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Term: prevent

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

  1. Term
  2. prevent

prevent

Definitions

Verb

  1. Keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  2. Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "prevent".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 prevent 2 83
2 prevented 3 27
3 prevention 3 27
4 preventive 3 15
5 preventing 3 10
6 prevents 2 10
7 preventable 4 0
8 preventative 4 0
9 preventatives 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "prevent".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 present 2 377
2 pleasant 2 38
3 pursuant 3 27
4 pavement 2 11
5 pigment 2 9
6 applicant 3 8
7 poignant 2 6
8 pinpoint 2 5
9 pungent 2 4
10 appeasement 3 3
11 piedmont 2 2
12 prudent 2 2
13 opulent 3 1
14 penchant 2 1
15 pendant 2 1
16 pierpont 2 1
17 pierpoint 2 0
18 playcount 2 0
19 poissant 2 0
20 portent 2 0
21 powerpoint 3 0
22 prashant 2 0
23 prizant 2 0
24 provant 2 0
25 prudente 2 0
26 pusant 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 present 2 377
2 event 2 81
3 presents 2 33
4 prevented 3 27
5 prevention 3 27
6 preventive 3 15
7 prevents 2 10
8 preventing 3 10
9 resent 2 8
10 prevalent 3 5
11 reverent 3 3
12 revert 2 3
13 repent 2 3
14 preen 1 0
15 reinvent 3 0
16 prevette 2 0
17 preventable 4 0
18 spreen 1 0
19 relent 2 0
20 regent 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 prevent a 1 2
2 prevent the 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 to prevent 1 8

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 time 1 2
2 salts 1 2
3 diet 2 2
4 important 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 provant 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 9

Sound Alikes: 26

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 1

Statistically Associated: 4

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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