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Term: ray

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

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ray

Definitions

Noun

  1. A column of light (as from a beacon)
  2. A branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
  3. (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
  4. A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
  5. The syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
  6. Any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
  7. Cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

Verb

  1. Emit as rays
  2. Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
  3. Expose to radiation
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "ray".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 gray 1 80
2 rayburn 2 39
3 prayer 1 28
4 ray 1 19
5 tray 1 18
6 raymond 2 17
7 spray 1 16
8 x-ray 2 14
9 prayers 1 13
10 pray 1 12
11 prayed 1 12
12 stray 1 12
13 array 2 11
14 betrayed 2 8
15 murray 2 8
16 rayburn's 2 8
17 spraying 2 8
18 portrayal 3 7
19 rays 1 7
20 betrayal 3 6
21 portray 2 6
22 portrayed 2 6
23 sprayed 1 6
24 strays 1 6
25 portrays 2 5
26 x-rays 2 5
27 betray 2 4
28 graying 2 4
29 astray 2 3
30 betrays 2 3
31 frayed 1 3
32 frayne 1 3
33 praying 2 3
34 trays 1 3
35 arrayed 2 2
36 defray 2 2
37 disarray 3 2
38 portraying 3 2
39 thackeray 3 2
40 ashtrays 2 1
41 betraying 3 1
42 crayons 2 1
43 delray 2 1
44 foray 2 1
45 forays 2 1
46 fray 1 1
47 graybeard 2 1
48 graybeards 2 1
49 grayer 2 1
50 grayson 2 1
51 hooray 2 1
52 hurray 2 1
53 murray's 2 1
54 prayerful 2 1
55 sprays 1 1
56 strayed 1 1
57 accuray 3 0
58 accuray's 3 0
59 araya 3 0
60 arraying 3 0
61 arrays 2 0
62 ashtray 2 0
63 betrayals 3 0
64 bray 1 0
65 brayboy 2 0
66 brayer 2 0
67 brayfield 2 0
68 brayman 2 0
69 brayton 2 0
70 condray 2 0
71 cordray 2 0
72 cray 1 0
73 cray's 1 0
74 craycraft 2 0
75 crayfish 2 0
76 crayne 1 0
77 crayon 2 0
78 crays 1 0
79 crayton 2 0
80 defrays 2 0
81 degray 2 0
82 demaray 3 0
83 dray 1 0
84 drayer 2 0
85 drayton 2 0
86 drayton's 2 0
87 dubray 2 0
88 duray 2 0
89 electrospray 4 0
90 forayed 2 0
91 foraying 3 0
92 frayer 2 0
93 fraying 2 0
94 frayn 1 0
95 garay 2 0
96 gray's 1 0
97 graybeal 2 0
98 graybill 2 0
99 graydon 2 0
100 graye 1 0
101 grayest 2 0
102 grayish 2 0
103 grayling 2 0
104 grays 1 0
105 hairspray 2 0
106 hirayama 4 0
107 jaffray 2 0
108 jaffray's 2 0
109 kaprayoon 3 0
110 kraprayoon 3 0
111 kray 1 0
112 kraynak 2 0
113 macmurray 3 0
114 mcbrayer 3 0
115 mccray 2 0
116 mcelmurray 4 0
117 mcgillivray 4 0
118 mcgilvray 3 0
119 mcgray 2 0
120 mcmurray 3 0
121 mcray 2 0
122 moray 2 0
123 morays 2 0
124 moutray 2 0
125 mowbray 2 0
126 murayama 4 0
127 murayama's 4 0
128 narayan 3 0
129 narayanan 4 0
130 okray 2 0
131 portrayals 3 0
132 prays 1 0
133 praytor 2 0
134 rattray 2 0
135 ray's 1 0
136 raya 2 0
137 raybon 2 0
138 rayborn 2 0
139 raybould 2 0
140 raybourn 2 0
141 raybuck 2 0
142 raychem 2 0
143 raycon 2 0
144 raycraft 2 0
145 raye 1 0
146 rayed 1 0
147 rayfield 2 0
148 rayford 2 0
149 raygoza 3 0
150 rayl 1 0
151 rayle 1 0
152 rayman 2 0
153 raymark 2 0
154 raymark's 2 0
155 rayment 2 0
156 raymer 2 0
157 raymo 2 0
158 raymonda 3 0
159 raymund 2 0
160 raymundo 3 0
161 raynard 2 0
162 rayne 1 0
163 rayner 2 0
164 raynes 1 0
165 raynet 2 0
166 rayno 2 0
167 raynor 2 0
168 rayon 2 0
169 rayonier 3 0
170 rayos 2 0
171 rayovac 3 0
172 rayrock 2 0
173 rayson 2 0
174 raysor 2 0
175 raytech 2 0
176 raytheon 3 0
177 raytheon's 3 0
178 sprayberry 3 0
179 sprayer 2 0
180 sprayers 2 0
181 strayer 2 0
182 strayhorn 2 0
183 straying 2 0
184 svoray 2 0
185 tanqueray 3 0
186 toray 2 0
187 torray 2 0
188 trayer 2 0
189 traylor 2 0
190 traynham 2 0
191 traynor 2 0
192 traywick 2 0
193 viray 2 0
194 wesray 2 0
195 wray 1 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "ray".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 gray 1 80
2 tray 1 18
3 grey 1 12
4 pray 1 12
5 prey 1 7
6 re 1 3
7 rae 1 2
8 rey 1 2
9 brae 1 1
10 fray 1 1
11 bray 1 0
12 brey 1 0
13 cray 1 0
14 dray 1 0
15 drey 1 0
16 frey 1 0
17 graye 1 0
18 kray 1 0
19 krey 1 0
20 raye 1 0
21 rea 1 0
22 reay 1 0
23 tre 1 0
24 trey 1 0
25 wray 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 gray 1 80
2 tray 1 18
3 x-ray 2 14
4 pray 1 12
5 rays 1 7
6 racy 2 2
7 fray 1 1
8 ra 1 1
9 wray 1 0
10 reay 1 0
11 rayl 1 0
12 raye 1 0
13 raya 2 0
14 rady 2 0
15 raby 2 0
16 kray 1 0
17 dray 1 0
18 cray 1 0
19 bray 1 0
20 ay 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 run 1 212
2 red 1 197
3 ran 1 134
4 raw 1 43
5 roy 1 37
6 row 1 35
7 rid 1 19
8 rob 1 19
9 rod 1 18
10 rep. 5 13
11 rug 1 13
12 rev 1 11
13 rag 1 10
14 rot 1 8
15 rpm 3 7
16 rat 1 6
17 rip 1 6
18 rub 1 6
19 rue 1 6
20 rex 1 5
21 rig 1 5
22 rim 1 5
23 rio 2 4
24 ron 1 4
25 rye 1 4
26 raf 1 3
27 rum 1 3
28 rae 1 2
29 ram 1 2
30 rap 1 2
31 rey 1 2
32 ruh 1 2
33 rak 1 1
34 rat's 1 1
35 rib 1 1
36 rob's 1 1
37 roe 1 1
38 roi 1 1
39 roy's 1 1
40 run-down 2 1
41 rut 1 1
42 rab 1 0
43 rad 1 0
44 rah 1 0
45 rai 2 0
46 raj 1 0
47 rao 1 0
48 rao's 1 0
49 ras 1 0
50 rat-a-tat 3 0
51 rau 1 0
52 rax 1 0
53 ray's 1 0
54 raz 1 0
55 rea 1 0
56 rea's 1 0
57 rec 1 0
58 red-eye 2 0
59 red-eye's 2 0
60 red-eyes 2 0
61 red-handed 3 0
62 red-herring 3 0
63 red-herrings 3 0
64 ree 1 0
65 ref 1 0
66 reg 1 0
67 reh 1 0
68 rem 1 0
69 ren 1 0
70 reo 2 0
71 rep 1 0
72 rep's 1 0
73 res 1 0
74 ret 1 0
75 rew 1 0
76 rha 1 0
77 rho 1 0
78 ria 2 0
79 ric 1 0
80 rio's 2 0
81 rio-de-janeiro 6 0
82 rix 1 0
83 riz 1 0
84 roa 2 0
85 roc 1 0
86 rog 1 0
87 roh 1 0
88 roh's 1 0
89 rol 1 0
90 rom 1 0
91 rom's 1 0
92 ron's 1 0
93 ros 1 0
94 row's 1 0
95 rox 1 0
96 rox's 2 0
97 roz 1 0
98 rpf 3 0
99 rua 2 0
100 rud 1 0
101 ruf 1 0
102 run's 1 0
103 run-on 2 0
104 run-ons 2 0
105 rus 1 0
106 rux 1 0
107 rys 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 10

Fragments: 195

Sound Alikes: 25

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 107

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

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