patent
Definitions
Noun
- A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
- An official document granting a right or privilege
Verb
- Obtain a patent for
- Grant rights to; grant a patent for
- Make open to sight or notice
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "patent".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "patent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | patient | 2 | 86 |
| 2 | apparent | 3 | 57 |
| 3 | payment | 2 | 53 |
| 4 | percent | 2 | 53 |
| 5 | opponent | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | parent | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | pennant | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | potent | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | pageant | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | peasant | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | piquant | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | pliant | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | parrent | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | permount | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | pilant | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | poussaint | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | poussant | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | prowant | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | pylant | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | upfront | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "patent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | patient | 2 | 86 |
| 2 | patients | 2 | 36 |
| 3 | patient's | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | tent | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | patents | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | parent | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | potent | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | latent | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | patiently | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | patented | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | patenting | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | patuxent | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | patently | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | platen | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | patten | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | parten | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | pent | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | patt | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | patients' | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | paternity | 4 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "patent" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | patent company | 3 | 7 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "patent" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the patent | 1 | 6 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "patent" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "patent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | potent | 2 | 9 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 6
Sound Alikes: 20
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 5
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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