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Term: only

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

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Definitions

Adverb

  1. And nothing more
  2. Without any others being included or involved
  3. With nevertheless the final result
  4. In the final outcome
  5. Except that
  6. Never except when
  7. As recently as
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "only".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 only 2 1748
2 commonly 3 29
3 uncommonly 4 1
4 conly 2 0
5 matronly 3 0
6 wantonly 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "only".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 lonely 2 25
2 solely 3 20
3 homely 2 9
4 towsley 2 2
5 coakley 2 0
6 conely 2 0
7 dokely 2 0
8 goatley 2 0
9 hoadley 2 0
10 hoesly 2 0
11 moakley 2 0
12 mobley 2 0
13 mosely 2 0
14 mosley 2 0
15 oakley 2 0
16 oatley 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 openly 3 34
2 lonely 2 25
3 tony 2 11
4 pony 2 10
5 oily 2 10
6 fondly 2 4
7 orly 2 1
8 onley 2 0
9 conly 2 0
10 donley 2 0
11 conoly 3 0
12 conley 2 0
13 conely 2 0
14 sony 2 0
15 poly 2 0
16 onyx 2 0
17 oney 2 0
18 olly 2 0
19 oley 2 0
20 olay 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 only a 1 29
2 only the 1 20
3 only one 1 15
4 only if 1 13
5 only in 1 10
6 only be 1 7
7 only to 1 7
8 only for 1 7
9 only about 2 6
10 only two 1 5
11 only possible 3 5
12 only three 1 5
13 only once 1 3
14 only that 1 3
15 only used 1 3
16 only an 1 2
17 only ones 1 2
18 only did 1 2
19 only appealed 2 2
20 only had 1 2
21 only state 1 2
22 only by 1 2
23 only school 1 2
24 only known 1 2
25 only temporary 4 2
26 only because 2 2
27 only around 2 2
28 only consonants 3 2
29 only english 2 2
30 only able 2 2
31 only slightly 2 2
32 only four 1 2
33 only ever 2 2
34 only real 1 2
35 only between 2 2
36 only players 2 2
37 only when 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the only 1 56
2 not only 1 30
3 and only 1 22
4 is only 1 11
5 but only 1 9
6 was only 1 9
7 of only 1 8
8 with only 1 6
9 can only 1 5
10 are only 1 5
11 usually only 4 4
12 for only 1 4
13 has only 1 4
14 may only 1 3
15 that only 1 3
16 to only 1 3
17 were only 1 3
18 have only 1 3
19 could only 1 2
20 literature only 4 2
21 its only 1 2
22 as only 1 2
23 will only 1 2
24 required only 3 2
25 after only 2 2
26 in only 1 2
27 first only 1 2
28 still only 1 2
29 receiving only 3 2
30 they only 1 2
31 shall only 1 2
32 beliefs only 2 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 enlo 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 7

Fragments: 6

Sound Alikes: 16

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 37

Words that Precede: 32

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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