internment
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Noun
- Confinement during wartime
- The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
- Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "internment".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | important | 3 | 369 |
| 2 | irrelevant | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | invariant | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | indictment | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | indifferent | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | indignant | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | insistent | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | inefficient | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | incipient | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | incumbent | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | incitement | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | inclement | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | inducement | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | indulgent | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | informant | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | impairment | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | intolerant | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | disbarment | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | impeachment | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | imprudent | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | insolvent | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | insouciant | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | intercurrent | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | iridescent | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "internment".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | interest | 3 | 330 |
| 2 | instrument | 3 | 47 |
| 3 | entertainment | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | inherent | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | instruments | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | intermittent | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | incitement | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | ointment | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | tenement | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | interned | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | internet | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | intermet | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | interrent | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | intersegment | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | internet's | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | integument | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | internee | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | intermec | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | internecine | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | intermarket | 4 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "internment".
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Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 24
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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