patents
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
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "patents".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | parents | 2 | 91 |
| 2 | payments | 2 | 49 |
| 3 | patients | 2 | 36 |
| 4 | planets | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | patient's | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | profits | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | opponents | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | peasants | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | persists | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | parents' | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | pageants | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | promotes | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | prophets | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | opponent's | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | permeates | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | playmates | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | prompts | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | purports | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | parent's | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | pennants | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | planet's | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | playwrights | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | primates | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | pulpits | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | pundits | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | spotlights | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | apartheid's | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | apricots | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | opponents' | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | palmists | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | patients' | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | peasants' | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | pedowitz | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | percents | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | perforates | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | piglets | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | pirouettes | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | plaudits | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | playwright's | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | plummets | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | polecats | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | potratz | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | predates | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | prelates | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | privates | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | speedboats | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | sporophytes | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | updrafts | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | upstarts | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "patents".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | parents | 2 | 91 |
| 2 | patient | 2 | 86 |
| 3 | payments | 2 | 49 |
| 4 | patients | 2 | 36 |
| 5 | patent | 2 | 35 |
| 6 | patient's | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | apartments | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | tents | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | pants | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | parents' | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | patented | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | portents | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | parent's | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | patients' | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | pates | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | inpatients | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | patuxets | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | patuxent | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | patten's | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | patently | 3 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "patents" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "patents" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "patents" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "patents".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 49
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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