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Term: least

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

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  2. least

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Definitions

Noun

  1. Something that is of no importance

Adjective

  1. The superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

Adverb

  1. Used to form the superlative
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "least".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 least 1 343
2 oleaster 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "least".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 last 1 676
2 lost 1 173
3 list 1 133
4 placed 1 126
5 lest 1 17
6 blast 1 15
7 blessed 1 13
8 lust 1 5
9 sliced 1 4
10 blest 1 3
11 classed 1 2
12 laced 1 2
13 leased 1 2
14 glossed 1 1
15 kleist 1 1
16 blust 1 0
17 fleeced 1 0
18 glassed 1 0
19 liszt 1 0
20 loosed 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 last 1 676
2 east 1 183
3 lest 1 17
4 lease 1 10
5 leaps 1 4
6 yeast 1 3
7 pleas 1 3
8 leash 1 3
9 leapt 1 2
10 leans 1 1
11 leas 1 0
12 leanest 2 0
13 weast 1 0
14 teast 1 0
15 pleat 1 0
16 lekas 2 0
17 leist 2 0
18 leath 1 0
19 leask 1 0
20 leant 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 least one 1 7
2 least two 1 4
3 least in 1 3
4 least six 1 2
5 least nominally 4 2
6 least massive 2 2
7 least some 1 2
8 least since 1 2
9 least five 1 2
10 least eleven 3 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 at least 1 59
2 the least 1 6
3 not least 1 3

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 crime 1 2
2 germans 2 2
3 observed 2 2
4 uranus 3 2
5 making 2 2
6 second 2 2
7 system 2 2
8 although 2 2
9 principle 3 2
10 included 3 2
11 two 1 2
12 one 1 2
13 century 3 2
14 back 1 2
15 use 1 2
16 lost 1 2
17 industry 3 2
18 evident 3 2
19 designs 2 2
20 raise 1 2
21 must 1 2
22 remain 2 2
23 though 1 2
24 moscow 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 leist 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 20

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 10

Words that Precede: 3

Statistically Associated: 24

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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