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Term: rather

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

  1. Term
  2. rather

rather

Definitions

Adverb

  1. On the contrary
  2. To some (great or small) extent
  3. More readily or willingly
  4. To a degree (not used with a negative)
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "rather".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 rather 2 373
2 prather 2 0
3 rather's 2 0
4 rathert 2 0
5 wrather 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "rather".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 brother 2 73
2 breather 2 1
3 reuther 2 1
4 crowther 2 0
5 grether 2 0
6 prather 2 0
7 raether 2 0
8 reither 2 0
9 roether 2 0
10 ryther 2 0
11 wrather 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 breather 2 1
2 wrather 2 0
3 rathert 2 0
4 raether 2 0
5 prather 2 0
6 rathe 1 0
7 rater 2 0
8 rather's 2 0
9 bratcher 2 0
10 sather 2 0
11 ryther 2 0
12 ruther 2 0
13 rother 2 0
14 raxter 2 0
15 ratner 2 0
16 ratier 2 0
17 rathke 2 0
18 rathje 2 0
19 rathel 2 0
20 raters 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 rather than 1 51
2 rather different 3 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 a rather 1 5
2 but rather 1 3
3 form rather 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 emotional 4 2
2 persuade 2 2
3 information 4 2
4 confusion 3 2
5 shown 1 2
6 state 1 2
7 mythology 4 2
8 chicanery 4 2
9 represent 3 2
10 space 1 2
11 links 1 2
12 system 2 2
13 destruction 3 2
14 form 1 2
15 even 2 2
16 memory 3 2
17 tape 1 2
18 counter 2 2
19 company 3 2
20 passengers 3 2
21 racing 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 rather's 2 0
2 rother 2 0
3 ruther 2 0
4 ryther 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 5

Sound Alikes: 11

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 3

Statistically Associated: 21

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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