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Term: early

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

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early

Definitions

Adjective

  1. At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
  2. Being or occurring at an early stage of development
  3. Of an early stage in the development of a language or literature

Adverb

  1. During an early stage
  2. Before the usual time or the time expected
  3. In good time
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "early".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 early 2 366
2 nearly 2 141
3 clearly 2 128
4 yearly 2 12
5 dearly 2 4
6 linearly 4 4
7 pearly 2 1
8 earlywine 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "early".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 curly 2 5
2 shirley 2 5
3 burly 2 3
4 surly 2 2
5 burley 2 1
6 girlie 2 1
7 hurley 2 1
8 pearly 2 1
9 birley 2 0
10 cearley 2 0
11 curley 2 0
12 durley 2 0
13 earley 2 0
14 earlie 2 0
15 erly 2 0
16 gurley 2 0
17 hurly 2 0
18 kearley 2 0
19 kerley 2 0
20 kirley 2 0
21 murley 2 0
22 perley 2 0
23 sherley 2 0
24 shirlee 2 0
25 shirlie 2 0
26 shurley 2 0
27 turley 2 0
28 verley 2 0
29 werley 2 0
30 wherley 2 0
31 whirley 2 0
32 worley 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nearly 2 141
2 clearly 2 128
3 weary 2 17
4 eagerly 3 13
5 yearly 2 12
6 earl 1 12
7 wearily 3 7
8 earthly 2 6
9 dearly 2 4
10 pearly 2 1
11 earley 2 0
12 erly 2 0
13 eary 2 0
14 ealy 2 0
15 kearley 2 0
16 eardley 2 0
17 cearley 2 0
18 yeary 2 0
19 teary 2 0
20 searl 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 early in 1 8
2 early as 1 5
3 early years 1 4
4 early part 1 4
5 early on 1 4
6 early example 3 2
7 early stages 2 2
8 early irish 2 2
9 early cretaceous 3 2
10 early versions 2 2
11 early and 1 2
12 early successes 3 2
13 early warning 2 2
14 early military 4 2
15 early masters 2 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the early 1 63
2 in early 1 15
3 an early 1 9
4 and early 1 8
5 of early 1 5
6 as early 1 5
7 these early 1 5
8 some early 1 3
9 another early 3 2
10 its early 1 2
11 many early 2 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 completed 3 4
2 seen 1 2
3 example 3 2
4 agents 2 2
5 relatively 4 2
6 place 1 2
7 oats 1 2
8 replaced 2 2
9 industry 3 2
10 troubles 2 2
11 reaching 2 2
12 another 3 2
13 broadside 2 2
14 least 1 2
15 tournament 3 2
16 made 1 2
17 ages 2 2
18 opposed 2 2
19 decreased 2 2
20 several 3 2
21 tooth 1 2
22 known 1 2
23 material 4 2
24 asia 2 2
25 established 3 2
26 began 2 2
27 despite 2 2
28 time 1 2
29 rich 1 2
30 emerged 2 2
31 decommissioned 4 2
32 reactivated 5 2
33 vehicle 3 2
34 sensors 2 2
35 little 2 2
36 capable 3 2
37 ended 2 2
38 dominated 4 2
39 achieving 3 2
40 average 3 2
41 lot 1 2
42 variant 3 2
43 held 1 2
44 built 1 2
45 important 3 2
46 since 1 2
47 formed 1 2
48 system's 2 2
49 many 2 2
50 henry's 2 2
51 one 1 2
52 released 2 2
53 game 1 2
54 detailing 3 2
55 hands 1 2
56 though 1 2
57 rainfall 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 world 1 787
2 girls 1 142
3 world's 1 35
4 carla 2 15
5 curly 2 5
6 berle 1 4
7 burly 2 3
8 carla's 2 2
9 carlo 2 2
10 girls' 1 2
11 surly 2 2
12 curls 1 1
13 merle 1 1
14 perle 1 1
15 berle's 1 0
16 berls 1 0
17 birle 1 0
18 byrle 2 0
19 carle 2 0
20 carli 2 0
21 carll 1 0
22 carls 1 0
23 carly 2 0
24 corle 2 0
25 curle 2 0
26 darla 2 0
27 earle 1 0
28 earll 1 0
29 earls 1 0
30 farly 2 0
31 harle 2 0
32 hurly 2 0
33 karla 2 0
34 karle 2 0
35 karls 1 0
36 marla 2 0
37 marlo 2 0
38 merlo 2 0
39 narly 2 0
40 perla 2 0
41 perls 1 0
42 sarli 2 0
43 sarlo 2 0
44 serle 2 0
45 serlo 2 0
46 verla 2 0
47 werle 1 0
48 world-class 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 8

Sound Alikes: 32

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 15

Words that Precede: 11

Statistically Associated: 57

Consonant Matches: 48

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

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