
110 shaddix 2 0
111 shaddock 2 0
112 shadduck 2 0
113 shadegg 2 0
114 shadel 2 0
115 shader 2 0
116 shadid 2 0
117 shadle 2 0
118 shadley 2 0
119 shadoan 2 0
120 shadowens 3 0
121 shadowland 3 0
122 shadowlands 3 0
123 shadrick 2 0
124 shadur 2 0
125 shadwell 2 0
126 shadwick 2 0
127 thad 1 0
128 thada 2 0
129 thadda 2 0
130 thaddea 3 0
131 thaden 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "had".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hadd 1 1

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hand 1 431
2 head 1 424
3 hard 1 202
4 ad 1 12
5 ha 1 2
6 hadd 1 1
7 shady 2 1
8 thad 1 0
9 shad 1 0
10 khad 1 0
11 hlad 1 0
12 hald 1 0
13 haid 1 0
14 hade 1 0
15 hada 2 0
16 chad 1 0
17 thada 2 0
18 shead 1 0
19 shard 1 0
20 shand 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 had been 1 106
2 had a 1 56
3 had to 1 31
4 had the 1 19
5 had an 1 16
6 had no 1 16
7 had not 1 11
8 had made 1 7
9 had already 3 5
10 had become 2 5
11 had never 2 5
12 had died 1 5
13 had taken 2 5
14 had come 1 5
15 had yet 1 4
16 had its 1 4
17 had suffered 2 4
18 had more 1 4
19 had little 2 4
20 had successfully 4 4
21 had gained 1 3
22 had acquired 3 3
23 had developed 3 3
24 had increased 2 3
25 had found 1 3
26 had just 1 3
27 had great 1 3
28 had some 1 3
29 had suggested 3 3
30 had many 2 3
31 had both 1 3
32 had first 1 3
33 had recently 3 2
34 had risen 2 2
35 had allowed 2 2
36 had committed 3 2
37 had expected 3 2
38 had one 1 2
39 had grown 1 2
40 had spent 1 2
41 had three 1 2
42 had any 2 2
43 had on 1 2
44 had their 1 2
45 had converted 3 2
46 had four 1 2
47 had several 3 2
48 had given 2 2
49 had enough 2 2
50 had nothing 2 2
51 had had 1 2
52 had long 1 2
53 had assumed 2 2
54 had refused 2 2
55 had originally 5 2
56 had plagued 1 2
57 had performed 2 2
58 had in 1 2
59 had advanced 2 2
60 had held 1 2
61 had lost 1 2
62 had historically 5 2
63 had left 1 2
64 had earlier 3 2
65 had used 1 2
66 had by 1 2
67 had won 1 2
68 had claimed 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 he had 1 66
2 who had 1 43
3 which had 1 20
4 they had 1 19
5 and had 1 16
6 that had 1 16
7 it had 1 14
8 have had 1 13
9 has had 1 11
10 germans had 2 8
11 army had 2 6
12 napoleon had 4 6
13 ford had 1 6
14 she had 1 4
15 this had 1 4
16 states had 1 4
17 frederick had 2 4
18 iroquois had 3 4
19 boers had 1 4
20 british had 2 4
21 but had 1 3
22 war had 1 3
23 astronomers had 4 3
24 there had 1 3
25 austria had 3 3
26 long had 1 3
27 still had 1 3
28 government had 3 3
29 merman had 2 3
30 poland had 2 2
31 union had 2 2
32 family had 3 2
33 rich had 1 2
34 also had 2 2
35 what had 1 2
36 only had 2 2
37 congress had 2 2
38 france had 1 2
39 father had 2 2
40 whom had 1 2
41 city had 2 2
42 liverpool had 3 2
43 belt had 1 2
44 already had 3 2
45 countries had 2 2
46 had had 1 2
47 always had 2 2
48 management had 3 2
49 both had 1 2
50 roberts had 2 2
51 huron had 2 2
52 state had 1 2
53 people had 2 2
54 rebels had 2 2
55 battle had 2 2
56 hitler had 2 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hid 1 6
2 hud 1 0
3 hud's 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 19

Fragments: 131

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 68

Words that Precede: 56

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 3

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

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