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Term: refrains

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "refrains": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. refrains

refrains

Definitions

Noun

  1. The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

Verb

  1. Resist doing something
  2. Choose not to consume
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

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Words that contain the term "refrains".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 refrains 2 0

Sounds Like

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# Word Syllables Freq
1 fractions 2 20
2 christians 2 17
3 creations 3 4
4 breakdowns 2 3
5 erikson's 3 3
6 artisans 3 2
7 brandon's 2 2
8 kremlin's 2 2
9 arabians 4 1
10 brocklin's 2 1
11 brooklyn's 2 1
12 christine's 2 1
13 frictions 2 1
14 grapevines 2 1
15 tribune's 2 1
16 aaronson's 3 0
17 branson's 2 0
18 bricklin's 2 0
19 crackdowns 2 0
20 crampons 2 0
21 crishman's 2 0
22 croatian's 3 0
23 croatians 3 0
24 croatians' 3 0
25 crooklyn's 2 0
26 crossbones 2 0
27 drumlin's 2 0
28 erections 3 0
29 ericsson's 3 0
30 eritreans 3 0
31 eruptions 3 0
32 francine's 2 0
33 francines 2 0
34 freedman's 2 0
35 friedman's 2 0
36 gremlins 2 0
37 grossman's 2 0
38 iranians 4 0
39 iranians' 4 0
40 krudman's 2 0
41 preston's 2 0
42 rangoon's 2 0
43 rankins 2 0
44 rathburne's 2 0
45 raytheon's 3 0
46 reclines 2 0
47 reesjones 2 0
48 reesjones' 2 0
49 reichmanns 2 0
50 reopens 3 0
51 reveron's 3 0
52 revlon's 2 0
53 rhineman's 2 0
54 rhys-jones 2 0
55 rifkin's 2 0
56 riordan's 2 0
57 ripken's 2 0
58 rodman's 2 0
59 roselawn's 2 0
60 rothmans 2 0
61 rudman's 2 0
62 runions 2 0
63 trenton's 2 0
64 trillions 2 0
65 trombones 2 0
66 truncheons 2 0
67 writedowns 2 0

Spelled Like

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# Word Syllables Freq
1 remains 2 84
2 refrain 2 10
3 restrain 2 10
4 retains 2 9
5 reins 1 9
6 restraints 2 7
7 rains 1 5
8 reprints 2 3
9 frans 1 2
10 restrains 2 1
11 refrained 2 1
12 regains 2 1
13 terrains 2 1
14 retrain 2 0
15 refines 2 0
16 defrain 2 0
17 refraining 3 0
18 frain 1 0
19 refinish 3 0
20 refiners 3 0

Words That Follow

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Words That Precede

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Statistically Associated

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Consonant Match

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Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 67

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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