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Term: earlier

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

  1. Term
  2. earlier

earlier

Definitions

Adjective

  1. At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
  2. Being or occurring at an early stage of development
  3. Of an early stage in the development of a language or literature

Adverb

  1. Earlier in time; previously
  2. Comparatives of `soon' or `early'
  3. Before now
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "earlier".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 earlier 3 146
2 earlier's 3 0
3 yearearlier 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "earlier".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 vernier 3 2
2 bercier 3 0
3 bernier 3 0
4 dirtier 3 0
5 murkier 3 0
6 verdier 3 0
7 worthier 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 earliest 3 22
2 tearle 2 1
3 earlie 2 0
4 earlier's 3 0
5 parlier 3 0
6 earline 2 0
7 earle 1 0
8 arlie 2 0
9 pearline 2 0
10 heartier 3 0
11 espalier 3 0
12 deadlier 3 0
13 charlier 3 0
14 carliner 3 0
15 berliner 3 0
16 airliner 3 0
17 yearearlier 3 0
18 wearer 2 0
19 searle 1 0
20 sealer 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 earlier marxists 2 2
2 earlier inefficient 4 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 years earlier 1 12
2 the earlier 1 5
3 in earlier 1 2
4 an earlier 1 2
5 year earlier 1 2
6 his earlier 1 2
7 on earlier 1 2
8 had earlier 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 despite 2 2
2 done 1 2
3 years 1 2
4 comparison 4 2
5 drawing 2 2
6 essentially 4 2
7 year 1 2
8 humanism 4 2
9 broke 1 2
10 unlike 2 2
11 power 2 2
12 discussed 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 earlier's 3 0
2 parlier 3 0
3 parlour 2 0
4 worlder 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 3

Sound Alikes: 7

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 8

Statistically Associated: 12

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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