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Term: than

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

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Definitions

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Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "than".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 than 1 1790
2 thanks 1 37
3 thank 1 36
4 urethane 3 26
5 thanksgiving 3 8
6 elizabethan 5 7
7 thanked 1 6
8 thankful 2 6
9 jonathan 3 5
10 nathan 2 5
11 ethan 2 4
12 jonathan's 3 4
13 thanking 2 3
14 nathaniel 3 2
15 shorthand 2 2
16 ethanol 3 1
17 firsthand 2 1
18 lanthanum 3 1
19 nathanael 3 1
20 thankless 2 1
21 athanas 3 0
22 athanassiou 5 0
23 athans 2 0
24 bethann 2 0
25 bethanne 2 0
26 bethany 3 0
27 carnathan 3 0
28 donathan 3 0
29 dothan 2 0
30 ethane 2 0
31 euthanasia 4 0
32 euthanasia's 4 0
33 euthanize 3 0
34 johnathan 3 0
35 johnathan's 3 0
36 jonothan 3 0
37 kathan 2 0
38 lathan 2 0
39 laythan 2 0
40 lefthand 2 0
41 lefthanded 3 0
42 leviathan 4 0
43 louthan 2 0
44 lufthansa 3 0
45 lufthansa's 3 0
46 mathan 2 0
47 mcclenathan 4 0
48 mckeithan 3 0
49 mckethan 3 0
50 methane 2 0
51 methanex 3 0
52 methanol 3 0
53 nathan's 2 0
54 nathania 4 0
55 nathanson 3 0
56 pathan 2 0
57 pathans 2 0
58 polyurethane 5 0
59 ragunathan 4 0
60 righthand 2 0
61 righthanded 3 0
62 ruthann 2 0
63 sukthankar 3 0
64 swaminathan 4 0
65 thanatology 5 0
66 thane 1 0
67 thang 1 0
68 thanh 1 0
69 thank's 1 0
70 thankfully 3 0
71 thankyou 2 0
72 thano 2 0
73 thanos 2 0
74 trevathan 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "than".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 thanks 1 37
2 thank 1 36
3 tan 1 9
4 han 1 9
5 ethan 2 4
6 tuhan 2 0
7 thano 2 0
8 thanh 1 0
9 thang 1 0
10 thane 1 0
11 thain 1 0
12 tehan 2 0
13 trahan 2 0
14 thuman 2 0
15 thoman 2 0
16 theano 2 0
17 thayne 1 0
18 thanos 2 0
19 thaine 1 0
20 thaden 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 than the 1 59
2 than a 1 20
3 than one 1 13
4 than in 1 11
5 than that 1 11
6 than any 2 9
7 than as 1 4
8 than pluto 2 4
9 than their 1 4
10 than those 1 3
11 than half 1 3
12 than to 1 3
13 than i 1 3
14 than two 1 3
15 than three 1 3
16 than other 2 2
17 than direct 2 2
18 than women 2 2
19 than its 1 2
20 than at 1 2
21 than ever 2 2
22 than of 1 2
23 than was 1 2
24 than before 2 2
25 than by 1 2
26 than an 1 2
27 than another 3 2
28 than previous 3 2
29 than tip 1 2
30 than what 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 more than 1 71
2 rather than 2 51
3 less than 1 35
4 other than 2 16
5 higher than 2 9
6 lower than 2 8
7 larger than 2 8
8 greater than 2 5
9 fewer than 2 4
10 better than 2 4
11 stronger than 2 4
12 longer than 2 3
13 important than 3 2
14 correct than 2 2
15 smaller than 2 2
16 shorter than 2 2
17 robust than 2 2
18 process than 2 2
19 range than 1 2
20 expensive than 3 2
21 heavier than 3 2
22 ms than 1 2
23 frequently than 3 2
24 faster than 2 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 then 1 1380
2 thin 1 92
3 thon 1 0
4 thun 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 0

Fragments: 74

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 30

Words that Precede: 24

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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