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Term: ransom

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

  1. Term
  2. ransom

ransom

Definitions

Noun

  1. Money demanded for the return of a captured person
  2. Payment for the release of someone
  3. The act of freeing from captivity or punishment

Verb

  1. Exchange or buy back for money; under threat
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "ransom".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 transom 2 17
2 ransom 2 5
3 transoms 2 2
4 bransom 2 0
5 ransom's 2 0
6 ransome 2 0
7 ransoms 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "ransom".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 problem 2 313
2 random 2 38
3 transom 2 17
4 premium 3 12
5 orgasm 3 7
6 chromium 3 4
7 truism 3 3
8 iridium 4 1
9 arcanum 3 0
10 brabham 2 0
11 bradham 2 0
12 branham 2 0
13 bransom 2 0
14 bridgham 2 0
15 cranium 3 0
16 frankum 2 0
17 frantom 2 0
18 grantham 2 0
19 griscom 2 0
20 organum 3 0
21 protium 3 0
22 prudhomme 2 0
23 radium 3 0
24 ransome 2 0
25 rectum 2 0
26 rexham 2 0
27 rhodium 3 0
28 roskam 2 0
29 trantham 2 0
30 traynham 2 0
31 trentham 2 0
32 tritium 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 random 2 38
2 transom 2 17
3 sansom 2 12
4 transform 2 7
5 transoms 2 2
6 rainstorm 2 2
7 hansom 2 1
8 ransoms 2 0
9 ransome 2 0
10 bransom 2 0
11 ransom's 2 0
12 branscom 2 0
13 ranson 2 0
14 anscom 2 0
15 raso 2 0
16 rans 1 0
17 granstrom 2 0
18 branscome 2 0
19 branscomb 2 0
20 transou 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ford 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ransom's 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 7

Sound Alikes: 32

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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