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Term: sometimes

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

  1. Term
  2. sometimes

sometimes

Definitions

Adverb

  1. On certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "sometimes".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sometimes 2 221

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "sometimes".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 systems 2 129
2 system's 2 3
3 sidearms 2 1
4 spasms 2 1
5 centimes 2 0
6 schisms 2 0
7 seagram's 2 0
8 seagrams 2 0
9 seagrams' 2 0
10 sitcoms 2 0
11 sunbeam's 2 0
12 supremes 2 0
13 systems' 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 times 1 300
2 societies 4 41
3 sometime 2 11
4 sentiments 3 8
5 summertime 3 4
6 sommers 2 3
7 oftentimes 3 2
8 onetime 2 1
9 metis 2 1
10 sorties 2 0
11 somethings 2 0
12 showtime's 2 0
13 geometries 4 0
14 somes 1 0
15 simes 1 0
16 memes 1 0
17 smethers 2 0
18 smelters 2 0
19 smarties 2 0
20 showtime 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sometimes called 1 8
2 sometimes used 1 7
3 sometimes referred 2 7
4 sometimes known 1 2
5 sometimes the 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 is sometimes 1 17
2 are sometimes 1 9
3 and sometimes 1 7
4 astronomers sometimes 4 2
5 literature sometimes 4 2
6 or sometimes 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mutations 3 2
2 killings 2 2
3 astronomers 4 2
4 convention 3 2
5 literature 4 2
6 waves 1 2
7 also 2 2
8 although 2 2
9 criticized 3 2
10 time 1 2
11 led 1 2
12 students 2 2
13 calves 1 2
14 pronunciation 5 2
15 musicians 3 2
16 chloride 2 2
17 arsenic 3 2
18 napoleon 4 2
19 writers 2 2
20 arrangement 3 2
21 residents 3 2
22 authority 4 2
23 benz 1 2
24 olds 1 2
25 even 2 2
26 players 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 13

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 5

Words that Precede: 6

Statistically Associated: 26

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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