pretensions
Definitions
Noun
- A false or unsupportable quality
- The advancing of a claim
- The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "pretensions".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | politicians | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | proportions | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | preparations | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | projections | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | plantations | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | productions | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | apprehensions | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | predictions | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | perturbations | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | parkinson's | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | porcupines | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | penicillins | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | playstations | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | politician's | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | politicians' | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | production's | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | productions' | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | prohibition's | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | prohibitions | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | protections | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | protozoans | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | spokespersons | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pretensions".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tension | 2 | 59 |
| 2 | extension | 3 | 36 |
| 3 | prevention | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | tensions | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | pension | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | retention | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | pretending | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | apprehension | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | extensions | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | pensions | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | pretentious | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | apprehensions | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | pretenses | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | pretension | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | hypertension | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | recessions | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | precession | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | peterson's | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | pensioners | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | detentions | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "pretensions" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "pretensions" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "pretensions" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "pretensions".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 22
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:
Kate Mildenhall’s fast-paced thriller The Hiding Place skewers middle-class pretensions
Jan 7, 2026 The Conversation
Jan 7, 2026 The Conversation
Police Blotter: Rape, assault with deadly weapon, money obtention by false pretensions
Jun 3, 2025 The Stanford Daily
Jun 3, 2025 The Stanford Daily