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Term: ruses

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "ruses": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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ruses

Definitions

Noun

  1. A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
  2. The medieval russian state established by scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in novgorod and then in kiev
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "ruses".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 choruses 3 2
2 overuses 4 0
3 peruses 3 0
4 retroviruses 5 0
5 ruses 2 0
6 tauruses 3 0
7 viruses 3 0
8 walruses 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "ruses".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 brushes 2 7
2 roses 2 7
3 crutches 2 6
4 crosses 2 4
5 graces 2 4
6 friezes 2 3
7 grudges 2 3
8 rose's 2 3
9 breezes 2 2
10 praises 2 2
11 trusses 2 2
12 brace's 2 1
13 crashes 2 1
14 creases 2 1
15 cruises 2 1
16 freezes 2 1
17 greece's 2 1
18 gross's 2 1
19 preaches 2 1
20 rages 2 1
21 brasses 2 0
22 breaches 2 0
23 bridge's 2 0
24 broaches 2 0
25 bruges 2 0
26 brydges 2 0
27 crash's 2 0
28 cross's 2 0
29 crushes 2 0
30 cruz's 2 0
31 erases 3 0
32 grace's 2 0
33 grosses 2 0
34 grouses 2 0
35 heiresses 3 0
36 irises 3 0
37 press's 2 0
38 price's 2 0
39 race's 2 0
40 rashes 2 0
41 reese's 2 0
42 rice's 2 0
43 rich's 2 0
44 roaches 2 0
45 roche's 2 0
46 ross's 2 0
47 rouse's 2 0
48 royce's 2 0
49 royces 2 0
50 rush's 2 0
51 thrashes 2 0
52 trashes 2 0
53 tresses 2 0
54 trudges 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "ruses".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 uses 2 59
2 russ 1 21
3 bruises 2 8
4 brushes 2 7
5 refuses 3 6
6 users 2 6
7 rushes 2 3
8 ruse 1 2
9 trusses 2 2
10 arouses 3 2
11 cruises 2 1
12 viruses 3 0
13 rouse's 2 0
14 peruses 3 0
15 grouses 2 0
16 crushes 2 0
17 truss 1 0
18 rusts 1 0
19 russo 2 0
20 russi 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "ruses" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "ruses" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "ruses" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 reform 2 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "ruses".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 rises 2 20
2 rests 1 18
3 roses 2 7
4 risks 1 5
5 rasps 1 1
6 rosas 2 0
7 rusts 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 8

Sound Alikes: 54

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 7

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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