alter
Definitions
Verb
- Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- Make an alteration to
- Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- Remove the ovaries of
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "alter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walter | 2 | 40 |
| 2 | alternative | 4 | 34 |
| 3 | altered | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | alternatives | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | alter | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | alternate | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | salter | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | alteration | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | alterations | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | alternately | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | altering | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | alternatively | 5 | 3 |
| 13 | faltered | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | alternation | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | falter | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | walter's | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | walters | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | altercation | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | alterman | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | alternated | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | alternating | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | alters | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | bookwalter | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | falters | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | halter | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | salter's | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | unalterable | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | altera | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | altercations | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | altergott | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | alternacare | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | alternates | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | alternator | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | balter | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | buchalter | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | buckwalter | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | burkhalter | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | faltering | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | halter's | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | halterman | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | halters | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | hochhalter | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | kalter | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | lichtenwalter | 4 | 0 |
| 45 | malter | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | psalter | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | psalters | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | salters | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | schowalter | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | showalter | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | stalter | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | unalterably | 5 | 0 |
| 53 | unaltered | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | waltermire | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | walters' | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | winterhalter | 4 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "alter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walter | 2 | 40 |
| 2 | shorter | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | porter | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | mortar | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | salter | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | altar | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | falter | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | halter | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | auster | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | balter | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | corter | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | coster | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | courter | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | gorter | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | horter | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | kalter | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | koester | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | malter | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | morter | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | psalter | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | saulter | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | saunter | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | sorter | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | sortor | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | wachter | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "alter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walter | 2 | 40 |
| 2 | salter | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | falter | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | walters | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | halter | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | alters | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | malter | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | kalter | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | balter | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | altier | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | altera | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | ater | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | waltzer | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | waltner | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | walther | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | stalter | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | saulter | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | saltier | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | salters | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | psalter | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "alter" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alter the | 1 | 3 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "alter" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to alter | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "alter" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "alter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | altar | 2 | 5 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 56
Sound Alikes: 25
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 2
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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