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Term: compulsion

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compulsion

Definitions

Noun

  1. An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
  2. An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
  3. Using force to cause something to occur
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

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Words that contain the term "compulsion".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 compulsion 3 8
2 compulsions 3 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "compulsion".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 corporation 4 90
2 conclusion 3 59
3 completion 3 57
4 conviction 3 50
5 confusion 3 44
6 cooperation 5 39
7 conception 3 32
8 convention 3 28
9 exploration 4 25
10 companion 3 19
11 acceleration 5 17
12 correlation 4 16
13 execution 4 15
14 expedition 4 15
15 combustion 3 12
16 communion 3 11
17 criterion 4 11
18 contention 3 9
19 compression 3 8
20 copernican 4 8
21 congestion 3 6
22 exposition 4 6
23 connotation 4 5
24 councilman 3 5
25 extraction 3 5
26 confucian 3 3
27 crittenden 3 3
28 custodian 4 3
29 excavation 4 3
30 extinction 3 3
31 colombian 4 2
32 conduction 3 2
33 convection 3 2
34 craftsman 2 2
35 accommodation 5 1
36 committeeman 4 1
37 contortion 3 1
38 contrition 3 1
39 coronation 4 1
40 countryman 3 1
41 culbertson 3 1
42 octahedron 4 1
43 academician 5 0
44 cambodian 4 0
45 cardassian 4 0
46 castration 3 0
47 christeson 3 0
48 christison 3 0
49 clarendon 3 0
50 clarkston 2 0
51 classaction 3 0
52 clemensen 3 0
53 clemenson 3 0
54 clendenen 3 0
55 cochranton 3 0
56 cogitation 4 0
57 collocation 4 0
58 columbian 4 0
59 concoction 3 0
60 confection 3 0
61 conflation 3 0
62 convulsion 3 0
63 coopervision 4 0
64 cordesman 3 0
65 cornelison 4 0
66 corroboration 5 0
67 counselman 3 0
68 crustacean 3 0
69 curington 3 0
70 cuthbertson 3 0
71 echolocation 5 0
72 ecuadorean 5 0
73 ecuadorian 5 0
74 equestrian 4 0
75 exhalation 4 0
76 kampelman 3 0
77 kasparian 4 0
78 kazanjian 4 0
79 kensington 3 0
80 kentuckian 4 0
81 kervorkian 4 0
82 kevorkian 4 0
83 klingaman 3 0
84 kloosterman 3 0
85 klosterman 3 0
86 klostermann 3 0
87 kollmorgen 3 0
88 krikorian 4 0
89 kunselman 3 0
90 kunzelman 3 0
91 quarterman 3 0
92 quinlivan 3 0
93 skenderian 4 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 completion 3 57
2 composition 4 25
3 combustion 3 12
4 complain 2 11
5 compulsive 3 10
6 compression 3 8
7 compulsory 4 7
8 computation 4 7
9 propulsion 3 6
10 complexion 3 6
11 compassion 3 5
12 compulsions 3 1
13 coulson 2 1
14 emulsion 3 1
15 convulsions 3 1
16 convulsion 3 0
17 coulston 2 0
18 compston 2 0
19 compunction 3 0
20 complexions 3 0

Words That Follow

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Words That Precede

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Statistically Associated

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Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 93

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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