pretense
Definitions
Noun
- The act of giving a false appearance
- Pretending with intention to deceive
- Imaginative intellectual play
- A false or unsupportable quality
- An artful or simulated semblance
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "pretense".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "pretense".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pretense".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tense | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | proteins | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | prevents | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | pretend | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | pretended | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | reese | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | pretends | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | pretender | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | pretenses | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | protease | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | preteens | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | preteen | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | preened | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | pretension | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | pretenders | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | prete | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | preen | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | pense | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | peens | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | retested | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "pretense" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "pretense" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "pretense" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "pretense".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 11
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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