phone
Definitions
Noun
- Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
Verb
- Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "phone".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | telephone | 3 | 76 |
| 2 | phone | 1 | 54 |
| 3 | telephoned | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | phonemic | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | phones | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | telephones | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | phoned | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | microphone | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | microphones | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | saxophone | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | phonemes | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | phonetic | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | earphones | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | phonetics | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | siphoned | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | allophone | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | allophones | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | anglophone | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | anglophones | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | businessphone | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | businessphones | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | cellphone | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | cellphones | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | dictaphone | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | earphone | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | francophone | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | gramaphone | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | headphone | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | headphones | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | homophone | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | homophones | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | iphone | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | iphones | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | megaphone | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | megaphones | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | phone's | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | phonemate | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | phoneme | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | phonetically | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | phoney | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | saxophones | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | sousaphone | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | telephone's | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | videophone | 4 | 0 |
| 45 | xylophone | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "phone".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "phone" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | phone subscriptions | 3 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "phone" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cellular phone | 3 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "phone" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 45
Sound Alikes: 1
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 3
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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