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Term: wailed

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

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  2. wailed

wailed

Definitions

Verb

  1. Emit long loud cries
  2. Cry weakly or softly
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "wailed".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 wailed 1 3

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "wailed".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 world 1 787
2 wild 1 56
3 wheeled 1 10
4 whirled 1 6
5 willed 1 6
6 swirled 1 5
7 weld 1 4
8 swelled 1 3
9 twirled 1 1
10 walled 1 1
11 wield 1 1
12 wilde 1 1
13 wold 1 1
14 dwelled 1 0
15 eworld 2 0
16 quelled 1 0
17 wald 1 0
18 walde 1 0
19 weild 1 0
20 wylde 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 walked 1 159
2 failed 1 74
3 waited 2 70
4 wild 1 56
5 mailed 1 16
6 nailed 1 11
7 sailed 1 10
8 hailed 1 7
9 willed 1 6
10 jailed 1 2
11 wilted 2 1
12 walled 1 1
13 waived 1 1
14 waleed 2 0
15 wailes 1 0
16 tailed 1 0
17 railed 1 0
18 bailed 1 0
19 wile 1 0
20 wied 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 willed 1 6
2 walled 1 1

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 20

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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