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Term: then

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

  1. Term
  2. then

then

Definitions

Noun

  1. That time; that moment

Adverb

  1. Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
  2. In that case or as a consequence
  3. At that time
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "then".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 then 1 1380
2 authentic 3 20
3 strengthen 2 16
4 strengthening 3 12
5 athens 2 8
6 authenticity 5 8
7 parthenon 3 6
8 strengthened 2 6
9 thence 1 6
10 strengthens 2 5
11 athenians 4 4
12 calisthenics 4 4
13 lengthening 3 3
14 athenian 4 2
15 authentically 4 2
16 heathen 2 2
17 lengthen 2 2
18 lengthened 2 2
19 thenceforth 2 2
20 athena 3 1
21 authenticate 4 1
22 authenticated 5 1
23 authentication 5 1
24 authentications 5 1
25 earthenware 3 1
26 unauthentic 4 1
27 aesthenopia 4 0
28 athenaeum 4 0
29 athenaios 4 0
30 athene 2 0
31 atheneum 3 0
32 authenticating 5 0
33 blethen 2 0
34 brethen 2 0
35 calisthenic 4 0
36 cauthen 2 0
37 earthen 2 0
38 ethene 2 0
39 fthenakis 3 0
40 githens 2 0
41 gothenburg 3 0
42 lengthens 2 0
43 marthena 3 0
44 mathena 3 0
45 matheney 3 0
46 matheny 3 0
47 mcglothen 3 0
48 mckeithen 3 0
49 metheney 3 0
50 metheny 3 0
51 nathene 2 0
52 neurasthenia 5 0
53 parthenia 4 0
54 parthenogenetic 6 0
55 rothenberg 3 0
56 rothenberger 4 0
57 ruthenberg 3 0
58 smoothen 2 0
59 smoothens 2 0
60 snethen 2 0
61 trefethen 3 0
62 warthen 2 0
63 wathen 2 0
64 worthen 2 0
65 worthen's 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "then".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the 1 69971
2 ten 1 164
3 hen 1 21
4 athens 2 8
5 thence 1 6
6 thoen 1 0
7 thien 1 0
8 theon 2 0
9 thein 1 0
10 wathen 2 0
11 thoren 2 0
12 tholen 2 0
13 thoene 2 0
14 theron 2 0
15 theone 2 0
16 thelin 2 0
17 thelen 2 0
18 theano 2 0
19 thaden 2 0
20 ethene 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 then the 1 12
2 then used 1 4
3 then to 1 4
4 then be 1 4
5 then in 1 3
6 then at 1 3
7 then returned 2 3
8 then there 1 3
9 then is 1 2
10 then was 1 2
11 then it 1 2
12 then that 1 2
13 then on 1 2
14 then president 3 2
15 then placed 1 2
16 then until 2 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 and then 1 43
2 is then 1 11
3 since then 1 8
4 would then 1 7
5 was then 1 7
6 by then 1 4
7 will then 1 3
8 were then 1 3
9 browser then 2 3
10 napoleon then 4 3
11 could then 1 3
12 before then 2 3
13 are then 1 3
14 he then 1 3
15 bonaparte then 3 2
16 roberts then 2 2
17 from then 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 than 1 1790
2 thin 1 92
3 thon 1 0
4 thun 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 65

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 16

Words that Precede: 17

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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