persuades
Definitions
Verb
- Win approval or support for
- Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "persuades".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | provides | 2 | 81 |
| 2 | periods | 3 | 47 |
| 3 | proceeds | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | peptides | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | poland's | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | aptitudes | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | precedes | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | preludes | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | presides | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | packwood's | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | passwords | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | penrod's | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | period's | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | petrides | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | pickands | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | placards | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | placid's | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | polaroid's | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | polaroids | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | preceeds | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | spaniards | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "persuades".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | persuaded | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | persuade | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | persuasion | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | persuading | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | persuasive | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | parades | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | pervades | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | pursues | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | persuadable | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | perses | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | pradesh | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | pervade | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | peruses | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | perseus | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | persaud | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | perales | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | easudes | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | supersedes | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | persecutes | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | permutates | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "persuades" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "persuades".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 21
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.
This Word in the News:
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