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Term: sound

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

sound

Definitions

Noun

  1. The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
  2. The subjective sensation of hearing something
  3. Mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
  4. The sudden occurrence of an audible event
  5. The audible part of a transmitted signal
  6. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  7. A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
  8. A large ocean inlet or deep bay

Adjective

  1. Financially secure and safe
  2. In good condition; free from defect or damage or decay

Verb

  1. Appear in a certain way
  2. Make a certain noise or sound
  3. Give off a certain sound or sounds
  4. Announce by means of a sound
  5. Utter with vibrating vocal chords
  6. Cause to sound
  7. Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "sound".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sound 1 204
2 sounds 1 55
3 sounded 2 35
4 sounder 2 5
5 sounding 2 3
6 soundly 2 3
7 resounding 3 2
8 soundness 2 1
9 electrosound 4 0
10 resound 2 0
11 resoundingly 4 0
12 sound's 1 0
13 soundbite 2 0
14 soundbites 2 0
15 soundest 2 0
16 soundings 2 0
17 soundscan 2 0
18 soundtrack 2 0
19 soundtracks 2 0
20 soundview 2 0
21 ultrasound 3 0
22 unsound 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "sound".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 send 1 74
2 assigned 2 53
3 signed 1 37
4 sand 1 28
5 sinned 1 6
6 ascend 2 1
7 sind 1 1
8 sande 1 0
9 sund 1 0
10 sunde 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 found 1 536
2 round 1 75
3 sounds 1 55
4 sounded 2 35
5 wound 1 28
6 pound 1 28
7 mound 1 11
8 hound 1 7
9 sounder 2 5
10 soundly 2 3
11 astound 2 1
12 sund 1 0
13 unsound 2 0
14 sound's 1 0
15 resound 2 0
16 sundy 2 0
17 sundt 1 0
18 sunde 1 0
19 shoun 1 0
20 olund 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sound and 1 3
2 sound for 1 2
3 sound is 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the sound 1 4
2 as sound 1 2
3 of sound 1 2
4 and sound 1 2
5 allowing sound 3 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 projector 3 2
2 translated 3 2
3 consisting 3 2
4 producing 3 2
5 even 2 2
6 acknowledge 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stand 1 148
2 spend 1 53
3 shand 1 0
4 sound's 1 0
5 stand-by 2 0
6 stand-up 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 17

Fragments: 22

Sound Alikes: 10

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 5

Statistically Associated: 6

Consonant Matches: 6

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

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