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Term: nec

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

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nec

Definitions

Noun

  1. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "nec".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 necessary 4 222
2 neck 1 81
3 connection 3 69
4 necessarily 5 51
5 necessity 4 40
6 connected 3 33
7 connecticut 4 17
8 unnecessary 5 16
9 connections 3 15
10 necessities 4 13
11 necessitated 5 11
12 anecdote 3 9
13 connecting 3 6
14 necessitate 4 5
15 anecdotes 3 4
16 disconnected 4 4
17 connect 2 3
18 connective 3 3
19 necessitates 4 3
20 necklace 2 3
21 necrosis 3 3
22 nectar 2 3
23 uneconomical 6 3
24 unnecessarily 6 3
25 bottleneck 3 2
26 connects 2 2
27 gynecologists 5 2
28 necklaces 3 2
29 necks 1 2
30 necktie 2 2
31 turtleneck 3 2
32 unconnected 4 2
33 anecdotal 4 1
34 bottlenecks 3 1
35 connecticut's 4 1
36 gynecological 6 1
37 gynecologist 5 1
38 interconnected 5 1
39 knecht 1 1
40 mamaroneck 4 1
41 nec 1 1
42 necessitating 5 1
43 redneck 2 1
44 roughneck 2 1
45 uneconomic 5 1
46 anecdotally 5 0
47 barfknecht 2 0
48 bauknecht 2 0
49 benecke 2 0
50 bonecrusher 3 0
51 bonecutter 3 0
52 breakneck 2 0
53 brennecke 2 0
54 chovanec 3 0
55 connecter 3 0
56 connectivity 5 0
57 connector 3 0
58 connectors 3 0
59 czarnecki 3 0
60 disconnect 3 0
61 disconnecting 4 0
62 disconnection 4 0
63 disconnects 3 0
64 domenech 3 0
65 fanech 2 0
66 fanech's 2 0
67 fenech 2 0
68 gutknecht 2 0
69 gynecologic 5 0
70 gynecology 5 0
71 heinecke 2 0
72 honeck 2 0
73 honecker 3 0
74 honecker's 3 0
75 houseknecht 2 0
76 hovanec 3 0
77 interconnect 4 0
78 interconnection 5 0
79 interconnections 5 0
80 internecine 4 0
81 janecek 3 0
82 janeczko 3 0
83 kennecott 3 0
84 kleinknecht 2 0
85 knechtel 2 0
86 konecny 3 0
87 longanecker 4 0
88 longenecker 3 0
89 longnecker 3 0
90 martinec 3 0
91 mazanec 3 0
92 meinecke 3 0
93 necaise 2 0
94 necci 2 0
95 nechayev 3 0
96 nechyba 3 0
97 necked 1 0
98 necker 2 0
99 necklacing 3 0
100 neckties 2 0
101 neckwear 2 0
102 necmettin 3 0
103 neco 2 0
104 neco's 2 0
105 necrologist 4 0
106 necrologists 4 0
107 necrology 4 0
108 necromancer 4 0
109 necromancy 4 0
110 necropolis 4 0
111 necula 3 0
112 noneconomic 5 0
113 onecomm 2 0
114 planecon 3 0
115 probenecid 4 0
116 reconnect 3 0
117 reconnected 4 0
118 reconnecting 4 0
119 reconnects 3 0
120 rednecks 2 0
121 reineck 2 0
122 reinecke 3 0
123 rinderknecht 3 0
124 ringneck 2 0
125 roughnecks 2 0
126 schenectady 4 0
127 schenectady's 4 0
128 schildknecht 3 0
129 schiltknecht 2 0
130 schneck 1 0
131 schneckloth 2 0
132 schoeneck 2 0
133 schoenecker 3 0
134 schuknecht 2 0
135 seneca 3 0
136 senecal 3 0
137 senechal 3 0
138 snecma 2 0
139 stonecipher 3 0
140 stonecutter 3 0
141 stonecutters 3 0
142 stonecypher 4 0
143 tabachneck 3 0
144 teaneck 2 0
145 teleconnect 4 0
146 tenneco 3 0
147 tenneco's 3 0
148 turtlenecks 3 0
149 vanecek 3 0
150 vaneck 2 0
151 wagenknecht 3 0
152 warnecke 2 0
153 wernecke 2 0
154 wienecke 2 0
155 winecoff 3 0
156 zeneca 3 0
157 zeneca's 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "nec".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 neck 1 81
2 schneck 1 0
3 wnek 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 neck 1 81
2 niece 1 8
3 ne 1 6
4 necks 1 2
5 neco 2 0
6 nobec 2 0
7 nesci 2 0
8 nerco 2 0
9 nemec 2 0
10 neice 1 0
11 neeco 2 0
12 neece 1 0
13 necci 2 0
14 neace 1 0
15 antec 2 0
16 zentec 2 0
17 zeneca 3 0
18 vaneck 2 0
19 unesco 3 0
20 tec 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nbc 3 6
2 nic 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 157

Sound Alikes: 3

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 2

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

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