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Term: hear

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

  1. Term
  2. hear

hear

Definitions

Verb

  1. Perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
  2. Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
  3. Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
  4. Receive a communication from someone
  5. Listen and pay attention
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "hear".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 heard 1 247
2 heart 1 173
3 hear 1 153
4 hearing 2 76
5 hearst 1 48
6 shear 1 40
7 hearts 1 23
8 heartily 3 9
9 sweetheart 2 9
10 hearings 2 8
11 hears 1 7
12 rehearsed 2 7
13 shearing 2 7
14 hearst's 1 6
15 overheard 3 6
16 heartbeat 2 4
17 heartening 3 4
18 hearth 1 4
19 hearty 2 4
20 rehearsal 3 4
21 rehearsals 3 4
22 half-hearted 3 3
23 unheard 2 3
24 hearer 2 2
25 hearers 2 2
26 hearsay 2 2
27 heartbreaking 3 2
28 lighthearted 3 2
29 athearn 2 1
30 disheartening 4 1
31 halfhearted 3 1
32 hearn 1 1
33 hearse 1 1
34 heart's 1 1
35 heartbreak 2 1
36 heartfelt 2 1
37 heartiest 3 1
38 heartless 2 1
39 overhearing 4 1
40 rehearing 3 1
41 rehearse 2 1
42 rehearsing 3 1
43 shearn 1 1
44 sweethearts 2 1
45 unrehearsed 3 1
46 wholeheartedly 4 1
47 ahearn 2 0
48 beshears 2 0
49 bighearted 3 0
50 blackshear 2 0
51 boshears 2 0
52 brashear 2 0
53 brashears 2 0
54 braveheart 2 0
55 breshears 2 0
56 broshears 2 0
57 disheartened 3 0
58 dragonheart 3 0
59 earnheart 2 0
60 fainthearted 3 0
61 gayheart 2 0
62 gearheart 2 0
63 good-heartedly 4 0
64 goodheart 2 0
65 hearin 2 0
66 hearing's 2 0
67 hearkens 2 0
68 hearl 1 0
69 hearne 1 0
70 hearns 1 0
71 hearon 2 0
72 hearron 2 0
73 heartache 2 0
74 heartbeats 2 0
75 heartbreaks 2 0
76 heartbroken 3 0
77 heartburn 2 0
78 hearted 2 0
79 heartedly 3 0
80 hearten 2 0
81 heartened 2 0
82 hearths 1 0
83 heartier 3 0
84 heartland 2 0
85 heartscan 2 0
86 heartthrob 2 0
87 heartthrobs 2 0
88 heartwarming 3 0
89 heartwise 2 0
90 heartwood 2 0
91 lamphear 2 0
92 lanphear 2 0
93 lionheart 3 0
94 mcphearson 3 0
95 mishear 2 0
96 misheard 2 0
97 mulhearn 2 0
98 o'hearn 2 0
99 ohearn 2 0
100 overhear 3 0
101 overhears 3 0
102 rehear 2 0
103 rehearings 3 0
104 rehearses 3 0
105 schear 1 0
106 shear's 1 0
107 sheard 1 0
108 sheared 1 0
109 shearer 2 0
110 shearin 2 0
111 shearman 2 0
112 shearon 2 0
113 shearouse 2 0
114 shears 1 0
115 shearson 2 0
116 shearson's 2 0
117 shepheard 2 0
118 wholehearted 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "hear".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 here 1 750

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 her 1 3036
2 heard 1 247
3 heart 1 173
4 shear 1 40
5 ear 1 29
6 heater 2 14
7 hears 1 7
8 hearty 2 4
9 hearn 1 1
10 shearn 1 1
11 hearl 1 0
12 har 1 0
13 shears 1 0
14 sheard 1 0
15 schear 1 0
16 rehear 2 0
17 ohearn 2 0
18 heward 2 0
19 henard 2 0
20 hebard 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 way 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hair 1 148
2 hour 2 145
3 herr 1 10
4 heir 1 7
5 hour's 2 1
6 haar 1 0
7 hair's 1 0
8 harr 1 0
9 heer 2 0
10 hehr 1 0
11 hier 2 0
12 hoar 1 0
13 horr 1 0
14 hyer 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 118

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 14

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

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