delusion
Definitions
Noun
- (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- A mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
- The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "delusion".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delusion | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | delusional | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | delusions | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "delusion".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | direction | 3 | 134 |
| 2 | decision | 3 | 119 |
| 3 | determine | 3 | 107 |
| 4 | division | 3 | 107 |
| 5 | doctrine | 2 | 46 |
| 6 | devotion | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | duration | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | admiration | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | dilution | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | diversion | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | donovan | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | drunken | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | desertion | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | dilation | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | donation | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | doberman | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | dunston | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | adkinson | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | adolphson | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | advection | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | dairymen | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | dakotan | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | daleiden | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | dammerman | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | davison | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | davisson | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | dehaven | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | delavan | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | deletion | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | delphian | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | demotion | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | denison | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | denizen | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | dennison | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | derington | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | determan | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | dickason | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | dickerman | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | dickerson | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | dickeson | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | dickison | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | dietzman | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | divison | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | dollison | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | donathan | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | donigan | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | dorfman | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | druckman | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | dubuisson | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | ducommun | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | duerksen | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | duitsman | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | dunnigan | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | dunstan | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | duriron | 3 | 0 |
| 56 | dustman | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | dyansen | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | dyatron | 3 | 0 |
| 59 | edmonson | 3 | 0 |
| 60 | edmonton | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | edrington | 4 | 0 |
| 62 | o'donovan | 4 | 0 |
| 63 | odonovan | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "delusion".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | illusion | 3 | 37 |
| 2 | exclusion | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | dilution | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | derision | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | seclusion | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | exclusions | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | emulsion | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | delusions | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | delusional | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | edelson | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | delisio | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | adelson | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | preclusion | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | devolution | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | elson | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | desio | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | delio | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | deion | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | hudelson | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | desimone | 4 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "delusion" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "delusion" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "delusion" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "delusion".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 3
Sound Alikes: 63
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.
This Word in the News:
Digested week: Remorseless Reeves and Sarah Vine’s masterpiece of self-delusion | John Crace
Jun 13, 2025 The Guardian
Jun 13, 2025 The Guardian