inversion
Definitions
Noun
- The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
- Abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
- A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
- (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
- The reversal of the normal order of words
- (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
- A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
- Turning upside down; setting on end
- The act of turning inside out
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "inversion".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "inversion".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | version | 2 | 53 |
| 2 | conversion | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | invention | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | invasion | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | versions | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | invasions | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | diversion | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | conversions | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | diversions | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | intrusion | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | aversion | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | investing | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | insertion | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | ingestion | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | iverson | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | siverson | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | ingerson | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | stiverson | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | sivertson | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | reversion | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "inversion" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "inversion" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "inversion" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jacobi | 3 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "inversion".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 9
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 15
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Central Oregon's temperature inversion: Sunny at Mt. Bachelor, freezing fog in Bend
Jan 19, 2026 Central Oregon Daily
Jan 19, 2026 Central Oregon Daily
Treasure Valley inversion locked in place with no relief through at least Thursday
Jan 20, 2026 Idaho News 6
Jan 20, 2026 Idaho News 6
Rapid Inversion of Singleton Distractor Representations Underlies Learned Attentional Suppression
Mar 11, 2026 Journal of Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2026 Journal of Neuroscience