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Term: delay

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

  1. Term
  2. delay

delay

Definitions

Noun

  1. Time during which some action is awaited
  2. The act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

Verb

  1. Cause to be slowed down or delayed
  2. Act later than planned, scheduled, or required
  3. Stop or halt
  4. Slow the growth or development of
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "delay".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 delayed 2 25
2 delay 2 21
3 delays 2 3
4 delaying 3 0
5 gudelay 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "delay".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 delayed 2 25
2 delta 2 7
3 della 2 6
4 delays 2 3
5 delaney 3 3
6 relay 2 2
7 delray 2 1
8 delancy 3 1
9 delia 2 1
10 delany 3 0
11 delacy 3 0
12 dela 2 0
13 gudelay 3 0
14 delanoy 3 0
15 elway 2 0
16 dulay 2 0
17 demay 2 0
18 delma 2 0
19 delap 2 0
20 delao 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 conditions 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 dolls 1 12
2 dylan 2 11
3 delta 2 7
4 della 2 6
5 delhi 2 5
6 dolce 2 5
7 dolly 2 4
8 daley 2 2
9 dolan 2 2
10 dales 1 1
11 delia 2 1
12 delle 1 1
13 doled 1 1
14 dalai 2 0
15 dalal 2 0
16 dalby 2 0
17 dalen 2 0
18 daleo 3 0
19 daley's 2 0
20 dalia 2 0
21 dalis 2 0
22 dalke 1 0
23 dalla 2 0
24 dally 2 0
25 dalma 2 0
26 dalmo 2 0
27 dalpe 1 0
28 dalto 2 0
29 delao 2 0
30 delap 2 0
31 delco 2 0
32 delee 2 0
33 deleo 3 0
34 delfs 1 0
35 delft 1 0
36 delhi's 2 0
37 delio 3 0
38 delma 2 0
39 delph 1 0
40 delre 1 0
41 delta's 2 0
42 delve 1 0
43 dildo 2 0
44 dildy 2 0
45 dileo 3 0
46 diles 1 0
47 dilip 2 0
48 dilks 1 0
49 dille 1 0
50 dills 1 0
51 dilly 2 0
52 dilts 1 0
53 diltz 1 0
54 dolak 2 0
55 dolby 2 0
56 dolch 1 0
57 dolen 2 0
58 doles 1 0
59 doles's 2 0
60 doley 2 0
61 dolfi 2 0
62 dolin 2 0
63 dolle 1 0
64 dolly's 2 0
65 dolph 1 0
66 dulac 2 0
67 dulak 2 0
68 dulay 2 0
69 dulce 1 0
70 duley 2 0
71 dulin 2 0
72 dulle 1 0
73 dylan's 2 0
74 dylex 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 5

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 74

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

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