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Term: ref

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

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Definitions

Noun

  1. (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "ref".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 therefore 2 205
2 carefully 3 87
3 reference 3 67
4 careful 2 62
5 refused 2 60
6 referred 2 45
7 reflected 3 42
8 reflection 3 32
9 reform 2 30
10 prefer 2 27
11 refer 2 27
12 preferred 2 26
13 reflect 2 25
14 reflects 2 23
15 refrigerator 5 23
16 refund 2 22
17 referring 3 18
18 refers 2 18
19 reflecting 3 17
20 references 4 16
21 refuse 2 16
22 refusal 3 15
23 preferably 4 14
24 reforms 2 14
25 refrigeration 5 13
26 refrain 2 10
27 refusing 3 10
28 carefree 2 9
29 preference 3 9
30 referrals 3 8
31 barefoot 2 7
32 preferences 4 7
33 reflections 3 7
34 refuge 2 7
35 refugee 3 7
36 refugees 3 7
37 forefinger 3 6
38 preferable 4 6
39 referral 3 6
40 refined 2 6
41 reflective 3 6
42 reflexes 3 6
43 refreshing 3 6
44 refuses 3 6
45 prefers 2 5
46 refinement 3 5
47 refinements 3 5
48 reflector 3 5
49 reformation 4 5
50 refreshed 2 5
51 refrigerated 5 5
52 preferential 4 4
53 reflex 2 4
54 preface 2 3
55 refill 2 3
56 refine 2 3
57 reflectors 3 3
58 reformed 2 3
59 reformer 3 3
60 refuted 3 3
61 bereft 2 2
62 prefabricated 5 2
63 prefaced 2 2
64 preferentially 5 2
65 refining 3 2
66 reformatory 5 2
67 reformers 3 2
68 refreshingly 4 2
69 refreshment 3 2
70 refreshments 3 2
71 refrigerators 5 2
72 refuel 3 2
73 refueling 4 2
74 refunds 2 2
75 refurbished 3 2
76 forefathers 3 1
77 forefingers 3 1
78 hereford 3 1
79 prefab 2 1
80 prefecture 3 1
81 preferring 3 1
82 referee 3 1
83 referendum 4 1
84 refilled 2 1
85 refinance 3 1
86 refocusing 4 1
87 reforming 3 1
88 reformulated 5 1
89 refractive 3 1
90 refractory 4 1
91 refrained 2 1
92 refresh 2 1
93 refresher 3 1
94 refunded 3 1
95 refurbishing 4 1
96 refute 2 1
97 storefront 2 1
98 aftereffect 4 0
99 aftereffects 4 0
100 antireformer 5 0
101 antireformers 5 0
102 barefield 3 0
103 cref 1 0
104 cref's 1 0
105 cross-reference 4 0
106 firefight 2 0
107 firefighter 3 0
108 firefighters 4 0
109 firefighting 3 0
110 firefights 2 0
111 fireflies 3 0
112 firefly 3 0
113 forefather 3 0
114 forefoot 2 0
115 forefront 2 0
116 grefe 1 0
117 greff 1 0
118 hogrefe 2 0
119 irrefutable 5 0
120 kreft 1 0
121 moorefield 3 0
122 morefield 3 0
123 non-refundable 5 0
124 nonrefundable 5 0
125 oreffice 3 0
126 orefice 3 0
127 photorefractive 5 0
128 prefabricate 4 0
129 prefabrication 5 0
130 prefabs 2 0
131 prefect 2 0
132 prefectural 4 0
133 prefered 2 0
134 preferenced 3 0
135 preferreds 3 0
136 prefix 2 0
137 prefrontal 3 0
138 rarefied 3 0
139 rarefy 3 0
140 ref 1 0
141 refaat 2 0
142 refah 2 0
143 refco 2 0
144 refcorp 2 0
145 refenes 3 0
146 referee's 3 0
147 referees 3 0
148 referenced 3 0
149 referencing 4 0
150 referenda 4 0
151 referendums 4 0
152 refering 3 0
153 reff 1 0
154 reffett 2 0
155 reffitt 2 0
156 reffner 2 0
157 refile 2 0
158 refiled 2 0
159 refills 2 0
160 refinanced 3 0
161 refinances 4 0
162 refinancing 4 0
163 refinancings 4 0
164 refiner 3 0
165 refiner's 3 0
166 refineries 4 0
167 refiners 3 0
168 refiners' 3 0
169 refinery 4 0
170 refinery's 4 0
171 refines 2 0
172 refinish 3 0
173 refinished 3 0
174 refinishing 4 0
175 refit 2 0
176 refitted 3 0
177 refitting 3 0
178 reflag 2 0
179 reflagged 2 0
180 reflagging 3 0
181 reflate 2 0
182 reflation 3 0
183 reflectone 3 0
184 reflectone's 3 0
185 reflexive 3 0
186 reflexively 4 0
187 reflexivity 5 0
188 refocus 3 0
189 refocused 3 0
190 refocuses 4 0
191 reforest 3 0
192 reforestation 5 0
193 reforma 3 0
194 reformatories 5 0
195 reformers' 3 0
196 reformist 3 0
197 reformists 3 0
198 reformulate 4 0
199 refractor 3 0
200 refractories 4 0
201 refractors 3 0
202 refraining 3 0
203 refrains 2 0
204 refreshes 3 0
205 refrigerant 4 0
206 refrigerants 4 0
207 refrigerate 4 0
208 refsnes 2 0
209 refueled 3 0
210 refuge's 3 0
211 refugees' 3 0
212 refuges 3 0
213 refugio 4 0
214 refundable 4 0
215 refunding 3 0
216 refundings 3 0
217 refurbish 3 0
218 refurbishment 4 0
219 refusals 3 0
220 refusenik 3 0
221 refuseniks 3 0
222 refutation 4 0
223 refutes 2 0
224 refuting 3 0
225 schreffler 3 0
226 shreffler 2 0
227 storefronts 2 0
228 streff 1 0
229 tiaacref 3 0
230 tiaacref's 3 0
231 trefethen 3 0
232 trefgarne 2 0
233 trefry 2 0
234 trefz 1 0
235 unrefined 3 0
236 unrefuted 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "ref".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 cref 1 0
2 greff 1 0
3 reff 1 0
4 reph 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 refer 2 27
2 reef 1 11
3 grief 1 10
4 re 1 3
5 reefs 1 1
6 ruef 1 0
7 rief 1 0
8 relf 1 0
9 reif 1 0
10 reff 1 0
11 cref 1 0
12 trefz 1 0
13 rueff 1 0
14 reiff 1 0
15 refit 2 0
16 refco 2 0
17 refah 2 0
18 kreft 1 0
19 greif 1 0
20 greff 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ref name 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 guilt 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 raf 1 3
2 rpf 3 0
3 ruf 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 236

Sound Alikes: 4

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 3

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

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