tortoises
Definitions
Noun
- Usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except australia and antarctica
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Sounds Like
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stories | 2 | 59 |
| 2 | rises | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | tries | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | forties | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | roses | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | tories | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | tortoise | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | porpoises | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | troise | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | treatises | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | tortorice | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | tories' | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | sorties | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | extortionists | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | trois | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | totes | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | torts | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | torti | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | torte | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | torie | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 8
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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