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Term: contain

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

  1. Term
  2. contain

contain

Definitions

Verb

  1. Include or contain; have as a component
  2. Contain or hold; have within
  3. Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
  4. Be divisible by
  5. Be capable of holding or containing
  6. Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "contain".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 contained 2 60
2 contain 2 45
3 containing 3 45
4 contains 2 38
5 container 3 10
6 self-contained 3 5
7 containers 3 4
8 containment 3 2
9 container's 3 0
10 containerboard 4 0
11 containerize 4 0
12 containerized 4 0
13 containers' 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "contain".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 campaign 2 81
2 explain 2 64
3 aquitaine 3 0
4 costain 2 0
5 courchaine 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 contained 2 60
2 containing 3 45
3 contains 2 38
4 mountain 2 33
5 container 3 10
6 containers 3 4
7 contagion 3 2
8 conan 2 2
9 contacting 3 2
10 constraint 2 2
11 constantin 3 1
12 constrain 2 0
13 costain 2 0
14 contran 2 0
15 contino 3 0
16 contini 3 0
17 contant 2 0
18 conti 2 0
19 contrarian 4 0
20 constrains 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 contain three 1 2
2 contain any 2 2
3 contain the 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 will contain 1 2
2 and contain 1 2
3 to contain 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 messages 3 2
2 samples 2 2
3 may 1 2
4 areas 3 2
5 pages 2 2
6 spaces 2 2
7 explosion 3 2
8 expected 3 2
9 helped 1 2
10 outputs 2 2
11 modified 3 2
12 salts 1 2
13 salt 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 canteen 2 2
2 cantlin 2 0
3 cantlon 2 0
4 cintron 2 0
5 contran 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 13

Sound Alikes: 5

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 3

Statistically Associated: 13

Consonant Matches: 5

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

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