compulsions
Definitions
Noun
- An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
- An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
- Using force to cause something to occur
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "compulsions".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclusions | 3 | 36 |
| 2 | corporations | 4 | 25 |
| 3 | convictions | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | conceptions | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | conventions | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | accommodations | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | companions | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | completions | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | expeditions | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | corporation's | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | confusions | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | connotations | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | executions | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | contentions | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | correlations | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | cobblestones | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | convulsions | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | excavations | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | explorations | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | expositions | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | academicians | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | cabletron's | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | cambodians | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | cardassians | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | castrations | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | classactions | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | colombians | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | columbians | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | concoctions | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | concubines | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | confections | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | contortions | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | convention's | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | cooperations | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | cornerstones | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | corporations' | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | crustaceans | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | custodians | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | exploration's | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | extinctions | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | extractions | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | kazakhstan's | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | kentuckians | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | kevorkian's | 4 | 0 |
| 45 | quarantines | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "compulsions".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | compositions | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | compulsive | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | cousins | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | compulsion | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | completions | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | compulsory | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | propulsion | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | complexion | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | confusions | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | complains | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | compilations | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | convulsions | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | computations | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | coulson | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | contusions | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | complexions | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | complections | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | expulsions | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | cosmopulos | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | convulsion | 3 | 0 |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 45
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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