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Term: detention

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

  1. Term
  2. detention

detention

Definitions

Noun

  1. A state of being confined (usually for a short time)
  2. A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "detention".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 detention 3 2
2 detentions 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "detention".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 discussion 3 94
2 discipline 3 27
3 depression 3 24
4 diffusion 3 24
5 dimension 3 15
6 deviation 4 14
7 detection 3 13
8 deduction 3 12
9 adaptation 4 10
10 decoration 4 8
11 dominion 3 8
12 depletion 3 6
13 diocesan 4 5
14 damnation 3 3
15 davidson 3 3
16 dispersion 3 3
17 dissection 3 3
18 dissension 3 3
19 defection 3 2
20 admonition 4 1
21 deception 3 1
22 depiction 3 1
23 dickinson 3 1
24 adrenaline 4 0
25 advocation 4 0
26 d'aviation 4 0
27 dadisman 3 0
28 dalmatian 3 0
29 darrington 3 0
30 davidian 4 0
31 deflation 3 0
32 delorean 4 0
33 demirjian 4 0
34 dennington 3 0
35 dentition 3 0
36 derderian 4 0
37 derickson 3 0
38 derrickson 3 0
39 derrington 3 0
40 develcon 3 0
41 devonian 4 0
42 dickenson 3 0
43 dictation 3 0
44 dietician 4 0
45 dietitian 4 0
46 digestion 3 0
47 digression 3 0
48 dirickson 3 0
49 dochterman 3 0
50 doddington 3 0
51 donalson 3 0
52 donelson 3 0
53 dunnington 3 0
54 edmondson 3 0
55 edmonston 3 0
56 edmundson 3 0
57 edwardian 4 0
58 edwardson 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 determination 5 39
2 intention 3 36
3 extension 3 36
4 detection 3 13
5 retention 3 12
6 destination 4 9
7 detecting 3 6
8 depletion 3 6
9 denton 2 4
10 detonation 4 3
11 determinations 5 2
12 desertion 3 2
13 defection 3 2
14 deception 3 1
15 detentions 3 0
16 deletion 3 0
17 detonations 4 0
18 dentin 2 0
19 dentition 3 0
20 deletions 3 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 58

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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