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Term: fire

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

  1. Term
  2. fire

fire

Definitions

Noun

  1. The event of something burning (often destructive)
  2. The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
  3. The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
  4. A fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
  5. Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (empedocles)
  6. Feelings of great warmth and intensity
  7. Fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
  8. A severe trial
  9. Intense adverse criticism

Verb

  1. Start firing a weapon
  2. Cause to go off
  3. Bake in a kiln so as to harden
  4. Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  5. Go off or discharge
  6. Drive out or away by or as if by fire
  7. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  8. Destroy by fire
  9. Provide with fuel
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "fire".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 fire 2 187
2 fired 2 44
3 fires 2 17
4 cease-fire 3 7
5 firearms 3 7
6 gunfire 3 7
7 fireplace 3 6
8 firemen 2 5
9 fireworks 2 5
10 bonfire 3 3
11 brushfire 2 2
12 campfire 3 2
13 fire's 2 2
14 firecrackers 4 2
15 hellfire 2 2
16 afire 2 1
17 bonfires 3 1
18 firebug 3 1
19 firecracker 4 1
20 firehouses 4 1
21 fireman 2 1
22 fireplaces 4 1
23 firepower 3 1
24 fireside 3 1
25 zeffirelli 4 1
26 backfire 2 0
27 backfired 3 0
28 backfires 3 0
29 brushfires 2 0
30 campfires 3 0
31 ceasefire 3 0
32 ceasefires 3 0
33 crossfire 2 0
34 crossfire's 2 0
35 doubtfire 3 0
36 doubtfire's 3 0
37 doubtfires 3 0
38 fire-men 2 0
39 firearm 3 0
40 fireball 3 0
41 fireballs 3 0
42 firebaugh 2 0
43 firebird 3 0
44 firebirds 3 0
45 firebomb 3 0
46 firebombed 2 0
47 firebombing 4 0
48 firebombs 2 0
49 firebrand 3 0
50 firebrands 3 0
51 firebrick 3 0
52 firebush 3 0
53 firebush's 3 0
54 firedamp 3 0
55 firefight 2 0
56 firefighter 3 0
57 firefighters 4 0
58 firefighting 3 0
59 firefights 2 0
60 fireflies 3 0
61 firefly 3 0
62 firehouse 3 0
63 fireman's 2 0
64 firenza 3 0
65 firenzas 3 0
66 fireproof 3 0
67 fireproofing 4 0
68 firesign 3 0
69 firesign's 3 0
70 firestine 3 0
71 firestone 2 0
72 firestone's 2 0
73 firestorm 2 0
74 firewall 2 0
75 fireweed 3 0
76 firewood 3 0
77 firework 2 0
78 foxfire 3 0
79 misfire 3 0
80 safire 2 0
81 safire's 2 0
82 sunfire 2 0
83 wildfire 3 0
84 wildfires 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "fire".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 figure 2 209
2 fired 2 44
3 fires 2 17
4 firmer 2 6
5 fir 1 2
6 fire's 2 2
7 afire 2 1
8 ire 1 1
9 faires 1 1
10 fiore 3 0
11 fibre 2 0
12 faire 1 0
13 safire 2 0
14 freire 1 0
15 fraire 1 0
16 firmed 1 0
17 firfer 2 0
18 faivre 2 0
19 fairey 2 0
20 fairer 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 fire from 1 4
2 fire of 1 4
3 fire support 2 3
4 fire control 2 3
5 fire was 1 3
6 fire by 1 2
7 fire at 1 2
8 fire and 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the fire 1 8
2 to fire 1 4
3 destructive fire 3 3
4 under fire 2 2
5 and fire 1 2
6 on fire 1 2
7 of fire 1 2
8 aimed fire 1 2
9 long-range fire 2 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 country 2 2
2 come 1 2
3 call 1 2
4 could 1 2
5 gun 1 2
6 forbidden 3 2
7 part 1 2
8 carry 2 2
9 friendly 2 2
10 chaff 1 2
11 surface 2 2
12 ships 1 2
13 drawn 1 2
14 naval 2 2
15 firefighting 3 2
16 opened 2 2
17 leading 2 2
18 caught 1 2
19 suggests 2 2
20 efficient 3 2
21 consumed 2 2
22 claimed 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 form 1 370
2 farm 1 124
3 firm 1 109
4 fort 1 55
5 ford 1 24
6 fury 2 19
7 fork 1 14
8 fare 1 7
9 fore 1 6
10 furs 1 5
11 faro 2 4
12 fire's 2 2
13 firm's 1 2
14 farr 1 1
15 fern 1 1
16 fork-lift 2 1
17 farb 1 0
18 farm's 1 0
19 fart 1 0
20 fera 2 0
21 ferd 1 0
22 ferg 1 0
23 ferm 1 0
24 fero 2 0
25 fery 2 0
26 fire-men 2 0
27 firs 1 0
28 fora 2 0
29 ford's 1 0
30 form's 1 0
31 forr 1 0
32 fors 1 0
33 furr 1 0
34 furr's 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 18

Fragments: 84

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 8

Words that Precede: 9

Statistically Associated: 22

Consonant Matches: 34

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

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