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Term: need

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

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need

Definitions

Noun

  1. A condition requiring relief
  2. Anything that is necessary but lacking
  3. The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
  4. A state of extreme poverty or destitution

Verb

  1. Require as useful, just, or proper
  2. Have need of
  3. Have or feel a need for
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "need".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 need 1 360
2 needed 2 187
3 needs 1 152
4 needle 2 15
5 needless 2 11
6 needles 2 6
7 needy 2 6
8 needham 2 5
9 needing 2 5
10 needham's 2 1
11 needled 2 1
12 needlessly 3 1
13 sneed 1 1
14 unneeded 3 1
15 kneed 1 0
16 needelman 3 0
17 needful 2 0
18 needier 3 0
19 neediest 3 0
20 needlefish 3 0
21 needlelike 3 0
22 needleman 3 0
23 needlepoint 3 0
24 needler 3 0
25 needlework 3 0
26 needling 2 0
27 needn't 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "need".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 snead 1 2
2 knead 1 1
3 sneed 1 1
4 kneed 1 0
5 nead 1 0
6 nied 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 needed 2 187
2 indeed 2 162
3 needs 1 152
4 seed 1 41
5 needle 2 15
6 needy 2 6
7 reed 1 5
8 nested 2 4
9 neared 1 3
10 sneed 1 1
11 netted 2 1
12 weed 1 1
13 neeld 1 0
14 kneed 1 0
15 nee 1 0
16 ned 1 0
17 nedved 2 0
18 necked 1 0
19 teed 1 0
20 snee 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 need to 1 11
2 need for 1 6
3 need not 1 5
4 need help 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the need 1 11
2 they need 1 3
3 not need 1 2
4 men need 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 without 2 2
2 charts 1 2
3 bad 1 2
4 speed 1 2
5 studies 2 2
6 may 1 2
7 resources 3 2
8 updated 3 2
9 response 2 2
10 self-interest 4 2
11 rise 1 2
12 men 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nard 1 0
2 nead 1 0
3 nedd 1 0
4 nerd 1 0
5 niad 2 0
6 nied 1 0
7 nold 1 0
8 nord 1 0
9 noyd 1 0
10 nudd 1 0
11 nypd 4 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 7

Fragments: 27

Sound Alikes: 6

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 4

Words that Precede: 4

Statistically Associated: 12

Consonant Matches: 11

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

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