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Term: smell

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

  1. Term
  2. smell

smell

Definitions

Noun

  1. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
  2. Any property detected by the olfactory system
  3. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
  4. The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
  5. The act of perceiving the odor of something

Verb

  1. Inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
  2. Emit an odor
  3. Smell bad
  4. Have an element suggestive (of something)
  5. Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "smell".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 smell 1 34
2 smelled 1 19
3 smells 1 9
4 smelling 2 5
5 smelley 2 0
6 smelly 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "smell".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 spell 1 19
2 swell 1 7
3 estelle 2 0
4 schell 1 0
5 snell 1 0
6 stell 1 0
7 stelle 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 small 1 542
2 sell 1 41
3 shell 1 22
4 smelled 1 19
5 spell 1 19
6 sells 1 13
7 smells 1 9
8 swell 1 7
9 smelt 1 3
10 smelly 2 0
11 mell 1 0
12 sumrell 2 0
13 smelley 2 0
14 samelle 2 0
15 samella 3 0
16 stell 1 0
17 snell 1 0
18 smull 1 0
19 smeal 1 0
20 semel 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 small 1 542
2 smull 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 10

Fragments: 6

Sound Alikes: 7

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 2

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

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