dissonance
Definitions
Noun
- A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
- Disagreeable sounds
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Words that sound like the term "dissonance".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adolescence | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | dominance | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | diligence | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | decadence | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | divergence | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | defeasance | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | dissidence | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "dissonance".
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| 1 | distance | 2 | 108 |
| 2 | finance | 2 | 31 |
| 3 | distances | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | resonance | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | dominance | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | ordinance | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | issuance | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | sustenance | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | ordinances | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | discontinuance | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | disconcert | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | dissonant | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | dionne | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | issuances | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | distanced | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | disallowance | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | kissane | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | dissociate | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | dissidence | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | disconnect | 3 | 0 |
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| 1 | use | 1 | 2 |
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Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 7
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
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