certain
Definitions
Adjective
- Having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- Established beyond doubt or question; definitely known
- Certain to occur; destined or inevitable; ; ; - benjamin franklin
- Established irrevocably
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "certain".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | certain | 2 | 313 |
| 2 | certainly | 3 | 143 |
| 3 | uncertain | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | certainty | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | uncertainty | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | ascertain | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | uncertainties | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | ascertained | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | uncertainly | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | ascertaining | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | certainteed | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | certainties | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "certain".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seven | 2 | 113 |
| 2 | season | 2 | 105 |
| 3 | session | 2 | 80 |
| 4 | sudden | 2 | 38 |
| 5 | susan | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | sermon | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | surgeon | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | sullen | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | assertion | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | seaman | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | assassin | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | satin | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | simon | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | soften | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | salmon | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | satan | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | summon | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | seamen | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | sodden | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | eastman | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | seaton | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | seton | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | sieben | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | siren | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | askren | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | austron | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | cichon | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | cygan | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | eisaman | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | isetan | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | ostman | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | saban | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | sachin | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | sadden | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | sagan | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | sagen | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | sahlen | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | saidan | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | saipan | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | salman | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | sammon | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | sasson | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | sawdon | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | seamon | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | searson | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | seddon | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | seeman | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | seemann | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | seeton | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | seiden | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | sellen | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | sellon | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | seman | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | semen | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | semon | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | servan | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | sicken | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | sidden | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | sidon | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | siegan | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | siemon | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | simmon | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | siphon | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | sirman | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | sirmon | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | siron | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | sison | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | sisson | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | sittin' | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | sitton | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | skehan | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | soden | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | solan | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | solon | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | sonnen | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | sowden | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | suchan | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | suman | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | supan | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | suren | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | surman | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | sutton | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | symon | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | synan | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | syphon | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | syron | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "certain".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | certainly | 3 | 143 |
| 2 | uncertain | 3 | 22 |
| 3 | certainty | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | uncertainty | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | curtain | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | retain | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | curtains | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | ascertain | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | pertains | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | ascertained | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | pertain | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | uncertainly | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | detain | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | curtin | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | crain | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | certainties | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | certainteed | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | petain | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | ertman | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | cretin | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "certain" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "certain" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "certain" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refer | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | discourage | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | history | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | reject | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | proposals | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | hold | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | could | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | elements | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | cause | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | less | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | variable | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | manifold | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | compatible | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | attributes | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | although | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | system | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | people | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | adapted | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | lie | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | falls | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | depression | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | perform | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | allow | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | obviated | 4 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 12
Sound Alikes: 86
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 3
Words that Precede: 5
Statistically Associated: 24
Consonant Matches: 3
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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