period
Definitions
Noun
- An amount of time
- The interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
- (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
- A unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
- The end or completion of something
- The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; ; --hippocrates; --aristotle
- A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
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Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "period".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | period | 3 | 265 |
| 2 | periods | 3 | 47 |
| 3 | periodic | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | periodically | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | periodicals | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | periodical | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | period's | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | periodontal | 5 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "period".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "period".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | periods | 3 | 47 |
| 2 | periodic | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | prod | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | pernod | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | period's | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | perito | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | perino | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | perigo | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | penrod | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | pero | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | priroda | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | prihoda | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | pherigo | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | petrino | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | persico | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | perrino | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | perrigo | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | perillo | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | peridot | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | perfidy | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "period" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "period" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | this period | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | a period | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | time period | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | short period | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | same period | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | long period | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | the period | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | baroque period | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | brief period | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | classical period | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | romantic period | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | practice period | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | that period | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | colonial period | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | first period | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | playing period | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | gupta period | 2 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "period" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | long | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | rotational | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | giving | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | short | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | time | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | attention | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | novelist | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | following | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | cretaceous | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | extending | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | small | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | brief | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | gestation | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | developed | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | slowly | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | classical | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | style | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | governed | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | orbital | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | transitional | 4 | 2 |
| 21 | given | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | proletariat | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | lies | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | transition | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | marxists | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | appropriate | 4 | 2 |
| 27 | clock | 1 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 8
Sound Alikes: 13
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 7
Words that Precede: 17
Statistically Associated: 27
Consonant Matches: 10
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Parents can’t control when their daughters start getting their periods…can they?
Jun 12, 2025 vox.com
Jun 12, 2025 vox.com
Public health bodies urged to launch period tracking apps to protect data | Menstruation
Jun 11, 2025 The Guardian
Jun 11, 2025 The Guardian
Yes, there are period products besides pads and tampons. Here's what you need to know.
Jun 13, 2025 USA Today
Jun 13, 2025 USA Today
'Frightening safety risks': Women warned about the dangers of using period tracker apps
Jun 11, 2025 Sky News
Jun 11, 2025 Sky News
Offseason dead period still gives Packers fans plenty to look forward to
Jun 12, 2025 Acme Packing Company
Jun 12, 2025 Acme Packing Company