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Term: what

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

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Definitions

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Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "what".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 what 1 1908
2 somewhat 2 127
3 whatever 3 112
4 what's 1 53
5 whatsoever 4 6
6 what'd 2 1
7 what're 2 1
8 what'll 2 0
9 what've 2 0
10 what-what 2 0
11 whate 1 0
12 whatever's 3 0
13 whatley 2 0
14 whatnot 2 0
15 whats 1 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "what".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 want 1 328
2 wait 1 94
3 hat 1 56
4 what's 1 53
5 wart 1 11
6 wheat 1 9
7 walt 1 5
8 watt 1 2
9 what'd 2 1
10 whoa 1 1
11 whit 1 1
12 whats 1 0
13 whate 1 0
14 wat 1 0
15 whet 1 0
16 whan 1 0
17 wham 1 0
18 wayt 1 0
19 watz 1 0
20 waft 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 what is 1 21
2 what was 1 14
3 what they 1 11
4 what the 1 9
5 what he 1 9
6 what would 1 7
7 what it 1 6
8 what a 1 4
9 what we 1 4
10 what may 1 3
11 what remained 2 3
12 what had 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 of what 1 17
2 and what 1 10
3 in what 1 7
4 with what 1 6
5 to what 1 5
6 is what 1 4
7 on what 1 3
8 exactly what 3 3
9 do what 1 2
10 between what 2 2
11 but what 1 2
12 determine what 3 2
13 or what 1 2
14 knew what 1 2
15 for what 1 2
16 than what 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 what's 1 53
2 what'd 2 1
3 what're 2 1
4 whit 1 1
5 what'll 2 0
6 what've 2 0
7 what-what 2 0
8 whet 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 0

Fragments: 15

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 12

Words that Precede: 16

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 8

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

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