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Term: nearly

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

  1. Term
  2. nearly

nearly

Definitions

Adverb

  1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
  2. In a close manner
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "nearly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nearly 2 141
2 linearly 4 4

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "nearly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 namely 2 33
2 neatly 2 19
3 nicely 2 9
4 unduly 3 6
5 nightly 2 3
6 snugly 2 2
7 unruly 3 2
8 knightly 2 1
9 endsley 2 0
10 gnarly 2 0
11 innately 3 0
12 kneisley 2 0
13 knicely 2 0
14 knisely 2 0
15 knisley 2 0
16 narly 2 0
17 negley 2 0
18 nicley 2 0
19 nisley 2 0
20 nissley 2 0
21 nobly 2 0
22 nunley 2 0
23 nutley 2 0
24 oncale 3 0
25 schnebly 2 0
26 snavely 2 0
27 snively 2 0
28 unearthly 3 0
29 unholy 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 early 2 366
2 near 1 198
3 nearby 2 45
4 neatly 2 19
5 yearly 2 12
6 linearly 4 4
7 dearly 2 4
8 neal 1 4
9 pearly 2 1
10 nary 2 1
11 neary 2 0
12 nealy 2 0
13 narly 2 0
14 sneary 2 0
15 nealey 2 0
16 gnarly 2 0
17 earley 2 0
18 unearthly 3 0
19 nerl 1 0
20 erly 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nearly all 1 5
2 nearly the 1 3
3 nearly every 3 2
4 nearly circular 3 2
5 nearly two 1 2
6 nearly a 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 and nearly 1 3
2 targets nearly 2 2
3 were nearly 1 2
4 for nearly 1 2
5 is nearly 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 meet 1 2
2 orbit 2 2
3 wrote 1 2
4 takes 1 2
5 including 3 2
6 producing 3 2
7 increase 2 2
8 contains 2 2
9 weighing 2 2
10 targets 2 2
11 installed 2 2
12 took 1 2
13 losses 2 2
14 manchester 3 2
15 handled 2 2
16 supplied 2 2
17 going 2 2
18 pluto 2 2
19 fernandez 3 2
20 still 1 2
21 steps 1 2
22 performance 3 2
23 become 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 29

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 6

Words that Precede: 5

Statistically Associated: 23

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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