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Term: while

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

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while

Definitions

Noun

  1. A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "while".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 while 1 680
2 meanwhile 2 35
3 worthwhile 2 8
4 awhile 2 4
5 erstwhile 2 0
6 whiles 1 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "while".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 awhile 2 4
2 weil 1 1
3 weill 1 0
4 wile 1 0
5 wyle 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 whipple 2 7
2 whirled 1 6
3 wiley 2 6
4 awhile 2 4
5 whistle 2 4
6 wiles 1 2
7 wilde 1 1
8 whiles 1 0
9 wile 1 0
10 hile 1 0
11 whittle 2 0
12 whitley 2 0
13 whisler 2 0
14 whirley 2 0
15 whilden 2 0
16 wille 1 0
17 wilke 1 0
18 wiler 2 0
19 wilen 2 0
20 wikle 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 while the 1 53
2 while in 1 14
3 while a 1 5
4 while this 1 5
5 while it 1 5
6 while others 2 5
7 while also 2 3
8 while they 1 3
9 while some 1 3
10 while not 1 3
11 while marx 1 3
12 while at 1 2
13 while its 1 2
14 while these 1 2
15 while frederick 2 2
16 while her 1 2
17 while removing 3 2
18 while ranking 2 2
19 while swimming 2 2
20 while he 1 2
21 while an 1 2
22 while most 1 2
23 while many 2 2
24 while motion 2 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 that while 1 5
2 a while 1 3
3 and while 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 whole 1 309
2 whale 1 0
3 whale's 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 6

Sound Alikes: 5

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 24

Words that Precede: 3

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 3

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

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