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Term: prove

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

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prove

Definitions

Verb

  1. Be shown or be found to be
  2. Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
  3. Provide evidence for
  4. Prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
  5. Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
  6. Increase in volume
  7. Cause to puff up with a leaven
  8. Take a trial impression of
  9. Obtain probate of
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "prove".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 proved 1 71
2 improved 2 55
3 prove 1 53
4 approved 2 40
5 improvement 3 40
6 improve 2 39
7 improvements 3 20
8 proves 1 16
9 approve 2 14
10 improves 2 11
11 proven 2 11
12 proverb 2 5
13 disapprove 3 4
14 disapproved 3 4
15 proverbial 4 4
16 disprove 2 3
17 unimproved 3 2
18 approves 2 1
19 disapproves 3 1
20 provenance 3 1
21 proverbs 2 1
22 unproved 2 1
23 aix-en-provence 4 0
24 disproved 2 0
25 disproven 3 0
26 disproves 2 0
27 provence 2 0
28 provencher 3 0
29 provencio 4 0
30 provenience 4 0
31 proventus 3 0
32 provenza 3 0
33 provenzano 4 0
34 provera 3 0
35 self-improvement 4 0
36 unapproved 3 0
37 unproven 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "prove".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 approve 2 14

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 provide 2 216
2 proved 1 71
3 improve 2 39
4 proves 1 16
5 approve 2 14
6 prose 1 14
7 prone 1 14
8 grove 1 14
9 proven 2 11
10 probe 1 6
11 proverb 2 5
12 rover 2 4
13 provoke 2 3
14 rove 1 1
15 provote 2 0
16 provine 3 0
17 provera 3 0
18 trove 1 0
19 roven 2 0
20 provo 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 prove that 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 to prove 1 3
2 would prove 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 try 1 2
2 lift 1 2
3 topology 4 2
4 way 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 privy 2 4
2 prevo 2 0
3 provo 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 9

Fragments: 37

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 2

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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