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.
Statistically Associated
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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