hesitates
Definitions
Verb
- Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "hesitates".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harvests | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | hereabouts | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | habitat's | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | habitats | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | haimovitz | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | haimowitz | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | handsets | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | harpists | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | headcounts | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | headrests | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | heartbeats | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | heavyweights | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | hindsight's | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | hobbyists | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | hogwarts | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | horovitz | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | houseguests | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | huibregtse | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | hydrants | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | hymowitz | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | hyphenates | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | whodunits | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "hesitates".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | states | 1 | 603 |
| 2 | estate | 2 | 51 |
| 3 | state's | 1 | 38 |
| 4 | estimates | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | hesitated | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | hesitate | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | states' | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | statues | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | estates | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | hesitant | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | necessitates | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | restates | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | heritages | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | estate's | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | hesitations | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | homestate | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | herniates | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | orchestrates | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | staters | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | situate | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "hesitates" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "hesitates".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 22
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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