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Term: mother

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

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  2. mother

mother

Definitions

Noun

  1. A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
  2. A stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
  3. A term of address for an elderly woman
  4. A term of address for a mother superior
  5. A condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

Verb

  1. Care for like a mother
  2. Make children
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "mother".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mother 2 216
2 mother's 2 36
3 mothers 2 25
4 grandmother 3 9
5 smothered 2 6
6 mothers' 2 4
7 grandmother's 3 3
8 stepmother 3 3
9 grandmothers 3 1
10 great-grandmother 4 1
11 mother-in-law 4 1
12 motherhood 3 1
13 motherland 3 1
14 motherly 3 1
15 mothers-in-law 4 1
16 smothering 3 1
17 chemotherapy 5 0
18 godmother 3 0
19 godmothers 3 0
20 grandmotherly 4 0
21 mothercare 3 0
22 motherfucker 4 0
23 motherfucker's 4 0
24 motherfuckers 4 0
25 motherfucking 4 0
26 mothering 3 0
27 motherless 3 0
28 mothershead 3 0
29 mothershed 3 0
30 mothership 3 0
31 mothership's 3 0
32 motherships 3 0
33 smother 2 0
34 smotherman 3 0
35 smothermon 3 0
36 smothers 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "mother".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 smoother 2 3
2 mather 2 0
3 smather 2 0
4 smither 2 0
5 smother 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 other 2 1702
2 others 2 323
3 mother's 2 36
4 mothers 2 25
5 mothers' 2 4
6 smoother 2 3
7 motherly 3 1
8 smother 2 0
9 moher 2 0
10 smothers 2 0
11 yother 2 0
12 rother 2 0
13 nother 2 0
14 motzer 2 0
15 motter 2 0
16 moster 2 0
17 mosher 2 0
18 morter 2 0
19 monter 2 0
20 molter 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mother was 1 3
2 mother tongue 1 3

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 his mother 1 4
2 her mother 1 3
3 their mother 1 3
4 the mother 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 whale 1 2
2 uncles 2 2
3 ford's 1 2
4 farm 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mother's 2 36
2 mother-in-law 4 1
3 mather 2 0
4 mathur 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 7

Fragments: 36

Sound Alikes: 5

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 4

Statistically Associated: 4

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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