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Term: needed

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

  1. Term
  2. needed

needed

Definitions

Verb

  1. Require as useful, just, or proper
  2. Have need of
  3. Have or feel a need for
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "needed".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 needed 2 187
2 unneeded 3 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "needed".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 noted 2 90
2 nodded 2 51
3 naked 2 32
4 knitted 2 8
5 ninad 2 0
6 norrod 2 0
7 ohnstad 2 0
8 onstad 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 need 1 360
2 needle 2 15
3 needles 2 6
4 speeded 2 3
5 unheeded 3 2
6 sneezed 1 2
7 seceded 3 2
8 receded 3 2
9 needled 2 1
10 unneeded 3 1
11 weeded 2 1
12 heeded 2 1
13 sneered 1 1
14 seeded 2 0
15 deeded 2 0
16 nedd 1 0
17 newedge 2 0
18 needler 3 0
19 needier 3 0
20 interceded 4 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 needed to 1 11
2 needed for 1 3
3 needed in 1 2
4 needed by 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 be needed 1 4
2 if needed 1 2
3 are needed 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 still 1 2
2 actors 2 2
3 battleships 3 2
4 million 2 2
5 personnel 3 2
6 skills 1 2
7 logograms 3 2
8 logogram 3 2
9 operation 4 2
10 may 1 2
11 minerals 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nodded 2 51

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 8

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 4

Words that Precede: 3

Statistically Associated: 11

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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