they
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "they".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "they".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "they".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "they" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they were | 1 | 66 |
| 2 | they are | 1 | 60 |
| 3 | they had | 1 | 19 |
| 4 | they have | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | they would | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | they could | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | they do | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | they can | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | they also | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | they found | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | they will | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | they did | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | they became | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | they must | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | they often | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | they should | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | they use | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | they may | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | they include | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | they held | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | they wanted | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | they need | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | they wish | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | they received | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | they made | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | they take | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | they actually | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | they usually | 4 | 2 |
| 29 | they planned | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | they concluded | 3 | 2 |
| 31 | they appear | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | they more | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | they serve | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | they occur | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | they lost | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | they felt | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | they left | 1 | 2 |
| 38 | they argued | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | they said | 1 | 2 |
| 40 | they therefore | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | they approach | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | they didn't | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | they lacked | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | they believe | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | they only | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | they worked | 1 | 2 |
| 47 | they now | 1 | 2 |
| 48 | they numbered | 2 | 2 |
| 49 | they came | 1 | 2 |
| 50 | they continued | 3 | 2 |
| 51 | they believed | 2 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "they" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that they | 1 | 43 |
| 2 | as they | 1 | 24 |
| 3 | when they | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | and they | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | if they | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | because they | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | what they | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | where they | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | which they | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | but they | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | though they | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | however they | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | although they | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | while they | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | how they | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | since they | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | whether they | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | normally they | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | time they | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | believe they | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | said they | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | gas they | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | larger they | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | case they | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | may they | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | unless they | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | so they | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | why they | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | until they | 2 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "they" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "they".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | 1 | 10594 |
| 2 | this | 1 | 5145 |
| 3 | than | 1 | 1790 |
| 4 | them | 1 | 1788 |
| 5 | then | 1 | 1380 |
| 6 | thus | 1 | 312 |
| 7 | that's | 1 | 187 |
| 8 | thin | 1 | 92 |
| 9 | they're | 1 | 65 |
| 10 | they'll | 1 | 32 |
| 11 | they'd | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | thee | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | they've | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | thru | 1 | 16 |
| 15 | thou | 1 | 14 |
| 16 | thor | 1 | 9 |
| 17 | thaw | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | that'll | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | thom | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | thud | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | thar | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | thai | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | that'd | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | thea | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | this'll | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | thug | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | thum | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | thad | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | thai's | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | thal | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | tham | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | thao | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | that've | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | thau | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | thee's | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | theo | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | theo's | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | thew | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | this' | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | thon | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | thul | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | thun | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | thur | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | thuy | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 0
Fragments: 14
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 51
Words that Precede: 29
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 44
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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