scarce
Definitions
Adjective
- Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
Adverb
- Only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - w.b.yeats
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "scarce".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "scarce".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | 1 | 162 |
| 2 | scarcely | 2 | 24 |
| 3 | scared | 1 | 21 |
| 4 | scar | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | scare | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | scarlet | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | scarred | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | scarface | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | scearce | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | scarcer | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | scares | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | scarcella | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | sare | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | escarcega | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | arce | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | starace | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | scronce | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | scharfe | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | scharer | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | scarves | 1 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "scarce" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "scarce" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a scarce | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "scarce" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "scarce".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scorch | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 1
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 3
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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