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Term: surely

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

  1. Term
  2. surely

surely

Definitions

Adverb

  1. Definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "surely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 surely 2 47
2 leisurely 3 5

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "surely".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shapely 2 2
2 shipley 2 1
3 schenley 2 0
4 shadley 2 0
5 shaklee 2 0
6 shanley 2 0
7 shapley 2 0
8 shatley 2 0
9 sheesley 2 0
10 shepley 2 0
11 shetley 2 0
12 shibley 2 0
13 shigley 2 0
14 shively 2 0
15 shivley 2 0
16 shockley 2 0
17 szekely 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sure 1 263
2 survey 2 37
3 purely 2 30
4 rely 2 13
5 surveys 2 12
6 squarely 2 11
7 surgery 3 6
8 securely 3 5
9 leisurely 3 5
10 supremely 4 4
11 assuredly 4 4
12 sorely 2 3
13 surly 2 2
14 suey 2 1
15 surrey 2 0
16 surety 3 0
17 urey 2 0
18 surveil 2 0
19 surrell 2 0
20 surreal 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shrill 1 7
2 stroll 1 4
3 sorely 2 3
4 scroll 1 0
5 sorell 2 0
6 strole 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 17

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 6

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

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