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Term: about

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

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about

Definitions

Adverb

  1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
  2. All around or on all sides
  3. In the area or vicinity
  4. Used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
  5. In or to a reversed position or direction
  6. In rotation or succession
  7. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "about".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 about 2 1815
2 whereabouts 3 5
3 hereabouts 3 2
4 roundabout 3 2
5 runabout 3 1
6 thereabouts 3 1
7 about's 2 0
8 beabout 2 0
9 hereabout 3 0
10 how-about 3 0
11 turnabout 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "about".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 but 1 4381
2 out 1 2097
3 absolute 3 30
4 bout 1 5
5 bouts 1 3
6 cabot 2 2
7 abbot 2 2
8 runabout 3 1
9 abut 2 0
10 abou 2 0
11 beabout 2 0
12 absolut 3 0
13 about's 2 0
14 abuts 2 0
15 aboud 2 0
16 abott 2 0
17 abort 2 0
18 labounty 3 0
19 abu 2 0
20 abt 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 about the 1 46
2 about a 1 10
3 about their 1 5
4 about one 1 5
5 about this 1 4
6 about his 1 4
7 about how 1 3
8 about half 1 3
9 about to 1 3
10 about four 1 3
11 about halfway 2 2
12 about it 1 2
13 about ryan 2 2
14 about other 2 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 of about 1 10
2 is about 1 8
3 information about 4 8
4 are about 1 6
5 only about 2 6
6 from about 1 5
7 at about 1 5
8 known about 1 5
9 beliefs about 2 5
10 truth about 1 4
11 was about 1 4
12 as about 1 3
13 wrote about 1 3
14 more about 1 3
15 concerns about 2 3
16 decision about 3 3
17 by about 1 3
18 and about 1 3
19 debates about 2 2
20 weighing about 2 2
21 with about 1 2
22 said about 1 2
23 details about 2 2
24 which about 1 2
25 knowledge about 2 2
26 learn about 1 2
27 skeptical about 3 2
28 to about 1 2
29 passing about 2 2
30 set about 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 abbot 2 2
2 abert 2 0
3 abort 2 0
4 abott 2 0
5 about's 2 0
6 ebert 2 0
7 obert 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 7

Fragments: 11

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 14

Words that Precede: 30

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 7

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

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