infect
Definitions
Verb
- Communicate a disease to
- Contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- Corrupt with ideas or an ideology
- Affect in a contagious way
Fragment
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "infect".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | infectious | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | infection | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | infections | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | infected | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | anti-infective | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | infect | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | disinfect | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | disinfectant | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | disinfectants | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | disinfection | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | infecting | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | infective | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | infects | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | uninfected | 4 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "infect".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "infect".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | insects | 2 | 23 |
| 2 | infectious | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | insect | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | inspect | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | infection | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | inject | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | infected | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | inflict | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | inflected | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | inflection | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | inexact | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | infest | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | infects | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | infective | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | infecting | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | disinfect | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | injects | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | infests | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | confect | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | uninfected | 4 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "infect" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "infect" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "infect" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "infect".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 14
Sound Alikes: 5
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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