folks
Definitions
Noun
- Your parents
- People in general (often used in the plural)
- People in general (often used in the plural)
- A social division of (usually preliterate) people
- People descended from a common ancestor
- The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
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Words that contain the term "folks".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | folks | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | folksy | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | folks' | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | folkstone | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | folkstone's | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "folks".
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "folks".
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Words that are statistically associated with "folks" in the same piece of text.
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 16
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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