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Term: read

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

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read

Definitions

Noun

  1. Something that is read

Verb

  1. Interpret something that is written or printed
  2. Have or contain a certain wording or form
  3. Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
  4. Obtain data from magnetic tapes
  5. Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
  6. Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
  7. Be a student of a certain subject
  8. Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  9. Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
  10. To hear and understand
  11. Make sense of a language
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "read".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 already 3 273
2 read 1 174
3 ready 2 143
4 reading 2 141
5 spread 1 83
6 reader 2 43
7 readily 3 43
8 bread 1 41
9 readers 2 37
10 widespread 2 30
11 readings 2 17
12 reads 1 16
13 spreading 2 16
14 readiness 3 15
15 thread 1 15
16 dreadful 2 10
17 spreads 1 10
18 dread 1 9
19 breadth 1 7
20 threads 1 7
21 dreadnought 2 6
22 tread 1 5
23 reader's 2 4
24 reread 2 4
25 threaded 2 4
26 threadbare 2 3
27 threading 2 3
28 bedspread 2 2
29 dreaded 2 2
30 readable 3 2
31 readjust 3 2
32 readjustment 4 2
33 cornbread 2 1
34 dreadfully 3 1
35 read's 1 1
36 readjusted 4 1
37 readying 3 1
38 spreader 2 1
39 treading 2 1
40 treadmill 2 1
41 treadwell 2 1
42 alread 2 0
43 breadbasket 3 0
44 breadbox 2 0
45 breaded 2 0
46 breadfruit 2 0
47 breading 2 0
48 breads 1 0
49 breadwinner 3 0
50 breadwinners 3 0
51 bready 2 0
52 copyreader 4 0
53 copyreaders 4 0
54 dreading 2 0
55 dreads 1 0
56 eveready 4 0
57 fread 1 0
58 gingerbread 3 0
59 goodbread 2 0
60 mairead 2 0
61 maready 3 0
62 mccreadie 3 0
63 mccready 3 0
64 misread 2 0
65 misreading 3 0
66 preadolescence 5 0
67 preadolescent 5 0
68 proofread 2 0
69 proofreading 3 0
70 readability 5 0
71 reade 1 0
72 readerman 3 0
73 readers' 2 0
74 readership 3 0
75 readied 2 0
76 readier 3 0
77 readies 2 0
78 readinger 3 0
79 readjusting 4 0
80 readjustments 4 0
81 readmit 3 0
82 readmitted 4 0
83 readout 2 0
84 readus 2 0
85 rereading 3 0
86 retread 2 0
87 retreading 3 0
88 retreads 2 0
89 spreadsheet 2 0
90 spreadsheets 2 0
91 threadfin 2 0
92 threadgill 2 0
93 treadaway 3 0
94 treadmills 2 0
95 treads 1 0
96 treadstone 2 0
97 treadway 2 0
98 treadwheel 2 0
99 unread 2 0
100 unreadable 4 0
101 whitbread 2 0
102 whitebread 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "read".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 red 1 197
2 bread 1 41
3 fred 1 27
4 thread 1 15
5 dread 1 9
6 tread 1 5
7 shred 1 3
8 bred 1 1
9 dred 1 1
10 dredd 1 0
11 fread 1 0
12 freda 1 0
13 reade 1 0
14 redd 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 red 1 197
2 ready 2 143
3 spread 1 83
4 bread 1 41
5 reads 1 16
6 thread 1 15
7 reward 2 15
8 dread 1 9
9 tread 1 5
10 reread 2 4
11 retard 2 3
12 repaid 2 3
13 reade 1 0
14 fread 1 0
15 rea 1 0
16 rad 1 0
17 unread 2 0
18 treads 1 0
19 revard 2 0
20 renaud 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 read the 1 4
2 read it 1 3
3 read and 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 to read 1 7
2 be read 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 primarily 4 2
2 angelou 3 2
3 anyone 3 2
4 images 3 2
5 blurred 1 2
6 cannot 2 2
7 study 2 2
8 often 2 2
9 revolution 4 2
10 instructions 3 2
11 hitler 2 2
12 claimed 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 road 1 197
2 raid 1 10
3 reed 1 5
4 road's 1 4
5 reid 1 3
6 rand 1 2
7 read's 1 1
8 raad 1 0
9 rand's 1 0
10 redd 1 0
11 reed's 1 0
12 reid's 1 0
13 reid-miller 3 0
14 riad 2 0
15 ried 1 0
16 rind 1 0
17 rodd 1 0
18 roed 1 0
19 rood 1 0
20 royd 1 0
21 rudd 1 0
22 rund 1 0
23 ruud 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 12

Fragments: 102

Sound Alikes: 14

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 2

Statistically Associated: 12

Consonant Matches: 23

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

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