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Term: retains

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

  1. Term
  2. retains

retains

Definitions

Verb

  1. Hold back within
  2. Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
  3. Secure and keep for possible future use or application
  4. Keep in one's mind
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "retains".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 retains 2 9

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "retains".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 reasons 2 103
2 remains 2 84
3 regions 2 40
4 returns 2 34
5 russians 2 31
6 proteins 2 14
7 airplanes 2 10
8 romans 2 10
9 rayburn's 2 8
10 origins 3 7
11 britain's 2 6
12 ribbons 2 6
13 robbins 2 6
14 threatens 2 5
15 orleans' 3 4
16 pronouns 2 4
17 rations 2 4
18 prisons 2 3
19 protons 2 3
20 rawlins 2 3
21 region's 2 3
22 routines 2 3
23 truman's 2 3
24 broadens 2 2
25 dragons 2 2
26 orations 3 2
27 resins 2 2
28 ricans 2 2
29 brightens 2 1
30 britons 2 1
31 freeman's 2 1
32 griffin's 2 1
33 ravines 2 1
34 reckons 2 1
35 regains 2 1
36 resigns 2 1
37 rollins 2 1
38 rubens 2 1
39 russians' 2 1
40 aerodyne's 3 0
41 airborne's 2 0
42 airplane's 2 0
43 arellanes 3 0
44 brackens 2 0
45 brackins 2 0
46 breeden's 2 0
47 brennan's 2 0
48 brennans 2 0
49 britains 2 0
50 britons' 2 0
51 brookens 2 0
52 brookins 2 0
53 craven's 2 0
54 cravens 2 0
55 cremeans 2 0
56 cremeens 2 0
57 crimmins 2 0
58 dragon's 2 0
59 drawdowns 2 0
60 drayton's 2 0
61 freemans 2 0
62 freemen's 2 0
63 freshens 2 0
64 frightens 2 0
65 grabens 2 0
66 gribbins 2 0
67 grosshans 2 0
68 grumman's 2 0
69 gryphons 2 0
70 oregon's 3 0
71 orlean's 3 0
72 preteens 2 0
73 prison's 2 0
74 protein's 2 0
75 proton's 2 0
76 rabin's 2 0
77 raccoons 2 0
78 rahman's 2 0
79 raisins 2 0
80 ravens 2 0
81 ravin's 2 0
82 reagan's 2 0
83 reagans 2 0
84 reagans' 2 0
85 refines 2 0
86 regan's 2 0
87 rejoins 2 0
88 reruns 2 0
89 returns' 2 0
90 richins 2 0
91 riggins 2 0
92 robin's 2 0
93 robins 2 0
94 robins' 2 0
95 rollins' 2 0
96 roman's 2 0
97 romines 2 0
98 ronan's 2 0
99 roseanne's 2 0
100 rosen's 2 0
101 rubin's 2 0
102 run-ons 2 0
103 russian's 2 0
104 rutan's 2 0
105 trajan's 2 0
106 tremens 2 0
107 triton's 2 0
108 trojans 2 0
109 trupin's 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "retains".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 remains 2 84
2 retained 2 22
3 readings 2 17
4 retain 2 11
5 restrain 2 10
6 reins 1 9
7 curtains 2 8
8 restraints 2 7
9 rains 1 5
10 pertains 2 5
11 retainers 3 1
12 restrains 2 1
13 regains 2 1
14 retrain 2 0
15 retails 2 0
16 retin 2 0
17 retaking 3 0
18 retainer 3 0
19 restaino 4 0
20 refrains 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "retains" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "retains" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "retains" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "retains".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 returns 2 34
2 rations 2 4
3 returns' 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 109

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 3

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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