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Term: shorter

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

  1. Term
  2. shorter

shorter

Definitions

Adjective

  1. Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
  2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
  3. Low in stature; not tall
  4. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
  5. Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
  6. Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "shorter".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shorter 2 19
2 shorter's 2 0

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.

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This Word in the News:

‘6 months is barely anything’: As Deepika Padukone allegedly seeks shorter hours post-motherhood, Indian working mothers weigh in
Jun 16, 2025 The Indian Express
Pippa Middleton's little white dress is a lot shorter than sister Kate's
Jun 15, 2025 hellomagazine.com
Virgin Changes Valiant Lady’s Deployment to Introduce Shorter Sailings
Jun 13, 2025 Cruise Industry News
Hit songs are getting shorter
Jun 2, 2025 The Economist
If Ted Talks are getting shorter, what does that say about our attention spans?
May 28, 2025 The Guardian
UK turns to shorter-term borrowing as fiscal pressure mounts
May 26, 2025 Financial Times
The rapists, paedophiles and terror offender given shorter sentences than Lucy Connolly
May 21, 2025 The Telegraph

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