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Term: nail

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

nail

Definitions

Noun

  1. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
  2. A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
  3. A former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

Verb

  1. Attach something somewhere by means of nails
  2. Take into custody
  3. Hit hard
  4. Succeed in obtaining a position
  5. Succeed at easily
  6. Locate exactly
  7. Complete a pass

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "nail".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nails 1 14
2 nailed 1 11
3 nail 1 6
4 fingernails 3 2
5 nailing 2 1
6 snail 1 1
7 snail's 1 1
8 snails 1 1
9 thumbnail 2 1
10 doornail 2 0
11 fingernail 3 0
12 hobnail 2 0
13 naill 1 0
14 nailor 2 0
15 silvernail 3 0
16 toenail 2 0
17 toenails 2 0
18 withnail 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "nail".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 snail 1 1
2 naill 1 0
3 nale 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tail 1 24
2 rail 1 16
3 nails 1 14
4 sail 1 12
5 nailed 1 11
6 entail 2 5
7 pail 1 4
8 wail 1 3
9 vail 1 3
10 nile 1 3
11 snail 1 1
12 nil 1 1
13 snails 1 1
14 naill 1 0
15 nabil 2 0
16 ail 1 0
17 nailor 2 0
18 nils 1 0
19 nill 1 0
20 nila 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 null 1 13
2 noel 2 8
3 neal 1 4
4 neil 1 3
5 nell 1 1
6 noll 1 1
7 nall 1 0
8 neal's 1 0
9 neel 1 0
10 neil's 1 0
11 nepl 2 0
12 nerl 1 0
13 nial 2 0
14 niel 1 0
15 nill 1 0
16 noel's 2 0
17 nohl 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 10

Fragments: 18

Sound Alikes: 3

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 17

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

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