defected
Definitions
Verb
- Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
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Words that sound like the term "defected".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | departed | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | dictated | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | advocated | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | deducted | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | detested | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | defaulted | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | deflated | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | demented | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | deviated | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | digested | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | dissented | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | defrauded | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | dejected | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | delisted | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | depleted | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | dissuaded | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | divested | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | downloaded | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "defected".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reflected | 3 | 42 |
| 2 | elected | 3 | 33 |
| 3 | erected | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | defeated | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | defects | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | effected | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | detected | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | defective | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | perfected | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | defect | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | ejected | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | defence | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | undetected | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | desecrated | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | deflected | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | dejected | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | deleted | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | deflect | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | defaced | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | undefeated | 4 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "defected".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 18
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.
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‘I defected to Reform from the Tories. It was the biggest mistake of my life’
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