discernment
Definitions
Noun
- The cognitive condition of someone who understands
- Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
- Perception of that which is obscure
- The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- The trait of judging wisely and objectively
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Words that sound like the term "discernment".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dependent | 3 | 40 |
| 2 | document | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | advancement | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | defendant | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | debutante | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | detachment | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | descendant | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | detriment | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | deployment | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | downpayment | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | daigrepont | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | debarment | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | debasement | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | declarant | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | defoliant | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | depressant | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | derailment | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | descendent | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | devincent | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | disorient | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | dispersant | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "discernment".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | displacement | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | discontent | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | discernible | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | discrete | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | discern | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | discreet | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | discerned | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | discerning | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | advisement | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | dismemberment | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | disengagement | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | internment | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | disbarment | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | diclemente | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | descendent | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | misgovernment | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | displacements | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | discerns | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | dearment | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | discontents | 3 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "discernment".
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Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 21
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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