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Term: basil

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

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  2. basil

basil

Definitions

Noun

  1. Any of several old world tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus ocimum
  2. (roman catholic church) the bishop of caesarea who defended the roman catholic church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and doctor of the church (329-379)
  3. Leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "basil".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 basil 2 1
2 basile 2 0
3 basilia 4 0
4 basilica 4 0
5 basilio 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "basil".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 battle 2 87
2 bottle 2 76
3 bible 2 59
4 barrel 2 24
5 bubble 2 12
6 buckle 2 5
7 beadle 2 4
8 babel 2 3
9 bushell 2 3
10 basel 2 2
11 beryl 2 2
12 bevel 2 2
13 bustle 2 2
14 baffle 2 1
15 bauble 2 1
16 bethel 2 1
17 biddle 2 1
18 buell 2 1
19 bushel 2 1
20 babble 2 0
21 badal 2 0
22 baechle 2 0
23 bagel 2 0
24 baril 2 0
25 barile 2 0
26 basal 2 0
27 basile 2 0
28 basle 2 0
29 bauerle 3 0
30 baumel 2 0
31 bazzell 2 0
32 bazzle 2 0
33 beagle 2 0
34 beatle 2 0
35 bedell 2 0
36 beedle 2 0
37 beegle 2 0
38 beetle 2 0
39 begel 2 0
40 behle 2 0
41 behrle 2 0
42 beierle 3 0
43 beigel 2 0
44 beightol 2 0
45 beisel 2 0
46 beissel 2 0
47 beitel 2 0
48 benel 2 0
49 berkel 2 0
50 bermel 2 0
51 bernal 2 0
52 berrill 2 0
53 betel 2 0
54 bethell 2 0
55 bevil 2 0
56 bevill 2 0
57 beyerle 2 0
58 bhosle 2 0
59 bickel 2 0
60 bickell 2 0
61 bickle 2 0
62 biebel 2 0
63 biegel 2 0
64 biehle 2 0
65 biffle 2 0
66 birchall 2 0
67 birkel 2 0
68 birtle 2 0
69 bischel 2 0
70 bisel 2 0
71 bissell 2 0
72 bittel 2 0
73 bittle 2 0
74 bizzell 2 0
75 bobble 2 0
76 bodle 2 0
77 boeckel 2 0
78 boehle 2 0
79 boepple 2 0
80 boesel 2 0
81 boggle 2 0
82 bogle 2 0
83 bohall 2 0
84 bohle 2 0
85 bonnell 2 0
86 boodle 2 0
87 boral 2 0
88 borel 2 0
89 borell 2 0
90 boshell 2 0
91 bothell 2 0
92 bottel 2 0
93 bowdle 2 0
94 boysel 2 0
95 bubel 2 0
96 buckel 2 0
97 buil 2 0
98 bunnell 2 0
99 burble 2 0
100 burchell 2 0
101 burel 2 0
102 burell 2 0
103 burkel 2 0
104 burkle 2 0
105 burnell 2 0
106 burrill 2 0
107 bussell 2 0
108 byrle 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 basis 2 184
2 basic 2 171
3 bail 1 7
4 basin 2 7
5 basel 2 2
6 bassi 2 1
7 basie 2 1
8 brasil 2 0
9 basile 2 0
10 basi 2 0
11 basilio 4 0
12 basilia 4 0
13 wasil 2 0
14 vasil 2 0
15 blasi 2 0
16 biasi 3 0
17 basle 2 0
18 basix 2 0
19 basim 2 0
20 basal 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 basel 2 2
2 basal 2 0
3 bisel 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 5

Sound Alikes: 108

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 3

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

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