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Term: effect

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

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effect

Definitions

Noun

  1. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  2. An outward appearance
  3. An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
  4. The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  5. (of a law) having legal validity
  6. A symptom caused by an illness or a drug

Verb

  1. Produce
  2. Act so as to bring into existence
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "effect".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 effect 2 213
2 effective 3 129
3 effects 2 108
4 effectively 4 37
5 effectiveness 4 32
6 effected 3 12
7 effecting 3 3
8 ineffective 4 3
9 effectuate 4 2
10 ineffectiveness 5 1
11 ineffectual 5 1
12 aftereffect 4 0
13 aftereffects 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "effect".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 erect 2 13
2 deduct 2 12
3 detect 2 10
4 reject 2 10
5 elect 2 8
6 enact 2 7
7 evoked 2 7
8 depict 2 3
9 eject 2 1
10 revoked 2 1
11 bedecked 2 0
12 deject 2 0
13 evict 2 0
14 redact 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 effective 3 129
2 effects 2 108
3 perfect 2 58
4 affect 2 35
5 reflect 2 25
6 affects 2 19
7 defects 2 13
8 effected 3 12
9 defect 2 3
10 effecting 3 3
11 effectuate 4 2
12 effete 2 1
13 efecto 3 0
14 reffett 2 0
15 prefect 2 0
16 meffert 2 0
17 leffert 2 0
18 geffert 2 0
19 effertz 2 0
20 deflect 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 effect of 1 4
2 effect a 1 2
3 effect in 1 2
4 effect and 1 2
5 effect on 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 in effect 1 3
2 into effect 2 3
3 the effect 1 2
4 an effect 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 synergistic 4 2
2 preventative 4 2
3 interviews 3 2
4 came 1 2
5 faraday 3 2
6 unintended 4 2
7 moderating 4 2
8 another 3 2
9 major 2 2
10 used 1 2
11 potentially 4 2
12 profound 2 2
13 put 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 affect 2 35

Results:

Term

Definitions: 8

Fragments: 13

Sound Alikes: 14

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 5

Words that Precede: 4

Statistically Associated: 13

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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