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Term: three

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

  1. Term
  2. three

three

Definitions

Noun

  1. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
  2. One of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "three".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 three 1 610
2 three-dimensional 5 10
3 twenty-three 3 7
4 three-year 2 5
5 three-quarters 3 4
6 threefold 2 4
7 three-hour 3 3
8 threes 1 3
9 threesome 2 3
10 three-way 2 2
11 three's 1 0
12 threemonth 2 0
13 threet 1 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "three".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 there 1 2728
2 these 1 1573
3 trees 1 101
4 tree 1 59
5 theme 1 55
6 threw 1 46
7 thee 1 17
8 threaten 2 11
9 thirteen 2 11
10 threaded 2 4
11 threes 1 3
12 threet 1 0
13 three's 1 0
14 therese 2 0
15 tyree 2 0
16 treen 1 0
17 theel 1 0
18 thede 1 0
19 thresher 2 0
20 thoresen 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 three years 1 11
2 three main 1 5
3 three days 1 4
4 three of 1 4
5 three central 2 3
6 three to 1 3
7 three layers 2 2
8 three occasions 3 2
9 three other 2 2
10 three are 1 2
11 three campuses 3 2
12 three national 3 2
13 three thousand 2 2
14 three times 1 2
15 three players 2 2
16 three in 1 2
17 three and 1 2
18 three months 1 2
19 three valence 2 2
20 three counties 2 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the three 1 19
2 are three 1 8
3 of three 1 6
4 or three 1 6
5 and three 1 6
6 to three 1 6
7 has three 1 5
8 only three 2 5
9 into three 2 4
10 these three 1 4
11 for three 1 4
12 takes three 1 4
13 in three 1 4
14 from three 1 3
15 with three 1 3
16 than three 1 3
17 first three 1 2
18 contain three 2 2
19 all three 1 2
20 had three 1 2
21 over three 2 2
22 after three 2 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 underway 3 4
2 takes 1 4
3 citizens 3 2
4 consists 2 2
5 divided 3 2
6 ratios 3 2
7 two 1 2
8 bind 1 2
9 islands 2 2
10 categorized 4 2
11 published 2 2
12 described 2 2
13 one 1 2
14 built 1 2
15 away 2 2
16 least 1 2
17 protagonist 4 2
18 gone 1 2
19 home 1 2
20 provides 2 2
21 oversees 3 2
22 idaho 3 2
23 including 3 2
24 contain 2 2
25 total 2 2
26 past 1 2
27 captured 2 2
28 win 1 2
29 first 1 2
30 control 2 2
31 includes 2 2
32 x 1 2
33 stretching 2 2
34 defined 2 2
35 take 1 2
36 sinking 2 2
37 housed 1 2
38 carried 2 2
39 replaced 2 2
40 original 4 2
41 soups 1 2
42 bowls 1 2
43 murdered 2 2
44 less 1 2
45 comprises 3 2
46 cup 1 2
47 location 3 2
48 opened 2 2
49 stands 1 2
50 liverpool 3 2
51 division 3 2
52 every 3 2
53 composing 3 2
54 creditors 3 2
55 children 2 2
56 sentenced 2 2
57 pair 1 2
58 flop 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 threw 1 46
2 throw 1 42
3 three-dimensional 5 10
4 three-year 2 5
5 three-quarters 3 4
6 three-hour 3 3
7 three-way 2 2
8 three's 1 0
9 throb 1 0
10 throm 1 0
11 thrun 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 13

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 20

Words that Precede: 22

Statistically Associated: 58

Consonant Matches: 11

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

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