pretensions
Definitions
Noun
- A false or unsupportable quality
- The advancing of a claim
- The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "pretensions".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | politicians | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | proportions | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | preparations | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | projections | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | plantations | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | productions | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | apprehensions | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | predictions | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | perturbations | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | parkinson's | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | porcupines | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | penicillins | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | playstations | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | politician's | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | politicians' | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | production's | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | productions' | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | prohibition's | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | prohibitions | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | protections | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | protozoans | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | spokespersons | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pretensions".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tension | 2 | 59 |
| 2 | extension | 3 | 36 |
| 3 | prevention | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | tensions | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | pension | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | retention | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | pretending | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | apprehension | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | extensions | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | pensions | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | pretentious | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | apprehensions | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | pretenses | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | pretension | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | hypertension | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | recessions | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | precession | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | peterson's | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | pensioners | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | detentions | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "pretensions" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "pretensions".
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 22
Spelled Like: 20
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.
📰 This Word in the News:
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