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Term: tend

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

  1. Term
  2. tend

tend

Definitions

Verb

  1. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
  2. Have care of or look after
  3. Manage or run
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tend".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 extended 3 55
2 attend 2 54
3 tendency 3 49
4 intended 3 45
5 tend 1 43
6 attended 3 36
7 tends 1 34
8 extend 2 31
9 extending 3 29
10 tended 2 24
11 attending 3 23
12 superintendent 5 17
13 intend 2 15
14 attendance 3 12
15 attendant 3 12
16 contended 3 12
17 extends 2 12
18 pretending 3 12
19 tender 2 11
20 pretend 2 8
21 attendants 3 7
22 attends 2 6
23 bartender 3 6
24 contend 2 6
25 intends 2 6
26 pretended 3 6
27 contends 2 5
28 tendencies 3 5
29 tenderly 3 4
30 tenderness 3 4
31 tending 2 4
32 christendom 3 3
33 crittenden 3 3
34 contender 3 2
35 double-entendre 5 2
36 pretender 3 2
37 pretends 2 2
38 stendhal 2 2
39 superintendent's 5 2
40 superintendents 5 2
41 tendons 2 2
42 unattended 4 2
43 unintended 4 2
44 contending 3 1
45 intending 3 1
46 tendered 2 1
47 tenderloin 3 1
48 attendant's 3 0
49 attendants' 3 0
50 attendee 3 0
51 attendees 3 0
52 bartenders 3 0
53 bettendorf 3 0
54 chittenden 3 0
55 contenders 3 0
56 crittendon 3 0
57 distend 2 0
58 distended 3 0
59 eastend 2 0
60 eastender 3 0
61 eastenders 3 0
62 entendre 3 0
63 extendable 4 0
64 extender 3 0
65 extenders 3 0
66 extendible 4 0
67 hattendorf 3 0
68 latendresse 3 0
69 letendre 3 0
70 mittendorf 3 0
71 nintendo 3 0
72 nintendo's 3 0
73 ostendorf 3 0
74 overextend 4 0
75 overextended 5 0
76 overextending 5 0
77 overextends 4 0
78 portend 2 0
79 portending 3 0
80 portends 2 0
81 pretenders 3 0
82 stendal 2 0
83 stender 2 0
84 stendig 2 0
85 superintendant 5 0
86 tendentious 3 0
87 tendering 3 0
88 tenders 2 0
89 tendler 2 0
90 tendon 2 0
91 untendered 3 0
92 westendorf 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tend".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 turned 1 320
2 stand 1 148
3 attend 2 54
4 stained 1 28
5 attained 2 8
6 stunned 1 8
7 tanned 1 6
8 attuned 2 3
9 tuned 1 3
10 stoned 1 2
11 toned 1 0
12 tunde 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 then 1 1380
2 end 1 409
3 ten 1 164
4 attend 2 54
5 trend 1 46
6 tends 1 34
7 tied 1 34
8 extend 2 31
9 tended 2 24
10 trends 1 21
11 tent 1 20
12 intend 2 15
13 tender 2 11
14 ted 1 7
15 tien 1 2
16 trendy 2 0
17 tendon 2 0
18 wend 1 0
19 toed 1 0
20 tern 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tend to 1 14

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 also tend 2 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 acetylene 4 2
2 famous 2 2
3 elements 3 2
4 comets 2 2
5 tasks 1 2
6 sauce 1 2
7 recommendations 5 2
8 whole 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 92

Sound Alikes: 12

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 1

Statistically Associated: 8

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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