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Term: widely

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

  1. Term
  2. widely

widely

Definitions

Adverb

  1. To a great degree
  2. To or over a great extent or range; far
  3. So as to leave much space or distance between
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "widely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 widely 2 52

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "widely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 quickly 2 89
2 weekly 2 24
3 wisely 2 8
4 sweetly 2 6
5 weakly 2 3
6 wesley 2 2
7 whiteley 2 1
8 whitely 2 1
9 quigley 2 0
10 quinley 2 0
11 swadley 2 0
12 swavely 2 0
13 wadleigh 2 0
14 wadley 2 0
15 wagley 2 0
16 wakeley 2 0
17 wakely 2 0
18 wakley 2 0
19 walkley 2 0
20 warley 2 0
21 wasley 2 0
22 watley 2 0
23 weakley 2 0
24 webley 2 0
25 weekley 2 0
26 wehrli 2 0
27 wehrly 2 0
28 wernli 2 0
29 wesely 2 0
30 whatley 2 0
31 wheatley 2 0
32 wheatly 2 0
33 whitley 2 0
34 whitly 2 0
35 wickley 2 0
36 widdly 2 0
37 wigley 2 0
38 wisley 2 0
39 woodley 2 0
40 woosley 2 0
41 wormley 2 0
42 worsley 2 0
43 worthley 2 0
44 wortley 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 wide 1 125
2 wildly 2 25
3 ideally 3 10
4 wisely 2 8
5 idly 2 6
6 wily 2 2
7 whitely 2 1
8 wildey 2 0
9 wiedel 2 0
10 widell 2 0
11 widdly 2 0
12 weidel 2 0
13 wiseley 3 0
14 windley 2 0
15 windels 2 0
16 windell 2 0
17 weindel 2 0
18 ridgely 2 0
19 wodel 2 0
20 wisel 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 widely used 1 8
2 widely circulated 4 2
3 widely known 1 2
4 widely recognized 3 2
5 widely from 1 2
6 widely accepted 3 2
7 widely regarded 3 2
8 widely televised 3 2
9 widely depending 3 2
10 widely recognised 3 2
11 widely considered 3 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 is widely 1 7
2 the widely 1 5
3 was widely 1 4
4 vary widely 2 4
5 were widely 1 3
6 a widely 1 2
7 more widely 1 2
8 most widely 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 used 1 2
2 project 2 2
3 become 2 2
4 vary 2 2
5 forms 1 2
6 varied 2 2
7 still 1 2
8 world 1 2
9 also 2 2
10 canal 2 2
11 nebula 3 2
12 first 1 2
13 becoming 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 waddle 2 0
2 weddle 2 0
3 wedell 2 0
4 widdle 2 0
5 widdly 2 0
6 widell 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 44

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 11

Words that Precede: 8

Statistically Associated: 13

Consonant Matches: 6

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

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