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Term: yearns

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

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  2. yearns

yearns

Definitions

Verb

  1. Desire strongly or persistently
  2. Have a desire for something or someone who is not present
  3. Have affection for; feel tenderness for
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "yearns".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 yearns 1 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "yearns".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 funes 1 0
2 kunes 1 0
3 lian's 1 0
4 yanes 1 0
5 yawns 1 0
6 yen's 1 0
7 younes 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 years 1 950
2 year 1 658
3 year's 1 43
4 ears 1 38
5 earn 1 16
6 yarn 1 14
7 learns 1 10
8 years' 1 8
9 yarns 1 6
10 yearned 1 3
11 earns 1 2
12 yearnings 2 2
13 yearn 1 1
14 mearns 1 0
15 kearns 1 0
16 hearns 1 0
17 yeas 1 0
18 yearlings 2 0
19 arns 1 0
20 yeomans 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 learns 1 10
2 acorns 2 1
3 adorns 2 1
4 cairns 1 1
5 churns 1 1
6 spurns 1 1
7 sterns 1 1
8 thorns 1 1
9 behrns 1 0
10 hearns 1 0
11 kearns 1 0
12 keirns 1 0
13 mearns 1 0
14 mourns 1 0
15 querns 1 0
16 scorns 1 0
17 starns 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 7

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 17

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

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