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Term: prevents

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

  1. Term
  2. prevents

prevents

Definitions

Verb

  1. Keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  2. Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "prevents".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 prevents 2 10

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "prevents".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 products 2 108
2 projects 2 68
3 presents 2 33
4 protests 2 11
5 applicants 3 10
6 pamphlets 2 9
7 portraits 2 7
8 parasites 3 4
9 pianist's 3 4
10 protects 2 4
11 pianists 3 3
12 pigments 2 3
13 precepts 2 3
14 predicts 2 3
15 pavements 2 2
16 appreciates 4 1
17 parachutes 3 1
18 parakeets 3 1
19 patriots 3 1
20 pinpoints 2 1
21 portents 2 1
22 purists 2 1
23 applicant's 3 0
24 applicants' 3 0
25 optimists 3 0
26 pankratz 2 0
27 pantsuits 2 0
28 passports 2 0
29 patriot's 3 0
30 petticoats 3 0
31 piedmont's 2 0
32 platelets 2 0
33 pleasants 2 0
34 podhoretz 3 0
35 pollinates 3 0
36 pomerantz 3 0
37 pongratz 2 0
38 postdates 2 0
39 powerpoints 3 0
40 preempts 2 0
41 prellwitz 2 0
42 printouts 2 0
43 product's 2 0
44 products' 2 0
45 project's 2 0
46 projects' 2 0
47 proudfoot's 2 0
48 provosts 2 0
49 pussycats 3 0
50 pussyfoots 3 0
51 spaceports 2 0
52 spreadsheets 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 present 2 377
2 events 2 101
3 parents 2 91
4 prevent 2 83
5 represents 3 39
6 presents 2 33
7 prevented 3 27
8 prevention 3 27
9 preventive 3 15
10 presidents 3 14
11 preventing 3 10
12 prevalent 3 5
13 regents 2 2
14 reents 1 0
15 proventus 3 0
16 reverts 2 0
17 resents 2 0
18 repents 2 0
19 event's 2 0
20 brevets 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 layers 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 52

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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Cancer's 'rogue DNA' relies on two proteins to prevent and repair breaks
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EES prevents people with fake identities from entering the EU
Aug 6, 2026 Migration and Home Affairs
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Endothelial C-type natriuretic peptide/guanylyl cyclase-B signaling prevents pulmonary arterial hypertension
Mar 17, 2026 Nature

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