preoccupies
Definitions
Verb
- Engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- Occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "preoccupies".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occupied | 3 | 36 |
| 2 | preoccupied | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | preoccupation | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | occupies | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | unoccupied | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | preoccupations | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | porcupines | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | precipice | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | troupes | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | preoccupy | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | occupiers | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | reoccupy | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | occupier | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | groupies | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | propes | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | precis | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | refocuses | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | precludes | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | porcupine | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | sproutaphiles | 3 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 1
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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