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Term: likely

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

  1. Term
  2. likely

likely

Definitions

Adjective

  1. Has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
  2. Likely but not certain to be or become true or real

Adverb

  1. With considerable certainty; without much doubt
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "likely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 likely 2 151
2 unlikely 3 21

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "likely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 clearly 2 128
2 slightly 2 83
3 closely 2 66
4 lovely 2 44
5 lightly 2 31
6 lively 2 26
7 lonely 2 25
8 plainly 2 18
9 loudly 2 17
10 elderly 3 13
11 lately 2 12
12 loosely 2 12
13 flatly 2 7
14 gladly 2 4
15 glibly 2 4
16 blithely 2 3
17 cleanly 2 2
18 leslie 2 2
19 lodley 2 2
20 alertly 3 1
21 glumly 2 1
22 blachly 2 0
23 blackley 2 0
24 blakeley 2 0
25 blakely 2 0
26 blakley 2 0
27 blatchley 2 0
28 bleakley 2 0
29 blechley 2 0
30 cleckley 2 0
31 flatley 2 0
32 ladley 2 0
33 laidley 2 0
34 lamely 2 0
35 lamle 2 0
36 langley 2 0
37 lashley 2 0
38 lasley 2 0
39 lavely 2 0
40 leapley 2 0
41 lecli 2 0
42 lemley 2 0
43 lepley 2 0
44 leschly 2 0
45 lesley 2 0
46 lessley 2 0
47 linley 2 0
48 lockley 2 0
49 loyally 3 0
50 lumley 2 0
51 lushly 2 0
52 lyerly 3 0
53 plumley 2 0
54 schlafly 2 0
55 sleekly 2 0
56 slickly 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 like 1 1292
2 lively 2 26
3 unlikely 3 21
4 lilly 2 10
5 lily 2 1
6 liskey 2 0
7 ikey 2 0
8 slickly 2 0
9 linskey 2 0
10 lickety 3 0
11 blakely 2 0
12 wikel 2 0
13 riely 2 0
14 mikey 2 0
15 mikel 2 0
16 lokey 2 0
17 litke 2 0
18 liske 1 0
19 lipke 1 0
20 linke 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 likely to 1 13
2 likely that 1 4

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 more likely 1 9
2 is likely 1 6
3 most likely 1 4
4 was likely 1 3

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 segment 2 2
2 atrocity 4 2
3 margin 2 2
4 state 1 2
5 makes 1 2
6 species 2 2
7 toll 1 2
8 get 1 2
9 one 1 2
10 suggested 3 2
11 ports 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 56

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 4

Statistically Associated: 11

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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