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Term: old

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

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  2. old

old

Definitions

Noun

  1. Past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

Adjective

  1. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
  2. Of long duration; not new
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "old".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 old 1 661
2 told 1 413
3 cold 1 171
4 hold 1 169
5 older 2 93
6 holding 2 65
7 soldiers 2 56
8 gold 1 52
9 sold 1 47
10 mold 1 45
11 golden 2 42
12 holds 1 42
13 soldier 2 39
14 harold 2 32
15 household 2 32
16 holder 2 27
17 stockholders 3 26
18 bold 1 21
19 arnold 2 20
20 folded 2 15
21 molding 2 15
22 threshold 2 15
23 oldest 2 14
24 manifold 3 13
25 molded 2 12
26 goldberg 2 10
27 holden 2 9
28 boldly 2 8
29 coldly 2 8
30 withholding 3 8
31 fold 1 7
32 molds 1 7
33 old-fashioned 3 7
34 uphold 2 7
35 scaffold 2 6
36 stronghold 2 6
37 colder 2 5
38 holders 2 5
39 reynolds 2 5
40 unfolding 3 5
41 behold 2 4
42 coldest 2 4
43 coldness 2 4
44 herold 2 4
45 holdings 2 4
46 solder 2 4
47 threefold 2 4
48 twofold 2 4
49 unfolded 3 4
50 unfolds 2 4
51 upholding 3 4
52 boldness 2 3
53 folding 2 3
54 folds 1 3
55 freeholders 3 3
56 goldwater 3 3
57 scaffolding 3 3
58 shareholders 3 3
59 unsold 2 3
60 arnold's 2 2
61 blindfolded 3 2
62 bolder 2 2
63 colds 1 2
64 emboldened 3 2
65 holden's 2 2
66 holdup 2 2
67 households 2 2
68 newbold 2 2
69 old-timer 3 2
70 oldsmobile 3 2
71 oldsters 2 2
72 scolding 2 2
73 smoldering 3 2
74 soldiers' 2 2
75 stockholder 3 2
76 unfold 2 2
77 untold 2 2
78 withhold 2 2
79 boldest 2 1
80 cold-blooded 3 1
81 doldrums 2 1
82 folder 2 1
83 folders 2 1
84 freeholder 3 1
85 golda 2 1
86 goldfish 2 1
87 goldsmith 2 1
88 handhold 2 1
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90 holdups 2 1
91 householder 3 1
92 householders 3 1
93 isolde 3 1
94 leopold 3 1
95 moldavian 4 1
96 officeholders 4 1
97 old-timers 3 1
98 olde 1 1
99 olden 2 1
100 oldenburg 3 1
101 oldies 2 1
102 shareholder 3 1
103 soldering 3 1
104 soldier's 2 1
105 soldiering 3 1
106 tenfold 2 1
107 upholds 2 1
108 wold 1 1
109 aderhold 3 0
110 ahold 2 0
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114 archbold 2 0
115 armold 2 0
116 arnhold 2 0
117 arnoldi 3 0
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122 bankholding 3 0
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129 beholder 3 0
130 beholding 3 0
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157 burkholder 3 0
158 cardholder 3 0
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160 centerfold 3 0
161 chokehold 2 0
162 cold-bay 2 0
163 cold-blood 2 0
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253 goldring 2 0
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256 goldsborough 3 0
257 goldsby 2 0
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261 goldson 2 0
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268 goldstrike 2 0
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271 goldwasser 3 0
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299 holderby 3 0
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316 honold 2 0
317 household's 2 0
318 housholder 3 0
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321 jerold 2 0
322 jerrold 2 0
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324 junkholders 3 0
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327 konold 2 0
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329 landholders 3 0
330 landholding 3 0
331 landholdings 3 0
332 leasehold 2 0
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335 leipold 2 0
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337 leopoldine 4 0
338 leopoldo 4 0
339 leupold 2 0
340 leuthold 2 0
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342 machold 2 0
343 mangold 2 0
344 marigold 3 0
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346 marold 2 0
347 mcgoldrick 3 0
348 mcreynolds 3 0
349 meinhold 2 0
350 moldable 3 0
351 moldavia 4 0
352 molden 2 0
353 moldenhauer 4 0
354 molder 2 0
355 molders 2 0
356 moldings 2 0
357 moldova 3 0
358 moldovan 3 0
359 moldy 2 0
360 mongold 2 0
361 monigold 3 0
362 mossholder 3 0
363 ninefold 2 0
364 nold 1 0
365 nolde 1 0
366 nolden 2 0
367 nolder 2 0
368 noteholder 3 0
369 noteholders 3 0
370 officeholder 4 0
371 old's 1 0
372 old-growth 2 0
373 old-school 2 0
374 oldaker 3 0
375 oldani 3 0
376 oldenkamp 3 0
377 oldfashioned 3 0
378 oldfather 3 0
379 oldfield 2 0
380 oldham 2 0
381 oldham's 2 0
382 oldie 2 0
383 oldman 2 0
384 oldroyd 2 0
385 olds 1 0
386 oldsmar 2 0
387 oldsmobile's 3 0
388 oldsmobiles 3 0
389 oldster 2 0
390 oldt 1 0
391 outsold 2 0
392 oversold 3 0
393 pacholder 3 0
394 penfold 2 0
395 petzold 2 0
396 petzoldt 2 0
397 polder 2 0
398 policyholder 5 0
399 policyholder's 5 0
400 policyholders 5 0
401 policyholders' 5 0
402 rabenold 3 0
403 rabold 2 0
404 rappold 2 0
405 reichhold 2 0
406 reichhold's 2 0
407 reinbold 2 0
408 reingold 2 0
409 reinhold 2 0
410 rembold 2 0
411 remold 2 0
412 remolded 3 0
413 resold 2 0
414 reynold 2 0
415 reynolds' 2 0
416 reynolds's 3 0
417 reynoldson 3 0
418 rheingold 2 0
419 ringgold 2 0
420 ringold 2 0
421 rockhold 2 0
422 roldan 2 0
423 rumbold 2 0
424 saffold 2 0
425 scaffolds 2 0
426 schmoldt 1 0
427 scold 1 0
428 scolded 2 0
429 scolds 1 0
430 seabold 2 0
431 sebold 2 0
432 seebold 2 0
433 seibold 2 0
434 sevenfold 3 0
435 seybold 2 0
436 shareholder's 3 0
437 shareholders' 3 0
438 shareholding 3 0
439 shareholdings 3 0
440 sherrgold 2 0
441 shipholding 3 0
442 siebold 2 0
443 sixfold 2 0
444 smolder 2 0
445 soldan 2 0
446 soldano 3 0
447 soldner 2 0
448 soldo 2 0
449 southold 2 0
450 stakeholder 3 0
451 stakeholders 3 0
452 stockholders' 3 0
453 stockholding 3 0
454 stockholdings 3 0
455 stoldt 1 0
456 stranglehold 3 0
457 strongholds 2 0
458 swergold 2 0
459 thresholds 2 0
460 titleholder 4 0
461 toehold 2 0
462 toldrian 3 0
463 undersold 3 0
464 underwithhold 4 0
465 underwithholding 5 0
466 unitholder 4 0
467 unitholders 4 0
468 vold 1 0
469 voldemort 3 0
470 voldemort's 3 0
471 volden 2 0
472 wambold 2 0
473 wamboldt 2 0
474 weigold 2 0
475 weinhold 2 0
476 westerhold 3 0
477 wiebold 2 0
478 wiederhold 3 0
479 withholds 2 0
480 wolden 2 0
481 woldt 1 0
482 wooldridge 2 0
483 years-old 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "old".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 told 1 413
2 cold 1 171
3 hold 1 169
4 gold 1 52
5 rolled 1 48
6 sold 1 47
7 mold 1 45
8 bold 1 21
9 fold 1 7
10 doled 1 1
11 holed 1 1
12 mould 1 1
13 olde 1 1
14 polled 1 1
15 tolled 1 1
16 wold 1 1
17 bowled 1 0
18 dold 1 0
19 golde 1 0
20 holde 1 0
21 nold 1 0
22 nolde 1 0
23 roald 1 0
24 vold 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 would 1 2714
2 world 1 787
3 told 1 413
4 cold 1 171
5 hold 1 169
6 solid 2 77
7 gold 1 52
8 sold 1 47
9 mold 1 45
10 bold 1 21
11 fold 1 7
12 wold 1 1
13 olde 1 1
14 vold 1 0
15 oldt 1 0
16 olds 1 0
17 nold 1 0
18 dold 1 0
19 woldt 1 0
20 soldo 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 old norse 1 3
2 old boys 1 2
3 old testament 3 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the old 1 11
2 an old 1 7
3 years old 1 4
4 and old 1 2
5 year old 1 2
6 of old 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bringing 2 2
2 icelandic 3 2
3 operates 3 2
4 west 1 2
5 combining 3 2
6 crusty 2 2
7 small 1 2
8 years 1 2
9 year 1 2
10 breaks 1 2
11 larger 2 2
12 university 5 2
13 part 1 2
14 capital 3 2
15 also 2 2
16 marxists 2 2
17 backing 2 2
18 creation 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 old-fashioned 3 7
2 old-timer 3 2
3 old-timers 3 1
4 old's 1 0
5 old-growth 2 0
6 old-school 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 483

Sound Alikes: 24

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 6

Statistically Associated: 18

Consonant Matches: 6

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

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