straits
Definitions
Noun
- A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- A difficult juncture
- A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
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Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "straits".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aspects | 2 | 64 |
| 2 | streets | 1 | 60 |
| 3 | sports | 1 | 49 |
| 4 | starts | 1 | 31 |
| 5 | circuits | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | senate's | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | stilts | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | sonnets | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | splits | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | stunts | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | swift's | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | escorts | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | sockets | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | squats | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | stewart's | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | street's | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | swartz | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | aspirates | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | circuit's | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | eastmet's | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | isolates | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | ocelot's | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | oscillates | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | sadat's | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | salutes | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | savitz | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | seagate's | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | sedates | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | sellouts | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | siefert's | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | slentz | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | smaltz | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | smarts | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | smeltz | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | snorts | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | spartz | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | speltz | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | sport's | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | sports' | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | sprouts | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | squirts | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | steltz | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | stentz | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | stints | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | stoeltze | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | stoltz | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | storts | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | stortz | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | straights | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | struts | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | strutz | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | stuart's | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | stuarts | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | stults | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | stultz | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | stuntz | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | summit's | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | summits | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | swarts | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | swifts | 1 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "straits".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | straight | 1 | 114 |
| 2 | treats | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | strains | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | restraints | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | traits | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | strait | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | traitors | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | strategists | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | trait | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | straightens | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | straights | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | stratus | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | stratas | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | stats | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | transits | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | strangis | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | statists | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | constraints | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | trites | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | travis | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "straits" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "straits" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "straits" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desperate | 2 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "straits".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | streets | 1 | 60 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 60
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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