difficulty
Definitions
Noun
- An effort that is inconvenient
- A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
- A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
- The quality of being difficult
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "difficulty".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deformity | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | depravity | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | disunity | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | dishonesty | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | disloyalty | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | disparity | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | durability | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | delahanty | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | daliberti | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | delahunty | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | delehanty | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | dillahunty | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | ductility | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | duplicity | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "difficulty".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | difficult | 3 | 161 |
| 2 | faculty | 3 | 74 |
| 3 | difficulties | 4 | 46 |
| 4 | officially | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | faulty | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | filthy | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | disability | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | individuality | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | dutifully | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | infidelity | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | difficultly | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | diffley | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | sniffily | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | diffract | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | disaffect | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | diffin | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | diffid | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | inefficiently | 5 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "difficulty" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "difficulty" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "difficulty" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "difficulty".
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Definitions: 4
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 14
Spelled Like: 18
Words that Follow: 2
Words that Precede: 5
Statistically Associated: 6
Consonant Matches: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
Cole on H.R. 6938: "Difficulty is What Separates Serious Legislating from Political Convenience."
Jan 8, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations (.gov)
Jan 8, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations (.gov)
Meta employees' lawsuit exposes difficulty proving AI bias in layoffs | Daily Sabah
Jul 22, 2026 Daily Sabah
Jul 22, 2026 Daily Sabah
Burlesque staff helped through ‘financial difficulty’ by unions after postponements
Jul 24, 2026 The Stage
Jul 24, 2026 The Stage

