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Term: ties

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

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ties

Definitions

Noun

  1. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
  2. A social or business relationship
  3. Equality of score in a contest
  4. A horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
  5. A fastener that serves to join or connect
  6. The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
  7. (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
  8. One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
  9. A cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied

Verb

  1. Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
  2. Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
  3. Limit or restrict to
  4. Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
  5. Form a knot or bow in
  6. Create social or emotional ties
  7. Perform a marriage ceremony
  8. Make by tying pieces together
  9. Unite musical notes by a tie
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "ties".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 activities 4 115
2 cities 2 107
3 facilities 4 100
4 properties 3 66
5 parties 2 59
6 opportunities 5 51
7 difficulties 4 46
8 qualities 3 45
9 possibilities 5 42
10 communities 4 41
11 societies 4 41
12 authorities 4 39
13 counties 2 35
14 duties 2 34
15 universities 5 32
16 responsibilities 6 25
17 capabilities 5 22
18 sixties 2 22
19 commodities 4 21
20 probabilities 5 20
21 personalities 5 15
22 realities 4 15
23 ties 1 15
24 abilities 4 13
25 deputies 3 13
26 necessities 4 13
27 fifties 2 12
28 entities 3 11
29 quantities 3 11
30 identities 4 10
31 twenties 2 10
32 impurities 4 9
33 municipalities 6 9
34 festivities 4 8
35 irregularities 6 8
36 liberties 3 8
37 securities 4 8
38 varieties 4 8
39 ambiguities 5 7
40 forties 2 7
41 novelties 3 7
42 thirties 2 7
43 utilities 4 7
44 sensibilities 5 6
45 velocities 4 6
46 beauties 2 5
47 capacities 4 5
48 faculties 3 5
49 hostilities 4 5
50 intensities 4 5
51 minorities 4 5
52 priorities 4 5
53 specialties 3 5
54 uncertainties 4 5
55 charities 3 4
56 complexities 4 4
57 localities 4 4
58 peculiarities 6 4
59 penalties 3 4
60 prettiest 3 4
61 subtleties 3 4
62 treaties 2 4
63 casualties 4 3
64 celebrities 4 3
65 ditties 2 3
66 divinities 4 3
67 empties 2 3
68 indignities 4 3
69 loyalties 3 3
70 majorities 4 3
71 nineties 2 3
72 similarities 5 3
73 absurdities 4 2
74 atrocities 4 2
75 availabilities 6 2
76 deities 3 2
77 densities 3 2
78 disabilities 5 2
79 eighties 2 2
80 fatalities 4 2
81 formalities 4 2
82 humanities 4 2
83 obscenities 4 2
84 patties 2 2
85 royalties 3 2
86 seventies 3 2
87 technicalities 5 2
88 abnormalities 5 1
89 affinities 4 1
90 antiquities 4 1
91 anxieties 4 1
92 brutalities 4 1
93 calamities 4 1
94 cavities 3 1
95 deformities 4 1
96 disparities 4 1
97 dynasties 3 1
98 eccentricities 5 1
99 enmities 3 1
100 extremities 4 1
101 fraternities 4 1
102 generalities 5 1
103 heartiest 3 1
104 liabilities 5 1
105 maturities 4 1
106 mightiest 3 1
107 nastiest 3 1
108 niceties 3 1
109 oddities 3 1
110 panties 2 1
111 proclivities 4 1
112 safeties 2 1
113 sensitivities 5 1
114 shanties 2 1
115 sororities 4 1
116 tonalities 4 1
117 vanities 3 1
118 amenities 4 0
119 amnesties 3 0
120 animosities 5 0
121 annuities 4 0
122 authorities' 4 0
123 banalities 4 0
124 booties 2 0
125 bounties 2 0
126 causalities 4 0
127 certainties 3 0
128 charities' 3 0
129 christies 2 0
130 cities' 2 0
131 commonalities 5 0
132 complicities 4 0
133 cruelties 2 0
134 curiosities 5 0
135 dirtiest 3 0
136 entities' 3 0
137 entreaties 3 0
138 equities 3 0
139 equities' 3 0
140 fatties 2 0
141 fidelities 4 0
142 flightiest 3 0
143 frailties 2 0
144 gratuities 4 0
145 guaranties 3 0
146 heftiest 3 0
147 illegalities 5 0
148 immunities 4 0
149 improprieties 5 0
150 indemnities 4 0
151 inequalities 5 0
152 inequities 4 0
153 infidelities 5 0
154 infirmities 4 0
155 insecurities 5 0
156 instabilities 5 0
157 lefties 2 0
158 legalities 4 0
159 liquidities 4 0
160 modalities 4 0
161 mounties 2 0
162 nationalities 5 0
163 neckties 2 0
164 nineties' 2 0
165 parities 3 0
166 parties' 2 0
167 petties 2 0
168 pieties 3 0
169 pitiesalpetriere 6 0
170 pretties 2 0
171 principalities 5 0
172 propensities 4 0
173 properties' 3 0
174 rarities 3 0
175 rhinoplasties 4 0
176 rigidities 4 0
177 rustiest 3 0
178 santiesteban 4 0
179 saugerties 3 0
180 securities' 4 0
181 smarties 2 0
182 sorties 2 0
183 specialities 3 0
184 tieszen 2 0
185 travesties 3 0
186 unfamiliarities 6 0
187 universities' 5 0
188 utilities' 4 0
189 verities 3 0
190 vulnerabilities 6 0
191 warranties 3 0
192 wheaties 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "ties".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 thai's 1 0
2 thais 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 times 1 300
2 tie 1 23
3 titles 2 17
4 tries 1 13
5 tires 2 12
6 tribes 1 12
7 tiles 1 6
8 tories 2 6
9 tides 1 4
10 tiers 1 3
11 tines 1 2
12 time's 1 2
13 times' 1 1
14 timers 2 1
15 tikes 1 0
16 tiegs 1 0
17 thies 1 0
18 tis 1 0
19 trites 1 0
20 tilles 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ties to 1 3
2 ties with 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 traditional 4 2
2 strong 1 2
3 breaking 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 this 1 5145
2 thus 1 312
3 tons 1 28
4 toes 1 19
5 tips 1 13
6 toys 1 11
7 tops 1 10
8 toss 1 9
9 tubs 1 5
10 tass 1 4
11 tits 1 2
12 twos 1 2
13 tags 1 1
14 taos 1 1
15 taps 1 1
16 teas 1 1
17 tens 1 1
18 tess 1 1
19 this'll 2 1
20 tims 1 1
21 togs 1 1
22 tabs 1 0
23 tans 1 0
24 tays 1 0
25 tcas 4 0
26 tees 1 0
27 tews 1 0
28 this' 1 0
29 tics 1 0
30 tins 1 0
31 toms 1 0
32 tots 1 0
33 tows 1 0
34 toys' 1 0
35 trus 1 0
36 tugs 1 0
37 tuks 1 0
38 tums 1 0
39 tums' 1 0
40 twas 1 0
41 tyus 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 18

Fragments: 192

Sound Alikes: 2

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 3

Consonant Matches: 41

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

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