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Term: not

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "not": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. not

not

Definitions

Adverb

  1. Negation of a word or group of words
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "not".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 not 1 4610
2 another 3 684
3 nothing 2 411
4 cannot 2 258
5 note 1 127
6 noted 2 90
7 notice 2 59
8 notes 1 57
9 noticed 2 50
10 notion 2 40
11 notable 3 20
12 notte 1 20
13 noting 2 17
14 notions 2 17
15 notably 3 16
16 noticeable 4 11
17 denoted 3 9
18 notices 3 9
19 knot 1 8
20 monotonous 4 8
21 notify 3 8
22 notorious 4 8
23 denotes 2 7
24 monotony 4 7
25 noteworthy 3 7
26 notch 1 6
27 notches 2 6
28 notre 2 6
29 another's 3 5
30 connotation 4 5
31 denoting 3 5
32 noticing 3 5
33 denote 2 4
34 keynote 2 4
35 knotted 2 4
36 nothin' 2 4
37 notified 3 4
38 notwithstanding 4 4
39 unnoticed 3 4
40 connotations 4 3
41 footnote 2 3
42 footnotes 2 3
43 monotone 3 3
44 notation 3 3
45 nothin 2 3
46 nothingness 3 3
47 keynotes 2 2
48 knotty 2 2
49 notables 3 2
50 notched 1 2
51 notebook 2 2
52 notebooks 2 2
53 noticeably 4 2
54 nott 1 2
55 connote 2 1
56 connotes 2 1
57 hypnotic 3 1
58 hypnotized 3 1
59 knots 1 1
60 knott 1 1
61 minot 2 1
62 nothing's 2 1
63 nothings 2 1
64 notification 5 1
65 notifying 4 1
66 notoriety 5 1
67 notoriously 5 1
68 vienot 2 1
69 annotate 3 0
70 annotated 4 0
71 annotates 3 0
72 annotating 4 0
73 annotation 4 0
74 annotations 4 0
75 annotator 4 0
76 annotators 4 0
77 arbothnott 3 0
78 arbuthnot 3 0
79 arnot 2 0
80 arnott 2 0
81 arnotts 2 0
82 banknote 2 0
83 banknotes 2 0
84 benotti 3 0
85 bertinotti 4 0
86 boitnott 2 0
87 booknote 2 0
88 booknotes 2 0
89 catalanotto 5 0
90 connotational 5 0
91 dinoto 3 0
92 dinotopia 5 0
93 euronote 3 0
94 euronotes 3 0
95 fontenot 3 0
96 footnoted 3 0
97 footnoting 3 0
98 genotype 3 0
99 genotypes 3 0
100 giannotti 3 0
101 gianotti 3 0
102 gobinot 3 0
103 hadnot 2 0
104 hinote 2 0
105 huguenot 3 0
106 huguenots 3 0
107 hypnotics 3 0
108 hypnotism 4 0
109 hypnotism's 4 0
110 hypnotist 3 0
111 hypnotists 3 0
112 hypnotize 3 0
113 hypnotizes 4 0
114 iannotti 4 0
115 immunotherapy 6 0
116 jannotta 3 0
117 janota 3 0
118 jonothan 3 0
119 junot 2 0
120 knotek 2 0
121 knoth 1 0
122 knott's 1 0
123 knotts 1 0
124 linotype 3 0
125 lynott 2 0
126 maginot 3 0
127 menotomy 4 0
128 menotti 3 0
129 minott 2 0
130 minotti 3 0
131 monotheism 5 0
132 monotype 3 0
133 nanotechnologies 6 0
134 nanotechnology 6 0
135 notarianni 5 0
136 notaro 3 0
137 notary 3 0
138 notations 3 0
139 note's 1 0
140 notebaert 3 0
141 noteboom 3 0
142 noteholder 3 0
143 noteholders 3 0
144 notes' 1 0
145 notestine 4 0
146 notetaker 3 0
147 notetakers 3 0
148 noteware 2 0
149 noth 1 0
150 nothdurft 2 0
151 nother 2 0
152 nothnagel 3 0
153 nothstein 2 0
154 notifications 5 0
155 notifies 3 0
156 notis 2 0
157 noto 2 0
158 notochord 3 0
159 nots 1 0
160 nottage 2 0
161 notter 2 0
162 nottingham 3 0
163 notz 1 0
164 pagnotta 3 0
165 pequignot 3 0
166 phenotype 3 0
167 phenotypes 3 0
168 phenotypic 4 0
169 pinot 2 0
170 poinot 2 0
171 sennott 2 0
172 sinnott 2 0
173 snot 1 0
174 snot-face 2 0
175 snot-faced 2 0
176 snotty 2 0
177 stichnoth 2 0
178 subnotebook 3 0
179 synnott 2 0
180 topknot 2 0
181 vannote 2 0
182 whatnot 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "not".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 notte 1 20
2 knot 1 8
3 nott 1 2
4 knott 1 1

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "not".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 no 1 2139
2 note 1 127
3 noted 2 90
4 notes 1 57
5 notte 1 20
6 knot 1 8
7 notre 2 6
8 notch 1 6
9 snort 1 3
10 nott 1 2
11 snout 1 1
12 snot 1 0
13 notz 1 0
14 nots 1 0
15 noto 2 0
16 noth 1 0
17 nolt 1 0
18 ot 1 0
19 pinot 2 0
20 notis 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "not" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 not be 1 32
2 not only 2 30
3 not to 1 21
4 not a 1 21
5 not have 1 14
6 not the 1 13
7 not as 1 11
8 not in 1 10
9 not yet 1 9
10 not all 1 8
11 not always 2 8
12 not considered 3 8
13 not just 1 8
14 not take 1 7
15 not known 1 7
16 not believe 2 7
17 not used 1 6
18 not until 2 6
19 not been 1 6
20 not necessarily 5 5
21 not allow 2 5
22 not fully 2 5
23 not possible 3 5
24 not an 1 5
25 not of 1 5
26 not well 1 4
27 not clear 1 4
28 not required 3 4
29 not at 1 4
30 not accept 2 4
31 not want 1 4
32 not include 2 3
33 not understand 3 3
34 not appear 2 3
35 not unique 2 3
36 not form 1 3
37 not completely 3 3
38 not part 1 3
39 not being 2 3
40 not least 1 3
41 not find 1 3
42 not supported 3 3
43 not generally 4 3
44 not go 1 3
45 not become 2 3
46 not available 4 3
47 not normally 3 3
48 not so 1 3
49 not apply 2 3
50 not carry 2 2
51 not set 1 2
52 not receive 2 2
53 not classify 3 2
54 not address 2 2
55 not understood 3 2
56 not reach 1 2
57 not able 2 2
58 not officially 4 2
59 not published 2 2
60 not seen 1 2
61 not complete 2 2
62 not like 1 2
63 not agree 2 2
64 not directly 3 2
65 not suitable 3 2
66 not consider 3 2
67 not too 1 2
68 not use 1 2
69 not wholly 2 2
70 not their 1 2
71 not need 1 2
72 not under 2 2
73 not long 1 2
74 not limited 3 2
75 not cached 1 2
76 not actually 4 2
77 not due 1 2
78 not give 1 2
79 not regard 2 2
80 not represent 3 2
81 not significantly 5 2
82 not very 2 2
83 not do 1 2
84 not approve 2 2
85 not stop 1 2
86 not get 1 2
87 not enough 2 2
88 not make 1 2
89 not deliberately 5 2
90 not even 2 2
91 not that 1 2
92 not necessary 4 2
93 not fit 1 2
94 not seem 1 2
95 not composed 2 2
96 not assess 2 2
97 not positioned 3 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "not" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 is not 1 99
2 did not 1 78
3 was not 1 67
4 are not 1 58
5 does not 1 43
6 do not 1 36
7 were not 1 32
8 could not 1 24
9 would not 1 22
10 but not 1 17
11 or not 1 13
12 and not 1 11
13 has not 1 11
14 had not 1 11
15 may not 1 9
16 have not 1 9
17 though not 1 7
18 should not 1 7
19 will not 1 6
20 need not 1 5
21 for not 1 4
22 still not 1 3
23 to not 1 3
24 while not 1 3
25 if not 1 3
26 that not 1 2
27 also not 2 2
28 although not 2 2
29 used not 1 2
30 might not 1 2
31 usually not 4 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "not" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "not".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 net 1 34
2 nut 1 15
3 nat 1 1
4 nit 1 0
5 nut's 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 182

Sound Alikes: 4

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 97

Words that Precede: 31

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 5

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

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