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Term: iris

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

iris

Definitions

Noun

  1. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
  2. Muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
  3. Diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "iris".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 irish 2 28
2 irishman 3 1
3 satirist 3 1
4 iris 2 0
5 irises 3 0
6 irishness 3 0
7 satirists 3 0
8 siris 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "iris".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 virus 2 13
2 minus 2 8
3 righteous 2 5
4 situs 2 5
5 cyrus 2 4
6 typhus 2 3
7 titus 2 2
8 highness 2 1
9 isis 2 1
10 linus 2 1
11 midas 2 1
12 silas 2 1
13 sinus 2 1
14 dicus 2 0
15 dycus 2 0
16 eyeless 2 0
17 ibis 2 0
18 ifas 2 0
19 imus 2 0
20 mikus 2 0
21 phylis 2 0
22 pikus 2 0
23 shyness 2 0
24 tieless 2 0
25 vigus 2 0
26 wryness 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 rise 1 102
2 risk 1 54
3 irish 2 28
4 sirs 1 2
5 tigris 2 1
6 siris 2 0
7 irs 3 0
8 sirois 2 0
9 nigris 2 0
10 irises 3 0
11 iraqis 3 0
12 girgis 2 0
13 siri 2 0
14 ruis 2 0
15 rist 1 0
16 riss 1 0
17 riso 2 0
18 risi 2 0
19 rish 1 0
20 risc 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 arms 1 121
2 arts 1 66
3 arcs 1 8
4 ores 1 3
5 eras 2 2
6 eros 2 2
7 gras 1 2
8 pros 1 2
9 ares 1 1
10 cris 1 1
11 errs 1 1
12 arbs 1 0
13 aris 2 0
14 arns 1 0
15 aros 2 0
16 arps 1 0
17 bras 1 0
18 brus 1 0
19 brys 1 0
20 cros 1 0
21 erps 1 0
22 gros 1 0
23 iras 2 0
24 irks 1 0
25 kras 1 0
26 kris 1 0
27 krus 1 0
28 orks 1 0
29 oros 2 0
30 pres 1 0
31 pris 1 0
32 pros' 1 0
33 prus 1 0
34 trus 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 8

Sound Alikes: 26

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 34

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

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