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Term: half

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

  1. Term
  2. half

half

Definitions

Noun

  1. One of two equal parts of a divisible whole
  2. One of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval

Adjective

  1. (of siblings) related through one parent only

Adverb

  1. Partially or to the extent of a half
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "half".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 half 1 275
2 behalf 2 21
3 halfway 2 18
4 halfback 2 10
5 half-hour 3 8
6 half-dozen 3 3
7 half-hearted 3 3
8 half-time 2 2
9 half-cocked 2 1
10 halfbacks 2 1
11 halfhearted 3 1
12 halftime 2 1
13 chalfant 2 0
14 chalfin 2 0
15 half's 1 0
16 half-baked 2 0
17 half-cock 2 0
18 halfacre 3 0
19 halfdan 2 0
20 halferty 3 0
21 halfhill 2 0
22 halfman 2 0
23 halfmann 2 0
24 halford 2 0
25 halfrida 3 0
26 halftimes 2 0
27 halftone 2 0
28 halftones 2 0
29 halfwit 2 0
30 halfwits 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "half".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 haff 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hall 1 152
2 hal 1 28
3 behalf 2 21
4 halt 1 10
5 haul 1 5
6 alf 1 2
7 heal 1 2
8 halo 2 2
9 hale 1 2
10 khalaf 2 0
11 halifa 3 0
12 half's 1 0
13 thal 1 0
14 ralf 1 0
15 helf 1 0
16 hauf 1 0
17 harl 1 0
18 hanf 1 0
19 halm 1 0
20 hald 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 half of 1 28
2 half a 1 5
3 half the 1 4
4 half that 1 4
5 half an 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 first half 1 6
2 a half 1 6
3 second half 2 5
4 latter half 2 4
5 almost half 2 3
6 than half 1 3
7 about half 2 3
8 in half 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 first 1 4
2 one 1 2
3 almost 2 2
4 course 1 2
5 less 1 2
6 two 1 2
7 nearly 2 2
8 top 1 2
9 latter 2 2
10 second 2 2
11 myspace 2 2
12 roughly 2 2
13 year 1 2
14 diminished 3 2
15 later 2 2
16 always 2 2
17 complete 2 2
18 rice 1 2
19 equal 2 2
20 receiving 3 2
21 broke 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 half-hour 3 8
2 half-dozen 3 3
3 half-hearted 3 3
4 half-time 2 2
5 half-cocked 2 1
6 half's 1 0
7 half-baked 2 0
8 half-cock 2 0
9 helf 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 30

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 5

Words that Precede: 8

Statistically Associated: 21

Consonant Matches: 9

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

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