police
Definitions
Noun
- The force of policemen and officers
Verb
- Maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "police".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | police | 2 | 155 |
| 2 | policeman | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | policemen | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | policed | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | policeman's | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | police's | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | polices | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | policewoman | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | policewomen | 4 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "police".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "police".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | policy | 3 | 222 |
| 2 | policies | 3 | 68 |
| 3 | policeman | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | pole | 1 | 18 |
| 5 | policemen | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | polite | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | poultice | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | poultices | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | lice | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | policed | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | splice | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | spliced | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | polices | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | polce | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | police's | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | pulice | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | polich | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | poli | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | splices | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | pollick | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "police" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | police officers | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | police department | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | police have | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | police and | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | police force | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "police" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | and police | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | the police | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | of police | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | metropolitan police | 5 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "police" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dismantled | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | secret | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | city | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | belize | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | various | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | duke | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | bonaparte's | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | napoleon's | 4 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 9
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 5
Words that Precede: 4
Statistically Associated: 8
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:
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