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Term: use

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

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use

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of using
  2. What something is used for
  3. A particular service
  4. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
  5. (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
  6. Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
  7. (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

Verb

  1. Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
  2. Take or consume (regularly or habitually)
  3. Use up, consume fully
  4. Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
  5. Avail oneself to
  6. Habitually do something (use only in the past tense)
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "use".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 because 2 883
2 used 1 611
3 house 1 591
4 use 1 591
5 cause 1 130
6 caused 1 90
7 houses 2 83
8 refused 2 60
9 uses 2 59
10 causes 2 58
11 useful 2 58
12 massachusetts 4 50
13 confused 2 44
14 household 2 32
15 museum 3 32
16 excuse 2 28
17 paused 1 28
18 accused 2 25
19 pause 1 21
20 aroused 2 20
21 abuse 2 18
22 useless 2 17
23 refuse 2 16
24 applause 2 14
25 focused 2 12
26 housed 1 12
27 schoolhouse 2 11
28 usefulness 3 11
29 accuse 2 10
30 mouse 1 10
31 museums 3 10
32 amused 2 9
33 clause 1 9
34 farmhouse 2 8
35 abuses 3 7
36 amusement 3 7
37 buses 2 7
38 housekeeping 3 7
39 trousers 2 7
40 refuses 3 6
41 users 2 6
42 abused 2 5
43 arouse 2 5
44 clubhouse 2 5
45 confuse 2 5
46 fuse 1 5
47 housewives 2 5
48 misuse 2 5
49 suffused 2 5
50 clauses 2 4
51 diffuse 2 4
52 housewife 2 4
53 muse 1 4
54 mused 1 4
55 playhouse 2 4
56 spouses 2 4
57 surpluses 3 4
58 user 2 4
59 warehouse 2 4
60 warehouses 3 4
61 amuse 2 3
62 censuses 3 3
63 courthouse 2 3
64 excused 2 3
65 fused 1 3
66 fuses 2 3
67 giuseppe 3 3
68 louse 1 3
69 massachusetts' 4 3
70 nausea 3 3
71 profusely 3 3
72 spouse 1 3
73 storehouse 2 3
74 trouser 2 3
75 unused 2 3
76 westinghouse 3 3
77 accuses 3 2
78 amusements 3 2
79 arouses 3 2
80 calloused 2 2
81 choruses 3 2
82 diffused 2 2
83 disabuse 3 2
84 espoused 2 2
85 excuses 3 2
86 focuses 3 2
87 furiouser 4 2
88 greenhouse 2 2
89 house's 2 2
90 households 2 2
91 housekeeper 3 2
92 housework 2 2
93 methuselah 4 2
94 nauseated 4 2
95 pauses 2 2
96 profuse 2 2
97 recluse 2 2
98 roundhouse 2 2
99 rouse 1 2
100 roused 1 2
101 ruse 1 2
102 blockhouse 2 1
103 blouse 1 1
104 blouses 2 1
105 boardinghouses 4 1
106 campuses 3 1
107 caucuses 3 1
108 confuses 3 1
109 deloused 2 1
110 diffuses 3 1
111 doghouse 2 1
112 doused 1 1
113 espouses 3 1
114 farmhouses 3 1
115 firehouses 4 1
116 fuselage 3 1
117 geniuses 3 1
118 greenhouses 3 1
119 heusen 2 1
120 hothouse 2 1
121 houseboats 2 1
122 housebroken 3 1
123 householder 3 1
124 householders 3 1
125 lighthouses 3 1
126 loused 1 1
127 madhouse 2 1
128 morehouse 2 1
129 musee 2 1
130 muses 2 1
131 outhouse 2 1
132 penthouse 2 1
133 playhouses 3 1
134 rittenhouse 3 1
135 roadhouse 2 1
136 sinuses 3 1
137 stockhausen 3 1
138 storehouses 3 1
139 suffuse 2 1
140 syracuse 3 1
141 toulouse 2 1
142 usefully 3 1
143 abstruse 2 0
144 abuser 3 0
145 abusers 3 0
146 accuser 3 0
147 accusers 3 0
148 ackhouse 2 0
149 ad-nauseam 4 0
150 ad-nauseum 4 0
151 alehouse 2 0
152 allshouse 2 0
153 althouse 2 0
154 amusements' 3 0
155 amuses 3 0
156 anheuser 3 0
157 anheuser's 3 0
158 apparatuses 5 0
159 aufhauser 3 0
160 barnhouse 2 0
161 bauserman 3 0
162 bellinghausen 4 0
163 bemuse 2 0
164 bemused 2 0
165 bemusement 3 0
166 betelgeuse 3 0
167 bettenhausen 4 0
168 birdhouse 2 0
169 birdhouses 3 0
170 blauser 2 0
171 blockhouses 3 0
172 boardinghouse 3 0
173 boathouse 2 0
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175 bolthouse 2 0
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177 boultinghouse 3 0
178 bouse 1 0
179 brause 1 0
180 brickhouse 2 0
181 brockhouse 2 0
182 brouse 1 0
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184 bruse 1 0
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186 brusette 2 0
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188 bused 1 0
189 buseman 2 0
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191 buser 2 0
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197 causeway 2 0
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199 causey 2 0
200 cayuses 3 0
201 ceausescu 3 0
202 ceausescu's 3 0
203 charterhouse 3 0
204 chartreuse 2 0
205 cheuse 1 0
206 churchhouse 2 0
207 chuse 1 0
208 circuses 3 0
209 clausell 2 0
210 clausen 2 0
211 clauser 2 0
212 clearinghouse 3 0
213 clearinghouses 4 0
214 clouse 1 0
215 clouser 2 0
216 clubhouses 3 0
217 coffeehouse 3 0
218 coffeehouses 4 0
219 compuserve 3 0
220 compuserve's 3 0
221 courthouses 3 0
222 couse 1 0
223 cousens 2 0
224 couser 2 0
225 crocuses 3 0
226 crouse 1 0
227 crouser 2 0
228 cruse 1 0
229 cruser 2 0
230 culvahouse 3 0
231 culverhouse 3 0
232 culverhouse's 4 0
233 curiouser 4 0
234 dalhouse 2 0
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236 defused 2 0
237 delouse 2 0
238 deuser 2 0
239 digiuseppe 4 0
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241 disabuses 4 0
242 disuse 2 0
243 doghouses 3 0
244 dollhouse 2 0
245 dollhouses 3 0
246 dormouse 2 0
247 douse 1 0
248 druse 1 0
249 dusek 2 0
250 dusenberry 4 0
251 dusenbery 4 0
252 dusenbury 4 0
253 dusett 2 0
254 dykhouse 2 0
255 enduser 3 0
256 endusers 3 0
257 enthuse 2 0
258 enthused 2 0
259 espouse 2 0
260 eusebio 4 0
261 fankhauser 3 0
262 fauser 2 0
263 fausett 2 0
264 fausey 2 0
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266 fieldhouse 2 0
267 firehouse 3 0
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269 fousek 2 0
270 frankhouser 3 0
271 fronterhouse 3 0
272 frusen 2 0
273 funkhouser 3 0
274 fuselages 4 0
275 fuselier 3 0
276 garlinghouse 3 0
277 gause 1 0
278 gehlhausen 3 0
279 glauser 2 0
280 greathouse 2 0
281 grouse 1 0
282 groused 1 0
283 grouses 2 0
284 guesthouse 2 0
285 guesthouses 3 0
286 guse 1 0
287 gusella 3 0
288 guseman 2 0
289 guses 2 0
290 hause 1 0
291 hausen 2 0
292 hauser 2 0
293 hauserman 3 0
294 henhouse 2 0
295 herrhausen 3 0
296 heuser 2 0
297 hillhouse 2 0
298 hippopotamuses 6 0
299 hochhauser 3 0
300 holshouser 3 0
301 holzhauser 3 0
302 hothouses 3 0
303 houseal 2 0
304 houseboat 2 0
305 housecleaning 3 0
306 houseful 2 0
307 houseguest 2 0
308 houseguests 2 0
309 household's 2 0
310 housekeepers 3 0
311 houseknecht 2 0
312 housel 2 0
313 houseman 2 0
314 houseman's 2 0
315 housen 2 0
316 houser 2 0
317 houseraising 3 0
318 houses' 2 0
319 houseware 2 0
320 housewares 2 0
321 housewarming 3 0
322 houseworth 2 0
323 housewright 2 0
324 huse 1 0
325 huseby 3 0
326 huseman 2 0
327 husen 2 0
328 huser 2 0
329 in-house 2 0
330 infuse 2 0
331 infused 2 0
332 infuses 3 0
333 inhouse 2 0
334 isringhouser 4 0
335 jailhouse 2 0
336 janousek 3 0
337 kanouse 4 0
338 klauser 2 0
339 knouse 1 0
340 kornhauser 3 0
341 krause 1 0
342 krauser 2 0
343 kreuser 2 0
344 krouse 1 0
345 kruse 1 0
346 krusemark 3 0
347 kuse 1 0
348 kusek 2 0
349 kusel 2 0
350 lapeyrouse 3 0
351 laughinghouse 3 0
352 lighthouse 2 0
353 limehouse 2 0
354 lofthouse 2 0
355 longhouse 2 0
356 luse 1 0
357 matousek 3 0
358 matthausen 3 0
359 matusek 3 0
360 mauser 2 0
361 megahouse 3 0
362 megahouses 4 0
363 menopause 3 0
364 meuse 1 0
365 meuser 2 0
366 milhouse 2 0
367 millhouse 2 0
368 minibuses 4 0
369 minuses 3 0
370 misused 2 0
371 misuses 3 0
372 moorehouse 2 0
373 moorhouse 2 0
374 mousehole 2 0
375 mousel 2 0
376 mousepad 2 0
377 mouser 2 0
378 mousers 2 0
379 mousetrap 2 0
380 mulhouse 2 0
381 multiuser 4 0
382 munchausen 3 0
383 museum's 3 0
384 nauseam 2 0
385 nauseate 3 0
386 nauseating 4 0
387 nauseous 2 0
388 neuhauser 3 0
389 neuser 2 0
390 newhouse 2 0
391 niederhauser 4 0
392 nusen 2 0
393 oberhausen 4 0
394 obtuse 2 0
395 omnibuses 4 0
396 ouseba 3 0
397 outhouses 3 0
398 overuse 3 0
399 overused 3 0
400 overuses 4 0
401 packinghouse 3 0
402 penthouses 3 0
403 peruse 2 0
404 perused 2 0
405 peruses 3 0
406 pevehouse 2 0
407 pluses 2 0
408 poorhouse 2 0
409 powerhouse 3 0
410 powerhouses 4 0
411 prause 1 0
412 prospectuses 4 0
413 prouse 1 0
414 pusey 2 0
415 puusepp 2 0
416 rafuse 3 0
417 rauser 2 0
418 recuse 2 0
419 recused 2 0
420 refocused 3 0
421 refocuses 4 0
422 refusenik 3 0
423 refuseniks 3 0
424 retroviruses 5 0
425 reuse 2 0
426 reused 2 0
427 rittenhouse's 4 0
428 rouse's 2 0
429 rouser 2 0
430 rousey 2 0
431 rused 1 0
432 ruseler 3 0
433 ruses 2 0
434 safehouse 2 0
435 sause 1 0
436 sauseda 3 0
437 sauser 2 0
438 seehusen 3 0
439 shearouse 2 0
440 shouse 1 0
441 siracuse 4 0
442 skousen 2 0
443 slaughterhouse 3 0
444 slaughterhouses 4 0
445 smouse 1 0
446 spouse's 2 0
447 sprouse 1 0
448 stackhouse 2 0
449 statehouse 2 0
450 statehouses 3 0
451 steakhouse 2 0
452 steakhouses 3 0
453 steinhauser 3 0
454 stenhouse 2 0
455 stonehouse 2 0
456 storehouse's 3 0
457 strause 1 0
458 strauser 2 0
459 strouse 1 0
460 suffuses 3 0
461 susette 2 0
462 systemhouse 3 0
463 systemhouse's 4 0
464 tannhauser 3 0
465 tauruses 3 0
466 tousey 2 0
467 townhouse 2 0
468 townhouses 3 0
469 transfuse 2 0
470 transfused 2 0
471 tropopause 3 0
472 trusthouse 2 0
473 underuse 3 0
474 underused 3 0
475 unfocused 3 0
476 usec 2 0
477 useful's 2 0
478 uselman 3 0
479 uselton 3 0
480 usenet 2 0
481 user's 2 0
482 users' 2 0
483 usery 3 0
484 vandeusen 3 0
485 vandusen 3 0
486 vanhousen 3 0
487 vause 1 0
488 viruses 3 0
489 walruses 3 0
490 warehoused 2 0
491 waterhouse 3 0
492 waterhouse's 4 0
493 wearhouse 2 0
494 westinghouse's 4 0
495 weyerhaeuser 3 0
496 weyerhaeuser's 4 0
497 whitehouse 2 0
498 whorehouse 2 0
499 wilshusen 3 0
500 woodhouse 2 0
501 youse 1 0
502 yousef 2 0
503 yousef's 2 0
504 yusef 2 0
505 yusef's 2 0
506 yusen 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "use".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tyus 1 0
2 yous 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 us 1 675
2 used 1 611
3 uses 2 59
4 se 1 10
5 fuse 1 5
6 user 2 4
7 muse 1 4
8 ruse 1 2
9 usec 2 0
10 luse 1 0
11 kuse 1 0
12 huse 1 0
13 guse 1 0
14 buse 1 0
15 yusen 2 0
16 yusef 2 0
17 youse 1 0
18 vause 1 0
19 utsey 2 0
20 usrey 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 use of 1 61
2 use the 1 12
3 use in 1 9
4 use as 1 9
5 use their 1 5
6 use this 1 4
7 use against 2 4
8 use them 1 4
9 use to 1 4
10 use by 1 4
11 use any 2 3
12 use for 1 3
13 use is 1 2
14 use infrared 3 2
15 use its 1 2
16 use today 2 2
17 use until 2 2
18 use a 1 2
19 use both 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the use 1 33
2 to use 1 26
3 for use 1 21
4 in use 1 12
5 can use 1 6
6 and use 1 6
7 its use 1 5
8 may use 1 5
9 they use 1 3
10 make use 1 3
11 widespread use 2 3
12 which use 1 3
13 making use 2 3
14 not use 1 2
15 systems use 2 2
16 their use 1 2
17 this use 1 2
18 that use 1 2
19 who use 1 2
20 made use 1 2
21 designs use 2 2
22 also use 2 2
23 usually use 4 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 system 2 4
2 normally 3 2
3 narrower 3 2
4 propagandists 4 2
5 continued 3 2
6 textbooks 2 2
7 implemented 4 2
8 force 1 2
9 started 2 2
10 long-term 2 2
11 refers 2 2
12 attempt 2 2
13 possible 3 2
14 planned 1 2
15 make 1 2
16 scientists 3 2
17 see 1 2
18 best 1 2
19 general 3 2
20 easy 2 2
21 construction 3 2
22 regarding 3 2
23 licensed 2 2
24 particular 4 2
25 widespread 2 2
26 suit 1 2
27 projects 2 2
28 making 2 2
29 suitable 3 2
30 commonly 3 2
31 arrangements 3 2
32 systems 2 2
33 countries 2 2
34 makes 1 2
35 well 1 2
36 disallow 3 2
37 another 3 2
38 required 3 2
39 networks 2 2
40 suggested 3 2
41 plans 1 2
42 magic 2 2
43 suited 2 2
44 pride 1 2
45 forbid 2 2
46 may 1 2
47 could 1 2
48 acquired 3 2
49 names 1 2
50 protocols 3 2
51 developed 3 2
52 currently 3 2
53 discussion 3 2
54 frequently 3 2
55 animals 3 2
56 increased 2 2
57 know 1 2
58 cultures 2 2
59 mean 1 2
60 donated 3 2
61 transfer 2 2
62 battleship 3 2
63 disposal 3 2
64 missiles 2 2
65 able 2 2
66 designed 2 2
67 attention 3 2
68 extensive 3 2
69 battleships 3 2
70 prompted 2 2
71 cuisine 2 2
72 creative 3 2
73 depict 2 2
74 medium 3 2
75 languages 3 2
76 continuous 4 2
77 regularly 4 2
78 sometimes 2 2
79 made 1 2
80 acquire 3 2
81 people 2 2
82 designs 2 2
83 company's 3 2
84 similar 3 2
85 manufacture 4 2
86 sold 1 2
87 drugs 1 2
88 also 2 2
89 available 4 2
90 games 1 2
91 might 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ask 1 128
2 isn't 2 97
3 ash 1 11
4 ass 1 5
5 est 1 3
6 psi 1 2
7 asa 2 0
8 asp 1 0
9 ast 1 0
10 csi 3 0
11 dss 3 0
12 dsv 3 0
13 esh 1 0
14 ess 1 0
15 fsi 1 0
16 hsu 1 0
17 isa 2 0
18 ise 1 0
19 ish 1 0
20 ism 2 0
21 isu 2 0
22 lsd 3 0
23 ose 1 0
24 osh 1 0
25 oss 1 0
26 ost 1 0
27 tse 1 0
28 tso 1 0
29 tsu 1 0
30 usa 3 0
31 uss 3 0
32 zsa 1 0
33 zsa-zsa 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 13

Fragments: 506

Sound Alikes: 2

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 19

Words that Precede: 23

Statistically Associated: 91

Consonant Matches: 33

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

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