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Term: recent

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

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  2. recent

recent

Definitions

Noun

  1. Approximately the last 10,000 years
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "recent".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 recent 2 179
2 recently 3 123

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "recent".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 present 2 377
2 prevent 2 83
3 resent 2 8
4 repent 2 3
5 rodent 2 3
6 arrogant 3 2
7 crescent 2 2
8 prudent 2 2
9 recount 2 2
10 irritant 3 1
11 brabant 2 0
12 bromont 2 0
13 cr. 2 0
14 drypoint 2 0
15 freemont 2 0
16 fremont 2 0
17 prashant 2 0
18 prizant 2 0
19 provant 2 0
20 prudente 2 0
21 radant 2 0
22 rayment 2 0
23 recant 2 0
24 regent 2 0
25 relent 2 0
26 repaint 2 0
27 shrikant 2 0
28 tremont 2 0
29 trident 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 cent 1 155
2 recently 3 123
3 rent 1 21
4 decent 2 20
5 precedent 3 9
6 resent 2 8
7 recipient 4 7
8 recurrent 3 4
9 repent 2 3
10 crescent 2 2
11 reticent 3 0
12 rencen 2 0
13 relent 2 0
14 regent 2 0
15 reents 1 0
16 recant 2 0
17 reen 1 0
18 prescient 3 0
19 crescents 2 0
20 resents 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 recent years 1 16
2 recent decades 2 6
3 recent analysis 4 3
4 recent studies 2 2
5 recent research 2 2
6 recent british 2 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 in recent 1 21
2 more recent 1 8
3 a recent 1 4
4 most recent 1 3
5 of recent 1 3
6 fairly recent 2 2
7 relatively recent 4 2
8 by recent 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 animals 3 2
2 activity 4 2
3 reached 1 2
4 writers 2 2
5 historically 5 2
6 motivated 4 2
7 used 1 2
8 includes 2 2
9 project's 2 2
10 growth 1 2
11 university 5 2
12 honored 2 2
13 program 2 2
14 guns 1 2
15 also 2 2
16 rapidly 3 2
17 several 3 2
18 fairly 2 2
19 although 2 2
20 accomplished 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 recant 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 29

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 6

Words that Precede: 8

Statistically Associated: 20

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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