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Term: contention

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

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  2. contention

contention

Definitions

Noun

  1. A point asserted as part of an argument
  2. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  3. The act of competing as for profit or a prize
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

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Words that contain the term "contention".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 contention 3 9
2 contentions 3 2
3 contentioned 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "contention".

# 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 compression 3 8
19 compulsion 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 "contention".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 content 2 53
2 conventional 4 51
3 intention 3 36
4 convention 3 28
5 intentions 3 22
6 continuation 5 18
7 conventions 3 9
8 condensation 4 7
9 condemnation 4 7
10 contentions 3 2
11 convection 3 2
12 consternation 4 1
13 contrition 3 1
14 contortion 3 1
15 contentioned 3 0
16 contento 3 0
17 contravention 4 0
18 concatenation 5 0
19 contentious 3 0
20 convention's 3 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

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Statistically Associated

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

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Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 3

Sound Alikes: 93

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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