hesitancy
Definitions
Noun
- A feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
- A certain degree of unwillingness
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "hesitancy".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resistance | 3 | 48 |
| 2 | stacy | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | hesitate | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | hesitation | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | hesitant | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | hesitantly | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | hessian | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | hesitating | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | hestand | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | heitman | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | heiny | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | estan | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | thespian | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | stanczyk | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | hiestand | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | heitzman | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | heitmann | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | heistand | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | deviancy | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | chestman | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 1
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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