wells
Definitions
Noun
- Prolific english writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)
- A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- A cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- An abundant source
- An open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- An enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
Verb
- Come up, as of a liquid
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
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Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "wells".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wells | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | wells's | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | swells | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | dwells | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | stairwells | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | farewells | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | howells | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | rothwells | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | snackwells | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | wellspring | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | wellstone | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | wellstone's | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "wells".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walls | 1 | 70 |
| 2 | wheels | 1 | 21 |
| 3 | wales | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | swells | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | wails | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | wiles | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | dwells | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | wales' | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | whorls | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | wills | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | quails | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | qualls | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | quayle's | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | quayles | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | swailes | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | swails | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | swales | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | swirls | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | twirls | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | wailes | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | wall's | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | walles | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | walz | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | weil's | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | weill's | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | welles | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | welles' | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | welz | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | whale's | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | whales | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | whiles | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | wil's | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | will's | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | willes | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | wolz | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | wools | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | wyles | 1 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "wells".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "wells" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wells and | 1 | 6 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "wells" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "wells" in the same piece of text.
Results:
Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 12
Sound Alikes: 37
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 3
Statistically Associated: 4
Consonant Matches: 3
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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