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Term: tick

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

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  2. tick

tick

Definitions

Noun

  1. A metallic tapping sound
  2. Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
  3. A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
  4. A light mattress

Verb

  1. Make a clicking or ticking sound
  2. Make a sound like a clock or a timer
  3. Sew
  4. Put a check mark on or near or next to
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tick".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stick 1 39
2 sticks 1 22
3 ticket 2 16
4 tickets 2 14
5 sticky 2 9
6 sticking 2 8
7 stickney 2 5
8 lipstick 2 3
9 tick 1 3
10 slapstick 2 2
11 stickler 3 2
12 ticked 1 2
13 tickled 2 2
14 ticks 1 2
15 yardstick 2 2
16 candlestick 3 1
17 politicking 4 1
18 ticker 2 1
19 ticking 2 1
20 bittick 2 0
21 bostick 2 0
22 broomstick 2 0
23 broomsticks 2 0
24 bumpersticker 4 0
25 bumperstickers 4 0
26 candlesticks 3 0
27 capstick 2 0
28 chittick 2 0
29 chopstick 2 0
30 chopsticks 2 0
31 dipstick 2 0
32 drumstick 2 0
33 furtick 2 0
34 haverstick 3 0
35 hettick 2 0
36 joystick 2 0
37 kostick 2 0
38 krutick 2 0
39 lipsticks 2 0
40 mattick 2 0
41 mcclintick 3 0
42 natick 2 0
43 nightstick 2 0
44 nightsticks 2 0
45 non-stick 2 0
46 nonstick 2 0
47 pitstick 2 0
48 schtick 1 0
49 shtick 1 0
50 sticka 2 0
51 stickball 2 0
52 stickel 2 0
53 stickels 2 0
54 sticker 2 0
55 stickers 2 0
56 stickier 3 0
57 stickiest 3 0
58 stickland 2 0
59 stickle 2 0
60 stickles 2 0
61 stickley 2 0
62 sticktight 2 0
63 sticktights 2 0
64 ticket's 2 0
65 ticketed 3 0
66 ticketing 3 0
67 ticketless 3 0
68 ticketmaster 4 0
69 ticketmaster's 4 0
70 ticketron 3 0
71 tickle 2 0
72 tickles 2 0
73 ticklish 3 0
74 tickner 2 0
75 ticknor 2 0
76 uptick 2 0
77 upticks 2 0
78 yardsticks 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tick".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stick 1 39
2 schtick 1 0
3 shtick 1 0
4 tic 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 thick 1 67
2 stick 1 39
3 sticks 1 22
4 ticket 2 16
5 trick 1 15
6 sticky 2 9
7 tricks 1 8
8 ticks 1 2
9 ticked 1 2
10 tricky 2 1
11 ticker 2 1
12 tic 1 0
13 uptick 2 0
14 tunick 2 0
15 tickle 2 0
16 strick 1 0
17 sticka 2 0
18 shtick 1 0
19 natick 2 0
20 zick 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tack 1 4
2 tuck 1 2
3 teck 1 0
4 teck's 1 0
5 tock 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 8

Fragments: 78

Sound Alikes: 4

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 5

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

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