specious
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "specious".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serious | 3 | 116 |
| 2 | status | 2 | 97 |
| 3 | surplus | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | census | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | spacious | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | cypress | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | sadness | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | sickness | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | sameness | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | slowness | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | sethness | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | sinuous | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | auspicious | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | citrus | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | seamless | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | slyness | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | sonorous | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | aeschelus | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | assiduous | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | ceraceous | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | cirrhosis | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | cygnus | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | cyprus | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | oscalus | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | santas | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | sardas | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | seixas | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | sergius | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | snafus | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | sorbus | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | soulless | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | stylus | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | tsongas | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | tsongas' | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "specious".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serious | 3 | 116 |
| 2 | previous | 3 | 86 |
| 3 | sections | 2 | 70 |
| 4 | species | 2 | 37 |
| 5 | precious | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | suspicious | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | pious | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | spacious | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | precarious | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | perilous | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | precocious | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | spurious | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | supercilious | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | pernicious | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | auspicious | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | semiprecious | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | specs | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | scios | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | species' | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | specials | 2 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "specious" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "specious" in the same piece of text.
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Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 34
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
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