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Term: tell

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

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  2. tell

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Definitions

Noun

  1. A swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)

Verb

  1. Express in words
  2. Let something be known
  3. Narrate or give a detailed account of
  4. Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
  5. Discern or comprehend
  6. Inform positively and with certainty and confidence
  7. Give evidence
  8. Mark as different
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tell".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tell 1 268
2 intellectual 5 66
3 telling 2 52
4 intelligence 4 48
5 tells 1 34
6 intelligent 4 26
7 intellectuals 5 12
8 intelligible 5 11
9 satellite 3 8
10 satellites 3 7
11 intellect 3 5
12 intellectually 6 5
13 interstellar 4 5
14 constellations 4 4
15 estella 3 4
16 storyteller 4 4
17 teller 2 4
18 intelligently 5 3
19 retelling 3 2
20 tellers 2 2
21 constellation's 4 1
22 foretell 2 1
23 intelligentsia 6 1
24 retell 2 1
25 stella 2 1
26 stellar 2 1
27 unintelligible 6 1
28 antell 2 0
29 austell 2 0
30 axtell 2 0
31 bachtell 2 0
32 bartell 2 0
33 battelle 2 0
34 battelle's 2 0
35 bertelli 3 0
36 botello 3 0
37 boutell 2 0
38 boutelle 2 0
39 buentello 3 0
40 castell 2 0
41 castellana 4 0
42 castellani 4 0
43 castellano 4 0
44 castellanos 4 0
45 castellaw 3 0
46 castelli 3 0
47 castello 3 0
48 castellon 3 0
49 castellucci 4 0
50 castelluccio 5 0
51 castellvi 3 0
52 catelli 3 0
53 cattell 2 0
54 civitello 4 0
55 constellation 4 0
56 costella 3 0
57 costello 3 0
58 costello's 3 0
59 cotelle 2 0
60 counterintelligence 6 0
61 cretella 3 0
62 critelli 3 0
63 donatelli 4 0
64 estell 2 0
65 estelle 2 0
66 foretelling 3 0
67 gastelli 3 0
68 guastella 3 0
69 hartell 2 0
70 intellects 3 0
71 intellectualism 7 0
72 intellicall 4 0
73 intellicorp 4 0
74 intelligibly 5 0
75 kettell 2 0
76 kittell 2 0
77 latella 3 0
78 letellier 4 0
79 littell 2 0
80 locatelli 4 0
81 mantell 2 0
82 marsteller 3 0
83 martell 2 0
84 martella 3 0
85 martelle 2 0
86 martelli 3 0
87 martellini 4 0
88 martello 3 0
89 masteller 3 0
90 matell 2 0
91 militello 4 0
92 montella 3 0
93 montello 3 0
94 mortell 2 0
95 mortellaro 4 0
96 mosteller 3 0
97 otello 3 0
98 patella 3 0
99 pignatelli 4 0
100 piscitelli 4 0
101 piscitello 4 0
102 pocatello 4 0
103 portell 2 0
104 portelli 3 0
105 postell 2 0
106 purtell 2 0
107 riccitelli 4 0
108 robustelli 4 0
109 robustelli's 4 0
110 rotella 3 0
111 santella 3 0
112 santelli 3 0
113 satellite's 3 0
114 sawtell 2 0
115 sawtelle 2 0
116 sentell 2 0
117 sentelle 2 0
118 serritella 4 0
119 shortell 2 0
120 sotello 3 0
121 stell 1 0
122 stella's 2 0
123 stellarton 3 0
124 stellato 3 0
125 stelle 1 0
126 stellenbosch 3 0
127 steller 2 0
128 stellhorn 2 0
129 stelling 2 0
130 stelljes 2 0
131 stellmach 2 0
132 stellmacher 3 0
133 stellman 2 0
134 stello 2 0
135 stelly 2 0
136 storytellers 4 0
137 storytelling 4 0
138 teffeteller 4 0
139 teitell 2 0
140 tellabs 2 0
141 tellefsen 3 0
142 tellep 2 0
143 teller's 2 0
144 telles 1 0
145 tellez 2 0
146 tellier 3 0
147 tellin' 2 0
148 tellingly 3 0
149 tellis 2 0
150 tello 2 0
151 telltale 2 0
152 telltales 2 0
153 telluride 3 0
154 tellurides 3 0
155 tellurium 4 0
156 telly 2 0
157 vitelli 3 0
158 vitello 3 0
159 wachtell 2 0
160 worstell 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tell".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tel 1 1
2 stell 1 0
3 stelle 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tells 1 34
2 teller 2 4
3 tel 1 1
4 ell 1 1
5 tuell 1 0
6 telly 2 0
7 tello 2 0
8 teall 1 0
9 stell 1 0
10 tyrell 2 0
11 truell 2 0
12 trella 2 0
13 towell 2 0
14 torell 2 0
15 toelle 1 0
16 theall 1 0
17 tewell 2 0
18 tellis 2 0
19 tellez 2 0
20 telles 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 to tell 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 go 1 2
2 us 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tall 1 55
2 till 1 49
3 toll 1 16
4 tull 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 9

Fragments: 160

Sound Alikes: 3

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 1

Statistically Associated: 2

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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