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Term: after

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

  1. Term
  2. after

after

Definitions

Adverb

  1. Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
  2. Behind or in the rear
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "after".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 after 2 1069
2 afternoon 3 106
3 thereafter 3 20
4 afterward 3 16
5 afterwards 3 14
6 afternoons 3 13
7 aftermath 3 4
8 hereafter 3 4
9 afternoon's 3 3
10 drafters 2 1
11 rafter 2 1
12 rafters 2 1
13 after-room 3 0
14 afterall 3 0
15 afterburner 4 0
16 afterburners 4 0
17 aftereffect 4 0
18 aftereffects 4 0
19 afterglow 3 0
20 afterglows 3 0
21 afterhours 4 0
22 afterimage 4 0
23 afterimages 5 0
24 afterlife 3 0
25 afterlives 3 0
26 aftermarket 4 0
27 aftermarkets 4 0
28 aftermaths 3 0
29 aftershave 3 0
30 aftershaves 3 0
31 aftershock 3 0
32 aftershocks 3 0
33 aftertaste 3 0
34 aftertastes 3 0
35 aftertax 3 0
36 afterthought 3 0
37 afterthoughts 3 0
38 drafter 2 0
39 lenscrafter 3 0
40 lenscrafters 3 0
41 midafternoon 4 0
42 raftery 3 0
43 telecrafter 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "after".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 chapter 2 73
2 master 2 72
3 factor 2 71
4 actor 2 24
5 laughter 2 22
6 faster 2 18
7 pastor 2 17
8 banter 2 5
9 astor 2 2
10 cantor 2 2
11 castor 2 2
12 canter 2 1
13 rafter 2 1
14 akhtar 2 0
15 antar 2 0
16 apter 2 0
17 aster 2 0
18 aztar 2 0
19 captor 2 0
20 caster 2 0
21 ganter 2 0
22 gaster 2 0
23 jaster 2 0
24 kanter 2 0
25 kantor 2 0
26 kaptur 2 0
27 kaster 2 0
28 lacter 2 0
29 lanter 2 0
30 laster 2 0
31 manter 2 0
32 pachter 2 0
33 panter 2 0
34 paster 2 0
35 pasztor 2 0
36 raptor 2 0
37 raster 2 0
38 santer 2 0
39 santor 2 0
40 schachter 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 water 2 445
2 later 2 397
3 safer 2 5
4 pater 2 2
5 mater 2 2
6 rafter 2 1
7 rafters 2 1
8 ater 2 0
9 raftery 3 0
10 drafter 2 0
11 yater 2 0
12 wafer 2 0
13 vater 2 0
14 tater 2 0
15 sater 2 0
16 rater 2 0
17 lafer 2 0
18 kater 2 0
19 kafer 2 0
20 hater 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 after the 1 124
2 after a 1 34
3 after his 1 13
4 after being 2 8
5 after it 1 5
6 after this 1 4
7 after that 1 3
8 after world 1 3
9 after receiving 3 3
10 after napoleon's 4 3
11 after russia 2 3
12 after its 1 3
13 after an 1 3
14 after their 1 3
15 after having 2 3
16 after which 1 2
17 after years 1 2
18 after some 1 2
19 after only 2 2
20 after he 1 2
21 after all 1 2
22 after each 1 2
23 after passing 2 2
24 after another 3 2
25 after age 1 2
26 after three 1 2
27 after him 1 2
28 after her 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shortly after 2 14
2 named after 1 8
3 years after 1 8
4 and after 1 7
5 soon after 1 6
6 but after 1 4
7 months after 1 4
8 that after 1 3
9 function after 2 3
10 long after 1 3
11 even after 2 3
12 days after 1 3
13 cancer after 2 2
14 immediately after 5 2
15 year after 1 2
16 or after 1 2
17 until after 2 2
18 hours after 2 2
19 day after 1 2
20 usually after 4 2
21 states after 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 after-room 3 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 43

Sound Alikes: 40

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 28

Words that Precede: 21

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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