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Term: boy

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

  1. Term
  2. boy

boy

Definitions

Noun

  1. A youthful male person
  2. A friendly informal reference to a grown man
  3. A male human offspring
  4. (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for black man
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "boy".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 boy 1 242
2 boys 1 143
3 boy's 1 16
4 cowboy 2 16
5 boycott 2 8
6 boyd 1 5
7 boyhood 2 5
8 bellboy 2 4
9 boyish 2 4
10 cowboys 2 4
11 boys' 1 3
12 flamboyant 3 3
13 schoolboy 2 3
14 boyer 2 2
15 busboy 2 2
16 playboy 2 2
17 boyce 1 1
18 boycotted 3 1
19 boylston 2 1
20 cowboy's 2 1
21 exboyfriend 3 1
22 flamboyantly 4 1
23 highboy 2 1
24 schoolboys 2 1
25 amboy 2 0
26 attaboy 3 0
27 attaboys 3 0
28 batboy 2 0
29 batboys 2 0
30 boy-ar-dee 3 0
31 boy-scout 2 0
32 boyack 2 0
33 boyajian 4 0
34 boyan 2 0
35 boyar 2 0
36 boycotting 3 0
37 boycotts 2 0
38 boyd's 1 0
39 boyde 1 0
40 boyden 2 0
41 boydston 2 0
42 boydstun 2 0
43 boye 1 0
44 boyea 3 0
45 boyers 2 0
46 boyertown 3 0
47 boyes 1 0
48 boyett 2 0
49 boyette 2 0
50 boyfriend 2 0
51 boyfriend's 2 0
52 boyfriends 2 0
53 boyington 3 0
54 boykin 2 0
55 boykins 2 0
56 boyko 2 0
57 boylan 2 0
58 boyland 2 0
59 boyle 1 0
60 boylen 2 0
61 boyles 1 0
62 boyleston 2 0
63 boyleston's 2 0
64 boylls 1 0
65 boylston's 2 0
66 boyne 1 0
67 boynton 2 0
68 boysel 2 0
69 boysen 2 0
70 boyson 2 0
71 boyt 1 0
72 boyte 1 0
73 boyter 2 0
74 boyum 2 0
75 boyz 1 0
76 brayboy 2 0
77 busboys 2 0
78 carboy 2 0
79 conboy 2 0
80 cowboys' 2 0
81 deboy 2 0
82 doughboy 2 0
83 ex-boyfriend 3 0
84 ex-boyfriends 3 0
85 farmboy 2 0
86 flamboyance 3 0
87 gilboy 2 0
88 graboy 2 0
89 homeboys 2 0
90 laboy 2 0
91 lamboy 2 0
92 littleboy 3 0
93 o'boyle 2 0
94 oboyle 2 0
95 paperboy 3 0
96 paperboy's 3 0
97 paperboys 3 0
98 playboy's 2 0
99 raboy 2 0
100 sheboygan 3 0
101 tomboy 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "boy".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 boye 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 by 1 5306
2 body 2 276
3 boys 1 143
4 bony 2 7
5 boyd 1 5
6 ebony 3 3
7 boxy 2 1
8 bo 1 1
9 buoys 2 1
10 buoy 2 0
11 broy 1 0
12 boyz 1 0
13 boyt 1 0
14 boye 1 0
15 oy 1 0
16 raboy 2 0
17 laboy 2 0
18 deboy 2 0
19 brony 2 0
20 brody 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the boy 1 5
2 cabin boy 2 4

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mainly 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 but 1 4381
2 big 1 360
3 bad 1 142
4 bed 1 127
5 bit 1 101
6 bar 1 82
7 box 1 70
8 buy 1 70
9 bay 1 57
10 bag 1 42
11 bob 1 40
12 bus 1 34
13 bid 1 22
14 ben 1 21
15 bet 1 20
16 bat 1 18
17 boy's 1 16
18 bow 1 15
19 bee 1 11
20 beg 1 11
21 bin 1 9
22 bud 1 9
23 ban 1 7
24 boa 2 7
25 bum 1 7
26 bey 1 6
27 bam 1 4
28 bel 1 4
29 bug 1 4
30 bas-relief 3 3
31 bop 1 3
32 bas-reliefs 3 2
33 bea 1 2
34 bib 1 2
35 biz 1 2
36 bon 1 2
37 bye 1 2
38 bah 1 1
39 bal 1 1
40 bee's 1 1
41 ben's 1 1
42 bix 1 1
43 bob's 1 1
44 bog 1 1
45 boo 1 1
46 bun 1 1
47 baa 3 0
48 bab 1 0
49 bad-ass 2 0
50 bae 1 0
51 bak 1 0
52 ban's 1 0
53 bao 1 0
54 bar's 1 0
55 bar-mitzvah 3 0
56 bax 1 0
57 bay's 1 0
58 bay-area 4 0
59 baz 1 0
60 bbc 3 0
61 bbc's 3 0
62 bbq 3 0
63 bec 1 0
64 bel'c 1 0
65 bem 1 0
66 bes 1 0
67 bet's 1 0
68 beu 1 0
69 bev 1 0
70 bic 1 0
71 bid's 1 0
72 big-ass 2 0
73 big-eyed 2 0
74 big-face 2 0
75 big-time 2 0
76 bil 1 0
77 bio 2 0
78 bio's 2 0
79 bip 1 0
80 bir 1 0
81 bis 1 0
82 bly 1 0
83 bmw 5 0
84 boe 1 0
85 bok 1 0
86 bol 1 0
87 bom 1 0
88 bos 1 0
89 boy-ar-dee 3 0
90 boy-scout 2 0
91 bra 1 0
92 bro 1 0
93 bro's 1 0
94 bta 3 0
95 bua 2 0
96 bub 1 0
97 buc 1 0
98 bud's 1 0
99 bud-test 2 0
100 bue 1 0
101 bui 1 0
102 bur 1 0
103 but's 1 0
104 buy's 1 0
105 bye-bye 2 0
106 byu 3 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 101

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 2

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 106

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

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