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Term: once

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

  1. Term
  2. once

once

Definitions

Adverb

  1. On one occasion
  2. As soon as
  3. At a previous time
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "once".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 once 1 499
2 concerned 2 135
3 concern 2 98
4 concept 2 85
5 concerning 3 62
6 concentration 4 47
7 concerns 2 43
8 concert 2 39
9 conception 3 32
10 concentrated 4 30
11 conceived 2 27
12 concepts 2 27
13 concerts 2 26
14 conceive 2 14
15 conceded 3 11
16 conceivable 4 11
17 concentrate 3 11
18 concerto 3 11
19 conceivably 4 10
20 concentrations 4 9
21 conceptions 3 9
22 concealed 2 8
23 concede 2 8
24 unconcerned 3 8
25 conceal 2 7
26 concentrates 3 7
27 concentrating 4 7
28 concessions 3 7
29 concertos 3 5
30 conceptual 4 4
31 disconcerting 4 4
32 misconception 4 4
33 conceding 3 3
34 concerted 3 3
35 concession 3 3
36 concealment 3 2
37 conceals 2 2
38 conceiving 3 2
39 concentric 3 2
40 concessionaire 4 2
41 ensconced 2 2
42 misconceptions 4 2
43 preconceived 3 2
44 preconceptions 4 2
45 concealing 3 1
46 concedes 2 1
47 conceptualization 6 1
48 conceptually 5 1
49 concerti 3 1
50 concertina 4 1
51 concertmaster 4 1
52 disconcert 3 1
53 inconceivable 5 1
54 nonce 1 1
55 ponce 2 1
56 unconcern 3 1
57 banponce 2 0
58 beyonce 3 0
59 conceit 2 0
60 conceited 3 0
61 concepcion 4 0
62 concern's 2 0
63 concerns' 2 0
64 concessional 4 0
65 concessionary 5 0
66 coonce 1 0
67 cronce 1 0
68 ensconce 2 0
69 gonce 1 0
70 koonce 1 0
71 misconceive 3 0
72 misconceived 3 0
73 misconceives 3 0
74 misconceiving 4 0
75 monceaux 2 0
76 poncet 2 0
77 preconceive 3 0
78 preconception 4 0
79 schronce 1 0
80 sconce 1 0
81 sconces 2 0
82 scronce 1 0
83 unconcealed 3 0
84 vasconcellos 4 0
85 vasconcelos 4 0
86 yonce 1 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "once".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 whence 1 3
2 quince 1 2
3 schwanz 1 0
4 wince 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 one 1 3292
2 tone 1 78
3 zone 1 11
4 bounce 1 8
5 ounce 1 3
6 ounces 2 3
7 ponce 2 1
8 nonce 1 1
9 yonce 1 0
10 gonce 1 0
11 younce 1 0
12 sconce 1 0
13 pounce 1 0
14 poncet 2 0
15 oncale 3 0
16 mounce 1 0
17 koonce 1 0
18 cronce 1 0
19 counce 1 0
20 coonce 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 once again 2 9
2 once the 1 6
3 once a 1 4
4 once said 1 3
5 once its 1 2
6 once among 2 2
7 once stood 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 was once 1 5
2 only once 2 3
3 at once 1 3
4 have once 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 inch 1 39
2 inca 2 1
3 enck 1 0
4 ince 1 0
5 inco 2 0
6 inco's 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 86

Sound Alikes: 4

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 7

Words that Precede: 4

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 6

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

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Deep inside polar craters on Mercury, sunlight has never once fallen — and NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft confirmed in 2012 that those permanently shadowed floors hold ancient water ice, sitting metres from terrain hot enough to melt lead
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Roman emperors once banned men from having long hair
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