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Term: poorly

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

  1. Term
  2. poorly

poorly

Definitions

Adverb

  1. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "poorly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 poorly 2 11

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "poorly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 openly 3 34
2 pasley 2 2
3 parley 2 1
4 padley 2 0
5 paisley 2 0
6 paoli 3 0
7 pashley 2 0
8 peasley 2 0
9 pebley 2 0
10 pedley 2 0
11 peffley 2 0
12 penley 2 0
13 persley 2 0
14 piggly 2 0
15 pursley 2 0
16 spogli 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 poor 1 113
2 pool 1 111
3 pools 1 15
4 portly 2 1
5 orly 2 1
6 porgy 2 1
7 pooley 2 0
8 poly 2 0
9 pokorny 3 0
10 wooly 2 0
11 spoor 1 0
12 spool 1 0
13 porky 2 0
14 pordy 2 0
15 poors 1 0
16 poore 1 0
17 poole 1 0
18 polyp 2 0
19 polly 2 0
20 poley 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 poorly known 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 often 2 2
2 atmosphere 3 2
3 several 3 2
4 accommodation 5 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 pearls 1 2
2 pearly 2 1
3 pearle 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 16

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 4

Consonant Matches: 3

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

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