shorter
Definitions
Adjective
- Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- Low in stature; not tall
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
Fragment
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Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "shorter".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "shorter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shelter | 2 | 70 |
| 2 | schachter | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | schechter | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | schecter | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | schlater | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | schlatter | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | schleeter | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | schlitter | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | schlotter | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | schlueter | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | schluter | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | schmitter | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | schneiter | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | schreiter | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | schroeter | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | schuster | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | shifter | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | shuster | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | shyster | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "shorter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | short | 1 | 212 |
| 2 | shore | 1 | 61 |
| 3 | shortage | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | short-term | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | shorten | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | shooter | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | shortest | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | sorter | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | horter | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | shortterm | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | shorter's | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | sorters | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | snorter | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | shorted | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | soter | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | shorr | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | sportier | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | snorters | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | shortens | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | shortell | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "shorter" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shorter than | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "shorter" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have shorter | 1 | 3 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "shorter" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | diagnosis | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | frequencies | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | often | 2 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "shorter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shorter's | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 19
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 3
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
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