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Term: tail

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

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tail

Definitions

Noun

  1. The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
  2. The time of the last part of something
  3. Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
  4. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  5. A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
  6. (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
  7. The rear part of an aircraft
  8. The rear part of a ship

Verb

  1. Go after with the intent to catch
  2. Remove or shorten the tail of an animal
  3. Remove the stalk of fruits or berries
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tail".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 detail 2 72
2 details 2 57
3 detailed 2 52
4 cocktail 2 25
5 tail 1 24
6 retail 2 20
7 tailored 2 9
8 entails 2 8
9 tails 1 7
10 entail 2 5
11 retailers 3 5
12 retailing 3 5
13 curtail 2 4
14 cocktails 2 2
15 curtailed 2 2
16 tailgate 2 2
17 tailor 2 2
18 whitetail 2 2
19 coattails 2 1
20 dovetail 2 1
21 retailer 3 1
22 cat-o-nine-tails 4 0
23 coattail 2 0
24 curtailing 3 0
25 curtailment 3 0
26 curtailments 3 0
27 curtails 2 0
28 detailee 3 0
29 detailer 3 0
30 detailing 3 0
31 dovetailed 2 0
32 dovetails 2 0
33 entailed 2 0
34 entailing 3 0
35 fantail 2 0
36 foxtail 2 0
37 horsetail 2 0
38 horsetails 2 0
39 ponytail 3 0
40 retailed 2 0
41 retailer's 3 0
42 retailers' 3 0
43 retailing's 3 0
44 retails 2 0
45 robitaille 3 0
46 stailey 2 0
47 tailed 1 0
48 tailhook 2 0
49 tailing 2 0
50 tailings 2 0
51 taillon 2 0
52 tailoring 3 0
53 tailors 2 0
54 tailpipe 2 0
55 tailspin 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tail".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tale 1 21
2 stale 1 4
3 staehle 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 detail 2 72
2 trail 1 31
3 retail 2 20
4 trails 1 16
5 tails 1 7
6 entail 2 5
7 wail 1 3
8 vail 1 3
9 tailor 2 2
10 tai 1 1
11 toil 1 1
12 tawil 2 0
13 tamil 2 0
14 til 1 0
15 tal 1 0
16 ail 1 0
17 tamils 2 0
18 tallil 2 0
19 tailed 1 0
20 tsai 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tail to 1 2
2 tail would 1 2
3 tail flukes 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the tail 1 7
2 long tail 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 backbone 2 2
2 bend 1 2
3 straight 1 2
4 long 1 2
5 using 2 2
6 white 1 2
7 unique 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tell 1 268
2 tall 1 55
3 till 1 49
4 tool 1 40
5 toll 1 16
6 toil 1 1
7 taul 1 0
8 teal 1 0
9 teel 1 0
10 thal 1 0
11 thul 1 0
12 toal 1 0
13 tuel 1 0
14 tull 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 11

Fragments: 55

Sound Alikes: 3

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 2

Statistically Associated: 7

Consonant Matches: 14

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

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