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Term: lack

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

  1. Term
  2. lack

lack

Definitions

Noun

  1. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

Verb

  1. Be without
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "lack".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 black 1 203
2 lack 1 110
3 lacking 2 32
4 lacked 1 19
5 blackman 2 15
6 slack 1 9
7 slacks 1 7
8 black's 1 6
9 lacks 1 6
10 blackened 2 5
11 blackness 2 5
12 blackout 2 5
13 blackberry 3 3
14 blacked 1 3
15 blackmer 2 3
16 blacks 1 3
17 blackwell 2 3
18 slackened 2 3
19 blackboard 2 2
20 blackjack 2 2
21 blackmail 2 2
22 blacksmith 2 2
23 slackening 3 2
24 blackbirds 2 1
25 blackening 3 1
26 blackest 2 1
27 blackmailed 2 1
28 blackstone 2 1
29 lackadaisical 5 1
30 lackeys 2 1
31 berlack 2 0
32 bidlack 2 0
33 blackard 2 0
34 blackball 2 0
35 blackberries 3 0
36 blackbird 2 0
37 blackboards 2 0
38 blackburn 2 0
39 blacken 2 0
40 blackens 2 0
41 blacker 2 0
42 blackerby 3 0
43 blacketer 3 0
44 blackett 2 0
45 blackfoot 2 0
46 blackford 2 0
47 blackham 2 0
48 blackhawk 2 0
49 blackhawk's 2 0
50 blackhawks 2 0
51 blackheath 2 0
52 blackhurst 2 0
53 blackie 2 0
54 blackledge 2 0
55 blackley 2 0
56 blacklist 2 0
57 blacklisted 3 0
58 blacklisting 3 0
59 blacklock 2 0
60 blackmailing 3 0
61 blackmon 2 0
62 blackmore 2 0
63 blackmun 2 0
64 blackmun's 2 0
65 blackouts 2 0
66 blackpool 2 0
67 blackrock 2 0
68 blacks' 1 0
69 blacksburg 2 0
70 blackshear 2 0
71 blacksher 2 0
72 blackshire 2 0
73 blackson 2 0
74 blackstock 2 0
75 blackston 2 0
76 blackstone's 2 0
77 blacktop 2 0
78 blackwelder 3 0
79 blackwood 2 0
80 blalack 2 0
81 clack 1 0
82 clackamas 3 0
83 flack 1 0
84 glacken 2 0
85 glackin 2 0
86 lackawanna 4 0
87 lackey 2 0
88 lackie 2 0
89 lackluster 3 0
90 lackman 2 0
91 lackner 2 0
92 lacko 2 0
93 lackovic 3 0
94 lacksadaiscious 5 0
95 matlack 2 0
96 niblack 2 0
97 olack 2 0
98 plack 1 0
99 plack's 1 0
100 placke 1 0
101 placko 2 0
102 polack 2 0
103 pollack 2 0
104 pollack's 2 0
105 schlack 1 0
106 sedlack 2 0
107 shellack 2 0
108 shellacked 2 0
109 shellacking 3 0
110 similack 3 0
111 slacked 1 0
112 slacken 2 0
113 slackens 2 0
114 slacker 2 0
115 slackers 2 0
116 slackness 2 0
117 thalacker 3 0
118 vanvlack 2 0
119 wallack 2 0
120 wollack 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "lack".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 black 1 203
2 slack 1 9
3 plaque 1 2
4 lak 1 1
5 clack 1 0
6 flack 1 0
7 flak 1 0
8 lac 1 0
9 plack 1 0
10 placke 1 0
11 schlack 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 black 1 203
2 slack 1 9
3 slacks 1 7
4 lacks 1 6
5 lak 1 1
6 plack 1 0
7 olack 2 0
8 lauck 1 0
9 lacko 2 0
10 laack 1 0
11 flack 1 0
12 clack 1 0
13 lac 1 0
14 ack 1 0
15 polack 2 0
16 planck 1 0
17 placko 2 0
18 placke 1 0
19 placek 2 0
20 larock 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 lack of 1 26
2 lack the 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the lack 1 7
2 and lack 1 3
3 its lack 1 3
4 his lack 1 3
5 a lack 1 2
6 to lack 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 due 1 2
2 may 1 2
3 racism 3 2
4 attacks 2 2
5 despite 2 2
6 improve 2 2
7 games 1 2
8 result 2 2
9 including 3 2
10 concern 2 2
11 share 1 2
12 complications 4 2
13 often 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 luck 1 47
2 lock 1 24
3 lick 1 3
4 leck 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 120

Sound Alikes: 11

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 6

Statistically Associated: 13

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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