depend
Definitions
Verb
- Be contingent upon (something that is elided)
- Have faith or confidence in
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "depend".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | independence | 4 | 70 |
| 2 | independent | 4 | 70 |
| 3 | depends | 2 | 49 |
| 4 | depend | 2 | 45 |
| 5 | dependent | 3 | 40 |
| 6 | depending | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | dependence | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | independently | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | depended | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | dependable | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | interdependent | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | interdependence | 5 | 6 |
| 13 | dependency | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | dependents | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | independents | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | dependability | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | dependencies | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | independence's | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | overdependence | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | overdependent | 5 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "depend".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | designed | 2 | 108 |
| 2 | demand | 2 | 102 |
| 3 | defined | 2 | 39 |
| 4 | defend | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | diamond | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | descend | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | deepened | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | discerned | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | disowned | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | dead-end | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | detained | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | adarand | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | auditioned | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | dearmond | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | defund | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | deland | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | demeaned | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | demond | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | dimond | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | doland | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | dowland | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | dumond | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | durand | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | durland | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | dymond | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "depend".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | 1 | 53 |
| 2 | depends | 2 | 49 |
| 3 | dependent | 3 | 40 |
| 4 | depending | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | defend | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | dependence | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | depended | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | deed | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | dependable | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | descend | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | defends | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | dependency | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | deepened | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | deposed | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | dependents | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | expend | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | deepen | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | deppen | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | deen | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | deepens | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "depend" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "depend" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to depend | 1 | 3 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "depend" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "depend".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 20
Sound Alikes: 25
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 2
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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