stickleback
Definitions
Noun
- Small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
As a Fragment
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Sounds Like
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Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "stickleback".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stickler | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | trickle | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | tickled | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | kickbacks | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | prickleback | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | pricklebacks | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | stickle | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | stickley | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | stickles | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | kickback | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | tickle | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | sticka | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | sickle | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | strickler | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | stricklen | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | stoneback | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | stickland | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | stickball | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | steinback | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | stainback | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | tickles | 2 | 0 |
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Statistically Associated
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Consonant Match
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
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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