attrition
Definitions
Noun
- Erosion by friction
- The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
- A wearing down to weaken or destroy
- The act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "attrition".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attention | 3 | 179 |
| 2 | opinion | 3 | 96 |
| 3 | condition | 3 | 91 |
| 4 | collection | 3 | 84 |
| 5 | connection | 3 | 69 |
| 6 | selection | 3 | 39 |
| 7 | suggestion | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | suspicion | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | succession | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | civilian | 3 | 24 |
| 11 | uncertain | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | conversion | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | policeman | 3 | 19 |
| 14 | affection | 3 | 18 |
| 15 | abandon | 3 | 17 |
| 16 | confession | 3 | 17 |
| 17 | mcclellan | 3 | 13 |
| 18 | adoption | 3 | 11 |
| 19 | aggression | 3 | 10 |
| 20 | dominion | 3 | 8 |
| 21 | uncommon | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | canadian | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | napoleon | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | regression | 3 | 7 |
| 25 | suppression | 3 | 7 |
| 26 | abortion | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | oppression | 3 | 6 |
| 28 | comedian | 4 | 5 |
| 29 | compassion | 3 | 5 |
| 30 | mammalian | 4 | 5 |
| 31 | obsession | 3 | 5 |
| 32 | pavilion | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | secretion | 3 | 4 |
| 34 | submission | 3 | 4 |
| 35 | accretion | 3 | 3 |
| 36 | addiction | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | battalion | 3 | 3 |
| 38 | concession | 3 | 3 |
| 39 | macpherson | 3 | 3 |
| 40 | arabian | 4 | 2 |
| 41 | assyrian | 4 | 2 |
| 42 | connexion | 3 | 2 |
| 43 | contagion | 3 | 2 |
| 44 | mcnaughton | 3 | 2 |
| 45 | occlusion | 3 | 2 |
| 46 | acumen | 3 | 1 |
| 47 | apportion | 3 | 1 |
| 48 | concussion | 3 | 1 |
| 49 | machinegun | 3 | 1 |
| 50 | macmillan | 3 | 1 |
| 51 | mccracken | 3 | 1 |
| 52 | mcpherson | 3 | 1 |
| 53 | mcquillan | 3 | 1 |
| 54 | patrician | 3 | 1 |
| 55 | subversion | 3 | 1 |
| 56 | unshaven | 3 | 1 |
| 57 | abrasion | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | accession | 3 | 0 |
| 59 | akkadian | 4 | 0 |
| 60 | alaskan | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | ascension | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | asmussen | 3 | 0 |
| 63 | aspersion | 3 | 0 |
| 64 | asuncion | 3 | 0 |
| 65 | atamian | 4 | 0 |
| 66 | avakian | 4 | 0 |
| 67 | bachailian | 4 | 0 |
| 68 | bahamian | 4 | 0 |
| 69 | bavarian | 4 | 0 |
| 70 | carribean | 4 | 0 |
| 71 | catamaran | 4 | 0 |
| 72 | chameleon | 4 | 0 |
| 73 | chautauquan | 3 | 0 |
| 74 | collignon | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | collodion | 4 | 0 |
| 76 | concannon | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | conniption | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | contusion | 3 | 0 |
| 79 | davidian | 4 | 0 |
| 80 | delorean | 4 | 0 |
| 81 | develcon | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | eliason | 4 | 0 |
| 83 | eliassen | 4 | 0 |
| 84 | fallopian | 4 | 0 |
| 85 | fundacion | 3 | 0 |
| 86 | hagopian | 4 | 0 |
| 87 | haselton | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | hoselton | 3 | 0 |
| 89 | janardhan | 3 | 0 |
| 90 | kachigian | 4 | 0 |
| 91 | kasabian | 4 | 0 |
| 92 | kazarian | 4 | 0 |
| 93 | khachigian | 4 | 0 |
| 94 | macfadden | 3 | 0 |
| 95 | maclaren | 3 | 0 |
| 96 | maclellan | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | maclennan | 3 | 0 |
| 98 | macmullen | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | macnaughton | 3 | 0 |
| 100 | magarian | 4 | 0 |
| 101 | manoogian | 4 | 0 |
| 102 | manwarren | 3 | 0 |
| 103 | mathiasen | 4 | 0 |
| 104 | mathiason | 4 | 0 |
| 105 | mcalpin | 3 | 0 |
| 106 | mcbrien | 3 | 0 |
| 107 | mccaghren | 3 | 0 |
| 108 | mccallion | 3 | 0 |
| 109 | mccarson | 3 | 0 |
| 110 | mccartan | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | mccarten | 3 | 0 |
| 112 | mccartin | 3 | 0 |
| 113 | mccaslin | 3 | 0 |
| 114 | mccauslin | 3 | 0 |
| 115 | mcclaran | 3 | 0 |
| 116 | mcclaren | 3 | 0 |
| 117 | mcclellen | 3 | 0 |
| 118 | mcclurkin | 3 | 0 |
| 119 | mccolgan | 3 | 0 |
| 120 | mccrackin | 3 | 0 |
| 121 | mccrimmon | 3 | 0 |
| 122 | mccrossen | 3 | 0 |
| 123 | mccrudden | 3 | 0 |
| 124 | mccuistion | 3 | 0 |
| 125 | mcdearmon | 3 | 0 |
| 126 | mcdurman | 3 | 0 |
| 127 | mcfadden | 3 | 0 |
| 128 | mcfaddin | 3 | 0 |
| 129 | mcfadin | 3 | 0 |
| 130 | mcfarren | 3 | 0 |
| 131 | mcfayden | 3 | 0 |
| 132 | mcferran | 3 | 0 |
| 133 | mcferren | 3 | 0 |
| 134 | mcferrin | 3 | 0 |
| 135 | mcferron | 3 | 0 |
| 136 | mcgilton | 3 | 0 |
| 137 | mcglashan | 3 | 0 |
| 138 | mcglasson | 3 | 0 |
| 139 | mcglothen | 3 | 0 |
| 140 | mcglothin | 3 | 0 |
| 141 | mcgrevin | 3 | 0 |
| 142 | mcgrogan | 3 | 0 |
| 143 | mckiernan | 3 | 0 |
| 144 | mclaren | 3 | 0 |
| 145 | mclaurin | 3 | 0 |
| 146 | mclellan | 3 | 0 |
| 147 | mclennan | 3 | 0 |
| 148 | mclerran | 3 | 0 |
| 149 | mcmackin | 3 | 0 |
| 150 | mcmahan | 3 | 0 |
| 151 | mcmahen | 3 | 0 |
| 152 | mcmaken | 3 | 0 |
| 153 | mcmakin | 3 | 0 |
| 154 | mcmeekin | 3 | 0 |
| 155 | mcmichen | 3 | 0 |
| 156 | mcmillan | 3 | 0 |
| 157 | mcmillen | 3 | 0 |
| 158 | mcmillon | 3 | 0 |
| 159 | mcmoran | 3 | 0 |
| 160 | mcmorran | 3 | 0 |
| 161 | mcmuffin | 3 | 0 |
| 162 | mcmullan | 3 | 0 |
| 163 | mcmullin | 3 | 0 |
| 164 | mcnevin | 3 | 0 |
| 165 | mcphearson | 3 | 0 |
| 166 | mcpheron | 3 | 0 |
| 167 | mcquillen | 3 | 0 |
| 168 | mcquillin | 3 | 0 |
| 169 | mcternan | 3 | 0 |
| 170 | medallion | 3 | 0 |
| 171 | missourian | 4 | 0 |
| 172 | mulheren | 3 | 0 |
| 173 | najarian | 4 | 0 |
| 174 | namibian | 4 | 0 |
| 175 | nazarian | 4 | 0 |
| 176 | papazian | 4 | 0 |
| 177 | papillion | 3 | 0 |
| 178 | pavillion | 3 | 0 |
| 179 | pezeshkan | 3 | 0 |
| 180 | punsalan | 3 | 0 |
| 181 | raphalian | 4 | 0 |
| 182 | rwandan | 3 | 0 |
| 183 | sahagian | 4 | 0 |
| 184 | sebastian | 3 | 0 |
| 185 | shackelton | 3 | 0 |
| 186 | shahinian | 4 | 0 |
| 187 | somalian | 3 | 0 |
| 188 | submersion | 3 | 0 |
| 189 | susteren | 3 | 0 |
| 190 | tobiason | 4 | 0 |
| 191 | topalian | 4 | 0 |
| 192 | unbeaten | 3 | 0 |
| 193 | unburden | 3 | 0 |
| 194 | unbutton | 3 | 0 |
| 195 | ungermann | 3 | 0 |
| 196 | unshaken | 3 | 0 |
| 197 | unwritten | 3 | 0 |
| 198 | valerian | 4 | 0 |
| 199 | zakarian | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "attrition".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attention | 3 | 179 |
| 2 | tradition | 3 | 94 |
| 3 | variation | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | transition | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | variations | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | traditions | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | attraction | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | attractions | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | nutrition | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | partition | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | tuition | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | saturation | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | malnutrition | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | attributing | 4 | 3 |
| 15 | attribution | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | triton | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | catterton | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | repatriation | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | expatriation | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | martion | 2 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "attrition" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "attrition" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "attrition" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "attrition".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 199
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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