tans
Definitions
Noun
- A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- A light brown the color of topaz
- Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Verb
- Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
- Get a tan, from wind or sun
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "tans".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sultans | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | puritans | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | charlatans | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | tansy | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | titans | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | afghanistans | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | atlantans | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | caftans | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | creditanstalt | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | dakotans | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | ivatans | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | kreditanstalt | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | metropolitans | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | minnesotans | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | orangutans | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | samaritans | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | satans | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | spartans | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | stansberry | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | stansbury | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | stansel | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | stansell | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | stansfield | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | stansky | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | tans | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | tansey | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | tanski | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | tansu | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | tibetans | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "tans".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | towns | 1 | 50 |
| 2 | turns | 1 | 38 |
| 3 | tons | 1 | 28 |
| 4 | tones | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | town's | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | stones | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | stains | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | tunes | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | teens | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | stein's | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | stearns | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | stone's | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | tines | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | attains | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | sterns | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | tens | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | eaton's | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | eighteen's | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | eighteens | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | itunes | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | otten's | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | ottens | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | staines | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | stan's | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | steines | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | stenz | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | stern's | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | stiens | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | stines | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | stones' | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | stuns | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | ten's | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | tern | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | ternes | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | terns | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | tins | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | tonnes | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | townes | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | tynes | 1 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tans".
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Words that often follow the term "tans" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "tans" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "tans" in the same piece of text.
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 29
Sound Alikes: 39
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 3
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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