flatter
Definitions
Adjective
- Lacking contrast or shading between tones
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
Verb
- Praise somewhat dishonestly
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "flatter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flattered | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | flattery | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | flatter | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | flattering | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | unflattering | 4 | 1 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "flatter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | factor | 2 | 71 |
| 2 | faster | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | foster | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | filter | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | freighter | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | falter | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | flutter | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | floater | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | affolter | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | aflutter | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | fainter | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | feaster | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | fechter | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | feister | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | felter | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | fenter | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | fester | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | fichter | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | fiechter | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | fister | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | flater | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | foister | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | frater | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | fretter | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | fritter | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | pfiester | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | pfister | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "flatter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | later | 2 | 397 |
| 2 | latter | 2 | 114 |
| 3 | flattered | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | flattery | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | fatter | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | platter | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | flutter | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | clatter | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | floater | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | flatten | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | flattering | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | flater | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | slatter | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | lattner | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | blatter | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | latte | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | flatt | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | splatter | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | slattery | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | plattner | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "flatter" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "flatter" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "flatter" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "flatter".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flutter | 2 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 27
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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