ough
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Words that contain the term "ough".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | through | 1 | 971 |
| 2 | thought | 1 | 517 |
| 3 | though | 1 | 440 |
| 4 | enough | 2 | 430 |
| 5 | although | 2 | 321 |
| 6 | brought | 1 | 253 |
| 7 | throughout | 2 | 141 |
| 8 | ought | 1 | 68 |
| 9 | bought | 1 | 56 |
| 10 | sought | 1 | 55 |
| 11 | thoughts | 1 | 54 |
| 12 | fought | 1 | 46 |
| 13 | rough | 1 | 41 |
| 14 | thoroughly | 3 | 40 |
| 15 | tough | 1 | 36 |
| 16 | roughly | 2 | 25 |
| 17 | thorough | 2 | 21 |
| 18 | thoughtfully | 3 | 14 |
| 19 | dough | 1 | 13 |
| 20 | thoughtful | 2 | 11 |
| 21 | tougher | 2 | 10 |
| 22 | cough | 1 | 7 |
| 23 | breakthrough | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | coughlin | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | dreadnought | 2 | 6 |
| 26 | hough | 1 | 6 |
| 27 | toughness | 2 | 6 |
| 28 | borough | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | drought | 1 | 5 |
| 30 | boughs | 1 | 4 |
| 31 | houghton | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | coughing | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | marlborough | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | mccullough | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | roughness | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | thoroughfare | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | thoughtless | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | toughs | 1 | 3 |
| 39 | trough | 1 | 3 |
| 40 | wrought | 1 | 3 |
| 41 | boroughs | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | bough | 1 | 2 |
| 43 | coughed | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | droughts | 1 | 2 |
| 45 | furlough | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | oughta | 2 | 2 |
| 47 | poughkeepsie | 3 | 2 |
| 48 | toughest | 2 | 2 |
| 49 | aforethought | 3 | 1 |
| 50 | breakthroughs | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | forethought | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | furloughed | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | houghton's | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | roughed | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | rougher | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | roughest | 2 | 1 |
| 57 | roughneck | 2 | 1 |
| 58 | roughshod | 2 | 1 |
| 59 | scarborough | 3 | 1 |
| 60 | slough | 1 | 1 |
| 61 | thoroughbred | 3 | 1 |
| 62 | thoroughfares | 3 | 1 |
| 63 | thoroughness | 3 | 1 |
| 64 | thoughtfulness | 3 | 1 |
| 65 | throughput | 2 | 1 |
| 66 | troughs | 1 | 1 |
| 67 | afterthought | 3 | 0 |
| 68 | afterthoughts | 3 | 0 |
| 69 | attenborough | 4 | 0 |
| 70 | barraclough | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | beougher | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | blough | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | borough's | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | boughan | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | bougher | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | boughman | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | boughner | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | boughten | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | boughter | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | boughton | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | brough | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | brougham | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | brougher | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | broughman | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | broughton | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | bumbalough | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | burrough | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | burroughs | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | carlough | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | chesebrough | 3 | 0 |
| 91 | clabough | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | clough | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | clougherty | 3 | 0 |
| 94 | cocanougher | 4 | 0 |
| 95 | colclough | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | coughenour | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | coughlan | 2 | 0 |
| 98 | coughran | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | coughs | 1 | 0 |
| 100 | crough | 1 | 0 |
| 101 | crowborough | 3 | 0 |
| 102 | darrough | 2 | 0 |
| 103 | dorough | 2 | 0 |
| 104 | dorrough | 2 | 0 |
| 105 | doughboy | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | dougher | 2 | 0 |
| 107 | dougherty | 3 | 0 |
| 108 | doughman | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | doughnut | 2 | 0 |
| 110 | doughnuts | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | doughten | 2 | 0 |
| 112 | doughtie | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | doughty | 2 | 0 |
| 114 | doughy | 2 | 0 |
| 115 | drought's | 1 | 0 |
| 116 | enough's | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | fairclough | 2 | 0 |
| 118 | fambrough | 2 | 0 |
| 119 | farnborough | 3 | 0 |
| 120 | foxborough | 3 | 0 |
| 121 | furloughs | 2 | 0 |
| 122 | goldsborough | 3 | 0 |
| 123 | goodenough | 3 | 0 |
| 124 | goodnough | 2 | 0 |
| 125 | gough | 1 | 0 |
| 126 | goughnour | 2 | 0 |
| 127 | greenough | 2 | 0 |
| 128 | hansbrough | 2 | 0 |
| 129 | hartsough | 2 | 0 |
| 130 | hiccough | 2 | 0 |
| 131 | hiccoughs | 2 | 0 |
| 132 | hillsborough | 3 | 0 |
| 133 | hougham | 2 | 0 |
| 134 | houghland | 2 | 0 |
| 135 | houghs | 1 | 0 |
| 136 | houghtaling | 3 | 0 |
| 137 | kellough | 2 | 0 |
| 138 | keough | 2 | 0 |
| 139 | killough | 2 | 0 |
| 140 | kimbrough | 2 | 0 |
| 141 | kingsborough | 3 | 0 |
| 142 | kough | 1 | 0 |
| 143 | lough | 1 | 0 |
| 144 | lougheed | 2 | 0 |
| 145 | loughery | 3 | 0 |
| 146 | loughlin | 2 | 0 |
| 147 | loughman | 2 | 0 |
| 148 | loughmiller | 3 | 0 |
| 149 | loughner | 2 | 0 |
| 150 | loughney | 2 | 0 |
| 151 | loughran | 2 | 0 |
| 152 | loughrey | 2 | 0 |
| 153 | loughridge | 2 | 0 |
| 154 | loughry | 2 | 0 |
| 155 | macdonough | 3 | 0 |
| 156 | malbrough | 2 | 0 |
| 157 | mccollough | 3 | 0 |
| 158 | mcdonough | 3 | 0 |
| 159 | mcgeough | 2 | 0 |
| 160 | mcgough | 2 | 0 |
| 161 | mckeough | 3 | 0 |
| 162 | methought | 2 | 0 |
| 163 | newbrough | 2 | 0 |
| 164 | o'dougherty | 4 | 0 |
| 165 | o'loughlin | 3 | 0 |
| 166 | oloughlin | 3 | 0 |
| 167 | oughtn't | 2 | 0 |
| 168 | overbought | 3 | 0 |
| 169 | overwrought | 3 | 0 |
| 170 | peterborough | 4 | 0 |
| 171 | plough | 1 | 0 |
| 172 | ploughed | 1 | 0 |
| 173 | ploughs | 1 | 0 |
| 174 | ploughshare | 2 | 0 |
| 175 | ploughshares | 2 | 0 |
| 176 | pough | 1 | 0 |
| 177 | poughkeepsie's | 3 | 0 |
| 178 | prough | 1 | 0 |
| 179 | rethought | 2 | 0 |
| 180 | rohrbough | 2 | 0 |
| 181 | rosborough | 3 | 0 |
| 182 | roseborough | 3 | 0 |
| 183 | rosebrough | 2 | 0 |
| 184 | rossborough | 3 | 0 |
| 185 | rough's | 1 | 0 |
| 186 | roughing | 2 | 0 |
| 187 | roughnecks | 2 | 0 |
| 188 | rought | 1 | 0 |
| 189 | roughton | 2 | 0 |
| 190 | roxborough | 3 | 0 |
| 191 | scarbrough | 2 | 0 |
| 192 | schlough | 1 | 0 |
| 193 | shough | 1 | 0 |
| 194 | sloughs | 1 | 0 |
| 195 | stanbrough | 2 | 0 |
| 196 | statesborough | 3 | 0 |
| 197 | stough | 1 | 0 |
| 198 | stoughton | 2 | 0 |
| 199 | strough | 1 | 0 |
| 200 | thoroughbreds | 3 | 0 |
| 201 | throughs | 1 | 0 |
| 202 | throughway | 2 | 0 |
| 203 | toughed | 1 | 0 |
| 204 | toughen | 2 | 0 |
| 205 | toughened | 2 | 0 |
| 206 | toughening | 3 | 0 |
| 207 | toughens | 2 | 0 |
| 208 | toughie | 2 | 0 |
| 209 | triborough | 3 | 0 |
| 210 | turlough | 2 | 0 |
| 211 | turnbough | 2 | 0 |
| 212 | vought | 1 | 0 |
| 213 | westborough | 3 | 0 |
| 214 | willoughby | 3 | 0 |
| 215 | yarborough | 3 | 0 |
| 216 | yarbough | 2 | 0 |
| 217 | yarbrough | 3 | 0 |
| 218 | youghal | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
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Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "ough".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "ough" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "ough" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "ough" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "ough".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | high | 1 | 497 |
| 2 | sigh | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | hugh | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | high-school | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | high-speed | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | high-level | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | high-spirited | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | gogh | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | high-powered | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | high-quality | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | pugh | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | engh | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | high-end | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | high-minded | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | nigh | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | argh | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | bugh | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | high-profile | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | high-spiritedness | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | high-tech | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | pugh's | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | rugh | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | vegh | 1 | 0 |
Results:
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Definitions: 0
Fragments: 218
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 23
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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