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Term: say

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

  1. Term
  2. say

say

Definitions

Noun

  1. The chance to speak

Verb

  1. Express in words
  2. Report or maintain
  3. Express a supposition
  4. Have or contain a certain wording or form
  5. Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
  6. Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
  7. Communicate or express nonverbally
  8. Utter aloud
  9. State as one's opinion or judgement; declare
  10. Recite or repeat a fixed text
  11. Indicate
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "say".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 say 1 504
2 says 1 200
3 saying 2 113
4 essay 2 19
5 essays 2 8
6 sayin' 2 4
7 hearsay 2 2
8 lindsay 2 2
9 soothsayers 3 2
10 assay 2 1
11 sayed 2 1
12 sayers 2 1
13 sayings 2 1
14 soothsayer 3 1
15 asay 2 0
16 assayer 3 0
17 basayev 3 0
18 d'orsay 2 0
19 daresay 2 0
20 delahoussaye 4 0
21 doomsayer 3 0
22 doomsayers 3 0
23 doomsaying 3 0
24 essayist 3 0
25 gainsay 2 0
26 isay 2 0
27 kelsay 2 0
28 linsay 2 0
29 livesay 3 0
30 masaya 3 0
31 masayoshi 4 0
32 masayuki 4 0
33 naysayer 3 0
34 naysayers 3 0
35 orsay 2 0
36 ramsay 2 0
37 sasayama 4 0
38 sayad 2 0
39 sayad's 2 0
40 saybrook 2 0
41 saye 1 0
42 sayegh 2 0
43 sayer 2 0
44 sayiid 2 0
45 sayito 3 0
46 sayle 1 0
47 sayler 2 0
48 sayles 1 0
49 saylor 2 0
50 saylors 2 0
51 sayre 1 0
52 sayres 1 0
53 sayyid 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "say".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 essay 2 19
2 se 1 10
3 asay 2 0
4 saye 1 0
5 seay 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 says 1 200
2 stay 1 113
3 stray 1 12
4 sway 1 5
5 stays 1 5
6 shay 1 1
7 spay 1 0
8 snay 1 0
9 smay 1 0
10 slay 1 0
11 seay 1 0
12 saye 1 0
13 isay 2 0
14 asay 2 0
15 sy 1 0
16 sa 1 0
17 ay 1 0
18 sways 1 0
19 swaby 2 0
20 stary 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 say that 1 14
2 say exactly 3 2
3 say in 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 to say 1 8
2 and say 1 3
3 would say 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 misleading 3 2
2 possible 3 2
3 writing 2 2
4 judgment 2 2
5 decisive 3 2
6 went 1 2
7 legends 2 2
8 far 1 2
9 inaccurate 4 2
10 accurate 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 she 1 2860
2 see 1 772
3 set 1 414
4 saw 1 352
5 six 1 220
6 son 1 165
7 sat 1 150
8 sun 1 112
9 sea 1 95
10 sir 1 95
11 sex 1 84
12 sam 1 79
13 san 1 70
14 she'd 1 68
15 sit 1 67
16 sky 1 58
17 sin 1 53
18 she's 1 48
19 sum 1 45
20 sad 1 35
21 shu 1 21
22 sue 1 18
23 shy 1 13
24 sox 1 13
25 she'll 1 10
26 son's 1 9
27 spy 1 9
28 sac 1 8
29 sax 1 6
30 sew 1 6
31 ski 1 5
32 sly 1 5
33 sub 1 5
34 sag 1 4
35 sam's 1 4
36 set-up 2 4
37 son-in-law 3 4
38 sun's 1 4
39 sis 1 3
40 sod 1 3
41 sol 1 3
42 sow 1 3
43 sur 1 3
44 sic 1 2
45 sip 1 2
46 sky's 1 2
47 son-of-a-bitch 4 2
48 spa 1 2
49 sap 1 1
50 sea's 1 1
51 sid 1 1
52 sie 1 1
53 sop 1 1
54 soy 1 1
55 sup 1 1
56 sab's 1 0
57 sai 1 0
58 sak 1 0
59 sal 1 0
60 sal's 1 0
61 sam-joo 2 0
62 san-andreas 4 0
63 san-diego 4 0
64 san-fran 2 0
65 san-francisco 4 0
66 san-jose 3 0
67 san-juan 2 0
68 san-salvador 4 0
69 sao 1 0
70 sar 1 0
71 sas 1 0
72 sbf 3 0
73 sci 1 0
74 sci-fi 2 0
75 scs 3 0
76 sdn 3 0
77 sec 1 0
78 see-kiong 2 0
79 sel 1 0
80 sen 1 0
81 seo 2 0
82 sep 1 0
83 set-ups 2 0
84 sgt 2 0
85 sha 1 0
86 sha'ath 2 0
87 shi 1 0
88 sib 1 0
89 sid's 1 0
90 sig 1 0
91 sil 1 0
92 sim 1 0
93 siu 2 0
94 six's 2 0
95 six-pack 2 0
96 sms 3 0
97 sob 1 0
98 sok 1 0
99 som 1 0
100 soo 1 0
101 sor 1 0
102 sos 3 0
103 sot 1 0
104 sox's 2 0
105 spy's 1 0
106 sri 1 0
107 sri-lanka 3 0
108 sta 1 0
109 stu 1 0
110 sty 1 0
111 sub's 1 0
112 sub-foreman 3 0
113 sub-way 2 0
114 suc 1 0
115 suh 1 0
116 sui 2 0
117 suk 1 0
118 sul 1 0
119 sus 1 0
120 suu 3 0
121 suv 3 0
122 suv's 3 0
123 syd 1 0
124 sym 1 0
125 syn 1 0
126 syp 1 0
127 sze 1 0
128 sze-di 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 12

Fragments: 53

Sound Alikes: 5

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 3

Statistically Associated: 10

Consonant Matches: 128

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

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