leakey
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Noun
- English paleontologist (son of louis leakey and mary leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
- English paleontologist (the wife of louis leakey) who discovered the zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
- English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "leakey".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lucky | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | blakey | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | flaky | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | leaky | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | blackie | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | blaikie | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | cluckey | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | clukey | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | lackey | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | lackie | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | lakey | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | leckey | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | leckie | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | lewke | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | loci | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | lockey | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | lockie | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | lokey | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | luckey | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | luckie | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | plucky | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "leakey".
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "leakey".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | looked | 1 | 367 |
| 2 | locked | 1 | 30 |
| 3 | lacked | 1 | 19 |
| 4 | linked | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | larkin | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | licked | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | locker | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | lookup | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | leaked | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | lookit | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | lurked | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | lockup | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | lucked | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | laakso | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | lackey | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | lackie | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | lamkin | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | lankan | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | larkey | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | lasker | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | laskey | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | laskin | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | latkas | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | leaker | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | leckey | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | leckie | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | leikam | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | leiken | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | leiker | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | lenker | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | licker | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | linker | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | linkup | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | lipkin | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | liskey | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | locken | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | locket | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | lockey | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | lockie | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | lokken | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | looker | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | lookin' | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | lucken | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | lucker | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | luckey | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | luckie | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | luckow | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | luckyn | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | lueken | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | lufkin | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | lugkov | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | luskin | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 21
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 52
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
'Game-changer’ Richard Leakey traces evidence of humanity’s origins in Africa
Apr 25, 2018 University of Delaware
Apr 25, 2018 University of Delaware
How Jane Goodall shaped generations of science and conservation in Africa
Oct 3, 2025 The Washington Post
Oct 3, 2025 The Washington Post
Discovery of fossilized hand may unlock a 1.5-million-year-old mystery
Oct 15, 2025 National Geographic
Oct 15, 2025 National Geographic

