persistent
Definitions
Adjective
- Retained; not shed
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "persistent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | persistent | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | persistently | 4 | 3 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "persistent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | president | 3 | 382 |
| 2 | prominent | 3 | 40 |
| 3 | punishment | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | parliament | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | precedent | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | prevalent | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | proficient | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | proponent | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | prepayment | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | puzzlement | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | patuxent | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | percipient | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | propellant | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | provident | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | purulent | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "persistent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | president | 3 | 382 |
| 2 | present | 2 | 377 |
| 3 | pertinent | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | persisted | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | persistence | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | insistent | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | persists | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | persist | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | existent | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | resistant | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | persistently | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | persisting | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | penitent | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | persis | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | perset | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | prescient | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | perlstein | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | peristyle | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | prosise | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | prinsen | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "persistent" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "persistent" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a persistent | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "persistent" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "persistent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 15
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
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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